MAIN Clause – A complete independent sentence

SUBORDINATE Clause – This sentences relay on this main clause and subject (person/thing) in
the main clause exhibits its reasons, explanations, etc., are combined with conjugations with
subordinating conjugations (if, as, because, when, although, that, since, unless, etc.,) – This has
taught us in the earlier classes.

So, a sentence can only be a main clause or combination of clauses.

And some sentences, like two main clauses are combined with coordinating conjugations (and,
but, or, for, yet, etc.,) --- don’t get confused while combining the sentences!!!

MAIN Clause:

Today I have met your friend. (have - helping verb, met - main verb)

Heute habe ich deinen Freund getroffen.

Here, in German there is no rule of placing sub next to verb (ich habe) or verb next to sub (habe
ich). But mostly german conversations follow verb next to sub format in main clause.

SUBORDINATE Clause:

Today I have met your friend because he has invited me.

Heute habe ich deinen Freund getroffen, weil er mich eingeladen hat.

We have mich which a personal pronoun and it always depends upon verb type. Here, we have
eingeladen-verb (it’s an akkusativ verb). So, we used mich here (for more info check
Nom/Akk/Dav personal pronoun forms in google). And we already have thought the nebensatz
(subordinate clause) sentence structure earlier. Check once if any doubt.

You can see all the above sentences contains at least one verb. Now, what if any clause doesn’t
have at least one verb???

The book is on the table.

Das Buch ist auf dem Tisch.

We have two nouns (book and table) and no verb. Here auf is a dative preposition. So, the
article of a noun (the table) next to the preposition (auf) always depends/conjugates with
respect to preposition type. --- like Nom/Akk/Dav – articles, verbs, personal pronouns,
possessives, we also have Nom/Akk/Dav – prepositions!!!