Asked • 04/23/19

Using verbs with same root but different prefixes in same sentence?

Can I say something like > Er kommt bei mir vorbei und um. to mean "he comes by my house and dies", thus expressing the verbs `vorbeikommen` and `umkommen` by using `kommen` only once?

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Klaus Ignacio S. answered • 05/19/20

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