A2Grammar
Sie verlangte, man möge ihr sofort antworten.
She demanded that she be answered immediately.
In German
Sie verlangte, man möge ihr sofort antworten.
Zee fer-lang-tuh, man moe-guh eer zo-fort ant-vor-ten.
🇬🇧 English
She demanded that she be answered immediately.
🇪🇸 Español
Exigió que le respondieran de inmediato.
🇮🇹 Italiano
Ha preteso che le si rispondesse immediatamente.
Sentence Breakdown
| Word | Translation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Sie | She | Pronoun |
| verlangte | demanded | Verb (Past tense of verlangen) |
| , | Punctuation | |
| man | one | Indefinite pronoun |
| möge | may | Modal verb (Konjunktiv I of mögen) |
| ihr | her | Pronoun (Dative) |
| sofort | immediately | Adverb |
| antworten | answer | Verb (Infinitive) |
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Grammar Point
Konjunktiv I for formal demands in indirect speech
Variations
Sie verlangte, dass man ihr sofort antworte.
She demanded that she be answered immediately.
Sie forderte eine sofortige Antwort.
She demanded an immediate answer.
Related
She asked when he would return.
Sie fragte, wann er zurückkäme.
Zee frahg-tuh, van er tsoo-ruek-keh-muh.
I would love to go to the concert with you all.
Ich ginge gerne mit euch ins Konzert.
Ish ging-guh gern mit oykh ins kon-tsert.
He asked if we would come along.
Er fragte, ob wir mitkämen.
Er frahg-tuh, op veer mit-keh-men.