Grammatik

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Grammatik

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    AdjektivdeklinationAn adjective before a noun always takes an ending. Which one depends on whether the article already shows the gender.
    4 parts
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    n-DeklinationA group of masculine nouns takes `-n` or `-en` in every case except the nominative singular.
    3 parts
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    GenitivThe genitive shows possession and follows a group of prepositions that are especially important in written language.
    4 parts
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    RelativsätzeA relative clause describes a noun more precisely without needing a second sentence.
    4 parts
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    Relativsätze mit Präposition, wo und wasIf the verb in the relative clause requires a preposition, it stands before the relative pronoun — and determines its case.
    3 parts
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    Konjunktiv II für Höflichkeit und WünscheThe Konjunktiv II turns a demand into a request and a fact into a possibility.
    4 parts
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    Irreale BedingungssätzeWith `wenn` + Konjunktiv II you describe what would be if reality were different.
    4 parts
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    PassivIn the passive, the action moves to the centre and the person acting steps back — in official and work texts, this is the normal case.
    4 parts
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    Passiv in allen Zeiten und mit ModalverbenThe passive exists in every tense — and combined with a modal verb it describes obligations and possibilities.
    3 parts
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    Plusquamperfekt und nachdemThe past perfect is the pluperfect: it describes what happened **before** another past event.
    3 parts
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    Temporale Nebensätze`bevor, während, seitdem, bis, sobald, solange` place two events in relation to each other in time.
    3 parts
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    Konzessivsatz mit obwohl`obwohl` names a counter-reason: something happens although something else speaks against it.
    3 parts
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    Finalsätze: um … zu und damitBoth name the purpose of an action. Which form you use depends only on whether the subject stays the same.
    4 parts
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    Indirekte FragenTurning a question into a subordinate clause: the verb moves to the end, and the question mark disappears.
    3 parts
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    Verben mit PräpositionenAt B1 the list grows — and with it the need to learn verb, preposition and case as one unit.
    3 parts
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    Pronominaladverbien`darauf, davon, damit, worauf, wovon, womit` replace preposition + thing. For people, the preposition stays.
    3 parts
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    Reflexive Verben mit PräpositionMany B1 verbs combine both: a reflexive pronoun and a fixed preposition.
    3 parts
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    Adjektive und Nomen mit PräpositionIt is not only verbs that have fixed prepositions — adjectives and nouns do too.
    3 parts
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    Futur I`werden` + infinitive is used for the future less often than you might think — most of the time it expresses a supposition or a promise.
    4 parts
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    Konnektoren: sondern, sonst, ausserdem, dennochThese words control how two statements relate to each other — as a correction, condition, addition or contrast.
    4 parts
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    Zweiteilige Konnektoren`entweder … oder`, `weder … noch`, `nicht nur … sondern auch`, `je … desto` join two parts into one statement.
    3 parts
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    lassen`lassen` has three meanings — to allow, to have something done and to leave behind — and is used with an infinitive without `zu`.
    4 parts
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    Wortstellung im MittelfeldBetween the verb and the end of the sentence, the adverbials are arranged according to a fixed pattern: TeKaMoLo — temporal, causal, modal…
    3 parts
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    Trennbare und untrennbare PräfixeThe same verb means something different with different prefixes — and some prefixes separate, while others never do.
    3 parts