English US » German | 91 [ninety-one] | Subordinate clauses: that 1

91 [einundneunzig] Nebensätze mit dass 1

Perhaps the weather will get better tomorrow.	Das Wetter wird vielleicht morgen besser.
How do you know that?	Woher wissen Sie das?
I hope that it gets better.	Ich hoffe, dass es besser wird.
He will definitely come.	Er kommt ganz bestimmt.
Are you sure?	Ist das sicher?
I know that he’ll come.	Ich weiß, dass er kommt.
He’ll definitely call.	Er ruft bestimmt an.
Really?	Wirklich?
I believe that he’ll call.	Ich glaube, dass er anruft.
The wine is definitely old.	Der Wein ist sicher alt.
Do you know that for sure?	Wissen Sie das genau?
I think that he is old.	Ich vermute, dass er alt ist.
Our boss is good-looking.	Unser Chef sieht gut aus.
Do you think so?	Finden Sie?
I find him very handsome.	Ich finde, dass er sogar sehr gut aussieht.
The boss definitely has a girlfriend.	Der Chef hat bestimmt eine Freundin.
Do you really think so?	Glauben Sie wirklich?
It is very possible that he has a girlfriend.	Es ist gut möglich, dass er eine Freundin hat.

How does the brain learn grammar?

We begin to learn our native language as babies. This happens automatically. We are not aware of it. Our brain has to accomplish a great deal when learning, however. When we learn grammar, for example, it has a lot of work to do. Every day it hears new things. It receives new stimuli constantly. The brain can't process every stimulus individually, however. It has to act economically. Therefore, it orients itself toward regularity. The brain remembers what it hears often. It registers how often a specific thing occurs. Then it makes a grammatical rule out of these examples. Children know whether a sentence is correct or not. However, they don't know why that is. Their brain knows the rules without having learned them. Adults learn languages differently. They already know the structures of their native language. These build the basis for the new grammatical rules. But in order to learn, adults need teaching. When the brain learns grammar, it has a fixed system. This can be seen with nouns and verbs, for example. They are stored in different regions of the brain. Different areas of the brain are active when processing them. Simple rules are also learned differently than complex rules. With complex rules, more areas of the brain work together. How exactly the brain learns grammar hasn't been researched yet. However, we know that it can theoretically learn every grammar rule…