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Sentence

Ich möchte ihm keinen Schaden zufügen.

Translation

I don't want to harm him.



Analysis


Ich
     n. (psychoanalysis) ego
     n. self, me, him, etc.
     pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
möchte
     v. first-person singular subjunctive of mögen
     v. third-person singular subjunctive of mögen
     mögen
          v. to like (something or someone)
          v. to want to go
          v. (auxiliary) may (expresses a possibility with uncertainty with a degree of admission of the statement)
          v. (auxiliary) to be hesitant to (do something)
          v. (auxiliary) may (paraphrases the optative).
          v. to want; would like (to have or to do something)
          v. (auxiliary) to want to; would like to; to wish to (do something)
          v. (obsolete, auxiliary, with infinitive) to be able to, may, can
ihm
     pron. personal dative of er; him, to him (indirect object); for him (in some cases).
     pron. personal dative of es; to it (indirect object); for it (in some cases).
keinen
     en:not a
     pron. masculine accusative of kein
     pron. dative plural of kein
     pron. masculine accusative of keiner
     pron. dative plural of keiner
     kein
          pron. no; not a(n); not one; not any
Schaden
     n. damage; harm
     n. (colloquial informal) mental problem (in the sense of “crazy”)
zufügen
     v. to cause (grief, pain); to inflict (damage)
     v. to add
     v. to enclose




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