A2Grammar
Er meinte, es sei zu spät.
He thought it was too late.
In German
Er meinte, es sei zu spät.
Er main-tuh, es zai tsoo shpayt.
🇬🇧 English
He thought it was too late.
🇪🇸 Español
Pensó que era demasiado tarde.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Pensava fosse troppo tardi.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Er | He | Pronoun |
| meinte | thought | Verb (Past tense of meinen) |
| , | Punctuation | |
| es | it | Pronoun |
| sei | was | Verb (Konjunktiv I of sein) |
| zu | too | Adverb |
| spät | late | Adjective |
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Grammar Point
Konjunktiv I for indirect speech (reporting an opinion)
Variations
Er sagte, es sei zu spät.
He said it was too late.
Er war der Meinung, es sei zu spät.
He was of the opinion that it was too late.
Related
If only it hadn't rained!
Hätte es doch nur nicht geregnet!
Het-tuh es dokh noor nisht guh-reg-net!
If I had more time, I would travel more often.
Wenn ich mehr Zeit hätte, würde ich öfter reisen.
Ven ish mer tsait het-tuh, vuer-duh ish oehf-ter rai-zen.
If I were you, I wouldn't do that.
Wenn ich du wäre, würde ich das nicht tun.
Ven ish doo veh-ruh, vuer-duh ish das nisht toon.