German A2 - Advanced Sentence Structure (Subordinating Conjunctions)

This is a thorough primer on subordinating conjunctions and the placement of verbs in dependent (subordinate) clauses in German. The lesson starts out with a review of coordinating conjunctions and then compares how they’re used vs. subordinating conjunctions by comparing ‘denn’ with ‘weil’. Other conjunctions covered are: ‘wenn’, ‘ob’, ‘als’, ‘da’ and ‘obwohl’. The subtle differences between some of these conjunctions are discussed, as well as how they should be translated into English, and vice-versa.

Also covered is how to formulate a dependent clause using separable prefix verbs, modal verbs and the ‘Perfekt’ tense. Approximately 80 example sentences are used in this lesson, the majority with parallel English translations and color-coded for easy understanding. A summary of the lesson and a page for taking notes is included at the end of the document.