- Forum >
- Topic: German >
- "I generally go to bed at ten…
"I generally go to bed at ten."
Translation:Ich gehe gewöhnlich um zehn ins Bett.
April 20, 2013
20 Comments
Regney
2498
It might be the "zu Bett" (to bed) in your sentence. That could leave you standing beside your bed all night, rather than in your bed. ☺ Is there a native German speaker who could clarify?
German word order is SVO (subject verb object) Within the object there can be many elements and the general rule is that any time expression is placed first, things relating to manner are second, and time expressions are last. For this sentence: Ich (S) gehe (v) um zehn (t) gewoehnlich (m) ins Bett (p). Specifically for this sentence, I think duolingo has the biggest problem with "zu Bett" though