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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
Subject and object clauses
SA7
Subject and object clauses are subordinate clauses that function as subjects and objects, respectively.
They include the following types of clauses:
Examples | ||
dass-clause | Dass du mitmachst, ist wichtig. | subject |
Ich habe gelesen, dass es morgen regnen wird. | object | |
indirect interrogative clauses (reported questions) | Es ist ungewiss, ob die Feier stattfindet. | subject |
Niemand weiß, wer es ihm verraten hat. | object | |
infinitive clauses without a conjunction | Dich zu treffen, freut mich sehr. | subject |
Ich habe vor, in Deutschland zu studieren. | object | |
subordinate clauses with a finite verb form (Finitsätze) without a conjunction | Es ist besser, du sagst ihm die Wahrheit. | subject |
Er hofft, er wird es schließlich schaffen. | object |