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Aber dann habe ich mir doch eines gekauft. Und zwar das blaue.

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Aber
     n. an objection, a but
     conj. but; however; though
     adv. (obsolete, except in compounds) again
     adv. (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect
     adv. nonetheless, nevertheless
dann
     adv. then, after that
     adv. then, in that case
habe
     v. first-person singular present of haben
     v. first-person singular subjunctive of haben
     v. third-person singular subjunctive of haben
     v. singular imperative of haben
     haben
          v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses)
          v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
          v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
          v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
          v. to get (to receive)
          v. to have (to be scheduled to attend)
          v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
          v. to contain, be composed of, equal
          v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are
          v. to make a fuss
          v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
          v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about
ich
     pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
mir
     pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me:
     pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we
doch
     part. (in response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely; really; on the contrary
     conj. though; yet; but; however; nevertheless
     conj. for all that; after all; but
     adv. after all; yet; however; nevertheless
     adv. really; just
     adv. indicates proposal Why don't you/we
eines
     num. genitive singular of ein
     art. genitive singular of ein: a, an
     pron. singular of einer
     pron. genitive singular of einer
gekauft
     Participle. past participle of kaufen
     kaufen
          v. to buy, to purchase
          v. (ditransitive) to buy, to purchase for someone
Und
zwar
     adv. Signals a following contrary clause, which is usually introduced with aber, stressing that the speaker is aware of the contradiction, but that it does not invalidate the statement.
     adv. namely; (only in the form und zwar)
das
     art. singular of der: the
     pron. singular of der
     pron.          (relative) who, that, which
     pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
     pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
     der
          art. the
          art. feminine singular of der
          art. genitive plural of der
          pron. who; that; which
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          pron. (attributive, stressed) that
          pron. (indicative) him, he
          pron. (differential) the one, him
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
blaue
     adj. form of blau
     blau
          adj. blue
          adj. drunk
          adj. bruised




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