"It looks like my grandmother's house."

Translation: Es sieht aus wie das Haus meiner Großmutter.

[pankow]

Why isn't 'aus' at the end of the phrase?

[omergold]

I guess that the rest of the phrase is just too long to keep sieht and aus intuitively connected. German speakers aren't thatcrazy.

[printans]

This would be an entirely valid option in German. So, I guess we are that crazy ;)

[kth437]

What function does "aus" perform here? It has appeared as a function in other constructions in German that I haven't completely grasped. Does it have to do with 'sieht' being 'looks' instead of 'sees' in this example? (Es sieht = it sees vs Es sieht aus = it looks or it appears?)

[christian]

The verb is "aussehen". "aus" is a separable prefix.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~german/Grammatik/Wortbildung/Separables.html

http://goo.gl/rMyDa

[Jeremy_A]

"Aus" can go in two different places here and still be accepted. Is there a difference? Is one more common?

[kth437]

AHH- viele danke! The link describing separable verb prefixes is enormously helpful! I appreciate this.

[Davoskan]

"Es sieht wie meine Großmutters Haus aus" - Is it correct?

[oqughuchi]

It was marked correct for me.

[christian]

It's wrong. It shouldn't have been accepted.

[brandypittman]

Thanks so much! Every so often i find myself at sea on the intent behind "aus", the seperable prefix should help .