Adverbial clauses in German

With the adverbial clause you can describe the matter of the main clause more specifically. They always start with a subconjunction

Lesson outline

The following table shows the different typs of adverbial clauses in German including examples:

Type	Meaning	Conjunction	Conjunction Translation	Example	Example translation
Adversativ clause	Opposite	wohingegen	whereas	Er isst gerne asiatisch, wohingegen sie lieber italienisch isst.	He likes to eat Asian, whereas she prefers Italian
Finale clause	Purpose	damit	in order to	Ich höre Musik, damit ich mich besser konzentrieren kann.	I listen to music, in order to focus better
Causal clause	Reason	da, weil	because	Da ich müde war, ging ich früh ins Bett.	Because I was tired I went to bed early
Konditional clause	Condition	falls, wenn	if	Wenn du willst, kannst du kommen.	If you want you can come
Consecutive clause	Result	dass, sodass	so that / so as to	Wir haben so gelacht, dass uns die Tränen gekommen sind.	We laughed so hard, so that we started crying
Concessive clause	Despite something	obwohl	despite	Er ging spazieren, obwohl es eiskalt war.	He went for a walk, despite it being freezing cold
Local clause	Place	wo, woher, wohin	where	Wo wir heuer in den Urlaub fahren, ist es sehr warm.	Where we go to vacation this year it is very warm
Modal clause	Way of something	indem	by	Sie bereitete sich auf das Turnier vor, indem sie täglich trainierte.	She prepared for the tournament by practicing every day
Temporal clause	Time	nachdem, bevor, seit	after / before / since	Bevor wir los fahren, müssen wir noch tanken.	Before we drive off we need to refuel

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