GrammarA2· Nachbarschaft
Nebensätze mit dass und ob
Clauses with dass and ob
Kartoffel · your teacher
Hi! Let's look at this one together — step by step, no rush.
6 parts · about 4 min
1What & when
In one line
In one linedass for a statement, ob for a yes/no question. The verb goes last.
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Before
Die neue Nachbarin ist nett.
Watch the sentence change …
The statement becomes a dass-clause: a comma, dass, and ist goes to the end.
„Ich glaube, dass die neue Nachbarin nett ist.“ — I think the new neighbour is nice.
Kartoffel
First, what is it?
With dass (that) and ob (whether, if) you put one sentence inside another. In the inner sentence, the verb with the personal ending goes to the very end. It works exactly as after weil:
Kartoffel
And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:
NachbarschaftAsking with ob is more polite than asking directly. In a new building you need both all the time: –
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