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Sentence #1474637

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morbrorper morbrorper July 11, 2020 July 11, 2020 at 5:49:33 AM UTC link Permalink

"What he told me", isn't that "was er mir gesagt hat", to be strict?

brauchinet brauchinet July 11, 2020 July 11, 2020 at 9:45:40 AM UTC link Permalink

"gesagt hatte" is okay.
(past tense in the main sentence, plusquamperfect for what happened (had happened) before.)

morbrorper morbrorper July 11, 2020 July 11, 2020 at 11:12:31 AM UTC link Permalink

Maybe it the English sentence that does not have its tenses straight?

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #283723What he told me proved true..

Was er mir gesagt hatte, stellte sich als wahr heraus.

added by sebby, March 8, 2012

linked by sebby, March 8, 2012