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german grammar help
Replies: 11 — Last Post Nov. 3, 2008 12:24pm by happychillpill
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Omnipotent One 		Reply
I'm having trouble understanding "um zu"

as in like.. how to use it correctly and what it means exactly.



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um zu means "in order to"
for example:
"ich gehe nach Osterreich, um Ski zu fahren."
- I go to Austria in order to ski

Post edited at 11:43 am on Oct. 28, 2008 by sadnessness

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ich muss mein hausaufgaben machen um gute noten zu bekommen

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Quote: from cienna at 6:43 pm on Oct. 28, 2008
ich muss mein hausaufgaben machen um gute noten zu bekommen

there should also be a comma after the "machen"

sorry to be pedantic.

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u bacially have to say wat u want like above,
i have to do my homework inorder good grades to get

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Quote: from sadnessness at 11:43 am on Oct. 28, 2008
Quote: from cienna at 6:43 pm on Oct. 28, 2008
ich muss mein hausaufgaben machen um gute noten zu bekommen

there should also be a comma after the "machen"

sorry to be pedantic.




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"um zu" doesn't really mean much on it's own; you'd need the infinitive of after "zu".  "Zu" would mean "to", and "um" is like "in order to".

Like:
Ich habe deinen Apfel genommen, um eine Torte zu backen.

I took your apple in order to bake a pie.

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Ich brauche, um zu Shop in Auftrag zum Kauf der Lebensmittel

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Quote: from junose at 1:47 pm on Oct. 28, 2008
Ich brauche, um zu Shop in Auftrag zum Kauf der Lebensmittel

There's nothing about this sentence structure that i like.

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Quote: from cpjcjhsh at 2:50 pm on Oct. 28, 2008
Quote: from junose at 1:47 pm on Oct. 28, 2008
Ich brauche, um zu Shop in Auftrag zum Kauf der Lebensmittel

There's nothing about this sentence structure that i like.

Awesome, I don't care    I'm still learning to speak it fluently.

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Quote: from cpjcjhsh at 11:50 am on Oct. 28, 2008
Quote: from junose at 1:47 pm on Oct. 28, 2008
Ich brauche, um zu Shop in Auftrag zum Kauf der Lebensmittel

There's nothing about this sentence structure that i like.

LMAO! wat kinda grammatic structure is dat

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Well, I also need some help with my German homework. I'm in German 1 (Im in the first german class) so how do you say run smoothly like I mean my teacher said like bummel or something like that. Can anyone help me?
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