3 verb clause If I am trying to say something like "I want to go watch TV" would this use the verbs: wollen, fernsehen, and gehen? If this is true, I am not sure the order that the verbs would be in.

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3 verb clause If I am trying to say something like "I want to go watch TV" would this use the verbs: wollen, fernsehen, and gehen? If this is true, I am not sure the order that the verbs would be in. Example, is this correct: Ich will sehen fern gehen or Ich will sehen gehen fern etc. So basically, I am having trouble understanding the order of the verbs at the end of a clause, and where the separable prefix goes when there are more than 2 verbs. Danke.

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As a native speaker, I have actually never thought about the grammatical nuances and underlying rules - but the translation of "I want to go watch TV" would be: Ich will fernsehen gehen.

I think that you can say this sentence like this: Ich möchte ins Haus gehen fern zu sehen., I am not pretty sure but that's my opinion.. Kein Problem ????☺️

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