Breakdown of Der Präsident sagte, wir sollen das Geld zur Verfügung stellen.
das Geld
the money
wir
we
sagen
to say
zur
to the (zu + der)
Questions & Answers about Der Präsident sagte, wir sollen das Geld zur Verfügung stellen.
Why do we use stellen here instead of stehen?
This is a classic noun-verb support construction (Funktionsverbgefüge). stellen is the transitive, active version meaning 'to make something available' or 'to provide' it. Since 'we' are actively providing the money, we use stellen. Its partner stehen is the intransitive, passive-state version meaning 'to be available'. If the sentence was just about the money's status, it would be: Das Geld steht zur Verfügung (The money is available).
Why is there a comma after sagte but no dass (that) to introduce the indirect speech?
In German indirect speech, you can drop the conjunction dass. When you do this, it is called an unintroduced subordinate clause, and the word order changes. Instead of kicking the conjugated verb to the very end of the sentence, the clause uses normal main clause word order: wir sollen... instead of ...dass wir das Geld zur Verfügung stellen sollen.
Why is the verb sollen used here instead of sollten?
Indirect speech technically uses Subjunctive I (Konjunktiv I). For the pronoun wir, the Subjunctive I form is sollen, which looks exactly like the normal present tense indicative form. To avoid confusion, Germans often swap to the Subjunctive II form (sollten) so it is clearly indirect speech. However, leaving it as sollen is grammatically correct and very common when relaying a direct command.
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