Time–manner–place

In linguistic typology, time–manner–place is a general order of adpositional phrases in a language's sentences: "yesterday", "by car", "to the store". Japanese, Dutch and German belong to this category. An example of this appositional ordering in German is: The temporal phrase – heute ("today") – comes first, the manner – mit dem Auto ("by car") – is second, and the place – nach München ("to Munich") – is third. English and French use this order only when the time is mentioned before the verb, which is commonly the case when time, manner, and place are all mentioned.

Time–manner–place

In linguistic typology, time–manner–place is a general order of adpositional phrases in a language's sentences: "yesterday", "by car", "to the store". Japanese, Dutch and German belong to this category. An example of this appositional ordering in German is: The temporal phrase – heute ("today") – comes first, the manner – mit dem Auto ("by car") – is second, and the place – nach München ("to Munich") – is third. English and French use this order only when the time is mentioned before the verb, which is commonly the case when time, manner, and place are all mentioned.