Subordinate Clauses: weil, dass, wenn
సాంతర్గత వాక్యాలు
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 Telugu's natural order exactly.
Grammar Comparison
వ్యాకరణ పోలిక
Subordinate clauses are fully verb-final, just like Telugu
Ich bleibe zu Hause, weil ich krank bin. (because I sick am — bin goes last)
నేను ఇంట్లో ఉంటాను, ఎందుకంటే నేను అనారోగ్యంగా ఉన్నాను. (verb also comes last)
In A1 you saw that German main clauses put the verb second, while Telugu 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 Telugu word-order instinct and land on a grammatically correct German sentence.
Vocabulary
పదజాలం
- Telugu
- ఎందుకంటేendukante
- English
- because
- Telugu
- అనిani
- English
- that
- Telugu
- అయితే / -తేaithe / -the
- English
- if / when
- Telugu
- అయినప్పటికీayinappatiki
- English
- although
- Telugu
- ముందుmundu
- English
- before
- Telugu
- తర్వాతtarvaatha
- English
- after