A2Grammar

Er behauptete, er sei der Beste.

He claimed he was the best.

In German

Er behauptete, er sei der Beste.

Er be-howp-tet-tuh, er zai der bes-tuh.
🇬🇧 English
He claimed he was the best.
🇪🇸 Español
Él afirmó que era el mejor.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Ha affermato di essere il migliore.

Sentence Breakdown

WordTranslationRole
ErHePronoun
behaupteteclaimedVerb (Past tense of behaupten)
,Punctuation
erhePronoun
seiwasVerb (Konjunktiv I of sein)
dertheArticle
BestebestAdjective (Superlative)
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Grammar Point

Konjunktiv I for indirect speech (reporting a claim)

Variations

Er sagte, er sei der Beste.
He said he was the best.
Er meinte, er sei der Beste.
He thought he was the best.

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