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
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Er | He | Pronoun |
| behauptete | claimed | Verb (Past tense of behaupten) |
| , | Punctuation | |
| er | he | Pronoun |
| sei | was | Verb (Konjunktiv I of sein) |
| der | the | Article |
| Beste | best | Adjective (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.