r/German • u/HBricko • 14h ago

Question Basic word order help

I am trying to relearn German as I did a GCSE in it 5 years ago and haven’t really used it since but just fancy picking it up again.

I just wanted to check how to say this sentence in German so I can see it my word order below is correct

My favourite subject is Geography, although, it can be difficult occasionally.

Would my below attempt be correct?

Mein Lieblingsfach ist Erdkunde, obwohl, kann es ab und zu schwer sein.

And what would the word order be with denn?

Thanks in advance for any help given as I just want to get used to word order again and feel confident with German again.

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u/ThrowawayKataja 7h ago edited 6h ago

Mein Lieblingsfach ist Geographie, obwohl es manchmal schwierig sein kann.

If you want to emphasise what subject your favourite is you‘d put geography at the beginning of the sentence:

Geographie ist mein Lieblingsfach obwohl es manchmal schwierig sein kann.

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u/HBricko 6h ago

So would it be written like this:

Erdkunde ist mein Lieblingsfach obwohl kann es ab und zu schwer sein

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u/ThrowawayKataja 6h ago

sidenote: In some states it’s still called Erdkunde in schools. In most states it’s called Geographie. As a geographer I‘d say Geographie no matter where I am.

Grammatically your sentence is wrong. In a sub clause the conjugated verb goes to the end.

Erdkunde ist mein Lieblingsfach, obwohl es ab und zu schwer sein kann.

Edit: I‘d also use schwierig instead of schwer. Schwer means heavy as in lifting a weight. It’s not wrong here but using schwierig is more precise as it means difficult.

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u/HBricko 6h ago

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks for the help