Breakdown of Ich muss dieses teure Abenteuer irgendwie finanzieren.
ich
I
teuer
expensive
dieser
this / that (fem.: diese, neut.: dieses)
müssen
to have to, must
das Abenteuer
the adventure
irgendwie
somehow
finanzieren
to finance
Questions & Answers about Ich muss dieses teure Abenteuer irgendwie finanzieren.
How does the word irgendwie work in this sentence?
irgendwie means "somehow" or "in some way." Adding the prefix irgend- to a question word turns it into an indefinite adverb. Just as wie (how) becomes irgendwie (somehow), you can do this with other question words, like wann (when) turning into irgendwann (sometime) or wo (where) becoming irgendwo (somewhere).
Why is the adjective ending teure and not teures here?
Abenteuer is a neuter noun (das Abenteuer) and acts as the direct object (accusative) in this sentence. Because the word dieses already does the heavy lifting by showing the strong neuter ending (-es), the adjective only needs the weak ending -e.
What happened to the spelling of teuer (expensive) to make it teure?
When adjectives ending in -er or -el (like teuer or dunkel) get an adjective ending, they drop the unstressed e right before the r or l. This makes them easier to pronounce. So, teuer + e becomes teure, not "teuere".
Why is the verb finanzieren at the very end of the sentence?
This sentence uses the modal verb müssen (conjugated here as muss). In German main clauses, the conjugated modal verb takes the second position, which kicks the main action verb (finanzieren) all the way to the end of the sentence in its infinitive (dictionary) form.
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