Language/Multiple-languages/Grammar/TeKaMoLo-in-multiple-languages

TeKaMoLo is the mnemonic for German adverbial clauses. It means „temporal, kausal, modal, lokal“. Here is a list of its extension to other languages.

There are a lot of types of adverbial clauses, from which those four (time, reason, manner, place) are the most common. They can be expressed in one sentence and not being lengthy.

In progress.

language	mnemonic	example
English	MoLoTeKa Ka,MoLoTe Te,MoLoKa	I laughed happily in the classroom yesterday because of the power outage at school. Because of the power outage at school, I laughed happily in the classroom yesterday. Yesterday, I laughed happily in the classroom because of the power outage at school.
German	TeKaMoLo KaTeMoLo	Ich habe gestern wegen des Stromausfalls in der Schule fröhlich im Klassenzimmer gelacht. Gestern habe ich wegen des Stromausfalls in der Schule fröhlich im Klassenzimmer gelacht. Wegen des Stromausfalls in der Schule habe ich gestern im Klassenzimmer fröhlich gelacht.
Japanese	TeKaLoMo	昨日は学校の停電で教室で楽しく笑いました。
Mandarin Chinese	TeKa,LoMo Ka,TeLoMo	我昨天因為學校停電，在教室裡高興地笑了。／我昨天因为学校停电，在教室里高兴地笑了。 昨天因為學校停電，我在教室裡高興地笑了。／昨天因为学校停电，我在教室里高兴地笑了。 我因為學校停電，昨天在教室裡高興地笑了。／我因为学校停电，昨天在教室里高兴地笑了。 因為學校停電，我昨天在教室裡高興地笑了。／因为学校停电，我昨天在教室里高兴地笑了。