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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
Adjectives with limited uses
As mentioned, many adjectives can be used as attributes, predicative expressions and adverbials.
used as | Examples |
attribute to a noun | ich habe einen schnellen Computer |
predicative expression | mein Computer ist schnell |
adverbial | mein Computer rechnet schnell |
There are, however, certain groups of adjectives that have limited uses :
used only as | Examples |
attribute to a noun | die vorderen Räder des Wagens |
der gestrige Tag |
Adjectives in this group can function only as attributes to a noun.
used only as | Examples |
predicative expression | das Kind ist allein |
daran bist du schuld |
Adjectives in this group can function only as predicative expressions.
used only as | Examples |
attribute and predicative expression | ein sonniger Tag / der Tag ist sonnig |
der rote Rock / der Rock ist rot |
Adjectives in this group can function only as attributes and predicative expressions and not as adverbials.
used only as | Examples |
attributes and adverbials | tägliche Arbeit / täglich arbeiten |
völliges Verständnis / etwas völlig verstehen |
Adjectives in this group can function only as attributes and adverbials and not as predicative expressions.