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文法の投稿シリーズ14 - stattdessen / 却って

Dietz

Nov 22, 2024

Let's review the grammar for instead or "stattdessen".
"Ich habe Medizin genommen, aber stattdessen ging es mir schlechter."
In Japanese we would express this using 却って:
薬を飲んだけど、却って気分が悪くなった。
Corresponds to the English using instead:
I took medicine, but I ended up feeling worse instead.

A variation in English would be the usage of "on the contrary".
In German we have other options like using "im Gegenteil" oder "entgegen den Erwartungen".

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