Breakdown of Die Sturmjäger fotografieren den dunklen Tornado.
dunkel
dark
fotografieren
to photograph
der Sturmjäger
the storm chaser
der Tornado
the tornado
Questions & Answers about Die Sturmjäger fotografieren den dunklen Tornado.
How would the word order change if I started this sentence with gleichwohl?
Gleichwohl is an adverb, not a coordinating conjunction. If you put it in position 1, the verb must immediately follow it in position 2. The sentence would become: Gleichwohl fotografieren die Sturmjäger den dunklen Tornado.
Why is the adjective ending -en in den dunklen Tornado?
Tornado is a masculine noun (der Tornado), and it is the direct object (accusative case) here. After the definite accusative article den, adjectives take the weak ending -en, making it den dunklen Tornado.
How do we know Sturmjäger is plural here, since the word itself doesn't change?
Many German nouns ending in -er (like der Jäger) have the exact same form in the plural. You can spot the plural here through the article die (instead of der) and the plural verb form fotografieren (instead of fotografiert).
As a quick refresher, what is the perfect tense of fotografieren? Does it get a ge- prefix?
It does not. Verbs ending in -ieren never take a ge- prefix in their past participle. The perfect tense would simply be: Die Sturmjäger haben den dunklen Tornado fotografiert.