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Could you explain me how "damit" is used in german language?
In German text, I don't know exactly how "damit" is used.
In some gramatic text book, as far as I know, "damit" is used when the man want to utter or refer the purpose of statements; it is same with "in order to"
This is what I know about "damit" usage.
But this word "damit" is not limited in those usage only, I guess there are so many meanings or usages. Could you tell me more about details with easy examples?
13 dic 2011 16:23
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It's not easy for native speakers to just go ahead and list all meanings :-)
Besides the one you mention (pronounced "daMIT", stress on second syllable) there's the nearly unrelated word "damit" = "mit diesem" (pronounce "DAmit", stress on first syllable).
Ich will mit dem Hammer einen Nagel in die Wand schlagen. -> Damit (= mit dem Hammer) will ich einen Nagel in die Wand schlagen.
Mit dem Mikrofon will ich etwas aufnehmen. -> Damit (= mit dem Mikrofon) will ich etwas aufnehmen.
Mit der Zange will ich den Draht durchschneiden. -> Damit (= mit der Zange) will ich den Draht durchschneiden.
A third meaning I can think of is to use it conclusively, like "therefore". Pronounciation is also stressed on the first syllable, but not very much.
"Damit wären wir für heute fertig" = Wir sind fertig, alle können nach Hause gehen.
"Damit komme ich zu dem Schluss, dass er nicht schuldig ist" = Nach der vorhergehenden Argumentation komme ich zu dem Schluss, ...
Maybe there are even more.
13 dicembre 2011
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Minsung Kim
Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Tedesco, Giapponese, Coreano
Lingua di apprendimento
Tedesco, Giapponese
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