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Wozu soll ich mich anstrengen? Ich kann's eh nicht.

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Analysis


wozu
     adv. (interrogative) for what reason, to what purpose, what for, why?
     adv. (interrogative) to what, for what, etc.
     adv. (relative) for which reason, to which purpose
     adv. (relative) to which, for which, etc.
soll
     v. first-person singular present of sollen
     v. third-person singular present of sollen
     sollen
          v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall
          v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something)
          v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something)
          v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly.
          v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause
          v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause
ich
     pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
mich
     pron. accusative of ich: me
anstrengen
     v. to make an effort, to work hard at something
     v. to file
Ich
     n. (psychoanalysis) ego
     n. self, me, him, etc.
kann's
eh
     conj. (colloquial) before
     adv. (colloquial) anyway, in any case
     adv. (colloquial Austria) well, admittedly (for which in Germany only schon is used)
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?




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