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Conjunction/Conjunctor | ||||||||||||
A conjunction (conjunctor) is a type of word that connects equivalent sentence phrases and sentence parts (please see sentence structure, compound sentences, complex sentences, etc.), e.g.: | ||||||||||||
meine Eltern und ich
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Er war bei uns und (er) hat von seiner Reise erzählt.
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Further conjunctions are, e.g.: oder, aber, denn. |
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Subjunction/Subjunctor | ||||||||||||
A subjunction (subjunctor) is a type of word that connects a main and a subordinate clause in complex sentences by introducing the subordinate clause, e.g.: |
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Further subjunctions are, e.g.: damit, wie, ob, seit(dem), obwohl. The subjunction um …(zu) introduces an infinitive group (an infinitive sentence), e.g.: |
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Wir fahren ans Meer, um uns zu erholen.
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