participle clauses

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Partizipien sind Formen des Vollverbs

• sie werden als Adjektiv verwendet um Sätze oder Teilsätze zu verbinden 
• bzw. um Teilsätze zu verkürzen
• es gibt 2 Formen

present participle

past participles

Infinitive + ing

V-ed / 3. Form (= past participle / Partizip Perfekt)

Verbinden durch Partizipialsätze

Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid. It separated people in South Africa by race.

➙ Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid separating people in South Africa by race.

Nelson Mandela was sentenced and imprisoned in 1964. He was freed in 1990.

➙ Nelson Mandela sentenced  and imprisoned in 1964 was freed in 1990.

Verkürzen durch Pratizipialsätze

Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid which separated people in South Africa by race.

➙ Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid separating people in South Africa by race.

Nelson Mandela who was sentenced and imprisoned in 1964 was freed in 1990.

➙ Nelson Mandela sentenced  and imprisoned in 1964 was freed in 1990.