A Foundation Course in Reading German, 2017a

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Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 107 of 151 12/8/2017 Das Haus, worin ich wohne, ist neu. The house in which I live is new. This sentence has the same meaning as the sentence: Das Haus, in dem ich wohne, ist neu. Der Stuhl, worauf sie steht, ist unsicher. The chair on which she is standing is unsafe. This sentence has the same meaning as: Der Stuhl, auf dem sie steht, ist unsicher. You may find the Review Units 9-12 exercise more valuable now or as a later review opportunity. Unit: 13: Extended adjective constructions 1. Objectives In this unit you will learn how to: Identify and translate extended adjective constructions. Unit: 13: Extended adjective constructions 2. Extended Adjective Constructions Using Participles In Unit 7 we learned how present and past participles can be used as adjectives in German, e.g., ein gekochtes Ei (“a boiled egg” or “an egg that is boiled”) and der singende Vogel (“the singing bird” or “the bird that is singing”). Thus you can see that the participle can be translated with a relative clause beginning with “that.” German, unlike English, can provide even more extensive information about the noun simply by placing an entire phrase as a modifier before a noun. For example, an entire participial phrase of any length can appear between a noun and its article:
Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 108 of 151 12/8/2017 ein in Wasser gekochtes Ei an egg boiled in water / an egg that is boiled in water ein in heißem Wasser gekochtes Ei an egg boiled in hot water / an egg that is boiled in hot water ein in heißem Wasser gekochtes und dann gegessenes Ei an egg boiled in hot water and then eaten / an egg that is . . . The use of such constructions is quite common in scientific and professional literature and, consequently, we must learn how to identify such constructions and how to translate them. Note in the above examples that there is no finite (conjugated) verb and that the participles have endings, which indicates that they are functioning as adjectives. Thus we are dealing with a phrase modifying a noun, not with a sentence. Note, too, that the introductory word is followed immediately by a preposition, which is one common indicator of an extended adjective construction. Extended adjective constructions using a participial phrase, such as the examples above using the past participles gekocht and gegessen, are the most common type. For example, the structure of der im Käfig singende Vogel, which uses the present participle singend, can be understood as: der introductory word (article / adjective) + im Käfig prepositional phrase + singende participial adjective + Vogel noun To translate this phrase, we link the introductory word with the noun, e.g., der + Vogel (“the bird”), and then translate in reverse order: singende + im Käfig (“singing in the cage”). Example sentences using participles: Münchener sind die in München wohnenden Leute. “Münchener” are the people living in Munich. [or:] “Münchener” are the people who live in Munich. Ich habe ein in Stuttgart gebautes Auto. I have a car built in Stuttgart.
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