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Now let’s look at the questions you can ask. Some can inquire into the subject of the <strong>sentence</strong><br />
and the words that modify it:<br />
Wessen Geschwister lebten in Darmstadt<br />
bei der Tante eines Freundes?<br />
Wer lebte in Darmstadt bei der Tante<br />
eines Freundes?<br />
Lebten seine Eltern in Darmstadt bei der<br />
Tante eines Freundes?<br />
Some questions will ask about location:<br />
Wo lebten seine Geschwister?<br />
Bei wem lebten seine Geschwister in<br />
Darmstadt?<br />
Lebten seine Geschwister in Berlin bei<br />
der Tante eines Freundes?<br />
Whose brothers and sisters lived in Darmstadt<br />
with the aunt of a friend?<br />
Who lived in Darmstadt with the aunt of a<br />
friend?<br />
Did his parents live in Darmstadt with the aunt<br />
of a friend?<br />
Where did his brothers and sisters live?<br />
With whom did his brothers and sisters live in<br />
Darmstadt?<br />
Did his brothers and sisters live in Berlin with<br />
the aunt of a friend?<br />
Some questions seek to distinguish between two persons or things by inquiring which or<br />
what:<br />
In welcher Stadt lebten seine Geschwister?<br />
In what city did his brothers and sisters live?<br />
Some questions ask whose to identify a person or thing or to show ownership:<br />
Bei wessen Tante lebten seine Geschwister<br />
in Darmstadt?<br />
Some ja-nein questions seek to clarify information in the <strong>sentence</strong>:<br />
Lebten seine Geschwister in Darmstadt<br />
bei dem Onkel eines Freundes?<br />
Lebten seine Geschwister in Darmstadt<br />
bei der Tante einer Freundin?<br />
With whose aunt did his brothers and sisters<br />
live in Darmstadt?<br />
Did his brothers and sisters live in Darmstadt<br />
with the uncle of a friend?<br />
Did his brothers and sisters live in Darmstadt<br />
with the aunt of a girlfriend?<br />
When you merely invert the subject and verb, you are asking a general question about all the<br />
information in the <strong>sentence</strong>, and this type of question will require a ja-nein answer:<br />
Lebten seine Geschwister in Darmstadt<br />
bei der Tante eines Freundes?<br />
Did his brothers and sisters live in Darmstadt<br />
with the aunt of a friend?<br />
As you can see, at least eleven questions were able to be derived from a <strong>sentence</strong> composed<br />
of ten words. When you are able to do this on your own, you will have the skill to understand the<br />
complexities of a <strong>sentence</strong> and how to compose your own <strong>sentence</strong>s more accurately.<br />
Übung<br />
3·1<br />
Example:<br />
Write a question for each of the underlined elements in the <strong>sentence</strong>s that follow.<br />
Die Kinder wollen Schach spielen.<br />
Wer will Schach spielen?<br />
Was wollen die Kinder spielen?<br />
22 Practice Makes Perfect German Sentence Builder
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