A2Grammar
Er sagte, er sei müde.
He said he was tired.
In German
Er sagte, er sei müde.
Er sag-tuh, er zai mue-duh.
🇬🇧 English
He said he was tired.
🇪🇸 Español
Dijo que estaba cansado.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Ha detto di essere stanco.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Er | He | Pronoun |
| sagte | said | Verb (Past tense of sagen) |
| , | Punctuation | |
| er | he | Pronoun |
| sei | was | Verb (Konjunktiv I of sein) |
| müde | tired | Adjective |
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Grammar Point
Konjunktiv I for indirect speech (reporting a state)
Variations
Er meinte, er sei müde.
He thought he was tired.
Er berichtete, er sei müde.
He reported he was tired.
Related
It would be a good idea to revise the project.
Es wäre eine gute Idee, das Projekt zu überarbeiten.
Es veh-ruh ai-nuh goo-tuh ee-deh, das pro-yekt tsoo ue-ber-ar-bai-ten.
If only I had known how difficult that is!
Hätte ich nur gewusst, wie schwierig das ist!
Het-tuh ish noor ge-voost, vee shvee-rikh das ist!
I told him he should be punctual.
Ich sagte ihm, er solle pünktlich sein.
Ish sag-tuh ihm, er zol-luh puenk-tlikh zain.