When to Use "zu" with German Infinitive Clauses
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- Learn when to add zu to infinitive clauses in German. Why do anstatt and um require zu, but modal verbs and a few other verbs don’t? How do these kinds of clauses differ from relative clauses with dass? In this video Herr Antrim explains the rules for when to add zu and when not to.
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Where was this video years ago!!! Thank you I've finally lifted this learning block I had.
The most helpful lesson on this subject I could find!!! Thank you so much!!!
so so helpful! Vielen Dank!
Glad to help.
Hard lesson 🤔, but i think i got the hang of it. Need to practice some more.
Sounds like a great plan. Good luck.
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Ich immer sage, dass du der beste bist, I am always saying that you are the best,
Danke.
Hello Herr Antrim. Thank you for responding to my comment. Honestly, both my husband (who watched as well) and I are amazed that we got feedback. Good for you! You are very good. We are both trainers for English so we are always looking for interesting videos to help us learn German - which is amazingly challenging.
Thanks for correcting the links. Now we can try your exercises.
One thought for the future - it would be really great if contrasts and alternatives were presented that really were in fact Alltag language. Not funny catchy phrases that no one really uses or distracts you from the learning.
For example, when we use 'zu', first of all why? Is it simply an alternative way to talk? Then, could we see the way we have learned sitting next to the new way? Then truly basic sentences that will build confidence in the learner. Then the Übung that starts easy and becomes more challenging. This build up helps build confidence and is very often lacking in the videos.
Nevertheless, your videos are worth watching. Thanks!
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Thank you for the feedback. I'll keep that in mind as I am writing scripts in the future.
Wow, Herr. Antrim is a Classic Rock fan! Who knew!
can you please upload a video on genetiv preposition and case
It has been a while since I made a video about Genitive prepositions. My most recent video about them is this one
czcams.com/video/WXMzoXTHVc4/video.html
My Genitive master class also covers them, but it explains a whole lot more than just prepositions.
czcams.com/video/Rli3lucRUU8/video.html
@@MrLAntrim THAnk YOu soooooooooooo much
You are soooooooo welcome. Glad to help.
@@MrLAntrim Tomorrow is my online exam and I am ready just because of you.(Love from India)
can i ask sth? 8:04 can we also say ''dieses Video verstehen ist ganz einfach?'' Do we have to use ZU always? I'm talking when we use infinitiv as the subject of the sentence?
Yes. You need "zu".
@@MrLAntrim Thank you, thenn it is wrong to say ''diese Video verstehen ist ganz einfach'', right?
Pink: Was machen wir heute Abend Brain?
Brain: Wir machen was wir immer machen, Pink. Wir versuchen, Deutsch zu lernen!
Genau!
But we also go without zu when there is no modal verb in the sentence. Ich gehe ins Kino Film schauen. And ich gehe in die Bibliothek lesen. What about that? I have heard that a lot.
That's because gehen is often used as a modal.
Ich habe vergessen, meinem Vater den Brief geschrieben zu haben. , in perfect haben and perfekt form always be in infinitive form? And same applies to modal verbs?
Hi Levi! This is one of my weaknesses about german learning... Therefore when must we use this word, ZU in the german language! I'll say 2 examples. Your job will very simple! As u r a teacher, u must decide which is da good sentence! So: Ich möchte eine Freundin haben. The otber is: Mit Behinderungen ist schwer zu leben. Are these sentences right? I tell one mo example! (Ich) eße zu Mittag, Abend.
Your first one is correct. Your second sentence needs "es" behind "ist".
@@MrLAntrim Why must we use ES in ZU-sentences please? I saw a sentence in a german learning book. It was In Deutschland ist verboten, sein Kind zu schlagen.... i think the word SEIN would be MAN.... Y is this word, MAN masculine? It is he and she in english!
If you don't have "es" in the sentence, you don't have a subject. You need that for it to be a full sentence. I don't really understand your new question, as there is no mention of "man" in the sentence. "Sein" means "his". Since it is not explicitly stated in the sentence we assume the masculine possessive as a sort of generic possessive pronoun.
@@MrLAntrim Sorry but as we hungsrians say, "question gives a birth to an other question." When i learnt german in hungarian online, online german lesson based on hungarian language, it means that there was a hungarian woman, so when i learned german in hungarian, she showed us 3 sentences: Ich kan das nicht glaUben, AS I REMEMBER, N THE OTHER SENTENCES WERE : ES IST NICHT ZU GLAUBEN, AND DAS KAN MAN NICHT ZU GLAUBEN. THE QUESTION: CAN WE REPLACE THE WORD ES WITH DAS OR MAN?
The criminal forget to remove his fingerprints. Ich lach mich kaputt 🤣
Herr Antrim ist ein Komiker.
The link in the following sentence from the description box does not work.
Get a worksheet and answer key to practice your knowledge of infinitive clauses with zu in German here: www.germanwithantrim.com/prod...
It gets the 404 error - Page not found.
Do not copy and paste the link. It is shortened by CZcams. This is why it ends with ... I cannot change this. If you click the link, it works just fine. I think CZcams just wanted to clean up the links in the description to keep them from being too long.
@@MrLAntrim Tried it again, still doesn't work. Clicking the link does not work. Copying the link does not work, and the copied link looks to be exactly the same.
But, thanks for the response.
Hmmm. That is really weird. It works on my computer. Try this link instead.
www.germanwithantrim.com/product/infinitive-clauses-with-zu-extra-materials
its hard for me to comprehend all these technical terms ... hope ill learn german one day
'Zu' ist ein bisschen schwierig zu verstehen. Nachdem ich dieses Video gesehen habe, habe ich vor 'Zu' zu üben. Ist das Struktur richtig?
Ganz gut geschrieben. 👍
Ich kann nicht die Aufgabenblatt herunterladen.
Does anyone know, at 9:06, why does it qualify? Is not "sich", a reflexive pronoun, subject of the clause? And therefore the clause does have explicit subject?
Reflexive pronouns can be used in either the accusative or dative case. It cannot count as the subject, as the subject requires the nominative case.
@@MrLAntrim Thanks! Much appreciated.
So the sentence
"Kommst du mit zu essen"?
Just a lilttle confuse with..
"Ich gehe jetzt zu essen" that you said is not right.
These are very slightly different. The first one includes "zu", because the first three words are actually their own sentence of sorts and the "zu essen" is an infinitive attached to this without a subject. Kommst du mit? - Are you coming along?
Ich gehe jetzt essen. doesn't need the "zu", because "gehen" is being used as a modal verb. The subject is attached to both gehen and essen.
@@MrLAntrim thank you for the reply 🌹
The opening was funny
i love you
Deutsch zu lernen ist sehr schwer.
Guter Satz, aber ich finde Deutsch nicht so schwer. :)
I will write this without translating it in google translate😂:
"Du hast mich geholfen sehr"-
Verbessert: Du hast mir sehr geholfen.
helfen - Dative verb
Perfekt tense - past participle (geholfen) at the end of the sentence
@@MrLAntrim just tell me if i wrote right😂
@@anitapeposhi5864 He says that what you have written (Edit: typed) is wrong.
can I say ich liebe Schokolade ,weil sie mir zu entspannen hilft.
From what I know you can't use 2 verbs in one sentence unless they are modal verbs or gehen/lassen so you'd say something like ich liebe Schokolade, weil sie mir hilft, mich zu entspannen.
Ps:im still a learner I'm not sure it's right
Hmm started out well but then explanations got complex
BTW - the free materials do not list any 'zu' Übung. Just saying.
It is there now. I apparently deleted the old page that had only the zu + infinitive worksheets on it and didn't add them to the free worksheet page. That error has now been fixed.
ich werde immer intelligenter ZU
Yeah, so, when he says you can practice with his 'free' practice materials - it's not true. The link goes to his website to buy his book. No Practice materials availabe. It's a bummer, because I actually enjoyed the video. But I don't like being misled.
You are correct. The link in the description was outdated. It takes you to an error page. The old link only took you to one free file. I have recently combined all free worksheets into one page so you can download all of the free ones at once instead of going through multiple steps.
When I get a chance later I will set a redirect from the old link www.germanwithantrim.com/product/infinitive-clauses-with-zu-extra-materials
to the new link
www.germanwithantrim.com/product/free-german-grammar-worksheets/
I apologize for the confusion. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Send me an email at info@germanwithantrim.com and I'll send you a copy of the ebook as a thank you.
Is it possible to say: ich gehe zu einer Bank
Yes, but this isn't the kind of usage explained in this video. That is simply a normal preposition usage.
@@MrLAntrim I think by your 1st example that saying something like: ich versusche Deutsch zu lernen. Would also be wrong.
I suspect it should be written without zu: ich versusche Deutsch lernen.
No. In that example, you definitely need the word "zu". You can see a ton of examples using "versuchen" with "zu" here: context.reverso.net/translation/german-english/versuchen+zu
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