Part 206

§ 1. =Infinitives, Participles, and that form of the Infinitive preceded by +zu+ which is called Supine, stand at the end of the clause=; as—

+Er war ärmlich, aber doch sauber ~gekleidet~.+

He was poorly, but yet neatly dressed.

+Sein zürnender Oheim hatte ihn zu sich ~gerufen~.+

His angry uncle had bid him come to him.

+Seine Tante wird morgen zu uns ~kommen~.+

His aunt will come to us to-morrow.

+Sie hat uns ~versprochen~, morgen zu ~kommen~.+

She has promised us to come to-morrow.

§ 2. In a clause containing both an infinitive and a participle, =the infinitive stands last=; as—

+Der Diener würde es ~nicht gethan haben~, wenn er ihn nicht freundlich darum gebeten hätte.+

The servant would not have done it, if he had not kindly asked him to do it.

+Der Brief muß gut ~geschrieben werden~, denn er enthält wichtige Mitteilungen.+

The letter must be well written, for it contains important communications.

§ 3. In a clause containing =two infinitives, the one governing the other stands last=; as—

+Er mag mit einem solchen Menschen nichts ~zu thun haben~.+

He does not like to have anything to do with such a man.

§ 4. =Separable prefixes= of compound verbs =are placed at the end= of the clause when the verb is used in a simple tense; as—

+Der König ~ging~ jeden Morgen um elf Uhr ~aus~ und ~kam~ gegen zwölf Uhr ~zurück~.+

The king went out every morning at eleven o’clock and returned towards twelve o’clock.

§ 5. In a clause containing =two objects=, both =expressed by nouns=, that of the =person= stands =before= that of the =thing=; as—

+Am nächsten Abend gab er ~dem Manne~ das ~Geld~ zurück.+

The next evening he returned the money to the man.

§ 6. When both objects represent persons, the =accusative generally stands first=; as—

+Man hat ~den~ Verbrecher ~dem~ Richter überliefert.+

They have delivered the criminal to the judge.

§ 7. In clauses containing two objects, one being a personal pronoun and the other a noun, =the pronoun stands first=; as—

+Der fremde Herr gab ~mir einige Äpfel~ und Birnen.+