How do I translate the following question:
The higher he climbed up the mountain the lower he could see the village.
I made up this example just to ask you how to make such a construction like the higher ... the lower in German.
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Sign up to join this communityHow do I translate the following question:
The higher he climbed up the mountain the lower he could see the village.
I made up this example just to ask you how to make such a construction like the higher ... the lower in German.
We have two more options:
(1) Je höher er den Berg hinaufkletterte, umso tiefer (or: weiter unten) konnte er das Dorf sehen.
(2) Je höher er den Berg hinaufkletterte, je tiefer konnte er das Dorf sehen.
(2) is antiquated except for short locutions like
- je länger, je lieber
- je schneller, je besser
- je oller, je doller
Je höher er den Berg hinaufkletterte, desto tiefer konnte er das Dorf sehen.
It works the same way, but the first "the" becomes a "je", the second a ", desto".