This first example we have seen already in 14.2.4
Some Important Conjunctions - aber. If we now check
whether the position of the verb changes we'll notice
that this is not the case.
aber
= but |
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Er
glaubt es. |
He
believes so. |
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Er weiß es
nicht. |
He doesn't know. |
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Er glaubt es, aber
er weiß es nicht. |
He believes so,
but doesn't
know. |
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Er kauft sich ein
Auto. |
He buys a car. |
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Er hat
keinen Führerschein. |
He doesn't have
a drivers licence. |
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Er kauft sich ein
Auto, aber
er hat keinen Führerschein. |
He buys a car
but
he doesn't have a drivers licence.
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And then there are some other conjunctions that do
not cause a change of the position of the verb, e.g.
denn.
denn
= because |
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Er kauft sich kein Auto. |
He
doesn't buy a car. |
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Er hat kein Geld. |
He has no money.
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Er kauft sich kein
Auto, denn
er hat kein Geld. |
He doesn't buy
a car because
he has no money. |
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