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      And what was “because”?

      weil

      (vile)

      Now, if you want to say “because I am romantic” you will quickly discover that “because” acts as a kind of catapult. Don’t believe me?Well, watch…

      “I am romantic” in German is:

      Ich bin romantisch.

      (ikh bin roe-marn-tish)

      But “because I am romantic” in German is:

      weil ich romantisch bin

      (vile ikh roe-marn-tish bin)

      Notice how the “bin” (am) has been catapulted to the end of the sentence?Well, this is what catapult words do – they take a word and throw it all the way to the end of the sentence. But that raises an important question of course: how do we know which word it is in this sentence that should be catapulted?

      Well, it’s very simple, it’s the second one.

      So again, what is “I am romantic” in German?

      Ich bin romantisch.

      (ikh bin roe-marn-tish)

      So the second word in the sentence is “am” / “bin” and so if we want to add “because” / “weil” to this sentence, this is the word that gets catapulted to the end.

      So again, how would you say “because I am romantic”?

      weil ich romantisch bin

      (vile ikh roe-marn-tish bin)