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Does the verb need a pronoun even if the subject is already mentioned
Yes, for example
Hoffe du erholst dich
hope you recover
here we use dich although we use du
Because the verb need a pronoun to point the action to it even if the subject is mentioned as the pronouns here is the object Of the action
to make it more clear although you are the subject you are also the one how effected by the action
bevor
is a subordinating conjunction: “Ich bin aufgewacht, bevor du gekommen bist.” = “I woke up before you came.
zuvor
adverbs meaning “some time before now”
Davor
is an adverb meaning “before that/beforehand”, i.e. before some specific event that you already mentioned. “Die Geburtstagsfeier hat um 20 Uhr angefangen. Davor ging ich einen Kuchen kaufen.”
how vorhin and vorher they differ while both of them mean before
Vorher needs a reference point, with vorhin the reference point is always the present.
what does Er prefix means
This sense of reaching a goal is what er- adds to verbs. It shifts them from”doing the activity” to “reaching a goal by doing the activity“. It adds success to process, if you will.
todmüde
exhusted
Worauf
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