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Saatzbau · Level 7 of 8

Connecting sentences

Pattern an / mee / oder (no change) · well / wann / datt (verb to the end)

Ech ginn an de Restaurant, well ech Honger hunn. I'm going to the restaurant because I'm hungry.

Group A: word order does not change. an / a (and), mee (but), oder (or).

• Ech iessen eng Pizza an ech drénken e Glas Waasser.I'm eating a pizza and drinking a glass of water.
• Ech hunn Honger, mee ech hu keng Zäit.I'm hungry, but I have no time.

an follows the n-rule too: an ech but a mäi Mann.

Group B: the verb goes to the END. well (because), wann (when / if), datt (that).

• Ech ginn an de Restaurant, well ech Honger hunn.I'm going to the restaurant because I'm hungry.
• Wann ech Zäit hunn, kachen ech.When I have time, I cook.

If the sentence starts with the wann part, the main verb comes right after the comma: …, kachen ech.