Reading · B2 · Text 23

Ausstellung

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Solche Verkaufsausstellungen sind im Grunde ähnlich wie eine Messe.

Such sales exhibitions are basically similar to a trade fair.

Dort kommen aber immer mehrere Firmen zusammen, um den Kunden ihre Angebote zu zeigen.

However, several companies always come together there to show their offers to customers.

Aber auch eine Messe dauert nur eine bestimmte Zeit.

But a trade fair also lasts only a certain time.

2 words above B2

Verkaufsausstellungen← die Verkaufsausstellung

sales exhibition, trade show plural; compound of Verkauf (sale) and Ausstellung (exhibition)

solche← solch

such (demonstrative pronoun) declined form, here plural

Grammar in this text

Infinitive clause with 'um ... zu' (purpose)

um den Kunden ihre Angebote zu zeigen.

The conjunction 'um' introduces an infinitive clause expressing purpose. The word order places the objects before the infinitive, which appears at the end with 'zu'.

Fixed expression with contracted preposition

Solche Verkaufsausstellungen sind im Grunde ähnlich wie eine Messe.

'im' is a contraction of 'in + dem'. In the phrase 'im Grunde', it functions as a fixed adverb meaning 'basically', demonstrating common preposition-article contractions.

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