How to Use Subordinating Conjunctions in German: dass, weil, ob, wenn & more!

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  • Learn how to use the German subordinating conjunctions dass, weil, ob, wenn and a whole lot more with this intermediate German lesson. If you really want to bump up your German skills, mastering these subordinating conjunctions will boost your language skills and make you more conversational. In this lesson, you will learn about these conjunctions as well as a variety of lesser known subordinating conjunctions. Click the timestamps below to skip to the conjunction of your choice.
    I go into a lot more detail about the subordinating conjunctions and the word order rules for them on my website here: www.germanwithantrim.com/subo...
    Practice what you learned in this lesson with a worksheet and answer key available here: www.germanwithantrim.com/prod...
    Timestamps
    0:00 Introduction
    1:07 als - when
    1:54 Hauptsatz vs Nebensatz
    2:44 Word Order Rules
    3:51 Examples with als - when
    4:26 wenn - when, if
    7:19 falls - if, in case
    7:56 falls vs wenn
    9:19 ob - if
    10:53 ob vs wenn vs falls
    11:49 als ob - as if
    13:01 obgleich, obschon, obwohl - although
    14:03 weil - because
    14:57 da - because
    15:59 damit - so that, in order to
    16:45 dass - that
    17:22 dass vs das
    19:26 so dass - so that
    20:12 dadurch... dass, indem - by means of, while
    21:32 wohingegen - while, whereas
    22:53 bevor - before
    24:11 ehe - ere
    25:28 bis - until
    26:02 Separable Verbs in Subordinate Clauses
    26:20 während - while
    27:15 solange - as long as
    28:02 sobald - as soon as
    28:54 sooft - as often as, whenever
    30:02 nachdem - after
    31:29 seit/seitdem - since
    33:36 CONGRATULATIONS! You finished the video!
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Komentáře • 99

  • @kallelellacevej2234
    @kallelellacevej2234 Před 4 lety +6

    "Ich habe einen Leibwächter, falls ich Carol Baskin treffe." 😂😂😂 Ich mag den Satz!

  • @wal-waltv5185
    @wal-waltv5185 Před 4 lety +7

    O my God you make learning german so easy. Thank you so much that's why I don't skip the ads to help you too. Thanks from Philippines, :)

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 4 lety +2

      That is great. Thanks for your support and the kind words.

  • @nourhany538
    @nourhany538 Před 4 lety +9

    The way of your explaination so amazing

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 4 lety +3

      Thank you. That is very kind. I'm glad you enjoy it.

  • @eggstrawberry9250
    @eggstrawberry9250 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you so much for this video! Yesterday I watched one of your other videos, and today I watched this one, I'm studying for the Leaving Certificate ( Ireland's Highschool examinations for college entry ), and I've discovered your channel 2 weeks away from my German exam and the help has been IMMENSE ! 3/4 years with german and I'm finally understanding Haupsatz and Nebensatz after this! I will definitely reccomend your channel to my underclassmen !

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 2 měsíci

      You're so welcome! Glad I could help. Good luck on your exams.

  • @jameslewis2878
    @jameslewis2878 Před 2 lety +4

    This was incredibly helpful! i just got my first german books over christmas (bruder grimms märchen) and this clears a lot of my struggles up! you're an amazing teacher!

  • @fluxsiarski
    @fluxsiarski Před 2 lety

    👌
    Sobald ich dein Film gesehen habe, weiß ich alle über Subordinating Conjunctions

  • @FashionSchoolWithJay
    @FashionSchoolWithJay Před 7 měsíci

    Vielen Dank!! I learned so much today!🎉

  • @fullmetal-animator
    @fullmetal-animator Před 2 lety

    A whole two weeks worth of getting my head around subordinate clauses and word order explained perfectly. You're my hero now.

  • @iggykarpov
    @iggykarpov Před 3 lety

    I have been taking weekly German lessons with an excellent native-speaking teacher for four years, yet I always strengthen the material by coming here to learn more and practice. Thanks so much, Herr Antrim! Love your sense of humor - it helps a lot. Two types of Clauses - Mr. and Mrs! Damit! 🤪😜👍😂👌😎🤣

  • @haroldnostascoutino3442
    @haroldnostascoutino3442 Před 4 lety +5

    Danke schon! This is very helpful, please keep doing this videos

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 4 lety +2

      Will do! I have one more big video about conjunctions (next week) and then I will try to do some shorter videos about small differences between groups of conjunctions (mostly subordinating conjunctions).

    • @mariojrcanales1646
      @mariojrcanales1646 Před 3 lety

      @@MrLAntrim Hopefully you'll do videos about B2 Pflege Sir Antrim in the future. Also I've been an avid follower for a year now and your videos are really useful especially with memes lol Danke vielmals 👍

  • @h1dead843
    @h1dead843 Před 2 lety

    You are putting a lot of effort to this video, and sentences are really quite different and intesting, I think a lot of students would love attending your lessons.

  • @sfnesbit
    @sfnesbit Před 3 lety +1

    This video is perfect. It definitely helps punch a lot of these into memory

  • @dondieggito1931
    @dondieggito1931 Před rokem

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! YOU ARE AMAZING.

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před rokem +1

      Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.

  • @roxanastoica2551
    @roxanastoica2551 Před 3 lety

    So funny and educational! Love it, thank you!

  • @margaridapiques2328
    @margaridapiques2328 Před 3 lety

    Thank you so much for this video! I have a Telc Exam tomorrow and you really helped me with this thema.

  • @goodlightdays
    @goodlightdays Před 10 měsíci

    Omg I love your videos XD. I just found them today. You were exactly what I was looking for. Yes, I said “you”. I just love your humor and the way you explain things in a way that’s easy and makes sense!!!!!. In just a few minutes if content, you’ve clarified confusions I’ve had for the longest time, that stemmed from how people usually teach it. It’s EXACTLY what I needed. THANK YOU!! 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 10 měsíci +1

      You are very welcome. I'm glad you like my lame jokes. 😂

  • @Annihilation_0f_The_Wicked9066

    I'm still watching this but holy **** does this video answer a lot of questions. I've seen all these words but a lot of them i didn't know why and when are being used. I'm wondering if you could make a video about all the german tenses and how they translate to English. Unfortunately for me I'm quite used to English and have trouble translating things into German. This video is a goldmine! Never have i seen someone explain these conjunctions so detailed and clear. Not even native German speakers. Antrim's channel is definitely amongst my most favorite German learning channels.

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 2 lety

      Forever ago I did a video about all of the tenses in German, but it was incredibly short and not very detailed. Not my best work, but if you are interested, here it is: czcams.com/video/Zk9TMDPQoRk/video.html
      It might not be a bad idea to revisit this idea, as I'm sure you aren't the only one struggling with this.

    • @Annihilation_0f_The_Wicked9066
      @Annihilation_0f_The_Wicked9066 Před 2 lety

      @@MrLAntrim Yes I recently discovered that video. It was useful indeed. Well...if you are able to make a video about them. Yeah! It would definitely help a lot of people out if it's detailed like this one(about Subordinating Conjunctions).

  • @korefan9720
    @korefan9720 Před 3 lety

    You are the best! I like your explaination, style and example sentences!!

  • @dennyjoy
    @dennyjoy Před 2 lety

    Wow your presentation is awesome

  • @dorinakotja3742
    @dorinakotja3742 Před 3 lety

    You are very clear! Thank you for helping for my exam. :)

  • @YourMom-jd6jp
    @YourMom-jd6jp Před 3 lety

    Ich liebe deinen Sinn für Humor!

  • @escapist1947
    @escapist1947 Před 4 lety +1

    Very helpful and informative video. Dankeschön!

  • @katrinemacaraeg4000
    @katrinemacaraeg4000 Před 3 lety

    Vielen dank, nice explanation 😉

  • @samiaferrak454
    @samiaferrak454 Před 2 lety

    you're so cool and easy to understand unlike the crazy teachers i had listened to

  • @camilles2071
    @camilles2071 Před 3 lety +1

    you are very helpful! I cant thank you enough. I will share this video on my fb page. Again Vielen Dank! :)

  • @gregdickson7602
    @gregdickson7602 Před 4 lety

    Professor Antrim , für dich gebe ich 👍

  • @Francieli128
    @Francieli128 Před 4 lety

    thank you sooooo much

  • @camaraousman9599
    @camaraousman9599 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much for your helping us,you are amazing I really enjoy your video may allah give you long life and more blessing you

  • @genelyndionisiorosario3045

    Danke schön

  • @ohjesus2456
    @ohjesus2456 Před 3 lety

    cried when professor Herr said damit

  • @annypenny8621
    @annypenny8621 Před 4 lety

    wow, I'm impressed...have fun and good luck learning German... btw if you mix up „dass/das“ as a German it’s considered as a pretty stupid mistake... but quite a few fall into this trap... 😉😊

  • @nilamyadao2026
    @nilamyadao2026 Před 4 lety

    Thanks alot

  • @doaaashraf1558
    @doaaashraf1558 Před 4 lety

    Danke 🕊

  • @Trisander
    @Trisander Před 3 lety

    Excellent video!
    Pro tip: If Is way easier if one interpret these conjunctions in spanish.

  • @michaelcarr6911
    @michaelcarr6911 Před 3 lety

    Great video!! That weird statue is here in Aachen lol

  • @crushycrawfishy1765
    @crushycrawfishy1765 Před 4 lety +1

    One good explanation I heard for the Das/dass usages is that "das" is something you can point to and someone can see. "seishts du DAS? *points to a snake in the grass* Where as "dass" is more conceptual "Wusste du Jimmy is hier?" "ja, ich wissen Dass" . In the 2nd sentence you can't really point to the knowledge that Jimmy is here.
    Advice came courtesy of German is easy blog

    • @austinlebsock4313
      @austinlebsock4313 Před 3 lety +2

      Not quite! It would still be "das" in your 2nd example. "Ich habe das gewusst" or "Ich wusste das". DASS is only used as a conjunction. Wusstest du, DASS Jimmy hier ist?

    • @fremejoker
      @fremejoker Před 2 lety

      The difference between das and dass is purely stylistic. You don't cause confusion or change the meaning of the sentence when you use one or the other. Because dass answers was and was is always das. That's why dass or the different spelling is as useful as a ship on land. It only benefits snobs who mock people who do not know the difference.

  • @anitatorbett4613
    @anitatorbett4613 Před 2 lety

    I think it needed a few practice samples in the beginning of where it belongs in the sentence in the word order before moving deeply into the lesson. I didn’t get that first part down and then it jumped on the next thing quickly. However it’s a good lesson

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 2 lety

      Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep that in mind for future lessons.

  • @mahdahoseini894
    @mahdahoseini894 Před 3 lety

    Thank you so much ,I saw many of your videos three times and find them unique and my son and I admire your sense of humour mixed with hard working . please help me with this point that appears to me confusing : should I say während mein Bruder or meines Bruders

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 3 lety +2

      Während can be used as a conjunction (as in this video) or as a preposition. If you are using it as a conjunction, you would write something like this.
      Ich spiele Schach, während mein Bruder Damespiel spielt. - I am playing chess while my brother is playing checkers.
      If you are using it as a preposition, you won't be using it with "my brother", as this indicates "during my brother", which isn't something that makes sense. When you use it as a preposition, it also requires the genitive case, which is when you might hear something like "meines Bruders". You could say something like this.
      Während des Spiels hatten wir viel Spaß. - During the game we had a lot of fun.
      I hope this makes sense.

    • @mahdahoseini894
      @mahdahoseini894 Před 3 lety

      @@MrLAntrim with your explanation it was so comprehensible.Thank you so much .

  • @eljeyz7142
    @eljeyz7142 Před 2 lety

    Thank you very much! You saved my life whhewww 🥲🥲 🤧

  • @iggykarpov
    @iggykarpov Před 3 lety

    Please correct me, if I am wrong - 'ob' is always translatable as 'whether', unlike 'wenn', so if you can substitute 'whether' for 'if' in English, use 'ob' in German

  • @Mostafa-qz8gr
    @Mostafa-qz8gr Před 3 lety +2

    the fact that i have a german test tmrw and i havent studied 😢

  • @iggykarpov
    @iggykarpov Před 3 lety

    01:07 ALS - when
    01:54 two types of Clauses - Mr. and Mrs. 🤪
    02:45 Word Order
    _________________________
    04:27 WENN - when, if
    04:58 erroneous explanation of wenn-usage on other sites - wenn simply introduces a condition
    06:12 Use of Subjunctive with wenn
    _________________________
    07:19 FALLS - if, in case
    07:40 falls synonymous with wenn, yet draws more attention to the condition
    08:07 falls NOT synonymous with wenn
    _________________________
    09:19 OB - if, whether
    09:24 difference from wenn - only yes/no-type questions
    10:53 ob vs wenn vs falls
    _________________________
    11:48 ALS OB - as if
    _________________________

  • @Annieanil1993
    @Annieanil1993 Před 4 lety +1

    Sir
    Vielen danke

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 4 lety +1

      Gerne.

    • @Annieanil1993
      @Annieanil1993 Před 4 lety

      @@MrLAntrim sir if possible
      In some country like india
      Are conducting online test
      Could you please make video regarding this?
      How to go through it?

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 4 lety

      Are you wanting me to post about the way I have dealt with teaching from home with my own students in the USA? Or how one would deal with formal assessments online? What exactly are you looking to learn about?

    • @Annieanil1993
      @Annieanil1993 Před 4 lety

      @@MrLAntrim sir actually ,i am an A2.student
      So due to covid condition we are not able to write international exams
      So our teachers are conducting online exams for a2
      So if possible please do a video with 4 modules of a2 exams,Goethe

    • @Annieanil1993
      @Annieanil1993 Před 4 lety

      @@MrLAntrim sir may exam date is June 15 2020

  • @paulbita648
    @paulbita648 Před 4 lety

    Danke für das Video, es ist reines Gold. Es tut mir sehr leid für das, was in deinem Land passiert

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 4 lety +2

      Danke. Es tut mir fast immer leid, was in meinem Land passiert, aber es ist gerade schlimmer als vorher. Hoffentlich kommt etwas gutes daraus und das Land und dessen Volk kann sich danach heilen.

  • @iggykarpov
    @iggykarpov Před 3 lety

    I miss the reference to The Fight Club rules @ 5:58 - never saw the movie, if that's the prerequisite. Could someone please educate me😎 ?

  • @iggykarpov
    @iggykarpov Před 3 lety

    01:54 two types of Clauses - Mr. and Mrs. 🤪

  • @rg5317
    @rg5317 Před 2 lety

    :OOO Mein Lieber, du bist ein wunderbares Genie (ist mein Satz fehlerlos? :D )

  • @mariojrcanales1646
    @mariojrcanales1646 Před 3 lety

    Lol at the picture used at 25:54 xD

  • @CarolineGarland
    @CarolineGarland Před 4 lety

    When giving an example using 'wenn' you said 'jedes mal, wenn ein blaues Auto sah, schlug er mich.' This confuses me because it uses two commas to separate conjunctions, while the English translation only uses two conjunctions and one comma. How do we know where the commas go? What is the word order when there's three parts instead of two? Is 'jedes mal' considered in the zero position? (How to know when something is in the zero position is something else that confuses me, if you're looking for video topics.)

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 4 lety +1

      In that sentence you should think of it as the sentence "Jedes Mal schlug er mich." attached to the sentence "Er sah ein blaues Auto." "Jedes Mal" is in zero position in its clause, but it is separated by a comma, as the other clause is in the middle of the first one. I hope that makes sense. Thanks for the video ideas.

  • @vitoreiji
    @vitoreiji Před 4 lety

    Sooft ich ein Video von Herrn Antrim gucke, lerne ich etwas Neues.

  • @lynch481
    @lynch481 Před 3 lety

    Ich bin viel schlauer, Weil ich Dein Video angeschaut habe. Max,9 Jahre

  • @digitalmovies5863
    @digitalmovies5863 Před 2 lety

    Wow my last name is Falls!

  • @Hardy30680
    @Hardy30680 Před 4 lety

    Many (younger) Germans don't know how to use das/dass properly and write things like Ich weiß das du Recht hast instead of Ich weiß, dass du Recht hast. Don't let that confuse you.

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 4 lety

      Weißt du das, dass das "das" das meistverwendete Wort im Satz ist?

    • @Hardy30680
      @Hardy30680 Před 4 lety

      @@MrLAntrim Ja, das weiß ich. Und ich weiß noch etwas anderes. Wenn Grillen Grillen grillen, dann grillen Grillen Grillen.

    • @Hardy30680
      @Hardy30680 Před 4 lety

      Oder ohne "dann". Wenn Grillen Grillen grillen, grillen Grillen Grillen.

  • @andrew_owens7680
    @andrew_owens7680 Před 2 lety +2

    Your bowtie doesn't make you look cool, but it can't cover up the fact that you are cool.

  • @salahshogran6017
    @salahshogran6017 Před 3 lety

    What made you be a german language teacher you look that you belong to it

  • @nineteenfortyeight6762

    😶Came here to comment about how much I didn't need to hear that mantis thing. Had to promise to be nice in order to comment. Seems off.

  • @dr.lalsingh3826
    @dr.lalsingh3826 Před 3 lety

    WENN sir nnur Deutsch gesproche hätten.

    • @MrLAntrim
      @MrLAntrim  Před 3 lety

      ... hätten meine Schüler gar nichts verstanden. 😉 Du verstehst diese Lektion. Gut geschrieben. 👏

  • @iggykarpov
    @iggykarpov Před 3 lety

    01:07 ALS - when
    01:54 two types of Clauses - Mr. and Mrs. 🤪
    02:45 Word Order
    _________________________
    04:27 WENN - when, if
    04:58 erroneous explanation of wenn-usage on other sites - wenn simply introduces a condition
    06:12 Use of Subjunctive with wenn
    _________________________
    07:19 FALLS - if, in case
    07:40 falls synonymous with wenn, yet draws more attention to the condition
    08:07 falls NOT synonymous with wenn
    _________________________
    09:19 OB - if, whether
    09:24 difference from wenn - only yes/no-type questions
    10:53 ob vs wenn vs falls
    _________________________
    11:49 ALS OB - as if
    _________________________
    13:02 OBWOHL, OBGLEICH, OBSCHON - although
    _________________________
    14:04 WEIL - because
    _________________________
    14:58 DA - because
    _________________________
    15:59 DAMIT - so that, in order to
    _________________________
    16:45 DASS - that
    19:11 Weisst du das, dass das "das" das ... 😜
    _________________________
    19:25 SO DASS - so that, so as
    _________________________
    20:12 DADURCH...DASS, INDEM - by means of, while
    _________________________
    21:33 WOHINGEGEN - while, whereas
    _________________________
    22:54 CONJUNCTIONS OF TIME
    ------------------------------------------------
    23:07 THE BEFORs
    ------------------------------------------------
    23:10 BEVOR - before
    EHE - ere
    23:52 BEVOR - conjunction, VOR - preposition, DAVOR - adverb, VORHER - adverb -- before
    24:11 EHE - before
    24:49 MONTY PYTHON - must answer me these questions three
    _________________________
    25:28 BIS - until
    _________________________
    26:20 WÄHREND - while
    _________________________
    27:15 SOLANGE - as long
    _________________________
    28:03 SOBALD - as soon as
    _________________________
    28:54 SOOFT - as often as, whenever
    _________________________
    30:03 NACHDEM - after
    _________________________
    31:29 SEIT/SEITDEM - since
    _________________________