How’d you say in German: “Eventually, I accepted the pay cut.”?

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In this lesson, we’ll go through the verb: hinnehmen (to accept) 

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  • “How would you say…”

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Here are some of the sample sentences I go through in the podcast: 

 

Ich nehme die Gehaltskürzung nicht hin.

(I accept the pay cut not.)

I don’t accept the pay cut.

 

Ich nehme diesen Umstand nicht hin.

(I accept this circumstance  not.)

I don’t accept this circumstance.

 

Ich nehme es nicht hin, weil es nicht gerecht ist.

(I accept it not, because it not fair is.)

I don’t accept it because it’s not fair.

 

Ich nehme das nicht hin, weil das ungerecht ist.

(I accept that not, because that unfair is.)

I don’t accept that because that’s unfair.

 

Hast du diese Situation hingenommen?

(Have you this situation accepted?)

Did you accept this situation?

 

Am Ende habe ich die Gehaltskürzung hingenommen.

(In the end have I the pay cut accepted.)

Eventually I accepted the pay cut. 

 

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Next time we’ll go through the verb: sich verpflichten (to commit oneself)

 

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