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[kittydesade]

Independent clauses and coordinating conjunctions. Bleh.

The coordinating conjunctions I currently know are aber (but), denn (because/for), oder (or), sondern (but/on the contrary), and und (and).

In German, the coordinating conjunctions aber, denn, and sondern are generally preceded by a comma. The conjunctions und and oder are generally not preceded by a comma, although writers may choose to use one for clarity.

Sagen Sie, was Sabine und Erika diese Woche machen. Verbinden Sie jedes Satzpaar mit einer koordinierenden Konjunktion.

1. Erika wohnt bei einer Familie, aber Sabine wohnt bei ihren Eltern.
2. Erika arbeitet zu Hause, aber Sabine muss in die Bibliothek gehen.
3. Erika arbeitet schwer, denn am Mittwoch hat sie eine Klausur.
4. Sabine hat ihre Klausur nicht am Mittwoch, sondern Sie hat sie am Freitag.
5. Was machen die Mädchen in den Ferien oder wissen sie es nicht?

Sondern is a coordinating conjunction that expresses a contrast or contradiction. It connects two ideas that are mutually exclusive. It is used only after a negative clause and is equivalent to but, on the contrary, instead, rather. When the subject is the same in both clauses, it is not repeated. This is also true of a verb that is the same.

eg. Paul fährt morgen nicht mit dem Auto, sondern geht zu Fuß.
Cordelia tanzt nicht nur viel, sondern auch gut.

The German construction nicht nur... sondern auch, is equivalent to not only... but also. Aber is equivalent to but or nevertheless and may be used after positive or negative clauses.

Was macht Sabine? Erzählen Sie, was Sabine heute alles macht. Ergänzen Sie die Sätze mit aber oder sondern.

1. Sie spielt Tennis nicht gut, aber sie spielt es sehr gern.
2. Sie geht nicht zur Vorlesung, sondern in die Bibliothek.
3. Im Café bestellt sie Bier, aber (sondern?) sie trinkt Juliens Kaffee. (In the cafe she orders beer, nevertheless she also drinks Juliens coffee or instead she also drinks... ? Hmm.)
4. Sie möchte den Kaffee Bezahlen, aber sie hat kein Geld (Because sondern comes only after a negative.)
5. Sie fährt nicht mit dem Bus nach Hause, sondern geht zu Fuß.



... Does anyone remember the coordinating conjunction acronym FANBOYS? For-and-nor-but-or-yet-so? Or is it just me? I remember thinking of that in the context of boys with fans, maybe like the titular Persian boy from the Mary Renault novel. Now, of course, it's a whole other image.

This post today is brought to you by BOOTS. BECAUSE I HAVE THEM. And they are tiny (which is good because my feet are tiny), and they are biker, and they are AWESOME. They are, for those of you who care about such things, Steve Madden London boots. I have no idea what that means but they are tiny and fit and look cool and I will wear the fuck out of them. With longer socks, because they're obviously made to go over skinny jeans. Even at my best, I would look silly in skinny jeans. So I will put long socks under the boots and wear them with boot cut jeans. Or skirts. Skirts with knee socks. I will be the first ever biker-goth-sailor senshi EVER. Or maybe not the first but still I will mash all my random wardrobe shit together and it will be awesome.

And possibly run around in biker boots, long bright socks (oooh, for my birthday I should go to sock dreams), skirt of some kind or maybe a skirt that flaps over with the pocket in front, blouse, and a whistle. And my skull do-rag. And wander around Asheville because I will look like a freak but it doesn't matter because I live in fucking Asheville and it's almost required that you look like a freak at least once while you live here. Just once. Even if it's by whapping a stranger in the face with a pillow.

Right. I should actually, um. Do work. Someone remind me in a month and a half when I'm wondering what the hell I want for my birthday, I want:

1 Hiya Hiya set, probably the smaller one
long bright socks from sock dreams for wearing with skirts
These earrings, assuming they're still there, if not, something else wacky.
A strawberry scent from BPAL (why do I not have this already?)

And those are the things not covered by Amazon wish lists and things. Because I will forget and then I will go "shit. I have birthday monies. What the hell did I want."