GrammarB2· Mein Veedel

Relativsätze erweitert

Relative clauses: the B2 extensions

Kartoffel · your teacher

Hi! Let's look at this one together — step by step, no rush.

From what you know

Das ist das Viertel. Ich wohne in dem Viertel.Das ist das Viertel, in dem ich wohne.

6 parts · about 4 min

1What & when

In one line

first (in dem), dessen or deren for whose, was after alles. Verb last.

Before

Das ist das Viertel. Ich wohne in dem Viertel.

Watch the sentence change …

The moves to the front, together with the : in dem. The verb goes to the end.

„Das ist das Viertel, in dem ich wohne.“ — That's the neighbourhood I live in.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

At B1 you built (clauses that describe a noun) with der, den and dem. At B2 they grow. A can stand in front of the : das Viertel, in dem ich wohne. “Whose” is dessen or deren. Places can use wo. And after alles, etwas, nichts or a used as a noun (das Beste), the relative pronoun is was.

Kartoffel

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

Mein VeedelYou need them to describe places and people precisely: – –

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