Word order in subordinate clauses

Subordinate clauses have their own word order. After hvis, når, om, selvom and the relative words der and som, sentence adverbs like ikke, aldrig, altid, også, stadig stand before the finite verb, right after the subject:

• Vi går en tur, hvis det ikke regner. (...if it doesn't rain.)
• Jeg har en nabo, der aldrig hilser. (...who never says hello.)

In a main clause after og, men, for the adverb comes after the verb as usual: ..., for det regner ikke.

Indirect questions keep statement order: Ved du, hvor stationen ligger? (not hvor ligger stationen).

A subordinate clause at the start of the sentence counts as the first element, so the main clause after it is inverted: Når jeg ikke kan sove, læser jeg.