Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic german grammar help Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Mabzie Posted at 11:41 am on Oct. 28, 2008 I'm having trouble understanding "um zu" as in like.. how to use it correctly and what it means exactly.

Replies happychillpill Posted at 12:24 pm on Nov. 3, 2008 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? cienna Posted at 2:02 pm on Oct. 30, 2008 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 junose Posted at 11:53 am on Oct. 28, 2008 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. cpjcjhsh Posted 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. junose Posted at 11:47 am on Oct. 28, 2008 Ich brauche, um zu Shop in Auftrag zum Kauf der Lebensmittel cpjcjhsh Posted at 11:47 am on Oct. 28, 2008 "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. cienna Posted at 11:45 am on Oct. 28, 2008 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. cienna Posted at 11:44 am on Oct. 28, 2008 u bacially have to say wat u want like above, i have to do my homework inorder good grades to get sadnessness Posted 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. cienna Posted at 11:43 am on Oct. 28, 2008 ich muss mein hausaufgaben machen um gute noten zu bekommen sadnessness Posted at 11:42 am on Oct. 28, 2008 um zu means "in order to" for example: "ich gehe nach Osterreich, um Ski zu fahren." - I go to Austria in order to ski All 11 previous replies displayed.