"Mit dem Mittagessen trinken wir Wein."

Translation: We drink wine with the lunch.

[feier]

what's wrong with 'we drink wine during lunch?'

[Levi]

It says 'Mit dem' aka with lunch, not during lunch.

[Ghostwriter]

What does "with lunch" mean in such a case?

[nhaines]

It means that the wine accompanies the lunch.

[Brasilikum]

Well, you don't say " Mit dem Mittagessen", you would say "Zum Mittagessen".

[laura_ve]

please check the recording, you can't understand me but my recording is very clear.

[AvivAv]

what's the problem with:
"mit dem Mittagessen Wir trinken Wein"
?
it might contain typos, but I can't see why my translation is not acceptable

[christian]

The word order is wrong.

http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa032700a.htm (see "verb second")

[Waffenstillstand]

The word order in the English translation is wrong, too.

[Alturrang]

Disagree with you Yoda does.

[polomare]

lol, Altur, I wonder how many people here will get your comment.

[SueNicholls]

Yes, Yoda like it sound does!

[kirstinmjkeller]

"We drink wine with the lunch" is also accepted for those who are not used to "With the lunch we drink wine"

[carolina_passos]

I don't think the order is wrong in the English translation, it is just unusual.

[greeson1]

How does the mit play into this? Isn't the verb in the third position, or do we consider "mit" as part of the verb?

[nhaines]

The dative phrase is "mit dem Mittagessen". So that's the first position. "Trinken" comes next in the second position, and then the subject "wir" follows.

1[Wir] 2[trinken] 3[Wein] 4[mit dem Mittagessen].
1[Mit dem Mittagessen] 2[trinken] 3[wir] 4[Wein].

[4of92000]

Shouldn't it be "Wir trinken Wein mit dem Mittagessen"?

[SelphieB]

No, in German any part of the sentence can come first, except the verb must come second.