Die Lehrerin lobt die Kinder im Garten.

The teacher praises the children in the garden.

Breakdown of Die Lehrerin lobt die Kinder im Garten.

• das Kind: the child
• in: in
• dem: the; (masculine or neuter, dative)
• der Garten: the garden

Questions & Answers about Die Lehrerin lobt die Kinder im Garten.

How do I know who is the subject and who is the object, since both die Lehrerin and die Kinder start with die?

You tell mainly from:

1. Case endings on the noun phrase
   
   • die Lehrerin is nominative (subject).
   • die Kinder is accusative (direct object).

For feminine singular and plural, nominative and accusative look the same (die), so case is not visible on the article here. But the role is:

• The one that does the action is the subject: die Lehrerin (the teacher).
• The one that receives the action is the object: die Kinder (the children).

2. Default word order
   In a simple main clause with SVO order, German tends to put:
   • Subject first: Die Lehrerin
   • Then the verb: lobt
   • Then the object: die Kinder

So: Die Lehrerin (subject) lobt (verb) die Kinder (object) im Garten (adverbial phrase).

What verb form is lobt, and what is the infinitive?