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Lehnwort

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Manchmal wird es so gelassen, wie es in der fremden Sprache geschrieben wird.

Sometimes it is left as it is written in the foreign language.

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fremden← fremd

foreign, unfamiliar strange; foreign; external A2/fʁɛmt/

Grammar in this text

Passive voice with 'werden' and past participle

Manchmal wird es so gelassen, wie es in der fremden Sprache geschrieben wird.

The sentence uses the passive voice (wird gelassen, wird geschrieben) to emphasize the action rather than the agent. It is formed with 'werden' + past participle.

Subordinate clause with 'wie'

wie es in der fremden Sprache geschrieben wird

The clause introduced by 'wie' is a subordinate clause, and the finite verb (wird) is placed at the end.

Pronoun 'es' as placeholder subject

Manchmal wird es so gelassen

'es' is used as a placeholder subject in passive constructions when the actual subject is not mentioned or is postponed.

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

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