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Es dauert schon eine Weile, bis sich die Menschenmenge nach einem Fußballspiel auflöst.Translation
It does take a while for the crowd to disperse after a soccer match.Analysis
| Es |
| n-n. (psychology) id |
| n-n. (music) E-flat |
| pron. it (referring to things) |
| pron. he (with reference to male creatures, people etc. that are grammatically neuter) |
| pron. she (with reference to female creatures, people etc. that are grammatically neuter) |
| pron. (for impersonal verbs) it |
| art. (regional, colloquial) alternative form of das |
| dauert |
| v. third-person singular present of dauern |
| v. second-person plural present of dauern |
| v. imperative plural of dauern |
| dauern |
| v. to last, to continue over time |
| v. to persist |
| v. to take (time) |
| v. (archaic, with accusative) to grieve; to arouse pity |
| schon |
| adv. already (happening rather early, continuing rather long) |
| adv. before (at some time in the past; but: before a certain event) |
| adv. expresses that an action has been completed; already (i, but more frequent); yet i, in questions |
| adv. (modal particle) expresses a weighing of arguments, contrast between two statements, partial agreement, concession; admittedly; sure(ly); definitely; indeed |
| v. imperative singular of schonen |
| v. (colloquial) first-person singular present of schonen |
| schonen |
| v. to spare |
| eine |
| num. inflected form of ein |
| art. inflected form of ein (a, an) |
| pron. feminine nominative of einer (one) |
| pron. feminine accusative of einer (one) |
| Weile |
| n-f. while |
| bis |
| conj. (subordinating, temporal) until |
| conj. (coordinating) to |
| prep. (temporal) until, to, (US) through |
| prep. (temporal) by |
| prep. (local) to; all the way to |
| sich |
| pron. (reflexive) Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). |
| pron. (reflexive) Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). |
| die |
| art. The; declined form of der |
| pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) That; which; who; whom; whose. |
| pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) This one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them |
| der |
| art. the; definite article for several declensions: |
| art. Nominative singular masculine |
| art. Genitive singular feminine |
| art. Dative singular feminine |
| art. Genitive plural for all genders. |
| pron. who; that; which |
| pron. (attributive, stressed) that |
| pron. (indicative) him, he |
| pron. (differential) the one, him |
| Menschenmenge |
| n-f. crowd, throng (of people) |
| nach |
| prep. after, past (later in time) |
| prep. after, behind (in sequence) |
| prep. to, towards (with geographical names; see usage notes below) |
| prep. according to; guided by |
| prep. by the authority of; following |
| prep. (with verbs of sensual perception) like (see usage notes below) |
| post. according to |
| prep. for (qual, indicating desire for an object) |
| adv. (in compound verbs) after, behind, later, next to |
| post. according to |
| adv. (in compound verbs) after, behind, later, next to |
| einem |
| num. inflected form of ein |
| art. inflected form of ein (a, an) |
| pron. masculine dative of einer (one) |
| pron. neuter dative of einer (one) |
| Fußballspiel |
| n-n. football, soccer |
| n-n. football match, soccer game |
| auflöst |
| v. second-person singular present subordinate clause of auflösen |
| v. third-person singular present subordinate clause of auflösen |
| v. second-person plural present subordinate clause of auflösen |
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