GrammarB1· Der Führerschein

Temporalsätze

Time clauses

Kartoffel · your teacher

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From what you know

Ich schaue in den Spiegel. Dann fahre ich los.Bevor ich losfahre, schaue ich in den Spiegel.

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1What & when

In one line

Joining words for time, like bevor, nachdem and sobald, send the verb to the end.

Before

Ich fahre los. Ich schaue in den Spiegel.

Watch the sentence change …

bevor sends the verb to the end, and the joins up: losfahre. Then the starts with its verb.

„Bevor ich losfahre, schaue ich in den Spiegel.“ — Before I drive off, I look in the mirror.

Kartoffel

First, what is it?

Time words put events in order. What happens before, or after? What happens at the same time? Until when, or from which moment? bevor, nachdem, während, seit, bis, sobald and solange open a clause. Like weil, they send the verb to the end:

Kartoffel

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

Der FührerscheinYou need them for rules, routines and stories: – –

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