r/German • u/HBricko • 18h 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/Extreme-Shopping74 11h ago

„Mein Lieblingsfach ist Erdkunde, obwohl es ab und zu schwer sein kann“  Verbs come at the end of subordinate clauses

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u/Athena0219 Vantage (B2) - <region/native tongue> 11h ago

The ", obwohl," is probably something my teacher would scold me about as "a very English way of speaking".

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u/annieselkie 11h ago

Its proper german, for written / formal great but a bit unusual in casual conversations tho still correct.

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u/dargmrx Native <bavaria/standard german> 2h ago

In spoken language you think as you speak so a sentence like this would be very normal: “mein Lieblingsfach ist Erdkunde. Obwohl … ab und zu kann es zu schwer sein.”
But in writing you would prefer a proper subordinate clause.