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“Etwa” vs “ungefähr”. Gibt es einen Unterschied? added 3 characters in body |
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May 20 |
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Konjuktiv II Beispiel: “beginnen” oder “begonnen”? verben.woxikon.de/verbformen/beginnen.php |
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May 20 |
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Konjuktiv II Beispiel: “beginnen” oder “begonnen”? deleted 25 characters in body |
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May 20 |
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Why is the verb not in second position Technically speaking, the adverb is not part as it is modifying the subject. If it were part of the subject it would modify itself. That's not possible. in "sehr schön" the adverb also doesn't become part of the adjective as it is modifying the adjective only. Wow, OK. Why does "sehr schön" become part of the subject? Well, it is not modifying but a describing feature. Sorry for not being able to explain that more plain but I hope you get what I mean. |
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May 20 |
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Why is the verb not in second position @chirlu Hard to explain. I see a significant difference between your other example with "sehr" and this one with "insbesondere". The word position of the adverb. I'm not sure if I can put all my thoughts in one comment, or two, or three. But it's basically about its function. Ex. "Das schöne Bild gefällt mir. - Welches? Da sind viele. - Das besonderes schöne Bild." The adverb is essential in describing the subject. In your ex. the adverb does not really describe the subject, but modifying it in a different way. |
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May 20 |
answered | Why is the verb not in second position |
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May 20 |
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Why is the verb not in second position I will create a community wiki answer on this. |
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May 20 |
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Why is the verb not in second position Yes. The adverb "sehr" qualifying "gut" describing "Essen" is a part of the subject. True. Also you're right that (sometimes) the conjunction is considered as position zero. In that case, however, "ist" would be in the second position in OP's first sentence but in the first position in the second sentence. |
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May 20 |
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Why is the verb not in second position The article is always part of the subject. Thus, the first position is "insbesondere" and the second position is "das zweite Buch". |
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May 20 |
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Why is the verb not in second position Not sure about translation. Your example, however, is not the best to show the difference in emphasis. From a arbitrarily chosen Google search result, have a look at this wiki entry. Can you figure out the difference if the word-choice is different in the last paragraph of the first section? There's a reason why "ist" at the second position, not the third, in this particular sentence. |
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May 20 |
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Why is the verb not in second position Both sentences are fine. The difference is emphasis. |
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May 20 |
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Why is the verb not in second position It's still an adverb. In the German language the verb is not always in position 2. It can be in position 1 and 3 as well (or even at the last position). Ex. "Diese Bücher helfen ihnen weiter, aber (=Konjunktion/Satzverbindung auf Pos. 1) das zweite Buch ist besonders wichtig." In the given ex. the second part of the sentence is separated (it's fine but the previous context is necessary otherwise insbesondere would be wrong) and insbesondere is used for a greater emphasis. |
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May 20 |
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Why is the verb not in second position "Insbesondere" is not part of the subject. |
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May 20 |
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Is writing “Herr Prof. X” exaggerated/mandatory? Is it old-fashioned? added 1 characters in body; edited title |
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May 17 |
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Self studying methods deleted 13 characters in body; edited title |
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May 17 |
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Self studying methods resources |
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May 17 |
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“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? Schallen is both strong and weak. Example: Lautstark scholl es über die Brücke, die Falun Gong Anhänger schwiegen zunächst konzentriert wie in einer Meditation. |
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May 17 |
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“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? @ThorstenDittmar (be)-ringen and (ein)-weichen are two excellent examples. What's the problem with these? |
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May 16 |
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“Fehlen” weak, “empfehlen” strong. But “finden” and “empfinden” both strong. Cases when [some_verb] conjugates differently from [prefix+some_verb]? There's even a word "some_verb" = "some_verb" where "some_verb".conjugation != "some_verb".conjugation. The difference is its meaning. Unfortunately, I can't come up with this word off the top of my head. |
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May 16 |
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