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Let's talk about a useful German Conjunction.

Let's talk about a useful German conjunction.

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entweder Although In English...

"entweder" Although, in English...

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either or Which means we have...

"either or" Which means we have...

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2 hearts.

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In Deutsch nennen wir es eine sogenannte two part Conjunction, eine Zwei.

In German, we call it a so-called two-part conjunction, a two-

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teilige Konjunktion.

part conjunction.

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which means you have...

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two alternatives to choose from We have Option Ah.

two alternatives to choose from. We have Option A,

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und Option B either.

and Option B either...

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or Entweder Odo.

or "entweder Odo."

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What's special about this conjunction, it can be used in two different situations.

What's special about this conjunction is that it can be used in two different situations.

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In both situations, we have to choose between between A or B.

In both situations, we have to choose between A or B.

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B.

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but you can use it either with just Wonder?

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or Meaning, the same verb in Both sent.

or, meaning, the same verb in both sentences...

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parts or with to different.

or with two different...

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Later.

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groups.

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Let's start with...

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the same verb which is not only the more Common Option.

the same verb, which is not only the more common option,

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But...

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also the easier.

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one.

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Option A ist ein Café und Option B ist ein Café.

Option A is a café, and Option B is a café.

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and B ist...

and B is...

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Eine That's it.

A That's it.

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team.

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So you could say, for example, Ich...

So you could say, for example, "Ich..."

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Trinke morgens.

"Trinke morgens."

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Entweder einen Kaffee.

"Entweder einen Kaffee."

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Oder...

Or...

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einen teeth.

...a tea.

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Ich trinke morgens entweder einen Kaffee OODA einen teeth Thank you In the morning,

I drink either a coffee in the morning or a tea. Thank you. In the morning,

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I drink either a Koffee.

I drink either a coffee.

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or a This morgens, this is there additionally, this means this is actually

or a This morning, this is there additionally, this means this is actually

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an adverb.

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means every morning.

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Morgan.

Morning.

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In terms of sentence structure, It's quite straightforward.

In terms of sentence structure, it's quite straightforward.

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We have a normal main clause.

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which means the conjugated verb is on 6.

which means the conjugated verb is in the 6th

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position.

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Ich trinken.

I drink.

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den Morgans, And then we have Entweder.

the mornings, and then we have either.

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Option.

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Ah?

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einen Kaffee, Oder...

a coffee, or...

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plus Option B which is einen Tea.

...plus option B which is a tea.

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Now you can actually also start this sentence with n to be though.

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And then he whooped.

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entweder trinke ich morgens einen Kaffee order einen tea.

Either I drink a coffee in the morning or a tea.

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So you see the ending is actually exactly the same.

So you see, the ending is actually exactly the same.

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But in the beginning.

But in the beginning,

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We change kind of the position with the subject and this end.

we change kind of the position with the subject at the end.

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Twitter.

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The more common option is starting with the subject.

The more common option is starting with the subject,

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like an option.

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A but you have the option also to kind of change the sentence structure and Start

But you also have the option to kind of change the sentence structure and start

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with Entweder.

with either.

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And then the verb.

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trinke und Denn the subject comes right.

trinke und Because the subject comes right

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after the verb.

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before this Morgan's This Time information.

before this. Morgan's This Time information.

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Thank you Machen wir ein paar...

Thank you. Let's do a few...

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André Beispiele.

other examples.

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Let's do some other examples.

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examples.

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Das ist Gabi und Gabi, she needs to go.

This is Gabi, and Gabi, she needs to go

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to see a dentist, but she's not so amused about this.

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So.

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Gabi geht entweder am Montag oder am Montag or the am Dienstag zum Zahnarzt.

Gabi is going either on Monday or on Tuesday to the dentist.

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Thanks for watching Gabi geht entweder Am Montag?

Thanks for watching. Gabi is going either on Monday?

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Option A.

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or the on Dienstag Option B.

or on Tuesday, Option B.

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Zum...

To the...

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Zahnarzt Gabi is going to the dentist either on Monday or Tuesday.

Dentist. Gabi is going to the dentist either on Monday or Tuesday.

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two famous german cts First one on the left is Köln with the famous Kölner Dom?

Two famous German cities. First one on the left is Cologne with the famous Cologne Cathedral?

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and the bridge and This one here is Berlin Zu Kürze am Wochenende könnten wir

and the bridge. And this one here is Berlin. For a short trip on the weekend, we could

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entweder nach...

either go to...

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Berlin oder nach Köln fahren.

Berlin or Cologne.

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Am Wochenende...

On the weekend...

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könnten wir entweder Nacht.

we could either go to...

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Berlin?

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Oder...

Or...

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Noch.

Or...

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Köln fahren.

Go to Cologne.

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We could either go to Berlin or Cologne.

We could either go to Berlin or Cologne

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this Weekend.

this weekend.

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Thank you Another option.

Thank you. Another option.

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Das ist Julia.

This is Julia.

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and she wants to buy either a new cell phone or a new bicycle.

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Auf Deutsch entweder kauft Julia ein neues Fahrrad oder ein neues Handy.

In German, Julia is either buying a new bicycle or a new cell phone.

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So here we start with Entweder.

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Entweder kauft Julia ein neues Fahrrad or the ein No, yes.

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Handy Julia will either buy a new bicycle or 8 new cell phone.

Handy Julia will either buy a new bicycle or a new cell phone.

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This was Situation 1.

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Let's go to Situation 2 when we use to different verbs.

Let's go to Situation 2 when we use two different verbs.

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We have still option A and option B.

We still have option A and option B.

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For this example here, we take option R is.

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Home office?

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Arbeiten von zu Hause und Option B ist Ein Normal Office, ein...

Working from home, and option B is a normal office, a...

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Büro So you could say, for example, am Freitag arbeite ich entweder von zu Hause

Office. So you could say, for example, on Friday I either work from home

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OODA

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Ich gehe ins Büro.

Or I go to the office.

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Am Freitag arbeite ich entweder von zu Hause Oder ich gehe ins...

On Friday I either work from home or I go to the...

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Büro On Friday, I either work from home or go to The Office.

Office. On Friday, I either work from home or go to the office.

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We actually also use home office in German, home office this expression as

We actually also use 'home office' in German, home office this expression as

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well.

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could change the sentence.

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which is also commonly used to something like this on Friday.

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mache ich Also mit machen, very simple, mache ich entweder Homeoffice all the Gehe

mache ich. So with machen, very simple, mache ich entweder Homeoffice all the Gehe

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ins.

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Büro.

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In terms of sentence structure here, Thank you Wir haben zwei verschiedene Verben.

In terms of sentence structure here, Thank you. Wir haben zwei verschiedene Verben.

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Verb Nummer 1 ist arbeiten und das Verb Nummer 2 ist arbeiten.

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2 ist gehen.

2 is gehen.

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So zwei verschiedene Verben.

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two different verbs.

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And...

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We still have two options.

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Von zu Hause ist Option A und Ins Büro ist...

Working from home is option A, and going to the office is...

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Option B Namu desu.

Option B, Namu desu.

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Special here in this sentence, you see this ich there.

Special here in this sentence, you see this 'ich' there.

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I put.

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das in Brack- Why?

that in Brack- Why?

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Because you can actually drop.

Because you can actually drop it.

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bit.

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You can omit it.

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The reason is because the subject is the same in both sentence parts or you can

The reason is because the subject is the same in both sentence parts, or you can

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omit it in the second.

omit it in the second

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part.

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and This is also the more common.

and this is also the more common

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version because it's short.

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filter.

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So Both is correct.

So both are correct.

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You can say am Freitag arbeite ich entweder von zu Hause oder Ich gehe ins

You can say 'am Freitag arbeite ich entweder von zu Hause oder Ich gehe ins'

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Büro.

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or You can say, am Freitag arbeite ich entweder von zu Hause oder...

or you can say, 'am Freitag arbeite ich entweder von zu Hause oder...'

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Gehe ins...

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Büro Both are correct again.

Büro' Both are correct again.

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Without this ich, the second ich is more commonly used.

Without this 'ich', the second 'ich' is more commonly used.

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some other Excel.

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Buzz on the rape.

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by spiel.

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Das bin ich beim Kochen.

That's me cooking.

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Heute Abend koche ich entweder Nudeln Ich bestelle.

Tonight, I either cook noodles or I order

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Eine Pizza.

A pizza.

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Heute Abend...

Tonight...

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Koche ich entweder Nudeln oder ich bestelle eine.

Tonight, I either cook noodles, or I order a

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Pizza.

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Tonight I will either...

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cook pasta or order a pizza.

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Two different verbs.

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Kochen.

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und Bestellen!

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Option A sind Nudeln.

Option A is pasta.

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und Optionen.

and options.

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ist.

is.

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So.

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Here is Important side note in terms of Nudeln.

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Nudeln are literally translated noodles.

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normal flat noodles.

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But in most situations when we use NUDELN, we actually talk about pasta in general.

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So this could be either Spaghetti.

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fettuccine, linguine, dagli a telle!

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Pardelle!

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Cup!

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Bellini, Cermenolini, toy!

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Chorini, of course.

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the last two ones, they do not exist.

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But just to tell you, When we talk about Nudeln in most situations we just mean

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Pasta!

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in channel Doesn't only have to be Italian pasta, it can also be any kind of flat

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noodles like ramen or udon noodles from Asian countries.

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So Everything is.

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possible.

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Ein anderes Beispiel.

Another example.

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Du kannst mir entweder eine Nachricht schicken OODA Thank you Du kannst mich

You can either send me a message OODA Thank you or you can

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später anrufen.

call me later.

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Du kannst mir entweder Thank you Eine Nachricht schicken.

You can either Thank you send me a message.

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Odin Du kannst mich später...

Odin, you can call me later...

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anrufen.

call me.

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Here, special, we see actually there are three words.

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because we use a model verb Können.

because we use a model verb 'können'.

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Das Modalverb.

The modal verb.

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können.

"können."

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And this?

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is you also see it here again in the brackets.

is, you also see it here again in the brackets.

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Here you can drop this Second, du kannst...

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also because it's exactly the same like in the first part.

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The more common version is, du kannst mir entweder eine Nachricht schicken oder...

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Mich Shh.

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beta.

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anrufen.

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You can either send me a message or call me late.

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term.

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and for some vacation.

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Plants Im Juli fliegt Moritz Entweder nach Spass.

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Panien?

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oder er bleibt.

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Zuhause.

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Im Juli fliegt Moritz entweder nach Spanien Oder...

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Yep.

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bleibt.

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zu Hause.

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or Without this air, bleibt zu Hause.

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In July, Moritz will either fly to Spain, or stay at home.

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And again, you can drop this here because it's the same subject in both.

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Sentence Parts Moritz and air is the same.

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person Now, what about when we have to.

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two different subjects.

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abgeschickt ist.

has been sent.

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Possible?

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Yes, and that's our...

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Bonus tip!

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Different Subjects, verschiedene Subjekte.

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Not really common.

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The more common version is definitely with just one subject or the same subject in

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both sentence parts.

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But it is possible.

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Zum Beispiel.

For example.

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Thank you.

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Entweder fahre ich zu...

Either I drive to...

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Dir?

Your place?

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Oder du kommst.

Or you come.

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Zu mir.

To my place.

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Entweder fahre ich zu dir.

Either I drive to your place,

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or the tool.

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kommst.

you come.

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zu mir.

to my place.

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Ich und Du.

I and you.

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two different subjects and also two different verbs.

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Thanks for either Bye.

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Go to your place.

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or you come.

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to might.

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place.

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or Du gehst entweder jetzt nach Hause Oder wir fahren später.

Either you go home now or we'll drive later.

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zusammen.

together.

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Du gehst entweder jetzt nach Hause Oder wir fahren später.

Either you go home now or we'll drive later.

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zusammen.

together.

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First part of the subject is Du!

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Second part, the subject ist.

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Bier.

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You either go home.

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Now or we can go Later.

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together.

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And another situation which I want to point out specifically is, when we talk

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about drohungen.

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Drohungen are Threat.

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Thanks for watching.

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And here we often use this.

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Konniku.

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Entweder order as well.

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Zum Beispiel.

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Parents, when they angry, talk to their child.

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Entweder du isst jetzt dein...

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Essen.

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Oder gehst sofort ins Bett.

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Entweder du.

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Isst jetzt dein Essen oder gehst sofort ins Bett.

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Either you eat your food.

Either you eat your food

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right now or you go to bed immediately.

right now, or you go to bed immediately.

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or a more general situation Entweder du kommst jetzt mit.

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Oder ich fahre allein.

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nach Hause.

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Entweder du kommst jetzt mit.

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Oder ich fahre allein.

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nach Hause.

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Either you come with me, you come along with me, or I go home.

Either you come with me, or I'm driving home alone.

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alone.

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And if you want to have a less detailed but more compact version of all important

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zweiteilige Konjunktionen We have here a video about them.

two-part conjunctions, we have a video about them here as well.

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as well.

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Vielen Dank fürs Zuschauen.

Thank you for watching.

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I hope you learned something.

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I hope to see you again.

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Bis zum nächsten Mal.

Until next time.

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Tschüss und...

Bye and...

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Bye bye.

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