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Relativsätze übersetzen 3 — Wohnen und Stadt

Translate into German — the point is the relative pronoun.

Translate each sentence into German, using the German words given after the dash. Only the relative pronoun is checked — with its preposition, straight after the comma (…, mit denen …) — so keep that comma. The model is shown afterwards to compare the rest.

Dativ — dem, der, denen

English often drops 'who' or leaves the preposition at the end: 'the friend I helped', 'the child I gave it to'. German always needs the pronoun, and the verb decides the case.

  1. The landlord I transfer the rent to lives in Spain. — der Vermieter · die Miete · überweisen

  2. The neighbour I help with carrying is 80. — die Nachbarin · helfen + Dativ · beim Tragen

  3. The neighbours the garden belongs to are very nice. — die Nachbarn · der Garten · gehören + Dativ

  4. The girl I showed the way to was from Italy. — das Mädchen · der Weg · zeigen

  5. Tourists who like the city stay longer. — die Touristen · gefallen + Dativ

  6. The man who owns the café is very friendly. — der Mann · das Café · gehören + Dativ

Mit Präposition

'The flat I live in' → die Wohnung, in der ich wohne. The preposition moves to the front of the clause.

  1. The flat I live in is small. — die Wohnung

  2. The house we park in front of is very old. — das Haus · parken vor

  3. The neighbours we have barbecues with are from Poland. — die Nachbarn · grillen mit

  4. The park I jog in is huge. — der Park · joggen

  5. The street we live on is noisy. — die Straße · wohnen an

  6. The shops I shop in are all nearby. — die Läden · einkaufen · in der Nähe

Genitiv — dessen, deren

'whose' → dessen (masculine, neuter) or deren (feminine, plural).

  1. The house whose roof is broken is being renovated. — das Haus · das Dach

  2. The flat whose rent is so high is still nice. — die Wohnung · die Miete

  3. The neighbour whose dog is always barking is nice. — der Nachbar · der Hund

  4. The tenants whose flats are being renovated are living in a hotel. — die Mieter · die Wohnungen

  5. The town whose centre is very old has lots of tourists. — die Stadt · das Zentrum

  6. The houses whose windows face south are bright. — die Häuser · die Fenster · nach Süden gehen

Gemischt — welcher Fall?

All the cases mixed. Work out what the pronoun does in its own clause before you write it.

  1. The house I live in is old. — das Haus

  2. The house in whose cellar our bikes are kept is old. — der Keller · die Räder · stehen

  3. The flat we're moving into is big. — die Wohnung · ziehen in (wohin?)

  4. The tenants who were given notice are angry. — die Mieter · kündigen + Dativ

  5. The landlord who never answers is difficult. — der Vermieter

  6. The man whose house we're renting doesn't live here. — der Mann · das Haus · mieten

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