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Everything You Need to Know about Indirect Questions in German / Indirekte Fragen

By Nikolina October 14, 2024

In this lesson, you will learn all about indirect questions in German, what indirect questions actually are, what types of indirect questions there are, when and why they are used.…

German Um/Anstatt/ Ohne + Zu – Infinitive Constructions

By Nikolina October 11, 2024

An infinitive clause with zu can be introduced by four prepositions: um, (an)statt, ohne, and außer. These clauses have special meanings and are the equivalent of adverbial clauses. In this…

Wenn and Falls Sentences – Semple and Easy/ Nebensätze mit Wenn und Falls

By Nikolina October 11, 2024

In this lesson you will learn all about conditional sentences, wenn and falls conjunctions. What do they mean and how are they used, how do they function, which relationships prevail…

Dass – Clauses – Simple and clear /dass- Satz

By Nikolina October 11, 2024

CONTENTS Dass/thatThe omission of dassDass + another conjunctionsInfinitive clauses with zu Dass /that Dass is the most common conjunction used in noun clauses. It closely corresponds to the English word…

Everything You Need to Know About Um … Zu and Damit / Finalsatz

By Nikolina October 11, 2024

In this lesson, you will learn about um...zu and damit sentences. You will understand how to use sentences with um...zu and damit, as well as the meanings of these two…

Everythig You Need to Know about indem ohne dass and anstatt dass /Der Modalsatz

By Nikolina October 10, 2024

In this lesson you will learn all about modal sentences and conjunctions of manner and degree – indem, ohne dass and anstatt dass simply and easily. CONTENTS What are modal…

Obwohl and Trotzdem in German– Everything You Need to Know /Obwohl und Trotzdem – Klar und Einfach

By Nikolina October 9, 2024

In this lesson, you will learn about concessive clauses and concessive conjunctions "obwohl" and "trotzdem" in German. You will understand their meanings and usage and learn about the conjunctions "zwar…