| 33.16.3 Anstatt zu + infinitive |
The following construction with infinitive is quite easy to understand even though the English translation is a construction with a gerund.
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| Anstatt zu arbeiten,
schwatzen sie. = Instead of working they chat. |
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| Anstatt mir zu antworten,
erzählte er mir sein Leben. = Instead of answering me he told me his life. |
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| Wenn man schläft,
anstatt zu lernen, wird man nie voran kommen. = If sleeping instead of studying you'll never advance. |
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