Predicative clause

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As Prädikativsatz is known in the grammar a subset , of the syntactic function of a Prädikativs takes over.

In contrast to adverbial clauses , which form the most common class of subordinate clauses , the predicative clause is not an adjunct, but, like the object and subject clauses , a complement , i.e. a grammatically necessary element of a sentence.

structure

Just like the predicative, a predicative clause completes a copula verb . Copular verbs are verbs that have little lexical meaning and only form a complete sentence in conjunction with predicative parts ( adjectives , nouns or sentences). Examples of copula verbs are be, seem, become . A predicative clause that follows these verbs is often introduced by the conjunction dass or relative pronouns such as what . The rehearsal is done by replacing the predicative clause with es or das .

Examples

  • The most important thing is that it rains . (Sample: The important thing is there .)
  • That's what I've always wanted to do . (Sample: That's it .)
  • What I knew was that it was going to rain . (Sample: What I knew was that .)