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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
- Conjugation in indicative
- Person and number
- Tenses
- Voice
- Mood
- Verb categories
- Valency
- Semantic categories of verbs
- Finite / non-finite verb forms
- Noun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Article
- Pronoun
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Particle
- Interjection
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Verb
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SENTENCE GRAMMAR
- Clause types
- Complex clauses
- Constituents of a sentence
- Sentence structure
- Word order in a sentence
- Negation
Meaning
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Conjunctions can be categorized in the following groups, according to their meaning.
copulative |
disjunctive |
adversative (contrastive) |
final |
causal |
conditional |
consecutive |
concessive |
modal |
temporal |
empty |
Some conjunctions belong to more than one semantic category.
Examples | ||
als
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Als ich ihn sah, konnte ich ihn nicht wiedererkennen. | temporal |
Das Restaurant ist viel teurer, als du mir gesagt hast. | modal | |
um ... zu
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Ich spare Geld, um ein neues Auto zu kaufen. | final |
Es ist heute zu windig, um surfen zu gehen. | consecutive |