Breakdown of Die Vorband spielt live.
spielen
to play
die Vorband
the supporting act
live
live (performance)
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Questions & Answers about Die Vorband spielt live.
Why is it die Vorband and not der or das Vorband?
Because Vorband is a feminine noun in German, so its nominative singular article is die.
A good habit is to learn German nouns together with their article:
- die Vorband
- die Band
Since Vorband is based on die Band, it makes sense that it is feminine too.
Why is Vorband written as one word?
German often forms new nouns by combining shorter words into one compound noun.
Here, Vor- means something like pre- or opening-, and Band means band.
So:
- Vorband = opening band
This is very normal in German. English often uses separate words where German uses one compound word.
Why is spielt used here?
Spielt is the third-person singular present tense form of spielen.
The verb spielen is conjugated like this in the present tense:
- ich spiele
- du spielst
- er/sie/es spielt
- wir spielen
- ihr spielt
- sie/Sie spielen
Since die Vorband is grammatically singular, the verb must also be singular:
- Die Vorband spielt live.