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Dependent clauses and subordinating conjunctions. A dependent clause begins with a subordinating conjunction and ends with a finite verb. A few subordinating conjunctions are bevor (before), dass (that), obwohl (although), weil (because) wenn (if, when)

Wie und wo verbringen viele Österreicher die Ferien? Verbinden Sie die Sätze mit den Konjunktionen in Klammern.

1. Die Österreicher finden es auch gut. Ungarn ist nicht so weit. Die Österreicher finden es auch gut, dass ungarn nicht so weit ist.
2. Sie können nicht vor Mitte Juli fahren. Die Sommerferien beginnen erst dann. Sie können nicht vor Mitte Juli fahren, weil die Sommerferien beginnen dann erst.
3. Nach Prag fahren sie auch oft. Die Ferien sind kurz. Nach Prag fahren sie auch oft, wenn die Ferien kurz sind.
4. Viele Musikfans bleiben in Österreich. Im Sommer sind in Bregenz und Salzburg die Festspiele. Viele Musikfans bleiben in Österreich, wenn im Sommer in Bregez ud Salzburg die Festspiele sind.
5. In den Winterferien fahren viele Österreicher nach Italien. Das Skilaufen ist dort billiger. In den Winterferien fahren viele Österreicher nach Italien, weil das Skilaufen dort billiger ist.
6. Es ist gut für die Österreicher. Ihr Land liegt in Mitteleuropa. Es ist gut für die Österreicher, dass ihr Land in Mitteleuropa liegt.


Dammit. That was way too quick, I need to go back and review both those sections. And then finish up dependent clauses because eesh, three more subsections.

Right. I don't need to pick up Irish and jam it into my brain just yet, not until I'm done with the Russian book. Not, the end is in sight, ACTUALLY done. And then applying it. Actually, in addition to the Rosetta things for Spanish review, I might start typing up War of the Buttons and parsing the grammar on that just to keep in practice with French. Something to think about for weekends, anyway. Oh, and I mean to Rosetta my Steam-Powered submission at some point, although I wouldn't expect that to go up anywhere. Unless it gets accepted, and then I guess I could toss in a translation as a bonus for people who buy it? Hm. Something to think about.

This? is awesome.

Huckabee saying that people should be forced to listen at gunpoint to a speaker he particularly likes is not awesome. At all. It is terroristic and violent rhetoric, bordering on hate speech. Fuck you, Huckabee. You are a public figure and a Presidential candidate. Presidential candidates do not say that they want to point guns at people until they listen to someone who espouses your point of view. Not in this country they fucking well don't. Even now, even with all this conservative, autocratic rhetoric flying around. Fuck you very much, Mr. Huckabee. You are a bigot and a bastard.

My roundup will hopefully go up tonight after I get back from Rango, because for a couple of hours my life will not be about politics or my writing deadlines and I need that. Then... actually, I feel like a lot of the writing pressure has lifted, so hopefully tonight there will be more stuff done. Because I don't, apparently, work very well under pressure except on the things that are causing the pressure. Or something. I'm sure I had one or two more things to say here, but fuck that, I'm going to go see Johnny Depp lick his own eyeball.