A2Grammar
Es riecht, als ob jemand Kuchen backen würde.
It smells as if someone were baking a cake.
In German
Es riecht, als ob jemand Kuchen backen würde.
es reesht, als op yeh-mant koo-khen bak-ken vyr-deh
🇬🇧 English
It smells as if someone were baking a cake.
🇪🇸 Español
Huele como si alguien estuviera horneando un pastel.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Sembra che qualcuno stia cuocendo una torta.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Es | It | Pronoun |
| riecht | smells | Verb |
| als | as | Conjunction |
| ob | if | Conjunction |
| jemand | someone | Indefinite pronoun |
| Kuchen | Cake | Noun |
| backen | bake | Verb |
| würde | would | Auxiliary verb for Subjunctive II |
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Grammar Point
Subjunctive II with 'als ob'
Variations
Der Geruch ist, als würde jemand Kuchen backen.
The smell is as if someone were baking a cake.
Es duftet nach frisch gebackenem Kuchen.
It smells of freshly baked cake.
Related
The more I practice, the better I play piano.
Je mehr ich übe, desto besser spiele ich Klavier.
yeh mehr ish yoo-beh, des-toe bes-ser shpee-leh ish klah-veer
I like to eat pizza the most.
Am liebsten esse ich Pizza.
am leep-sten es-seh ish pit-sa
I can't swim as far as he can.
Ich kann nicht so weit schwimmen wie er.
ish kan nisht zo vyte shvim-men vee ehr