Day 3 (41-60) v2 Flashcards
einem
- Article (a) - dative m/n
- Pronoun (
über
(3)
Preposition
- above, over
- by, via; through; about, around, among
- across
Postposition
- throughout
Den ganzen Tag über.
Throughout the entire day.
einen
- Article
accusative of masculine noun
- Pronoun
masculine accusative of indefinite pronoun
Das
(2)
- Article (the)
nominative & accusative singular neuter of der
- Pronoun (who, that, which)
nominative & accusative singular neuter
so
(3)
Adverb
-
so, that
Die Leute sind so nett. — People are so nice. - as (followed by an adjective or adverb plus wie in a statement of equality).
Diese Margarine schmeckt so gut wie Butter.
This margarine tastes as good as butter.
- thus, like this/that, in this/that way, in this/that manner
Wenn du den Ball so wirfst, wirst du die Zielscheibe treffen.
If you throw the ball like this, you’ll hit the target.
Sie
Pronoun
you (addressing politely or formally one person or more)
Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner? = What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner?
zum
Contraction
to the (contraction of zu + dem)
war
Verb
First-person singular preterite of sein (to be)
haben
Verb
- To have; to possess; to own (transitive)
- To have; forms the perfect and past perfect tense (auxillary)
nur
Adverb
only, merely, just
geh nur! - just go!
so viel ich nur kann - as much as I can
nur zu! - go on! or get started!
oder
Conjunction
- or
Particle
- (used at the end of a question, often rhetorically) isn’t that so; or what
(used as a tag question)
Es ist kalt heute, oder?
“It’s cold today, isn’t it?”
Das war keine so gute Idee, oder?
“That wasn’t such a good idea, was it?”
Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder?
“You come from Germany, don’t you?”
aber
Adverb
again (mostly used in abermals, yet another time)
Conjunction
but, though
vor
Preposition
- before
- in front of
-
ago
vor drei Tagen
three days ago
zur
Contraction
to the (contraction of zu + der)
bis
Conjunction
- until
Preposition
- until; through; to
bis 18. Mai 2008 — “May 1st through 18th, 2008”