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
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Er | He | Pronoun |
| tat | acted | Verb (Past tense of tun) |
| so | so | Adverb |
| , | Punctuation | |
| als | as if | Conjunction |
| habe | had | Verb (Konjunktiv I of haben) |
| er | he | Pronoun |
| Fieber | fever | Noun |
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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.
Related
I would like to know how that works.
Ich hätte gern gewusst, wie das funktioniert.
Ish het-tuh gern guh-voost, vee das funk-tsio-neert.
I still need to answer the emails.
Ich müsste noch die E-Mails beantworten.
Ish muess-tuh nokh dee ee-meils be-ant-vor-ten.
He said he had already seen the movie.
Er sagte, er habe den Film schon gesehen.
Er sag-tuh, er hah-buh den film shon ge-zeh-en.