Word
Bevor ich koche, hole ich meinen Einkaufskorb und gehe zum Markt.
Meaning
Before I cook, I fetch my shopping basket and go to the market.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Bevor ich koche, hole ich meinen Einkaufskorb und gehe zum Markt.
und
and
dem
the; (masculine or neuter, dative)
ich
I
gehen
to go
Questions & Answers about Bevor ich koche, hole ich meinen Einkaufskorb und gehe zum Markt.
Why does koche appear at the end of the first clause?
Because bevor is a subordinating conjunction. In German subordinate clauses, the finite verb must go to the final position.
Why is there a comma after koche?
German punctuation rules require you to separate a subordinate clause (introduced by bevor) from the main clause with a comma.
What kind of conjunction is bevor and how does it affect word order?
bevor is a subordinating conjunction (Unterordnende Konjunktion). It makes the clause that follows dependent, so the verb moves to the end of that clause.
Why does the main clause start with hole instead of ich?
After a preceding clause (here the bevor-clause), the main clause “restarts,” and the finite verb occupies position 1 (verb-first inversion). The subject ich then follows in position 2.
Why is ich not repeated before gehe zum Markt?