Breakdown of Der Lehrer bittet uns, kurz nachzudenken, bevor wir abwechselnd unsere Antworten vorlesen.
Questions & Answers about Der Lehrer bittet uns, kurz nachzudenken, bevor wir abwechselnd unsere Antworten vorlesen.
It has three parts:
- Main clause: Der Lehrer bittet uns
- Infinitive phrase: kurz nachzudenken
- Subordinate clause with bevor: bevor wir abwechselnd unsere Antworten vorlesen
So the sentence is built like this:
The teacher asks us + to think briefly + before we take turns reading our answers aloud
Because bitten takes a direct object in the accusative case.
- der Lehrer = the subject
- uns = the object being asked
So:
- Der Lehrer bittet uns = The teacher asks us
- not Der Lehrer bittet wir
English does not show this difference clearly with we/us in the same way German does with case endings, so this is a very common learner question.