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Infinitiv MT ZU
Infinitiv MT ZU
Infinitive Phrases are Clauses where the verb is not conjugated and instead stays in the Infinitive
form ( the base form)
An Infinitive phrase is a subordinate clause and does not have its own subject. The subject is only in the
main Clause. The subject, the accusative Complement, or the dative Complement of the main Clause has
to be the same as the subject of the subordinate Clause.
Infinitive phrases with ZU are used when the verb in the main Clause is directly related to the verb in the
subordinate Clause
The Main Clause shows how and in which direction the action in the subordinate clauses took place
Ich versuche , das Tor Zu treffen ( i try to hit the goal)
Usage:
• After Specific Verbs: Verbs that are related to a second action and don’t have a 2nd
Subject Complement.
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Infinitive Phrases are subordinate Clauses, so the verb comes at the end
Infinitive Phrase must always come after Main Clause ( SC+ MC is not possible)
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• When the subject has to be mentioned because multiple People or things are involved.
We cannot use Infinitve + ZU
With Separable verbs, the "ZU" comes between the prefix and the main part of the verb
It is all written together as one word
>>> Ich versuche, die Tur abzuschliessen
>>>> Ich schlage vor , morgen sehr fruh aufzustehen
Es ist schwierig, bei Larm einzuchlafen ( it is hard to fall asleep with noise)
Some verbs are directly relted to a second verb and have a direct influence on how the action takes
place. They dont use an infinitive phrase and instead use sentence brackets
such verbs are
gehen, fahren, laufen, kommen, and the verbs bleiben, lassen, sehen and horen
The helping verbs HABEN, SEIN & WERDEN dont use an infinitive phrase with "ZU" because they dont
have their own meaning and are just used to construct the tense
>> Ich soll heute noch Hausaufgaben machen
( Modal verb and hence no infinitive)
>>>>> ich werde morgen zum ersten Mal in die schule gehen
( werden -- no infinitive)
TIPPS
Infinitve Phrases are subordinate Clauses
Infinitive + ZU is used when the verb is directly related to the Second action
This applies to all verbs except Modal verbs, gehen, fahren, bleiben, kommen, lassen, sehen, und horen
because there is no Subject in the Infinitive Clause, it only works when the subject in the dass clause is
identical to the subject, the accusative object or the dative object in the Main Clause
The separation between two Clauses is not obligatory but it is recommended
Infinitiv mt ZU : Übung