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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
Indirect speech
Alternative forms of reporting speech
Besides the indirect speech, there are alternative ways to report the words of someone.
alternative structures | Examples |
modal verbs | Norbert will gestern mit Angelika ausgegangen sein. |
infinitive structures | Philip behauptet, gerstern krank gewesen zu sein. |
expressions | Nach seinen Worten hat er sie nie wieder gesehen. |