A2Grammar
Er fragte, ob wir mitkämen.
He asked if we would come along.
In German
Er fragte, ob wir mitkämen.
Er frahg-tuh, op veer mit-keh-men.
🇬🇧 English
He asked if we would come along.
🇪🇸 Español
Preguntó si vendríamos con él.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Ha chiesto se saremmo venuti con lui.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Er | He | Pronoun |
| fragte | asked | Verb (Past tense of fragen) |
| , | Punctuation | |
| ob | if | Conjunction |
| wir | we | Pronoun |
| mitkämen | would come along | Verb (Konjunktiv II of mitkommen) |
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Grammar Point
Konjunktiv I for indirect questions
Variations
Er fragte, ob wir mitkommen würden.
He asked if we would come along. (with 'würden')
Er wollte wissen, ob wir mitkämen.
He wanted to know if we would come along.
Related
If you asked me, I would say yes.
Wenn du mich fragtest, würde ich ja sagen.
Ven doo mikh frahg-test, vuer-duh ish yah zah-gen.
It would be advisable to be careful.
Es wäre ratsam, vorsichtig zu sein.
Es veh-ruh raht-zahm, for-zikh-tikh tsoo zain.
One would have to analyze the situation more closely.
Man müsste die Situation genauer analysieren.
Man muess-tuh dee zit-oo-a-tsion guh-now-er a-na-lee-zee-ren.