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33.16.3 Anstatt zu + infinitive
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33.16.3 Anstatt zu + infinitive
The following construction with infinitive is quite easy to understand even though the English translation is a construction with a gerund.
Examples
Anstatt zu
arbeiten, schwatzen sie.
=
Instead
of
working they chat.
Anstatt
mir
zu
antworten, erzählte er mir sein Leben.
=
Instead
of
answering me he told me his life.
Wenn man schläft,
anstatt zu
lernen, wird man nie voran kommen.
= If sleeping
instead of
studying you'll never advance.
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