why is this sentence structured like this?
um 20 uhr hat sie heute ein Konzert.
why "hat" came before "sie" ,although it is not a question? shouldn't it be "um 20 uhr sie hat heute ein Konzert."
is it correct either way?
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German is a language with "V2 word order": In a main clause the verb (or more specifically, its inflected part) occupies the second position. If you put the time first, the subject has to be moved after the verb.
→ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V2_word_order
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No it would be incorrect with "sie hat" in this sentence. The key word here is "um 20 Uhr". Without that it would be this way.
"Sie hat heute ein Konzert"
The "hat" is for the time in this sentence.
Sry I cant explain it better.
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