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Three kinds of connector

An argument needs joints. In German, each connector also decides the word order of what follows. There are three kinds:

Kind Connectors Word order Example
joining words und, aber, oder, denn, sondern no change Das Kino ist teuer, aber es ist ein Erlebnis.
adverbs deshalb, trotzdem, außerdem, andererseits, allerdings verb straight after Das Kino ist teuer. Trotzdem gehe ich gern hin.
subordinating weil, obwohl, dass, wenn verb to the end Ich gehe gern hin, obwohl es teuer ist.

das Erlebnis — experience; hingehen — to go (there).

The adverbs fill the first slot of their sentence themselves — so the verb, which always wants second place, follows at once.