Leben ohne Smartphone

B1 Life without a smartphone · 50 sentences

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English translation

A month ago I started an experiment: I wanted to live without a smartphone for four weeks. The first days were harder than I had thought. I kept reaching into my pocket to check for messages, even though my phone was at home in the drawer. Besides, I had to remember again when my bus leaves and how I get to my friends' places. After about a week, however, it got easier. I read more books, slept better and was much more attentive in conversations. My friends, who had been sceptical at first, eventually found the experiment exciting. Of course there were also downsides: without navigation I got lost twice, and I almost missed an important meeting. Still, I don't regret anything. Since then I use my phone more consciously and often leave it in the hallway in the evening. After the experiment I gave myself three simple rules. First, the phone stays in my pocket during meals. Second, in the morning I only look at the screen after I've had breakfast. Third, all notifications except calls get switched off. The third rule was the most important, because constant notifications used to distract me all the time. The less my phone beeps, the calmer I am. At first some friends thought my rules were over the top. My colleague Jana said she couldn't even go shopping without her phone. You see, she uses it for shopping lists, recipes and for paying. Even so she wanted to try it for a week. At the end of the week she told me that for the first time in years she had read a whole book. By now five people from my circle of friends are taking part in the challenge. Whoever looks at their phone first at our dinners together has to pay for everyone's dessert. So far I've only had to pay once. At work the change was harder. In our team, lots of arrangements are made in group chats. Because of my rules I missed a few messages at first. My boss wasn't exactly thrilled about that. So we agreed that during working hours I'd read my messages every two hours. My colleagues should ask me urgent questions in person instead. Since then, more people actually come to my desk. The conversations are shorter and usually friendlier than messages in the chat. Of course the smartphone isn't the enemy. It helps me find my way, take photos and stay in touch with my family abroad. The problem is more that we use it without thinking about it. I used to pick up my phone often just because I was bored. Today I simply sit through moments like that. I look out of the window, watch people or think. Sometimes the best ideas come up in exactly these moments. If I hadn't done the experiment, I probably still wouldn't know that today. Recently my niece asked me what life was like without smartphones. She's fourteen and can hardly imagine a world without the internet. I told her that back then you arranged to meet at a particular place and then really were there. She found that quite adventurous. Then she offered to spend a whole day with me without phones. We went to the zoo together, ate ice cream and talked for hours. In the evening she admitted that she hadn't missed her phone once. For me that was the best proof that my experiment was worth it. So if you feel like it, try it yourselves! One day without a smartphone is enough to see the world a little differently.

Grammar, sentence by sentence

Explained for B1 The text reads like B1.

The narrator spends four weeks without a smartphone, keeps three rules afterwards, gets friends and a teenage niece to try it too, and works out a compromise at work. The story mixes Präteritum and Perfekt and practises the passive, the Plusquamperfekt, obwohl, um … zu, je … desto, relative clauses and the Konjunktiv.

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    Vor einem MonatTime habeVerb ichSubject ein ExperimentAccusative gestartet:Verb end IchSubject wollteVerb vier Wochen langTime ohne Smartphone leben.Verb end

    “A month ago I started an experiment: I wanted to live without a smartphone for four weeks.”

    • Monat der Monat · dative — vor + time = ago, with the dative
    • Smartphone das Smartphone · accusative — ohne always takes the accusative

    Review

    • vor = ago A2 Reminder: vor + dative with a time means ago: vor einem Monat, vor zwei Jahren.
    • Modal verbs in the Präteritum A2 Reminder: modal verbs use the Präteritum for the past: wollte, musste, konnte.
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    Die ersten TageSubject warenVerb schwieriger,Manner als ich gedacht hatte.

    “The first days were harder than I had thought.”

    • gedacht hatte denken · Plusquamperfekt · Indikativ — the thinking came before the hard days

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    The Plusquamperfekt B1

    gedacht hatte

    The Plusquamperfekt describes something that happened before another past event: hatte or war (the Präteritum of haben/sein) plus the participle. The narrator had thought it would be easy before the days turned out hard. Here it's in an als clause, so hatte stands at the end.

    Review

    • Comparative + als A2 Reminder: comparative (-er) + als = than. als can start a whole clause, with the verb at the end.
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    StändigTime griffVerb ichSubject in die Tasche,Place um nach Nachrichten zu sehen, obwohl das Handy zu Hause in der Schublade lag.

    “I kept reaching into my pocket to check for messages, even though my phone was at home in the drawer.”

    • griff greifen · Präteritum · Indikativ — irregular: greifen, griff, gegriffen
    • Tasche die Tasche · accusative — Wohin? in die Tasche
    • Schublade die Schublade · dative — Wo? in der Schublade
    • lag liegen · Präteritum · Indikativ — irregular: liegen, lag, gelegen

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    um … zu for a purpose B1

    um nach Nachrichten zu sehen

    um … zu + infinitive says why someone does something: I reached into my pocket in order to check messages. um starts the clause, zu + infinitive close it, and there's no subject: it's the same as the main clause's. With a different subject you need damit.

    obwohl: although B1

    obwohl das Handy … lag

    obwohl (although) introduces something that would make you expect the opposite. It's a subordinate clause, so the verb lag goes to the end. Compare trotzdem, which says the same from the other side in a main clause: Das Handy lag zu Hause. Trotzdem griff ich in die Tasche.

    Review

    • Wohin? and Wo? A2 Reminder: the same preposition takes the accusative for movement (in die Tasche greifen) and the dative for position (in der Schublade liegen).
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    Außerdem mussteVerb ichSubject mirDative wiederTime merken,Verb end wann mein Bus fährt und wie ich zu meinen Freunden komme.Accusative

    “Besides, I had to remember again when my bus leaves and how I get to my friends' places.”

    • mir ich · dative — sich etwas merken: the reflexive pronoun is dative
    • fährt fahren · Präsens · Indikativ — at the end of the indirect question
    • Freunden der Freund · dative — zu + dative plural: -n

    Review

    • Reflexive pronoun in the dative A2 Reminder: sich etwas merken (to remember something) has the reflexive pronoun in the dative: ich merke mir, du merkst dir.
    • Indirect questions A2 Reminder: a question word (wann, wie, wo) can start a subordinate clause, and then the verb goes to the end.
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    Nach etwa einer WocheTime wurdeVerb esSubject jedoch leichter.Manner

    “After about a week, however, it got easier.”

    • wurde werden · Präteritum · Indikativ — werden = to become
    • es nominative — the situation in general

    Review

    • werden: to become A2 Reminder: werden on its own means to become; its Präteritum is wurde.
    • jedoch A2 jedoch means however. Unlike aber, it can stand in the middle of the sentence, after the verb: es wurde jedoch leichter.
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    IchSubject lasVerb mehr Bücher,Accusative schliefVerb besserManner undConnector warVerb bei Gesprächen viel aufmerksamer.Manner

    “I read more books, slept better and was much more attentive in conversations.”

    • las lesen · Präteritum · Indikativ — irregular: lesen, las, gelesen
    • schlief schlafen · Präteritum · Indikativ — irregular: schlafen, schlief, geschlafen
    • Gesprächen das Gespräch · dative — dative plural adds -n

    Review

    • Dative plural -n A1 Reminder: in the dative plural, nouns add -n if they can: die Gespräche → bei Gesprächen.
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    Meine Freunde,Subject die anfangs skeptisch gewesen waren, fandenVerb das ExperimentAccusative schließlichTime spannend.Manner

    “My friends, who had been sceptical at first, eventually found the experiment exciting.”

    • die der · nominative — relative pronoun for meine Freunde (plural), subject of its clause
    • gewesen waren sein · Plusquamperfekt · Indikativ
    • fanden finden · Präteritum · Indikativ

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    Relative clauses B1

    die anfangs skeptisch gewesen waren

    A relative clause describes a noun and starts with a relative pronoun, usually the same as the article: der, die, das, plural die. Its gender and number come from the noun (meine Freunde → plural die), its case from its job inside the clause (here the subject → nominative). The clause sits right after the noun, between commas, with the verb at the end.

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    Natürlich gabVerb esSubject auch Nachteile:Accusative Ohne NavigationManner habeVerb ichSubject michAccusative zweimalTime verlaufen,Verb end undConnector ein wichtiges TreffenAccusative hätteVerb ichSubject fast verpasst.Verb end

    “Of course there were also downsides: without navigation I got lost twice, and I almost missed an important meeting.”

    • gab geben · Präteritum · Indikativ — es gibt = there is/are, always + accusative
    • habe … verlaufen sich verlaufen · Perfekt · Indikativ — to get lost (on foot)
    • hätte … verpasst verpassen · Plusquamperfekt · Konjunktiv II — it nearly happened, but didn't

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    Konjunktiv II in the past B1

    hätte ich fast verpasst

    hätte or wäre + participle describes something in the past that didn't actually happen. With fast (almost) it says something nearly happened: ich hätte das Treffen fast verpasst = I almost missed the meeting (but I didn't). Note the word order: the object ein wichtiges Treffen is in position 1 for emphasis, so the verb hätte comes before ich.

    Review

    • Adjective endings after ein A2 Reminder: after ein with a neuter noun the adjective ends in -es: ein wichtiges Treffen.
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    Trotzdem bereueVerb ichSubject nichts.Accusative

    “Still, I don't regret anything.”

    • bereue bereuen · Präsens · Indikativ

    Review

    • trotzdem A2 Reminder: trotzdem takes position 1, so the verb follows immediately.
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    SeitdemTime benutzeVerb ichSubject mein HandyAccusative bewussterManner undConnector lasseVerb esAccusative abendsTime oftTime im FlurPlace liegen.Verb end

    “Since then I use my phone more consciously and often leave it in the hallway in the evening.”

    • lasse … liegen liegen lassen · Präsens · Indikativ — lassen + infinitive
    • es accusative — das Handy

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    lassen + infinitive B1

    lasse es … liegen

    lassen + an infinitive at the end means to leave or let something do something: etwas liegen lassen = to leave something lying (somewhere), etwas reparieren lassen = to have something repaired. lassen is conjugated in position 2 and works like a modal verb.

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    Nach dem ExperimentTime habeVerb ichSubject mirDative drei einfache RegelnAccusative gegeben.Verb end

    “After the experiment I gave myself three simple rules.”

    • mir ich · dative — myself: who gets the rules
    • Regeln die Regel · accusative
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    Erstens bleibtVerb das HandySubject beim EssenTime in der Tasche.Place

    “First, the phone stays in my pocket during meals.”

    • Handy das Handy · nominative — German for mobile phone
    • Essen das Essen · dative — beim Essen = while eating
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    Zweitens schaueVerb ichSubject morgensTime erstTime auf den Bildschirm, nachdem ich gefrühstückt habe.Time

    “Second, in the morning I only look at the screen after I've had breakfast.”

    • gefrühstückt habe frühstücken · Perfekt · Indikativ — after nachdem the earlier action is one tense further back

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    nachdem: one tense further back B1

    nachdem ich gefrühstückt habe

    nachdem (after) starts a subordinate clause whose action comes first, so it takes one tense further into the past than the main clause: present in the main clause, Perfekt after nachdem; Präteritum in the main clause, Plusquamperfekt after nachdem.

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    Drittens werdenVerb alle Benachrichtigungen außer AnrufenSubject ausgeschaltet.Verb end

    “Third, all notifications except calls get switched off.”

    • werden … ausgeschaltet ausschalten · Präsens Passiv · Indikativ
    • Anrufen der Anruf · dative — außer takes the dative

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    The passive B1

    werden … ausgeschaltet

    The passive puts the action first and leaves out who does it: werden + Partizip II at the end. The notifications are the subject: alle Benachrichtigungen werden ausgeschaltet. In the past: wurden ausgeschaltet.

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    Die dritte RegelSubject warVerb die wichtigste, dennConnector ständige BenachrichtigungenSubject hattenVerb michAccusative früher dauerndTime abgelenkt.Verb end

    “The third rule was the most important, because constant notifications used to distract me all the time.”

    • hatten … abgelenkt ablenken · Plusquamperfekt · Indikativ
    • mich ich · accusative
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    Je weniger mein Handy piept, desto ruhigerManner binVerb ich.Subject

    “The less my phone beeps, the calmer I am.”

    • piept piepen · Präsens · Indikativ — at the end: the je part is a subordinate clause
    • bin sein · Präsens · Indikativ — right after desto + comparative

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    je … desto B1

    Je weniger …, desto ruhiger

    je + comparative … desto + comparative means the more …, the more. The je part is a subordinate clause (verb at the end); the desto part starts the main clause, with the verb straight after the comparative: desto ruhiger bin ich.

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    Einige FreundeSubject fandenVerb meine RegelnAccusative zuerstTime übertrieben.Manner

    “At first some friends thought my rules were over the top.”

    • fanden finden · Präteritum · Indikativ — etwas übertrieben finden
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    Meine Kollegin JanaSubject sagte,Verb sie könne ohne ihr Handy nicht einmal einkaufen gehen.

    “My colleague Jana said she couldn't even go shopping without her phone.”

    • könne können · Konjunktiv I — reported speech

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    Konjunktiv I for reported speech B2

    sie könne

    To report what someone said without vouching for it, German uses the Konjunktiv I, formed from the infinitive's stem: können → sie könne, haben → er habe, sein → sie sei. It's common in news and writing; in conversation people often use the normal present instead.

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    SieSubject benutztVerb esAccusative nämlich für Einkaufslisten, Rezepte und zum Bezahlen.

    “You see, she uses it for shopping lists, recipes and for paying.”

    • Bezahlen das Bezahlen · dative — zum = zu dem: a verb used as a noun

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    Verbs as nouns B2

    zum Bezahlen

    Any infinitive can become a neuter noun: bezahlen → das Bezahlen. zum + nominalised infinitive says what something is for: zum Bezahlen (for paying), zum Lesen.

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    Trotzdem wollteVerb sieSubject esAccusative eine Woche langTime ausprobieren.Verb end

    “Even so she wanted to try it for a week.”

    • wollte wollen · Präteritum · Indikativ

    Review

    • trotzdem A2 Reminder: trotzdem takes position 1, so the verb follows straight away.
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    Am Ende der WocheTime erzählteVerb sieSubject mir,Dative dass sie zum ersten Mal seit Jahren ein ganzes Buch gelesen hatte.

    “At the end of the week she told me that for the first time in years she had read a whole book.”

    • Woche die Woche · genitive — am Ende der Woche: whose end
    • gelesen hatte lesen · Plusquamperfekt · Indikativ
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    InzwischenTime machenVerb fünf Leute aus meinem FreundeskreisSubject bei der Herausforderung mit.Verb end

    “By now five people from my circle of friends are taking part in the challenge.”

    • machen … mit mitmachen · Präsens · Indikativ — mitmachen bei + dative = to take part in
    • Freundeskreis der Freundeskreis · dative — Freund + -es- + Kreis
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    Wer beim gemeinsamen Abendessen zuerst aufs Handy schaut,Subject mussVerb für alle den NachtischAccusative bezahlen.Verb end

    “Whoever looks at their phone first at our dinners together has to pay for everyone's dessert.”

    • schaut schauen · Präsens · Indikativ — at the end of the wer clause
    • muss müssen · Präsens · Indikativ — right after the comma: the wer clause is position 1

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    wer …: whoever B1

    Wer … schaut, muss

    A clause with wer (whoever) can be the subject of the whole sentence. It takes position 1, so the main verb follows the comma: Wer zuerst schaut, muss bezahlen.

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    BisherTime mussteVerb ichSubject nur einmalTime bezahlen.Verb end

    “So far I've only had to pay once.”

    • musste müssen · Präteritum · Indikativ
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    Bei der ArbeitPlace warVerb die UmstellungSubject schwieriger.Manner

    “At work the change was harder.”

    • Umstellung die Umstellung · nominative — -ung: feminine
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    Viele AbsprachenSubject werdenVerb in unserem TeamPlace über Chatgruppen getroffen.Verb end

    “In our team, lots of arrangements are made in group chats.”

    • werden … getroffen treffen · Präsens Passiv · Indikativ — eine Absprache treffen = to make an arrangement
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    Wegen meiner Regeln habeVerb ichSubject anfangsTime einige NachrichtenAccusative verpasst.Verb end

    “Because of my rules I missed a few messages at first.”

    • Regeln die Regel · genitive — wegen + genitive

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    wegen + genitive B1

    Wegen meiner Regeln

    wegen (because of), während (during), trotz (despite) and statt (instead of) take the genitive in written German: wegen meiner Regeln, während der Arbeitszeit. In everyday speech the dative is common too.

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    Mein ChefSubject warVerb darüber nicht gerade begeistert.Negation

    “My boss wasn't exactly thrilled about that.”

    • war sein · Präteritum · Indikativ — begeistert sein von / über
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    Deshalb habenVerb wirSubject vereinbart,Verb end dass ich während der Arbeitszeit alle zwei Stunden meine Nachrichten lese.

    “So we agreed that during working hours I'd read my messages every two hours.”

    • haben … vereinbart vereinbaren · Perfekt · Indikativ
    • Arbeitszeit die Arbeitszeit · genitive — während + genitive
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    Dringende FragenAccusative sollenVerb die KollegenSubject mirDative lieber persönlichManner stellen.Verb end

    “My colleagues should ask me urgent questions in person instead.”

    • sollen Präsens · Indikativ — what was agreed
    • Kollegen der Kollege · nominative — the subject comes after the verb: the object is first
    • mir ich · dative — eine Frage stellen + dative

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    Partizip I as an adjective B2

    Dringende Fragen

    The Partizip I (infinitive + -d) describes something happening or ongoing; before a noun it takes adjective endings: dringend → dringende Fragen, schlafend → ein schlafendes Kind.

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    SeitdemTime kommenVerb tatsächlich mehr LeuteSubject an meinen Schreibtisch.Place

    “Since then, more people actually come to my desk.”

    • Schreibtisch der Schreibtisch · accusative — Wohin? an + accusative
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    Die GesprächeSubject sindVerb kürzer und meistens freundlicher als die Nachrichten im Chat.

    “The conversations are shorter and usually friendlier than messages in the chat.”

    • Gespräche das Gespräch · nominative
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    Natürlich istVerb das SmartphoneSubject nicht der Feind.Negation

    “Of course the smartphone isn't the enemy.”

    • Feind der Feind · nominative — after sein: nominative, not accusative
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    EsSubject hilftVerb mir,Dative Wege zu finden, Fotos zu machen und mit meiner Familie im Ausland in Kontakt zu bleiben.

    “It helps me find my way, take photos and stay in touch with my family abroad.”

    • hilft helfen · Präsens · Indikativ — helfen + dative
    • mir ich · dative

    Review

    • Several zu-infinitives A2 Reminder: after helfen, a following action is zu + infinitive at the end, and several can follow one another.
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    Das ProblemSubject istVerb eher, dass man es benutzt, ohne darüber nachzudenken.

    “The problem is more that we use it without thinking about it.”

    • nachzudenken nachdenken — zu goes inside a separable verb
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    FrüherTime habeVerb ichSubject das HandyAccusative oftTime in die HandPlace genommen,Verb end bloß weil mir langweilig war.

    “I used to pick up my phone often just because I was bored.”

    • mir ich · dative — mir ist langweilig: I'm bored, with the person in the dative
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    HeuteTime halteVerb ichSubject solche MomenteAccusative einfach aus.Verb end

    “Today I simply sit through moments like that.”

    • halte … aus aushalten · Präsens · Indikativ — to bear, to put up with
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    IchSubject schaueVerb aus dem Fenster,Place beobachteVerb MenschenAccusative oderConnector denkeVerb nach.Verb end

    “I look out of the window, watch people or think.”

    • Menschen der Mensch · accusative — n-declension: der Mensch, den Menschen
    • denke … nach nachdenken · Präsens · Indikativ
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    ManchmalTime entstehenVerb gerade in diesen MomentenTime die besten Ideen.Subject

    “Sometimes the best ideas come up in exactly these moments.”

    • entstehen Präsens · Indikativ — the subject comes last here
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    Hätte ich das Experiment nicht gemacht, wüssteVerb ichSubject dasAccusative wahrscheinlich bis heuteTime nicht.Negation

    “If I hadn't done the experiment, I probably still wouldn't know that today.”

    • Hätte … gemacht machen · Plusquamperfekt · Konjunktiv II — an unreal past condition
    • wüsste wissen · Konjunktiv II — its unreal result today

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    Conditions without wenn B1

    Hätte ich … gemacht, wüsste ich

    An unreal condition can drop wenn and start with the verb instead: Wenn ich es nicht gemacht hätte = Hätte ich es nicht gemacht. The main clause then starts with its verb too: wüsste ich.

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    Vor kurzemTime hatVerb michAccusative meine NichteSubject gefragt,Verb end wie das Leben ohne Smartphone früher war.

    “Recently my niece asked me what life was like without smartphones.”

    • mich ich · accusative — a short pronoun object comes before the subject noun
    • Nichte die Nichte · nominative
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    SieSubject istVerb vierzehn undConnector kannVerb sichDative eine Welt ohne InternetAccusative kaumNegation vorstellen.Verb end

    “She's fourteen and can hardly imagine a world without the internet.”

    • sich dative — sich etwas vorstellen: dative reflexive
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    IchSubject habeVerb ihrDative erzählt,Verb end dass man sich damals an einem bestimmten Ort verabredet hat und dann auch wirklich dort war.

    “I told her that back then you arranged to meet at a particular place and then really were there.”

    • verabredet hat sich verabreden · Perfekt · Indikativ
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    SieSubject fandVerb dasAccusative ziemlich abenteuerlich.Manner

    “She found that quite adventurous.”

    • fand finden · Präteritum · Indikativ
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    DannTime hatVerb sieSubject mirDative angeboten,Verb end mit mir einen Tag lang ohne Handy zu verbringen.

    “Then she offered to spend a whole day with me without phones.”

    • hat … angeboten anbieten · Perfekt · Indikativ
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    WirSubject sindVerb zusammenManner in den ZooPlace gegangen,Verb end habenVerb EisAccusative gegessenVerb end undConnector unsAccusative stundenlangTime unterhalten.Verb end

    “We went to the zoo together, ate ice cream and talked for hours.”

    • sind … gegangen gehen · Perfekt · Indikativ — movement: sein
    • haben … gegessen essen · Perfekt · Indikativ
    • uns … unterhalten sich unterhalten · Perfekt · Indikativ — haben is shared with gegessen
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    Am AbendTime hatVerb sieSubject zugegeben,Verb end dass sie ihr Handy kein einziges Mal vermisst hat.

    “In the evening she admitted that she hadn't missed her phone once.”

    • hat … zugegeben zugeben · Perfekt · Indikativ
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    Für mich warVerb dasSubject der schönste Beweis, dass mein Experiment sich gelohnt hat.

    “For me that was the best proof that my experiment was worth it.”

    • Beweis der Beweis · nominative
    • gelohnt hat sich lohnen · Perfekt · Indikativ
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    Wenn ihr also Lust habt, probiertVerb esAccusative selbst aus!Verb end

    “So if you feel like it, try it yourselves!”

    • probiert … aus ausprobieren · Präsens · Imperativ — ihr form of the imperative

    Review

    • The imperative for ihr A1 Reminder: the ihr imperative is the ihr form without the pronoun: ihr probiert → probiert!
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    Ein Tag ohne SmartphoneSubject reichtVerb schon, um die Welt ein bisschen anders zu sehen.

    “One day without a smartphone is enough to see the world a little differently.”

    • reicht reichen · Präsens · Indikativ — to be enough