– We cook at home to save money. Not in class, not in a textbook and not Duolingo or Youtube.
You’ll also get pdf-download, progress tracking, note taking, comment notifications and the full AI pronunciation trainer. = Wir kaufen ein Haus, damit unsere Kinder hier aufwachsen können. – At 45, am I too old to start something new?
Er braucht Hilfe, um mit dem Rauchen aufzuhören.
Ich will schnell abnehmen. – He needs help to quit smoking.
Sie trainiert regelmäßig, um abzunehmen. This structure is particularly useful for emphasizing the purpose of an action within the same subject.
When constructing a sentence with "um … zu," ensure that the verb is in its infinitive form and positioned at the end of the clause.
It answers the question “why? 🙂
conjunctive adverbs in Germanconjunctions in Germanum zu conjugationum zu germandamit and um ... for what reason?” and is used to connect two sentences when the subject in the main and subordinate clause is the same:
Ich mache Sport, um gesund zu bleiben (I exercise (in order) to stay healthy).
Thank you!
"Damit" is typically used when you have two different subjects in the two parts of your sentence. (dort einkaufen)
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Sofia will mit ihr sprechen.
Sie lernt Englisch, um in die USA zu ziehen. When to use damit or um …zu? “Damit” and “um … zu” both mean “(in order) to/so that”, but the difference is in the way they are used to connect sentences. – I write everything down so that I don’t forget anything.
Ich lerne Spanisch, um mit meinen Freunden sprechenzukönnen. Sie wählte eine neue Methode, [um] die Frage zu lösen. Hier sind also um zu und zu austauschbar.
Nicht austauschbar sind um zu und zu allerdings, wenn die Infinitivgruppe attributiv eingesetzt wird, also als Beifügung zu einem vorangehenden Wort oder einer vorangehenden Phrase: Die Aussicht, in Domburg eine Woche auszuspannen, ist verlockend.
Die Infinitivgruppe in Domburg eine Woche auszuspannen ist Attribut zu Aussicht und antwortet auf die Frage: Welche Aussicht?
In diesen Fällen steht die Infinitivgruppe nur mit zu; der Gebrauch von um zu ist hier falsch.
– I speak slowly so that students understand me.
Wir kaufen ein Haus.
And that also includes the question on when to use neither, because that’s a common mistake too.
So today, we’ll find out what these phrasings are, when to use which and how to use them.
If you just want the most important things as a quick fix, check out the video I made with Easy German.
Zu or Um zu Explained –
Yourdailygerman and Easy German
But if you want to dive a bit deeper, have more examples, learn about the exceptions and the sentence structure and do a little test, then today’s post is perfect for you.
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– I’m learning German (in order) to study in Germany.
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