Meaning
to convey a statement in indirect speech by indicating what someone said
Primary Function
Introducing indirect speech
Communicative Purpose
To convey information about what someone else said
Pattern
sagen, dass
Core Structure
sagen, dass
Função primária
Introducing indirect speech
Propósito comunicativo
To convey information about what someone else said
Situações de gatilho
when reporting what someone said; when summarizing conversations
Contextos
everyday conversations, journalistic reports, academic texts
Padrão
sagen, dass
Estrutura central
sagen, dass
Slots de substituição
the subordinate clause that contains the reported statement
Colocados típicos
- ich
- er
- sie
- wir
- du
Substituições comuns
- meinen
- dass
- behaupten
- dass
- erklären
- dass (other verbs for reporting speech)
Erros comuns
omitting the comma; incorrect word order in the subordinate clause; replacing 'dass' with 'das'
Similar / contraste
denken, dass; glauben, dass; behaupten, dass
Interferências
In German a comma is required before "dass", which is not the case in many other languages
Família do chunk
- meinen
- dass
- behaupten
- dass
- erklären
- dass
- anmerken
- dass
Nuance
Can express varying degrees of certainty, from neutral to strongly emphasized
Efeito pragmático
Signals that the information is reported, not quoted verbatim
Dica de memória
say that
Nota
Wird häufig verwendet, um indirekte Rede einzuleiten; das Komma vor 'dass' ist obligatorisch.
Upgrade path
erläutern, dass
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