zin 1: Ik bel je. ( I will call you)zin 2: Ik ben thuis. (I am home)
Voegwoord: wanneer (when).
You might place the connecting word 'wanneer' in the middle or at the start of the 2 sentences to combine them.
Option 1: Ik bel je, wanneer ik thuis ben. (connecting word is in the middle of the 2 sentences)
Subject-direct verb-object, connecting word subject- place-direct verb
Conclusion 1: The sentence prior to the connecting word, starts with a subject followed by the direct verb.
Conclusion 2: After the connecting word, follows the subject and the other sentence part(s), but the direct verb is towards the end of the sentence.
Option 2: Wanneer ik thuis ben, bel ik je. (connecting word is at the start of the 2 sentences)
Conclusion 1: After the connecting word, follows the subject and the other sentence part(s),, but the verb is towards the end of the sentence.
Conclusion 2: The place of the verb in the second sentence is immediately after the comma, followed by the subject.
Conclusion 3: You need to start with the 2nd sentence when you decide to start with the connecting word!!