A2Grammar
Er berichtete, die Lage sei kritisch.
He reported that the situation was critical.
In German
Er berichtete, die Lage sei kritisch.
Er be-rish-tet-tuh, dee lah-guh zai krit-ish.
🇬🇧 English
He reported that the situation was critical.
🇪🇸 Español
Informó que la situación era crítica.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Ha riferito che la situazione era critica.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Er | He | Pronoun |
| berichtete | reported | Verb (Past tense of berichten) |
| , | Punctuation | |
| die | the | Article |
| Lage | situation | Noun |
| sei | was | Verb (Konjunktiv I of sein) |
| kritisch | critical | Adjective |
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Grammar Point
Konjunktiv I for indirect speech (reporting a fact/state)
Variations
Er sagte, die Lage sei kritisch.
He said the situation was critical.
Er teilte mit, die Lage sei kritisch.
He communicated that the situation was critical.