"Wenn das Baby schläft, ist es ein gutes Baby."

Translation: When the baby sleeps it is a good baby.

[musikalisch]

I think you mean, "dann", because "als" doesn't mean "then", but "than" instead. I think you're right, I just thought this form with "then" sounded more... english :)

[jholland15]

oops my bad. "than"

[Plushy]

Why is it 'ist es' and not 'es ist'? Is it some kind of word order rule that I'm unfamiliar with?

[WolfStriker1]

It is "ist es" because the verb is always in second position in a German sentence. The "wenn" clause occupies the first position, so "ist" must come next.

[Danmoller]

Looks like every time the subordinate sentence comes first (Wenn das Baby schläft), it brings the main sentece verb near it.

[musikalisch]

"If the baby sleeps, then it's a good baby" ist nicht richtig?

[jholland15]

i think not, because "als," meaning "then" was not used

[magicLamp76]

Why "... it is a good ..."? Shouldn't be " ... he/she is a good ..."? Is this a kind of politically correct expression? In this case it should be "she" ... I think.

[jholland15]

in german, "baby" is neuter, so they refer to a baby as "es." even though we don't use "it" to refer to babies in english, the baby's gender is not specified here, so that's the best we can do.

[lieryan]

When doing English -> German translation, when the gender of a noun is not clear, Duo generally accepts either (e.g. Ich bin ein Schüler/Ich bin eine Schülerin), why should German -> English differ?

[Danmoller]

Tried "as long as the baby sleeps", I believe it's better than "when", since Wenn has a "only if" meaning.

Wrong =....but I'm not sure enough to make a report.

[fejlik]

On the face of it, it is a bear.

[kacerik]

"It is a good baby, when it is sleeping" or sleeps...?

[Ade...]

when it sleeps

[Ade...]

This is a very creepy sentence. what happens if the baby doesn't sleep?

[Klilsh]

Why is this sentence in the Genitive Case lesson? There's no Genitive here, right?