-- Posted by Mabzie 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. -- Posted by sadnessness 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 -- Posted by cienna at 11:43 am on Oct. 28, 2008 ich muss mein hausaufgaben machen um gute noten zu bekommen -- Posted by 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. -- Posted by cienna 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 -- Posted by cienna 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. -- Posted by cpjcjhsh 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. -- Posted by junose at 11:47 am on Oct. 28, 2008 Ich brauche, um zu Shop in Auftrag zum Kauf der Lebensmittel -- Posted by 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. -- Posted by junose 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. -- Posted by cienna 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 -- Posted by happychillpill 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?