A2Grammar
Je länger der Tag, desto müder werde ich.
The longer the day, the more tired I get.
In German
Je länger der Tag, desto müder werde ich.
yeh leng-er dehr tahk, des-toe myoo-der ver-deh ish
🇬🇧 English
The longer the day, the more tired I get.
🇪🇸 Español
Cuanto más largo es el día, más cansado me pongo.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Più la giornata è lunga, più mi stanco.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Je | The | Correlative conjunction |
| länger | longer | Comparative adjective |
| der | the | Definite article |
| Tag | Day | Noun |
| desto | the | Correlative conjunction |
| müder | more tired | Comparative adjective |
| werde | become | Verb |
| ich | I | Personal pronoun |
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Grammar Point
Correlative conjunctions 'je... desto/umso' with state
Variations
Lange Tage machen mich müde.
Long days make me tired.
Meine Müdigkeit nimmt mit der Länge des Tages zu.
My tiredness increases with the length of the day.
Related
This book is as interesting as the other one.
Dieses Buch ist so interessant wie das andere.
dee-ses booch ist zo in-te-re-sant vee das an-de-re
I don't have as much time as you.
Ich habe nicht so viel Zeit wie du.
ish hah-beh nisht zo feel tsayt vee doo
This city is just as beautiful as the capital.
Diese Stadt ist genauso schön wie die Hauptstadt.
dee-zeh shtat ist ge-now-zo shon vee dee howpt-shtat