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=== '''1. Auxiliary inversion''' ===
=== '''A. Auxiliary inversion''' ===
Subject + Auxiliary verb + Main Verb =>  
Subject + Auxiliary verb + Main Verb =>  
'''Auxiliary verb''' + '''Subject''' + Main verb
'''Auxiliary verb''' + '''Subject''' + Main verb


== [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3PI2daZXgE-s&t=1m10s ''Joey, if you're hurting so am I''] ==
=== A. 1. After negative adverbs or adverbial phrases ===
 
== [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrsqPE9SMxo-s&t=0m43s ''Little did I know that you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles''] ==


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Gr: "Αν πονάς, το ίδιο κάνω κι εγώ"
Gr: "Δεν ήξερα ότι ήσουν ο Ρωμαίος, ότι πετούσες βότσαλα"


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Concrete Blonde - Joey (1990)
Taylor Swift - Love Story (2008)








 
== [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GzDle_ohek-s&t=2m07s ''Never have I ever met somebody like you''] ==
== [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrsqPE9SMxo-s&t=0m43s ''Little did I know that you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles''] ==


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Gr: "Δεν ήξερα ότι ήσουν ο Ρωμαίος, ότι πετούσες βότσαλα"
Gr: "Ποτέ μου δεν ξανασυνάντησα κάποιον σαν εσένα"


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Taylor Swift - Love Story (2008)
Dua Lipa - Love Again (2020)




=== A. 2. With “so / neither / nor” (agreement) ===


 
== [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3PI2daZXgE-s&t=1m10s ''Joey, if you're hurting so am I''] ==
 
== [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GzDle_ohek-s&t=2m07s ''Never have I ever met somebody like you''] ==


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Gr: "Ποτέ μου δεν ξανασυνάντησα κάποιον σαν εσένα"
Gr: "Αν πονάς, το ίδιο κάνω κι εγώ"


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Dua Lipa - Love Again (2020)
Concrete Blonde - Joey (1990)
 
 




=== '''2. Full inversion (no auxiliary)''' ===
=== '''B. Full inversion (no auxiliary)''' ===
Subject + Main verb =>  
Subject + Main verb =>  
'''Main verb''' + '''Subject'''
'''Main verb''' + '''Subject'''


 
=== B. 1. After “here” and “there” (mainly with movement verbs) ===
 
* After “here” and “there” (mainly with movement verbs)
 


== [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC9OhK2Ovw0&t=0m25s ''Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory''] ==
== [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC9OhK2Ovw0&t=0m25s ''Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory''] ==

Revision as of 14:07, 22 March 2026

A. Auxiliary inversion

Subject + Auxiliary verb + Main Verb => Auxiliary verb + Subject + Main verb

A. 1. After negative adverbs or adverbial phrases

Little did I know that you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles

De:

Es:

Fr:

Gr: "Δεν ήξερα ότι ήσουν ο Ρωμαίος, ότι πετούσες βότσαλα"

It:

Pt:

Ro:

Tr:


Taylor Swift - Love Story (2008)



Never have I ever met somebody like you

De:

Es:

Fr:

Gr: "Ποτέ μου δεν ξανασυνάντησα κάποιον σαν εσένα"

It:

Pt:

Ro:

Tr:


Dua Lipa - Love Again (2020)


A. 2. With “so / neither / nor” (agreement)

Joey, if you're hurting so am I

De:

Es:

Fr:

Gr: "Αν πονάς, το ίδιο κάνω κι εγώ"

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Pt:

Ro:

Tr:


Concrete Blonde - Joey (1990)


B. Full inversion (no auxiliary)

Subject + Main verb => Main verb + Subject

B. 1. After “here” and “there” (mainly with movement verbs)

Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory

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Gr: "Έρχεται η βροχή πάλι, πέφτοντας στο κεφάλι μου σαν ανάμνηση"

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Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again (1983)


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