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How does this German sentence make sense? - "Ich bin gerade dabei TV zuschauen." Can someone explain how the following sentence makes sense. The sentence is "Ich bin gerade dabei TV zuschauen". 1) I thought you couldn't have an auxiliary verb and an Infinitive in a sentence because German doesn't have that format like English.. e.g I am going, I am eating etc.? 2) What does "dabei" mean in this sentence/context?
Mar 2, 2018 12:52 AM
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dabei sein, etwas zu tun Ich bin gerade dabei TV zu schauen. > I am watching TV (in this moment). Ich bin beim Fernsehen. > Ich bin gerade dabei, fernzusehen. "dabei" is a compound. http://www.deutschseite.de/vokabeln/wo_da_woerter/wo_da_woerter_01_loesung.pdf
March 2, 2018
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Shawn
Language Skills
English, German
Learning Language
German
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