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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
Schon and erst compare with an expectation; noch and nicht mehr distinguish continuation and cessation.
The usual slip. Read these expressions as neutral times or promises about the future.
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…