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Because Während introduces a subordinate clause. In German, the finite verb usually goes to the end of a subordinate clause.
So:
- Während ich die Nähmaschine prüfe = While I check/am checking the sewing machine
Structure:
- Während = while
- ich = I
- die Nähmaschine = the sewing machine
- prüfe = check / am checking
That final verb position is one of the most important patterns in German subordinate clauses.
Here, Während means while and functions as a subordinating conjunction.
It links two actions that happen at the same time:
- Während ich die Nähmaschine prüfe
- wechselt sie die Garnrolle
So the sentence means that one action happens during the other.
A useful note: während can also be a preposition in other sentences, but here it is clearly a conjunction because it introduces a full clause with its own subject and verb: ich ... prüfe.