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Chapter 14: Some Conjunctions

  14.6.6 Exercise 6: Mark the position of the verb after the following conjunctions

conjunction position
  weil at the end  
  dass at the end  
  wenn at the end  
  damit at the end  
  solange at the end  
  obwohl at the end  
  bis at the end  
  aber no change  
  allerdings after the conjunction  
  dennoch after the conjunction  
  somit after the conjunction  

Exercise        
  He has a lot of money, but is stingy.  
  ist Er hat viel Geld, aber er geizig .
  As long as he works in Argentina we have money.  
  arbeitet Solange er in Argentinien , haben wir Geld.
  He does it so that they let him be in peace.  
  lassen Er macht es, damit sie ihn in Ruhe .
  Although he has no money, he buys a lot of clothes.  
  hat Obwohl er kein Geld , kauft er sich viele Kleider.
  He doesn't have much money, but he buys a lot of clothes.  
  kauft Er hat kein Geld, aber er sich viele Kleider .
  He doesn't have much money, but he buys a lot of clothes.  
  kauft Er hat kein Geld, dennoch er sich viele Kleider.
  Although he doesn't read books, we give him Goethe's Faust.  
  liest Obwohl er keine Bücher , schenken sie ihm Goethes Faust.
  He can do it, he doesn't want to though.  
  will Er kann es, allerdings er nicht .
  He is so stupid that he doesn't notice anything.  
  merkt Er ist so blöd, dass er nichts .
  He accepts the contract and therefore has to fulfil it.  
  erfüllen Er akzeptiert den Vertrag, und somit muss er ihn auch .*
  I am buying this book for him so that he reads it.  
  liest Ich kaufe ihm das Buch, damit er es .
  If he sings that song I scream.  
  singt Wenn er das Lied , schreie ich.
If he earns much money, he is content.
  verdient Wenn er viel Geld , ist er zufrieden.
  He knows that she is not coming to Berlin.  
  kommt Er weiß, dass sie nicht nach Berlin .
  She doesn't tell him that he should do it.  
  soll Sie sagt ihm nicht, dass er es machen .
  He doesn't pay, because he doesn't have money.  
  hat Er zahlt nicht, weil er kein Geld .


 

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Details on the position of verbs when modal verbs are in question we'll discuss in the chapter about conjunctions.

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