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Ich wollte nicht sagen, dass das was die machen total langweilig ist.

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Ich
     n. (psychoanalysis) ego
     n. self, me, him, etc.
     pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
wollte
     v. first-person singular preterite of wollen
     v. third-person singular preterite of wollen
     v. first-person singular subjunctive of wollen
     v. third-person singular subjunctive of wollen
     wollen
          adj. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen
          v. to want; to wish; to desire; to demand
          v. (auxiliary) to want (to do something)
          v. (auxiliary) to intend, to mean
nicht
     adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
     interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
sagen
     v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally)
     v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally)
     v. to mean (to convey or signify)
     v. to speak up (+obj, etwas)
dass
     conj. (subordinating) that
     conj. (subordinating, chiefly colloquial) so that
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
was
     pron. (interrogative) what
     pron. (relative) which ((referring to the entire preceding clause))
     pron. (relative) that, which ((referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives))
     pron. (relative, colloquial) that, which ((referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das))
     pron. (indefinite, colloquial) something, anything ((instead of standard etwas))
     pron. (interrogative, dated) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval)
     adv. (colloquial) a little, somewhat
     adv. (interrogative, colloquial) why, what for
die
     art. feminine singular of der
     art. plural of der
     pron. feminine singular of der
     pron. plural 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
          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
machen
     v. to make, produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
     v. to make, prepare
     v. to do, perform, carry out (to execute; to put into operation (an action))
     v. to do; (indicates an activity associated with a noun)
     v. to go (to make the (specified) sound)
     v. to make (to cause or compel (to do something))
     v. to cause (to set off an event or action or produce as a result)
     v. to make (to cause to be)
     v. to make (transform from one thing into another)
     v. to make (to have as a feature)
     v. to come to, total, cost (to require the payment of)
     v. to make, be (the result of a calculation)
     v. to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.)
     v. to be, play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance)
     v. to matter (to be important)
     v. to make, make oneself out to be, act, play (to behave so as to give an appearance of being; to act as if one were (something, or a certain way)) (+preo, auf)
     v. to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate)
     v. to do (to fare or perform (well or poorly))
     v. to look (to have an appearance of being)
     v. to get cracking (an (“on,” “with”)), get a move on (it), to get down (an (“to”)) (something); (in imperative:) come on, let's go
total
     adj. total
     adv. totally
     adv. (colloquial) big time, full-on, flat-out
langweilig
     adj. boring, dull, tedious
     adj. bored (when a dative reflexive pronoun is used)
ist
     v. third-person singular present of sein
     sein
          v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
          v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
          v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
          v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
          v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
          v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
          v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
          det. his
          det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
          det.          (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
          det. one's




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