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Wenn ich das gewusst hätte: what would have happened and did notRegret and reproach, which is what this form is for. You build it with hätte or wäre…lassen: to leave, to have something done, to allow and to be doableOne verb with four distinct jobs, told apart by what sits next to it. Ich lasse den…eine Entscheidung treffen: the verb that lives inside the nounThe fixed noun-plus-verb pairs that replace a single verb, and are the hallmark of…What goes in front of the verb, and what changes when you move itThat the first slot in a German sentence is a decision, not an accident. Ich fahre…Das ist zu machen, das hast du zu machen: obligation without a modalTwo constructions that say what the modals say without using them, and they are…doch, mal, ja, eben: the words that do not translateThe particles that do not change what a sentence says but do change how it lands, which…
Another oneKeep practising: GermanThe rule, in three lines
A minimum does not fix a total; a claim about one group does not describe another.
The usual slip. Turn a bound or subset into an exact amount or a whole population.
Why it catches you out. When reformulating, preserve subjects, scope and certainty; justify each change against the context.
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- Wenn ich das gewusst hätte: what would have happened and did notRegret and reproach, which is what this form is for. You build it with hätte or wäre…
- lassen: to leave, to have something done, to allow and to be doableOne verb with four distinct jobs, told apart by what sits next to it. Ich lasse den…
- eine Entscheidung treffen: the verb that lives inside the nounThe fixed noun-plus-verb pairs that replace a single verb, and are the hallmark of…