A2Grammar

Er tat so, als habe er Fieber.

He acted as if he had a fever.

In German

Er tat so, als habe er Fieber.

Er taht zo, als hah-buh er fee-ber.
🇬🇧 English
He acted as if he had a fever.
🇪🇸 Español
Actuó como si tuviera fiebre.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Ha fatto finta di avere la febbre.

Sentence Breakdown

WordTranslationRole
ErHePronoun
tatactedVerb (Past tense of tun)
sosoAdverb
,Punctuation
alsas ifConjunction
habehadVerb (Konjunktiv I of haben)
erhePronoun
FieberfeverNoun
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Grammar Point

Konjunktiv I with 'als' for unreal comparisons

Variations

Er tat, als ob er Fieber hätte.
He acted as if he had a fever. (using 'als ob' and Konjunktiv II)
Er simulierte, er habe Fieber.
He simulated he had a fever.

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