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Lesson 45B2

Result Clauses: so dass / sodass

விளைவு வாக்கியங்கள்

German marks 'so [adjective] that [result]' with so dass (or the fused sodass), pushing the result clause's verb to the end — Tamil expresses the same relationship without a dedicated connector at all.

Grammar Comparison

இலக்கண ஒப்பீடு

A dedicated result-connector Tamil doesn't need

German

Es war so kalt, dass wir zu Hause geblieben sind. (It was so cold that we stayed home)

Tamil

மிகவும் குளிராக இருந்தது, அதனால் நாங்கள் வீட்டில் இருந்தோம். (very cold was, therefore we-home-stayed — two clauses linked by அதனால்)

German fuses the cause and its result into one sentence using so...dass ('so...that'), with the result clause following the usual subordinate verb-final rule. Tamil more often just states the two facts as two linked clauses, connected by அதனால் ('because of that / therefore') rather than a single 'so...that' frame built around the adjective itself. When building this in German, resist translating அதனால் literally — reach for so dass instead, and remember the second verb goes to the end.

Vocabulary

சொற்கள்

GermanPronunciationTamilEnglish
so ... dasszoh ... dahsமிகவும் ..., அதனால்migavum ..., adhaṉālso ... that
sodasszoh-DAHSஅதனால்adhaṉālso that / with the result that
Es war so spät, dass...es vahr zoh shpayt dahsமிகவும் நேரமாகிவிட்டது, அதனால்...migavum nēramāgivittadhu, adhaṉāl...It was so late that...
Sie war so müde, dass sie einschlief.zee vahr zoh MUE-deh dahs zee EYEN-shleefஅவள் மிகவும் களைப்பாக இருந்தாள், அதனால் தூங்கிவிட்டாள்.avaḷ migavum kaḷaippāga irundhāḷ, adhaṉāl thūngivittāḷ.She was so tired that she fell asleep.
so dass niemand es merktezoh dahs NEE-mahnt es MERK-tehயாருக்கும் தெரியாத அளவுக்குyārukkum theriyādha aḷavukkuso that no one noticed