"Der Teller ist auch kaputt."
Translation:The plate is broken, too.
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I put "also broke" instead of "broken" and lost a heart thinking I was right. Duolingo is also improving my English skills! Ha!
Why is it "auch kaputt" instead of "kaputt auch"? In english we say "broken too" not "too broken" in this context.
Think of it as "The plate is also broken." Generally, we place "also" in the same position as German places "auch." To say, "The plate is broken also" isn't wrong in English, but it's not common to hear in everyday speech.
Here's a website that might help with German word order (which, honestly, can be a little hard for us English speakers):
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/german/learn-german-word-order/
Non-native speaker here. Wouldn't "the plate too is broken" be also right? I know this structure would sound kinda strange, but is it grammaticaly incorrect?
"The plate, too, is broken." It's technically not incorrect, but it's definitely awkward and uncommon. You wouldn't hear it in conversation. Two ways I think you're likely to hear it or read it are, "The plate is broken, too." and "The plate is also broken."
Does this specifically mean that several things are broken including the plate or that the plate has some characteristic as well as broken? I mean does that determine the position of auch or am I overthinking?
Yeah somehow. If you say "Auch der Teller ist kaputt" it means that the plate and also something else is broken. If you say "der Teller ist auch kaputt" it can mean different things. 1. Same as above, 2. The plate is broken and something else referring to the plate 3. (Colloquial) to give someone a hint that the plate is broken as in "Der Teller ist übrigens kaputt"