Subordinate Clauses: weil, dass, wenn
ഉപവാക്യങ്ങൾ: weil, dass, wenn
This is where German's verb-final tendency, first hinted at in A1, becomes a hard rule: any clause introduced by weil, dass, or wenn pushes its verb all the way to the end — matching Malayalam's natural order exactly.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
Subordinate clauses are fully verb-final, just like Malayalam
Ich bleibe zu Hause, weil ich krank bin. (because I sick am — bin goes last)
ഞാൻ വീട്ടിൽ ഇരിക്കുന്നു, കാരണം എനിക്ക് സുഖമില്ല. (verb also comes last)
In A1 you saw that German main clauses put the verb second, while Malayalam always puts it last. Subordinate clauses erase that difference entirely: once you use weil ('because'), dass ('that'), wenn ('if/when'), or a similar conjunction, the verb is banished to the very end of that clause — no exceptions. This is the one corner of German grammar where you can build the sentence with pure Malayalam word-order instinct and land on a grammatically correct German sentence.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
- Malayalam
- കാരണംkaaranam
- English
- because
- Malayalam
- എന്ന്ennu
- English
- that
- Malayalam
- എങ്കിൽ / -പ്പോൾenkil / -ppol
- English
- if / when
- Malayalam
- എങ്കിലുംenkilum
- English
- although
- Malayalam
- മുൻപ്munpu
- English
- before
- Malayalam
- ശേഷംshesham
- English
- after