Word
Ich bin von dir enttäuscht, denn du bist für den Fehler verantwortlich.
Meaning
I am disappointed in you, because you are responsible for the mistake.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ich bin von dir enttäuscht, denn du bist für den Fehler verantwortlich.
ich
I
sein
to be
du
you (informal singular)
dir
you / to you [informal singular, dative]
Questions & Answers about Ich bin von dir enttäuscht, denn du bist für den Fehler verantwortlich.
Why does the German sentence use von dir instead of a direct translation like in dir for "disappointed in you"?
The adjective enttäuscht (disappointed) requires the fixed preposition von when talking about being disappointed by a person or thing. While English uses "in", you just have to memorize the pair enttäuscht von. Since von always triggers the dative case, du becomes dir.
Does verantwortlich always take the preposition für?
Yes, verantwortlich (responsible) always pairs with für to express what someone is responsible for. This is a handy one because it matches the English "responsible for" perfectly. Remember that für always takes the accusative case, which is why the masculine noun der Fehler becomes den Fehler.
Why doesn't the verb go to the end of the sentence after denn?
The word denn (because) is a coordinating conjunction that occupies "position 0" in the clause. That means it doesn't count towards the word order, so the subject (du) and the conjugated verb (bist) stay in their normal first and second positions. If the sentence had used weil instead, the verb would have been kicked to the end: ... weil du für den Fehler verantwortlich bist.
Why is verantwortlich placed at the very end of the sentence?