| 22.16 dass = that |
Note! Many people and also a lot of Germans mix the conjunction dass with the relative pronoun das (3rd person singular neutral).
Have a look at these phrases.
| a)
Er sagt, dass
er es macht. = He says that he does it. |
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| b) Das
Haus, das
du da drüben siehst, gehört mir.
= The house that you see over there is mine. |
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In phrase a) dass
is a conjunction combining two clauses. The conjunction
is written with ss. The
phrase b) das is
a relative pronoun that refers to the neutral word das
Haus.
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| Er weiß,
dass er das
nicht darf.
= He knows that he must not do this. |
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| Es ist mir egal,
dass er nicht
kommt. = I don't care that he doesn't come. |
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| Er langweilte sich
derart, dass er
ging. = He was bored that much that he left. |
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