Fortgeschrittene Inversion
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No sooner / Hardly / Scarcely
No sooner had
/noʊ ˈsuːnər hæd/
No sooner had I arrived than it started snowing.
Hardly had
/ˈhɑːrdli hæd/
Hardly had she finished speaking when the alarm rang.
Scarcely had
/ˈskeərsli hæd/
Scarcely had we sat down when the waiter appeared.
Only after / when / by
Only then did
/ˈoʊnli ðen dɪd/
Only then did I realise the mistake.
Only when
/ˈoʊnli wen/
Only when she left did he understand his feelings.
Only by
/ˈoʊnli baɪ/
Only by working together can we succeed.
Only after
/ˈoʊnli ˈɑːftər/
Only after years of practice did he master the violin.
Inversion of Place (literary)
Down the road came
/daʊn ðə roʊd keɪm/
Down the road came an old man.
On the hill stood
/ɒn ðə hɪl stʊd/
On the hill stood a lonely tree.
In front of us was
/ɪn frʌnt əv əs wəz/
In front of us was a vast, empty desert.
So / Such (with consequences)
So beautiful was
/soʊ ˈbjuːtɪfəl wəz/
So beautiful was the view that we couldn't leave.
Such was
/sʌtʃ wəz/
Such was his fame that everyone recognised him.
So loud was
/soʊ laʊd wəz/
So loud was the music that we couldn't hear ourselves think.