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What does Ich war mir dessen nicht bewusst. mean?
What does Ich war mir dessen nicht bewusst. mean?
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In this case, ,,dessen" functions as a Genitiv pronoun. when you say "I am unaware of something", it is "Ich bin mir (Dativ) einer Sache (Genitiv) nicht bewusst." dessen thus works as "of that" (a genitive pronoun not in Modern English).
Ich war mir dessen nicht bewusst. = I wasn't aware of that.
because the use of 'von + Dativ noun' often replaces the more formal use of the Genitiv case in colloquial German, dessen is rarely used. except in this case.
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I don't understand the meaning if "dessen" in this sentence. My understanding is that "dessen" is a relative pronoun meaning "whose". However, that does not seem to fit here.
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In this case, ,,dessen" functions as a Genitiv pronoun. when you say "I am unaware of something", it is "Ich bin mir (Dativ) einer Sache (Genitiv) nicht bewusst." dessen thus works as "of that" (a genitive pronoun not in Modern English).
Ich war mir dessen nicht bewusst. = I wasn't aware of that.
because the use of 'von + Dativ noun' often replaces the more formal use of the Genitiv case in colloquial German, dessen is rarely used. except in this case.
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- French (Canada)
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