Breakdown of Wir patrouillieren hier jeden Tag nach der Arbeit.
hier
here
wir
we
die Arbeit
the work
nach
after (in time)
jeder
everyone / each
der Tag
the day
patrouillieren
to patrol
Questions & Answers about Wir patrouillieren hier jeden Tag nach der Arbeit.
How would we turn this into a question using etwa to express disbelief?
You would invert the subject and verb to form a question and insert etwa after the pronoun: Patrouillieren wir etwa hier jeden Tag nach der Arbeit? This adds a tone of surprise or negative expectation, as if you are asking, "Are we seriously expected to patrol here every day?"
Why is it hier jeden Tag instead of jeden Tag hier? Doesn't German usually put Time before Place?
You are thinking of the standard "Time, Manner, Place" (TeKaMoLo) rule, which would normally make it jeden Tag hier. However, German word order is flexible. Moving the place (hier) right next to the verb emphasizes the location. Both versions are correct, but this sentence puts a slight spotlight on the fact that they are patrolling this specific spot.
Why is jeden Tag in the accusative case here instead of taking a preposition?
Definite time expressions that answer "how often?" or "when?" always take the accusative case when there is no preposition involved. Because Tag is a masculine noun, the word jeder takes the accusative masculine ending -en to become jeden Tag.
How would you say "we patrolled" in the perfect tense using patrouillieren?
The perfect tense is wir haben patrouilliert. As a quick refresher, remember that verbs ending in -ieren are a special group: they never take the ge- prefix when forming the past participle.
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