Day 56 - Coordinating Conjunctions  Flashcards

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Unlike the other conjunctions you have learned, coordinating conjunctions:
1. do not send the verb to the end of the clause.
2. do not change word order

Since so many grammar constructions in German send the verb to the end of the clause, it may be easier to remember that these words are the only ones that don’t.

Coordinating Conjunctions:

ABER…but aber
SONDERN…but rather sondern
DENN…..because denn
ES SEI DENN…unless es sei denn
UND…and und
ENTWEDER / ODER…either / or entweder / oder
WEDER / NOCH…neither / nor weder / noch

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Sondern is a word that doesn’t exist in English, and it’s important not to confuse it with aber (but). It is used to make a correction.

The main clause using sondern will always be negative.
It’s not blue, but red.
Es ist nicht blau, sondern rot.
I’m not going to Berlin, but Hamburg.
Ich gehe nicht nach Berlin, sondern Hamburg.

Nicht nur… sondern auch
is used to say
not only… but also.

I like not only vanilla, but also chocolate.
Ich mag nicht nur Vanille, sondern auch Schokolade.

I want not only a car, but also a house.
Ich will nicht nur ein Auto, sondern auch ein Haus.

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Day 56 Grammar Cards

  1. sondern Used to make a correction.
    Always used opposite a negative clause.
  2. not only… but also nicht nur… sondern auch
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Day 56 Vocabulary

  1. ABER…but
  2. DENN…because
  3. ES SEI DENN…unless
  4. UND…and
  5. ENTWEDER / ODER…either / or
  6. WEDER / NOCH…neither / nor
  7. MEINEN…to mean / to think / to opine
    *To say In my opinion… use the noun die Meinung (opinion) with a possessive pronoun (in the genitive case) and nach: Meiner Meinung nach… The verb will immediately follow.
  8. BENUTZEN…to use
  9. BESUCHEN…to visit
  10. AUS.WÄHLEN…to choose
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  1. I think so, but I don’t know exactly.
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Ich denke schon, aber ich weiß es nicht genau.

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  1. I eat vegetables because they are healthy.
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Ich esse Gemüse, denn es ist gesund.

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  1. You have to come unless you have an exemption.
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Sie müssen kommen, es sei denn, Sie haben eine Ausnahme.

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  1. I’m drinking and I’m driving a car!
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Ich trinke und ich fahre Auto!

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  1. I am choosing either red or blue.
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Ich wähle entweder rot oder blau.

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  1. I am choosing neither red nor blue.
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Ich wähle weder rot noch blau.

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  1. In my opinion, that is bad.
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Meiner Meinung nach ist das schlecht.

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  1. I am using a fork.
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Ich benutze eine Gabel.

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  1. Are you visiting your family?
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Besuchst du deine Familie?

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  1. They are not choosing that.
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Sie wählen das nicht aus.

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