Breakdown of Der Landgang findet heute trotz des Regens planmäßig in der Stadt statt.
in
in
heute
today
die Stadt
the city
der Regen
the rain
stattfinden
to take place
trotz
despite
der Landgang
the shore excursion
planmäßig
on schedule
Questions & Answers about Der Landgang findet heute trotz des Regens planmäßig in der Stadt statt.
Can you break down the TeKaMoLo order in this sentence?
This sentence is a perfect example of the TeKaMoLo rule, which dictates the order of adverbs in the middle of a sentence: Time (Temporal), Cause (Kausal), Manner (Modal), and Place (Lokal). Here we have: 1. heute (Time: today), 2. trotz des Regens (Cause: despite the rain), 3. planmäßig (Manner: on schedule), and 4. in der Stadt (Place: in the city).
Why do we use des Regens instead of dem Regen after trotz?
The preposition trotz (despite) requires the genitive case in standard written German, so the masculine noun der Regen becomes des Regens. You will often hear native speakers use the dative (trotz dem Regen) in casual everyday speech, but the genitive is the correct form to use in exams and formal writing.
Why is statt pushed all the way to the end of the sentence?
The verb here is stattfinden (to take place), which is a separable verb. In a regular main clause, the conjugated part (findet) stays in the second position, and the prefix (statt) gets kicked to the very end. This creates a grammatical "bracket" that neatly holds the entire Mittelfeld (the middle section of the sentence where all those TeKaMoLo adverbs are placed).
How is the word planmäßig formed?
It is made by combining the noun der Plan (the plan) with the suffix -mäßig. Adding -mäßig to a noun is a very common way in German to create an adverb of manner (which answers the "how" or Modal part of the TeKaMoLo rule). Here, it translates to "according to plan" or "on schedule".
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