the meeting.' |- |} Faroese Unlike continental Scandinavian languages, the sentence adverb may either precede or follow the finite verb in embedded clauses. A (3a) slot is inserted here for the following sentence adverb alternative. {|cellspacing="8" ||main clauseembedded clause|||||Front— ||Finite verbConjunction||SubjectSubject||Sentence adverbSentence adverb||—Finite verb||—Sentence adverb||Non-finite verbNon-finite verb||ObjectObject||AdverbialAdverbial|| |- ||main clause||a.||Her||man||fólk||ongantíð||||||hava fingið||fisk||fyrr |- ||||||1||2||3||4||||||5||6||7 |- ||||||here||must||people||never||||||have caught||fish||before||... |- |||| |colspan=7|'People have surely never caught fish here before.' |- ||embedded clause||b.||||hóast||fólk||ongantíð ||hevur|||| fingið|| fisk ||her |- ||||||||1||2||3||4||||5||6||7 |- ||||||||although||people||never||have||||caught||fish||here |- |- ||||c.||||hóast||fólk||||hevur||ongantíð||fingið|| fisk ||her |- ||||||||1||2||||4||(3a)||5||6||7 |- ||||||||although||people||||have||never||caught||fish||here||... |- |||| |colspan=7|'although people have never caught fish here' |- |} V2 in German In main clauses, the V2 constraint holds. As with other Germanic languages, the finite verb must be in the second position. However, any non-finite forms must be in final position. The subject may be in the first position, but when a topical expression occupies the position, the subject follows the finite verb. In embedded clauses, the V2 constraint does not hold. The finite verb form must be adjacent to any non-finite at the end of the clause. German grammarians traditionally divide sentences into fields. Subordinate clauses preceding the main clause are said to be in the first field (Vorfeld), clauses following the main clause in the final field (Nachfeld). The central field (Mittelfeld) contains most or all of a clause, and is bounded by left bracket (Linke Satzklammer) and right bracket (Rechte Satzklammer) positions. In main clauses, the initial element (subject or topical expression) is said to be located in the first field, the V2 finite verb form in the left bracket, and any non-finite verb forms in the right bracket.In embedded clauses, the conjunction is said to be located in the left bracket, and the verb forms in the right bracket. In German embedded clauses, a finite verb form follows any non-finite forms. German {|cellspacing="8" ||||| First field ||Left bracket||Central field||||||||Right bracket ||||||Final field |- | Main clause||a.||Er || hat |||dich ||gestern ||nicht |||| angerufen ||||||weil er dich nicht stören wollte. |- |||||he || has || you ||yesterday|| not || ||rung|| || || |- |||| |colspan=10|... 'He didn't ring you yesterday because he didn't want to disturb you.' |- | || b. || Sobald er Zeit hat || wird || er || dich||||||anrufen |- | || || As soon as he has time || will ||he || you||||||ring |||||| |- |||| |colspan=10|...'When he has time he will ring you.'