GrammarC1· Wien erinnert sich
Partizipialsätze
Participle clauses
Kartoffel · your teacher
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Nachdem sie in Wien angekommen war, ging sie ins Archiv.becomesIn Wien angekommen, ging sie ins Archiv.6 parts · about 4 min
1What & when
In one line
In one lineA group replaces a and shares the 's :
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Before
Nachdem die Historikerin in Wien angekommen war, ging sie sofort ins Archiv.
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Nachdem, the and war drop out. The closes the group, and the starts with its verb.
„In Wien angekommen, ging die Historikerin sofort ins Archiv.“ — Having arrived in Vienna, the historian went straight to the archive.
Kartoffel
First, what is it?
Historians, journalists and novelists love to compress. They don't write They write The group replaces a whole (a clause with its verb at the end). The , the and the auxiliary disappear. What is left is a participle: Partizip II, the past participle (angekommen), or Partizip I, the plus -d (stehend).
Kartoffel
And when do you need it? More often than you'd think:
Wien erinnert sichYou meet them in history books, reports and literature. You use them when you write in an elevated style:
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