sich vorgennomen? sich vornehmen?
Ich habe mir zwar vorgenommen Frauen auf der Strasse anzusprechen, mache es aber nicht, weil ichmir da einfach lächerlich vorkkomme.
what does here ''sich vorgennomen ( or is it sich vornehmen)'' mean?
danke
You are right. "vorgenommen" is the past participle of "vornehmen", which is one of the seperable verbs.
The seperable verbs in German are somewhat special.
- in presence and imperfect there are two different forms of the verb depending on wether the verb is used in the main ore in a subordinate clause,
- in the past participle the "ge" goes between the seperable prefix and the stem,
- the same applies for the "zu" in the infinitive when it is used with "zu".
(Unfortunately the comment function does not allow to to write a longer text in a well structured and clear way. Oterhwise I would give you some examples that make it clearer.)
March 29, 2015
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