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Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 85 of 151 12/8/2017 Biographien können das Leben sowohl als die Umwelt desjenigen beschreiben, über den die Biographie berichtet. Biographies can describe the life as well as the environment of their subjects. (literally: Biographies can describe the life as well of the environment of the one about whom the biography reports.) Latein war geprägt von deutlichen Unterschieden zwischen den Varietäten der ungebildeten Bevölkerung und denjenigen der “High Society”. Latin was marked by distinct differences between the varieties spoken by the uneducated population and those of “high society.” 2. derselbe, dieselbe, dasselbe, dieselben Usually translatable as “the same,” and function just as the words above: Ich mag es nicht, wenn mein Chef dieselbe Krawatte trägt, die ich trage. I don’t like it when my boss wears the same tie I’m wearing. Die Sonne kann nicht zweimal an demselben Tag aufgehen. The sun cannot rise twice in the same day. Unit: 9: Passive voice 4. Selbst and Selber Be careful not to confuse these two words with the similar-looking demonstrative pronouns dieselbe etc. described in the previous section. The meaning of either word is determined by its position in the sentence. When selbst precedes the noun or phrase to which it relates, then it has the emphatic meaning "even", as an adverb: Selbst der Direktor hat das nicht gemerkt. Even the director did not notice that. Selbst Haifische fressen Quallen nicht. Even sharks don’t eat jellyfish. Ich kaufe mir keine Lotteriekarten, selbst wenn der Jackpot groß ist. I won’t buy lottery tickets even if the jackpot is big.
Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 86 of 151 12/8/2017 In other positions, selbst is completely equivalent to selber, that is, a demonstrative pronoun translated as a “-self” word. In this meaning, you again need to pay close attention to position in the German sentence. When it immediately follows an object, then it’s emphasizing that object, just like in English when you place a "-self" word immediately after an object: Die Lehrerin selber hat das Buch geschrieben. The teacher herself wrote the book. (This emphasizes that the teacher wrote it). Die Lehrerin hat das Buch selber geschrieben. The teacher wrote the book herself. (This emphasizes that the teacher wrote it herself.) Den Kuchen habe ich selbst gebacken. I baked the cake myself. Unit: 9: Passive voice 5. Compound Nouns with Shared Parts You will sometimes encounter a peculiar efficiency when a German sentence contains two or more compound nouns which share a word part. The clue to watch for is a hanging hyphen at the beginning or end of a word. Examples: Dabei werden Ursachen von Kinderarmut in Ost- und Westdeutschland verglichen. In the process, causes of child poverty in East and West Germany are compared. The above example saves the writer or speaker from the tedious phrase Ostdeutschland und Westdeutschland. Vorgang zum Richten insbesondere der Bandanfänge und -enden von gewalzten Metallbändern. Procedure for straightening especially the ribbon beginnings and ends of rolled metal ribbons. This example uses a shorter way of writing Bandanfänge und Bandenden. (You were introduced to this practice previously at the end of Unit 3, section 5.) Just make sure your English translation clearly communicates the intended compound
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