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Do not worry! Verb position is one of the simplest concepts in German grammar. Usually, the verb is placed in the second position of the sentence. Pay attention to the following examples:

Ich liebe dich: I love you.
Wir leben dort: We live there
Er studiert Medizin: He studies medicine.

As you may have noticed, sentence structure is very similar in English and German. Of course, when you want to ask a question, you must put the verb first:

Liebst du mich?: Do you love me?
Lebt Ihr Dort?: Do you (plural) live there?
Studiert er Medizin? Is he studying medicine?

Double verbs, separable prefixes, conjunctions and modal verbs make these rules a bit more complicated. However, the grammar for these items is relatively simple.

2- Always write German names in capital letters

You may have noticed that in the last example the word Medizin is written in capital letters. In German, nouns (words that refer to people, things, and places) are always capitalized. Below are more examples:

Ich liebe den Sommer: I love summer.
Wir leben in dem Haus mit meiner Mutter: We live at home with my mother.
Er studiert seit September mit seinem Bruder Medizin an der Universität: He has been studying medicine at the university with his brother since September.

Although all nouns are capitalized, pronouns are never capitalized unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence.