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German Subordinating Conjunctions Posted by Constanze on May 30, 2018
Guten Tag! Today I’m bringing you a simple post on German subordinating conjunctions. If even the name of this makes you yawn, don’t worry – I’m going to keep it simple! German subordinating conjunctions are basically ‘joining words’ such as because, although, and before. In this post I’ll explain what these kinds of joining words…
German comma rule: Linking main clauses and subordinate clauses with the conjunction “dass” (that) Posted by Sandra Rösner on Aug 30, 2013
There are two basic sentence types in German: main clauses, which are also know as independent clauses and subordinate clauses, which are also known as dependent clauses. Main or independent clauses can stand alone, whereas subordinate or dependent clauses require a sentence to which they are linked. Unlike in English, German main clauses and subordinate…