Diese Tatsache motiviert uns, täglich zu üben.

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Breakdown of Diese Tatsache motiviert uns, täglich zu üben.

• üben: to practice
• diese: this
• uns: us

Questions & Answers about Diese Tatsache motiviert uns, täglich zu üben.

Why is it "uns" and not "wir"?

• Because motivieren takes a direct object in the accusative: jemanden motivieren.
• Uns is the 1st person plural object form (it can be accusative or dative). Here it’s accusative, since it’s the direct object of motiviert.
• The subject is Diese Tatsache; if we were the subject, it would be wir.

Why is it "Diese Tatsache" and not "Dieser/Dieses Tatsache"?

• Tatsache is feminine. As the subject (nominative singular), the correct demonstrative is diese.
• Dieser Tatsache would be dative or genitive; Dieses pairs with neuter (or masculine in some cases), so it doesn’t fit here.

What form is "motiviert" here?

• Present tense, 3rd person singular of motivieren.
• -ieren verbs are regular: ich motiviere, du motivierst, er/sie/es motiviert.
• The past participle is also motiviert (without ge-), but here it’s clearly the finite verb (verb-second position).

Is the comma before "täglich zu üben" required?