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deshalb, trotzdem, sonst

Connectors with inversion: deshalb, trotzdem, sonst

Kartoffel · your teacher

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Ich fahre Bus, weil ich kein Auto habe.Ich habe kein Auto, deshalb fahre ich Bus.

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1What & when

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When deshalb, trotzdem or sonst starts the clause, the verb comes next, then the .

Before

Ich habe kein Auto. Ich fahre Bus.

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deshalb takes position 1. The verb comes next, and ich moves behind it.

„Ich habe kein Auto, deshalb fahre ich Bus.“ — I don't have a car, so I take the bus.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

Some words join two (sentences that can stand alone). They are deshalb (that's why), trotzdem (anyway) and sonst (otherwise). They take position 1, the first place, in the second clause. So the verb comes straight after them, and then the .

Kartoffel

And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:

Stadt oder Land?Weighing up a move to the country:

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