Timeline for Why is the verb in the first position here?
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| Aug 9, 2023 at 13:06 | comment | added | J D | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerund | |
| Aug 9, 2023 at 6:42 | comment | added | Ivo | It's the same in English | |
| Aug 8, 2023 at 15:22 | comment | added | Sebastian Koppehel | The actual rule would be "Normally the finite verb comes first only etc." Okay, so "Laufen" is a verbal noun here, but you could also have "Laufen will ich", and in that case laufen is clearly a verb, just not a finite one. | |
| S Aug 8, 2023 at 12:25 | history | edited | Ingmar | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Aug 8, 2023 at 12:25 | history | suggested | mkrieger1 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 8, 2023 at 7:36 | comment | added | Alazon | To cut a long discussion short: The finite verb "ist" is in the second position, therefore this is not a question. A question would have the finite verb in first position: "Ist Laufen eine gute Aktivität?" (In your example, "laufen" is a topic. It's difficult to decide whether it's an infinitival verb or a noun, but anyway.) | |
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| Aug 7, 2023 at 21:21 | answer | added | Alazon | timeline score: 3 | |
| S Aug 7, 2023 at 19:35 | vote | accept | khurram Shahzad | ||
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| Aug 7, 2023 at 18:12 | history | edited | Hubert Schölnast | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 7, 2023 at 17:55 | answer | added | Hubert Schölnast | timeline score: 14 | |
| Aug 7, 2023 at 17:55 | answer | added | EagleFliesBanana | timeline score: 5 | |
| S Aug 7, 2023 at 17:45 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Aug 7, 2023 at 17:45 | history | asked | khurram Shahzad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |