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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
Contracted clauses
SA2
Contracted clauses are clauses that are connected in a coordinated manner. These clauses share at least one common and two different arguments. If this is not the case, we are not dealing with contracted clauses but with mere listing.
Examples | |
Er kauft Tomaten und sie Karotten. | Er kauft Tomaten und Karotten. |
common argument : predicate | common argument : subject + predicate |
different arguments : subject + object | different arguments : object |
contracted clauses | listing |
Sentences that share common arguments like :
- common subject
Example | |
Er fand das Kind in der U-Bahn und brachte es nach Hause. |
- common predicate
Er kaufte einen Pullover und sie eine Hose. |
- common subject and predicate (e.g auxiliary verb)
Ich habe sie besucht und ihr Blumen gebracht. |
- common subject and predicate (e.g modal verb)
Ich muss meine Tante nach Hause fahren und das Auto waschen. |
Note
In infinitive clauses, zu must always be used. It can never be omitted.
Ich habe vor, nach Deutschland zu gehen und dort zu studieren. |