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- "I go to bed at ten."
"I go to bed at ten."
Translation:Ich gehe um zehn ins Bett.
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EDIT: See below for a native-speaker's input!
By my understanding, it would unusually emphasise um zehn. Duo's example is more neutral-sounding in its emphasis.
Resources:
https://yourdailygerman.com/2015/01/07/german-word-order/
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/WordOrder/WordOrder.html
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But why? Though? Is time always before space except when the space is emphasized to the beginning?
German syntax follows the following order Time > Manner > Place. Here "um elf" is time and "ins bett" is place so "um elf" comes first. Other orders will sound extremely weird. It would be like saying in English : "I'm going by car at night home" as opposed to : "I'm going home by car at night" (English has a different adverb order).
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To answer your question :
German syntax follows the following order Time > Manner > Place. Here "um elf" is time and "ins bett" is place so "um elf" comes first. Other orders will sound extremely weird. It would be like saying in English : "I'm going by car at night home" as opposed to : "I'm going home by car at night" (English has a different adverb order).