Basic sentence structure simply means the basic order of the words in a sentence

Basic sentence structure simply means the basic order of the words in a sentence.

You may have heard about the "dreaded German sentence structure," but it’s really not all that bad. Look at this sentence:

Ich	liebe	dich!
S	V

In German, if you start with the subject, ich, you follow it with the verb, liebe. That means subject before verb. Now look at this:

In Frankreich	spricht	man	Französisch.	( In France you speak French.)
	V	S

This sentence starts with something other than the subject - In Frankreich . . .. If the subject is not at the beginning of the sentence, then the subject, man, goes after the verb, spricht.

Here are some more examples of basic German sentence structure:

Ich	habe	ein Haus.	subject first = subject before verb
S	V

Jetzt	verstehen	Sie!	subject doesn’t come first = subject after verb
	V	S

Na,	verstehen	Sie	jetzt?	subject doesn’t come first = subject after verb
	V	S

Aber jetzt	verstehen	Sie	, nicht?	subject doesn’t come first = subject after verb
	V	S