The usage of these six timing-related adverbs may seem tricky at first but with some practice it will become second nature. Few notes:
- Before/Nachdem/Seitdem clearly separate state of thing before/after something happened. Seitdem usually relates to a singular event (short in time) while Nachdem could refer to time period after some other time period (or even epoch).
- The really tricky couple is wenn/als: wenn implies "whenever ..." while "als" implies "when exactly once...". See your examples below...
Ich bestelle...nachdem...
Ich hatte schon ... als ..
Während due den Tisch ...
Bevor ich dir das Foto ...
Als er las, saß er ... (could also be wenn depending what they mean to say)
Als wir noch klein waren ...
Immer wenn er zu uns kommt ...
Nachdem ich ihn ....
Seitdem er den Unfall ...
Als wir eintraten ...
Jedesmal wenn wir den alten ...
Seitdem ich die Schwarzmeerküste ...
We are not strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I.
A full commitment is what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get that from anyone else
I just wanna tell you how I feel
Gotta let you understand
I will never give up on you, never let you down
I will never run around and leave you
I will never make you cry, never say goodbye to you
I will never lie and hurt you
We have known each other for so long
Your heart hurt but you are too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's going on
We know the game and we will play it
And if you ask me how I feel
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
I will never give up on you, never let you down
I will never run around and leave you
I will never make you cry, never say goodbye to you
I will never lie and hurt you
I will never give up on you, never let you down
I will never run around and leave you
I will never make you cry, never say goodbye to you
I will never lie and hurt you
(Oh give up)
(Oh give up)
(Ooh) will never give, never give (give up on you)
(Ooh) will never give, never give (give up on you)
We have known each other for so long
Your heart hurt but you are too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's going on
We know the game and we will play it
I just wanna tell you how I feel
Gotta let you understand
I will never give up on you, never let you down
I will never run around and leave you
I will never make you cry, never say goodbye to you
I will never lie and hurt you
I will never give up on you, never let you down
I will never run around and leave you
I will never make you cry, never say goodbye to you
I will never lie and hurt you
I will never give up on you, never let you down
I will never run around and leave you
I will never make you cry, never say goodbye to you
I will never lie and hurt you
D. Spielst
When the subject is du, add -st to the end of the verb.
