GrammarB1· Meinungen

Relativsätze

Relative clauses

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1What & when

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and number from the noun, case from the clause, verb at the end: der Vorteil, den du meinst.

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Das ist ein Argument. Das Argument überzeugt mich.

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das Argument in the second sentence becomes das, and its verb goes to the end.

„Das ist ein Argument, das mich überzeugt.“ — That's an argument that convinces me.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

A describes a noun with a whole little sentence: 'the argument that convinces me', 'the colleague I agree with'. It starts with a relative . That is a word that points back to the noun. It is almost always the same as the definite : der, die, das, den, dem.

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

MeinungenYou need them whenever you want to say exactly which person or thing you mean. You can also add something about it, without starting a new sentence. In a debate you use them all the time: das Argument, das mich überzeugt, der Nachteil, den du meinst, die Kollegin, der ich zustimme.

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