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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
- Conjugation in indicative
- Person and number
- Tenses
- Voice
- Mood
- Verb categories
- Valency
- Semantic categories of verbs
- Finite / non-finite verb forms
- Noun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Article
- Pronoun
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Particle
- Interjection
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Verb
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SENTENCE GRAMMAR
- Clause types
- Complex clauses
- Constituents of a sentence
- Sentence structure
- Word order in a sentence
- Negation
Difficulties in agreement (concord)
Multiple subjects, where the 3rd person is present
| subject | connected with | person of the finite verb form |
| various persons in the 3rd person (singular or plural) | und | 3.person plural * |
| Example | ||
| Die Arbeiter und der Personalleiter klagen über die schlechten Arbeitsbedingungen. | ||
* also in singular, when the multiple subject consists of infinitives or if the parts of the multiple subject are in the singular number and closely linked with a common attribute.
| Examples | ||
| Tanzen und Singen trainieren / trainiert Körper und Seele. | ||
| Ihre atemberaubende Ausstrahlung und Schönheit zauberten / zauberte das Publikum. |