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ah but it's more complicated because only the main verb is at the end of the sentence, so if you need an auxiliary or you have a copular construction like "ist
by Tainnor 6y ago
ah but it's more complicated because only the main verb is at the end of the sentence, so if you need an auxiliary or you have a copular construction like "ist gleich", you need to split the verb phrase...
in fact, Germans would say (and do say, e.g. in mathematics) "wenn a gleich b" as a shorthand for "wenn a gleich b ist".
- mhink 6y agoInteresting. Seems sorta like the English shorthand "if a less-than b, do this" (as opposed to "if a IS less than b, do this"). "Equal" is almost a different story since it works as a verb as well as an adjective.
- Tainnor 6y agoYes, in English has the verb "to equal", which German doesn't. The verb "gleichen" doesn't work, because it means "to be similar to".