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NotesGerman BTopic 4.2Connectors & cohesion
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Connectors & cohesion

IB German B · Unit 4

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  1. 1What connectors do
  2. 2From choppy to cohesive
  3. 3Common errors
What it is: Connectors link ideas so your text flows. Each one has a job, and each one sets the word order.
JobConnectorsVerb goes…
addaußerdem, zudem2nd: Außerdem ist es billig.
contrastjedoch, trotzdem2nd: Trotzdem gehe ich hin.
contrastobwohlend: …, obwohl es regnet.
causeweil, daend: …, weil ich müde bin.
causedennnormal: …, denn ich bin müde.
resultdeshalb, deswegen, daher2nd: Deshalb bleibe ich hier.
orderzuerst, dann, schließlich2nd: Zuerst lese ich.
examplezum Beispiel2nd: Zum Beispiel fahre ich Rad.
außerdem
also, besides
jedoch
however
trotzdem
even so
deshalb
that's why
obwohl
although
zusammenfassend
to sum up
Remember: After weil, obwohl, da the verb goes to the end. After deshalb it comes second.

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The same ideas, linked

Before and after

  1. Sport ist gut. Man bleibt fit. Man lernt Leute kennen. Ich habe wenig Zeit. Ich trainiere jeden Tag. Ich fühle mich gesund.
  2. Sport ist gut, weil man fit bleibt. Außerdem lernt man neue Leute kennen. Obwohl ich wenig Zeit habe, trainiere ich jeden Tag. Deshalb fühle ich mich gesund.
  3. weil man fit bleibt · Außerdem lernt man · Obwohl ich wenig Zeit habe, trainiere ich · Deshalb fühle ich

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Do

  • Use a different connector each time.
  • Put the verb second after deshalb.
  • Put the verb last after weil.

Don't

  • Join everything with und.
  • Write: Deshalb ich gehe.
  • Write: weil ich bin müde.

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Continue this topic sentence by adding a second idea with a suitable ADDITION connector:

Der öffentliche Nahverkehr ist günstig, ______ ….

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