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Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 109 of 151 12/8/2017 Unit: 13: Extended adjective constructions 3. More Examples of Extended Adjective Constructions Using prepositional phrases and regular adjectives: Diese Flüßigkeit ist kein in Wasser löslicher Stoff. This fluid is not a substance soluble in water. Die Kommission sucht die für diese Taten verantwortlichen Soldaten. The commission is looking for the soldiers responsible for these deeds. Without introductory articles / adjectives: In Rußland gefundene Kunstwerke sollen zurückgegeben werden. Art works found in Russia shall be returned. Wasser und Öl sind zu festen Stoffen werdende Flüssigkeiten. Water and oil are liquids that turn into solid substances. Without prepositional phrases: Hier wohnen das Landleben liebende Bauern. Here live farmers who love life on the land. Die die Literatur liebenden Studenten studieren oft Anglistik. The students who love literature often major in English. Er sucht den Lauf der Maschine betreffende Vorschriften. He is looking for rules concerning the operation of the machine. With two adjacent prepositions: In für Strahlen undurchlässigen Stoffen wurde kein solches Molekül gefunden. No such molecule was found in substances impermeable to rays.
Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 110 of 151 12/8/2017 Viele dieser Frauen werden auf in England sich befindenden Universitäten arbeiten. Many of these women will work at universities situated in England. Unit: 13: Extended adjective constructions 4. Translating Extended Adjective Constructions No matter what kind of extended adjective construction you come across, always remember that none of the words appearing before the noun are the main verb of the sentence and that they all belong together. The following examples explain methods to translate some of the example sentences from the preceding section. Example: Diese Flüßigkeit ist kein in Wasser löslicher Stoff. As soon as you see an introductory article or adjective followed by a prepositional phrase (such as kein in Wasser . . .), then find the word that follows the prepositional phrase (löslicher). The prepositional phrase is acting as a modifier of that subsequent word, so mark off the prepositional phrase and that modified word (a participial adjective or regular adjective) from the rest of the construction (kein + Stoff) and first translate what remains: “This fluid is not a substance.” Then come back to the phrase you marked off (as described in Section 1 of this unit): “soluble”+ “in water,” knowing that it is a modifier of “substance.” Example: In Rußland gefundene Kunstwerke sollen zurückgegeben werden. If there is no article or adjective (such as In Rußland . . .), then separate the prepositional phrase (In Rußland) and its following adjective (gefundene) and translate the remaining word(s) (Kunstwerke) before translating the prepositional phrase and adjective: “works of art” + “found” + “in Russia” Example: Die die Literatur liebenden Studenten studieren oft Anglistik. When two articles appear together (Die die), you are dealing with either an extended adjective construction or a relative-pronoun clause. If it’s the former, then recognize the first one as the beginning of the entire enclosing noun phrase. That tells you that everything in between is just modifiers of the main noun: the second (die) and the noun that follows it (Literatur) plus the word
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