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der Mann gibt der Frau den Brief.
Click a phrase to move it into or out of the Vorfeld; click its case badge to hand that role to the next phrase.
“der Mann” is in the Vorfeld, so that is what the sentence is about, and the verb still comes second whatever you put there. Note “der Frau”: that is dative feminine, not a nominative masculine, which is the one form that catches everybody.
Move a phrase into the Vorfeld: the verb stays second and the articles re-inflect with the roles.
German gets taught as “verb second”, and then everyone assumes the subject comes first, because it does in English. It doesn't have to. Any phrase can take the slot before the verb, and case is carried by the article, not by position. The block below lets you move them and watch the articles change, including der Frau, which is dative feminine and catches everybody once.
You describe the goal in your own words and the plan asks questions back until it is one you would follow. Goals usually look like these.
There is no fixed syllabus. The plan is built around your goal and drops what it does not need. These are the topics it draws from.
Each one has its own lesson block to try.
See how it works and what it costs.