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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
- Conjugation in indicative
- Person and number
- Tenses
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- Verb categories
- Valency
- Semantic categories of verbs
- Finite / non-finite verb forms
- Noun
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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
Sentential relative clauses
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Sentential relative clauses do not refer to a specific part of the superordinate clause but to the content of the entire sentence. In this case, there is no reference word in the superordinate clause.
Example |
Sein bester Freund hat zu seiner Geburtstagsfeier nicht kommen können, was ihn traurig machte. |
The subordinate relative clauses of this type always follow the main clause and are introduced in the following ways:
introductory word
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Examples
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was
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Der Minister ist zurückgetreten, was alle sehr überraschte. |
pronominal adverb (wo+)
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Peter hat den Zug verpasst, worüber er sich sehr geärgert hat. |
weshalb / weswegen
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Er war plötzlich krank geworden, weshalb er nicht kommen konnte. |