Cause Link
Why did it happen? What caused it?
Bedeutung
A relation that explains the reason, cause, trigger, source, or motivating factor behind an event or state.
So erkennst Du es
Ask what made the event happen.
Beispiele
because|since|due to|therefore
because of the rain|since I was tired
We stayed home because it was raining.
Visual guide
CAUSE → EVENT/STATE rain → stayed home We stayed home because it rained. Ask: Why did it happen?
Same cause link, different grammar: EVENT because CAUSE because CAUSE, EVENT EVENT due to CAUSE CAUSE-marker → EVENT All answer: Why?
Sprachansicht
In deiner Muttersprache
Cause uses weil, da, wegen and causal adverbs, often changing verb position.
Ich bleibe zu Hause, weil ich krank bin.
I stay at home because I sick am.
In Deiner Lernsprache
Im Englischen markiert man Gründe und Ursachen mit because, since, as, due to, because of und anderen Verbindungswörtern.
I stayed home because it rained.
because it rained = Ursache/Grund
Lernende verwenden because manchmal zu oft oder verwechseln because, because of und due to.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.