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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
Verbs without a passive voice
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Not all verbs can form the passive voice. The most important verb categories that have no passive types are displayed below.
verb categories | Examples |
modal verbs | müssen, können |
reflexive verbs | sich irren, sich interessieren |
transitive verbs | |
the accusative object indicates size, quantity, etc. | kosten, enthalten o.ä. |
the impersonal "es gibt" | es gibt |
verbs kennen, wissen | kennen, wissen |
intransitive verbs | |
verbs whose subject is not a person | Ihre Art gefällt uns. |
verbs with a subject that does not really denote action | Die Kinder schlafen. |
verbs that form the present perfect with sein | Sie kommen spät zurück. |