Breakdown of Sie denkt genauso wie ich.
ich
I
denken
to think
wie
as (in comparisons)
genauso
just as, exactly the same
Questions & Answers about Sie denkt genauso wie ich.
Why isn't there a verb at the end of the sentence, like in the other examples from this lesson?
While this lesson focuses on subordinate clauses like genauso wie ich denke (exactly as I think), it is very common to drop the verb in the second half if it is the exact same verb as in the first half. This shortened comparison leaves us with just wie ich.
Could I write this sentence with a comma before wie?
No, when the wie phrase is shortened and lacks a conjugated verb, you must drop the comma. You only use a comma if you write out the full subordinate clause with a verb at the end: Sie denkt genauso, wie ich denke.
Why is it ich and not mich or mir after wie?
The pronoun after wie takes the same case as the noun or pronoun it is being compared to. Because we are comparing your thinking to her thinking, and Sie is the subject (nominative case) of the first part, ich must also be in the nominative case.
What does the genau add to so wie in this context?
The word genau means exactly. While so wie usually means as... as or like, combining them into genauso wie emphasizes that the comparison is a perfect match, meaning exactly the same as or just like.
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