A2Grammar
Er sagte, er komme später.
He said he would come later.
In German
Er sagte, er komme später.
Er sag-tuh, er kom-muh shpay-ter.
🇬🇧 English
He said he would come later.
🇪🇸 Español
Dijo que vendría más tarde.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Ha detto che sarebbe venuto più tardi.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Er | He | Pronoun |
| sagte | said | Verb (Past tense of sagen) |
| , | Punctuation | |
| er | he | Pronoun |
| komme | would come | Verb (Konjunktiv I of kommen) |
| später | later | Adverb |
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Grammar Point
Konjunktiv I for indirect speech (future action)
Variations
Er sagte, er würde später kommen.
He said he would come later. (using 'würde')
Er teilte mit, er komme später.
He announced he would come later.
Related
One should go to the cinema again sometime.
Man müsste mal wieder ins Kino gehen.
Man muess-tuh mal vee-der ins kee-no geh-en.
He claimed he was the best.
Er behauptete, er sei der Beste.
Er be-howp-tet-tuh, er zai der bes-tuh.
I almost forgot to call you.
Ich hätte fast vergessen, dich anzurufen.
Ish het-tuh fast fer-ges-sen, dish an-tsoo-roo-fen.