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Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 95 of 151 12/8/2017 independent of the tense of the dependent verb. Watch for those tense differences and adapt your understanding of the meaning accordingly. In all cases, you can count on the dependent verb appearing at the end of the clause and in infinitive form, i.e., not conjugated to match a particular subject. With perfect infinitives: Mein Sohn soll das Buch gelesen haben. My son is supposed to have read the book. Der Zug muß neulich abgefahren sein. The train must have departed recently. With passive infinitives: Diese Aufgabe muß getan werden. This exercise must be done. Der neue Prozeß kann schnell entwickelt werden. The new process can be developed quickly. Note: The dependent verbs stand in final position. h. Past participle with ge-: It is possible to form a past participle of the modals beginning with ge– and ending in –t, i.e., gedurft, gekonnt, gemußt, gemocht, gesollt and gewollt. However, these are only used when: i. The modal’s special meaning is used as in: Er hat den Film gemocht. He liked the film. ii. The infinitive verb is not present in the sentence, only implied: Hat er das tun können? Ja, das hat er gekonnt. Was he able to do that? Yes, he was able to. Unit: 10: Modal verbs
Offline Textbook | A Foundation Course in Reading German https://courses.dcs.wisc.edu/wp/readinggerman/print-entire-textbook/ Page 96 of 151 12/8/2017 4. Subordinate Clause as Sentence Subject More often than in English, in German you will encounter subordinate clauses that in fact function as the sentence subject. Identify the subject, verb, and predicate in each of these examples: Ob sie mit uns ins Kino gehen darf, bleibt unklar. It’s still not clear whether she (will be/is) allowed to go to the movies with us. [or:] Whether she (will be/is) allowed to go to the movies with us is not clear. Daß sie jetzt mit uns ins Kino geht, ist schön! The fact that she is now going with us to the movies is great! [or:] It’s great that she is now going with us to the movies! Note that there are variations on this structure which you should be equally able to recognize: Unklar bleibt, wie wir dahin kommen. It’s still unclear how we’re going to get there. Es war doch das Beste, daß wir gestern nicht ausgegangen sind. It worked out for the best that we didn’t go out yesterday. Unit: 11: Infinitive usages 1. Objectives In this unit you will learn how to: Translate clauses involving multiple verbs, specifically including lassen, sehen, and hören as the primary verb. Identify and translate infinitive phrases. Unit: 11: Infinitive usages
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