Kapitel 10 (Grammar) Flashcards
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the present participle in German functions primarily as a…
modifier
sterbende
dying
fließende
running
entscheidende
deciding (decisive)
the present participle is formed by…
adding a -d to an infinitive
alleinstehende
living alone
antwortende
answering
stehende
standing
liegender
lying
bedrohte Tier
threatened animal
fließendes Wasser
running water
Das ist verboten
that is forbidden
Die Antwort war überraschend
the answer was surprising
fließend
fluently
dringend
urgently
überraschend
surprisingly
nouns modified by a present participle are…
doing something
das schlafende Kind
the sleeping child
die Bücher schreibende Frau
to woman who is writing books
die blühende Blume
the blossoming flower
when a noun is modified by a past participle…
something has been done to the noun, or the noun has done something
das geschriebene Wort
the written word
der gerade angekommene Zug
the train that just arrived
die im Text angeführten Informationen
the information that was cited in the text
