Breakdown of Im Unterricht bekommen die Stillen extra Zeit, damit sie ihre Meinung sagen können.
Questions & Answers about Im Unterricht bekommen die Stillen extra Zeit, damit sie ihre Meinung sagen können.
Im is just the contracted form of in dem.
- in + dem = im
- You could say In dem Unterricht bekommen …, but in normal speech and writing, Germans almost always use the contraction im here.
Also, in with a static location (where something happens) takes the dative, so dem Unterricht (dative masculine) is required.
German main clauses follow the verb‑second (V2) rule, not “subject‑first.” One constituent comes first, and then the conjugated verb must be in second position.
In this sentence:
- Im Unterricht – first element (a time/place phrase)
- bekommen – conjugated verb in second position
- die Stillen – subject
- extra Zeit, damit … – rest of the sentence
You could also say:
- Die Stillen bekommen im Unterricht extra Zeit, …
Both are correct. Putting Im Unterricht first emphasizes the setting (“in class”) more strongly.