jee nodeem
Depending on: Jee Nodeem
Jee nodeem means depending on: Mir kommen, jee nodeem ob mer Zäit hunn. With a noun, use jee no: jee nom Wieder (depending on the weather).
How It Works
1. Jee nodeem + ob or a question word
The clause has its verb at the end, like an indirect question:
- Mir kommen op d'Fest, jee nodeem ob mer Zäit hunn. (We'll come to the party, depending on whether we have time.)
- D'Präisser ännere sech, jee nodeem wéini s de buchs. (The prices change depending on when you book.)
2. First place
When the jee nodeem clause comes first, it takes the first place, so the main verb follows right after it, as in subordinate clause first:
- Jee nodeems wou ee wunnt, kritt een no néng Auer owes kee Bus méi.
3. Jee no + a noun
Before a noun, drop -deem and use no with the dative, often as a contraction such as nom: Jee nom Wieder iesse mer dobaussen. (Depending on the weather, we eat outside.)
4. On its own
At the end of a sentence, jee nodeem means it depends: Sonndes ginn ech an d'Schwämm oder an de Kino, jee nodeem.
5. Not to be confused
Nodeems on its own means after (nodeems), and jee ... desto means the more ... the more (jee méi ... desto méi). A more formal way to say it depends is Et hänkt dovun of, ob ..., as in dorop ..., datt.
Examples (5)
- Mir kommen op d'Fest, jee nodeem ob mer Zäit hunn.
We'll come to the party, depending on whether we have time.
The verb hunn goes to the end.
- Jee nodeems wou ee wunnt, kritt een no néng Auer owes kee Bus méi.
Depending on where you live, there are no more buses after nine in the evening.
The clause fills first place, so kritt follows it directly.
- Sonndes ginn ech an d'Schwämm oder an de Kino, jee nodeem.
On Sundays I go to the pool or to the cinema, it depends.
Alone at the end, jee nodeem means it depends.
- Jee nom Wieder iesse mer dobaussen.
Depending on the weather, we eat outside.
Before a noun, use jee no with the dative: nom Wieder.
- D'Präisser ännere sech, jee nodeem wéini s de buchs.
The prices change depending on when you book.
After the question word, du becomes s de.
Common Mistakes
Keeping the verb in second place after jee nodeem ob.
Mir kommen, jee nodeem ob mer hunn Zäit.Mir kommen, jee nodeem ob mer Zäit hunn.The jee nodeem clause has its verb at the end.
Using jee nodeem directly before a noun.
Jee nodeem d'Wieder iesse mer dobaussen.Jee nom Wieder iesse mer dobaussen.Jee nodeem needs ob or a question word and a verb. Before a plain noun, use jee no with the dative.
Putting the subject before the verb after a jee nodeem clause.
Jee nodeem wou ee wunnt, ee kritt kee Bus méi.Jee nodeem wou ee wunnt, kritt ee kee Bus méi.The whole clause is the first element, so the main verb comes right after the comma.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Before Depending On: Jee nodeem, learn Indirect Questions and The More ..., the More ....
Related Patterns
- obWhether: Ob
Jee nodeem is often followed by ob and a verb at the end.
Level 2 - nodeemsAfter: Nodeems
Nodeems alone means after, a different meaning.
Level 3 - Starting With a Subordinate Clause
A jee nodeem clause in first place sends the main verb right after it.
Level 3 - dorop ..., dattPointing to a Clause: Dorop ..., Datt
Et hänkt dovun of, ob ... is a formal way to say it depends.
Level 5
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