Dienstag, 25. Januar 2011

German: adverbial genitive

German: adverbial genitive

excerpted from Norman Paxton 's German Grammar, ch.5.

In this construction, the genitive corresponds to an "adverbial phrase " in English, often but not always with the preposition "of ", hence its being called an " adverbial genitive".

eg.

1. Er verabschiedete sich leichten Herzens.

2. Er ging schweigend seines Weges.

3. Ich fahre immer zweiter klasse.


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