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Lecture 10:
Clause Structure:
Main and Subordinate Clauses
dass that
Ich wei, dass es geregnet hat.
(= I know that it has rained.)
10.38 Conjunctions of time
als when sobald as soon
bevor / ehe as
before solange as long
bis until as
indem as whrend while
nachdem after wenn when
seit(dem) since wie as; how
10.39 How to translate when
wenn present, future, repeated past actions
Ich bringe es, wenn ich heute vorbeikomme.
(= Ill bring it when I pop by today.)
zumal especially as
Er hilft ihr sicher, zumal er sie gern hat.
(= Hell help her, especially as he likes her.)
10.41 Conditional conjunctions
wenn if, whenever
Er besuchte sie, wenn er nach Berlin kme.
(He visited her whenever he came to Berlin.)