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Depression

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mein Patient ist so traurig und sagt kaum was.

My patient is so sad and barely says anything.

Der war doch nicht immer so schlecht drauf.

He wasn't always in such a bad mood.

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Patient
person receiving medical treatment plural: Patienten patient (male or of unspecified sex or female) B1/paˈt͡si̯ɛnt/
traurig
sad sad; sadly A1/ˈtʁaʊ̯.ʁɪç/
kaum
hardly, scarcely barely, hardly (qualifying verbs or adjectives); barely any, almost no (qualifying amounts); difficult, nearly impossible A1/kaʊ̯m/
schlecht
bad bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral); bad (unskilled; of limited ability); bad (unhealthy, unwell) A1/ʃlɛçt/
drauf
in a mood (colloquial, part of phrase 'schlecht drauf' = in a bad mood)

Grammar in this text

Possessive pronoun with noun (mein Patient)

mein Patient

The possessive pronoun 'mein' agrees with the masculine noun 'Patient' in nominative case.

Verb conjugation in present tense (sagt)

sagt kaum was

The verb 'sagen' is conjugated for third person singular 'er/sie/es' in present tense, ending in -t.

Preterite of 'sein' (war)

Der war doch nicht immer so schlecht drauf.

The verb 'sein' is used in simple past tense (war) for third person singular, indicating a past state.

Negation with 'nicht'

nicht immer so schlecht drauf

The adverb 'nicht' negates the phrase, placed before the element it negates (here 'immer').

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Text from Depression — Hurraki, used under CC BY-SA 3.0 DE. See sources.

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