Question word + object + verb + subject of the sentence Wie viel Zeit haben wir? How much time have we? Wie viele Kartons hat Oma? How many boxes has Grandma?

In English, we have one word for “where”, but in German there are three words. We use wo to ask where someone is. We use wohin to ask where someone is going (direction away from the speaker). And we use woher to ask where someone is coming from (direction toward the speaker).

In order to form a Wh- question in German, start with the question word first. The conjugated verb takes the second position, followed by the subject of the sentence. If there is anything else in the question, then it is placed after the subject. For example, Wann ist das Konzert? (When is the concert?)

In German the dative is also called der Wemfall, so the question words for the dative are to whom (“wem”) or what (“was”).