questions-2

[viral jolt]

do you mean nouns like Gute, Interessante, and so? they're neutral, so das Gute, das Interessante, usw. and they're paired with the preposition 'an'

[fervent kernel]

How are they paired exactly

[viral jolt]

ich habe einen neuen Job bekommen. das Gute daran ist, das ich jetzt stinkreich werde.

[fervent kernel]

Can I have another example without da bitte?

[viral jolt]

Das Gute an meinem Job ist, dass es viel Geld gibt.

[fervent scroll]

the ones referring to people take der/die depending on the gender (der/die Gefangene) and others referring to (often abstract) things take das (das Beste, das Freie~im Freien etc.)

[fervent kernel]

Danke

[fervent scroll]

auch der/die Kranke

[viral jolt]

right, these exist too 🤦‍♂️

[fervent kernel]

hey eine frage

ist das hier ein server wo man deutsch lernen kann?

mich wundert es weil ich irgendwie in keinen Talk rein komme:0

[long whale]

Yes, it is. Please read #getting-started ;)

[fervent kernel]

1. Der Stift liegt auf dem Tisch.
2. Ich lege den Stift aud den Tisch.

sind die Sätze richtig?

ich glauble~~ nicht ...~~ ja

[fervent kernel]

Kannst jemand mir bitte eine Buch für A2 empfehlen?Klassisch ode Fiktion.

[long whale]

"German Short Stories for Beginners" by Olly Richards.

[fervent kernel]

Danke.

[golden cradle]

oh, very interesting, ty!
would you care to say what your region and age are?

[regal kindle]

I'm 37. Currently living in Magdeburg. Family wise I'm mostly hailing from Thuringia/East Prussia

[gusty silo]

i sort of feel like the "deadness" of the genitive is overhyped (especially if taking into consideration that the written and formal registers aren't suddenly no longer a part of german), but for actual possessive relationships i'd find this unexpected too, that's interesting

[whole portal]

It's not really dead

But

People do use Dativ constructions in place of Genitiv at times

I'm certain I do it myself

[plain umbra]

i sort of feel like the "deadness" of the genitive is overhyped
Yeah, that's effectively the case. But it's important to acknowledge that some regions/dialects genuinely don't use it much, so for specific native speakers in those groups, they really will never use it. That's not a representation of the whole language though, and learners need to learn the language from the broader perspective, not just pick and choose regional variations.

[ebon sigil]

Hallo, was ist der genaueste Term für "I'm broke"?

[gusty silo]

ich bin pleite, probably

[foggy mist]

yea ich bin pleite

[narrow pier]

Hello, how do I decide which meaning is most relevant, from the text which I read the word from

For example: this word, which meaning is used more

This is the sentence: Gegen meine Referendariats, also nach den Klausuren für das Staatsexamen, arbeitete ich in zwei Kanzleien, um den altag dort kennenzulernen.

So I used deepl is means ( exam ), but are those all other meanings used, why does leo.dict makes it hard

[gusty silo]

i'm not super [edit: forgot the word 'sure'] i follow the series of events you described, but as to figuring out the meaning of Klausuren, this is 'written test' here and basically everywhere else you're ever likely to read it

[long whale]

Not sure what you mean by "Why does leo make it hard". There are several English words which can translate to "Klausur", i.e. test, exam, written test/exam, examination, which basically all mean the same thing. And then, there are other meanings in German, all of which have to do with the church. So, you think: is there anything in the sentence or broader context which indicates it might have anything to do with the church? No? In that case, you assume it must be some kind of exam. And you'd be right. 🤷

[steel patrol]

Quite possibly a silly question that I should already know the answer to, but what is "was denkst'n" a shortening of?

The "n" specifically, I mean.

[brave harbor]

was denkst du denn?

so the n replaces 'du denn'

[steel patrol]

I see, thank you! 👍

A lot of the dialogues in this book I'm reading are written exactly the same way people (I'm guessing) actually talk in real life, so it'll definitely give my brain a bit of a workout. 😄

[brave harbor]

In other contexts it can also replace 'ein' - Was hast'n da? 'n Keks! Willst du 'n Stück?

[steel patrol]

Yup, good to know, thanks again 🌟

[narrow pier]

Thank you,

[little tinsel]

does the statement 'selbst töten' sound gramatically correct or correct in any sense?

[timid vector]

more common
Selbstmord begehen
sich umbringen

[little tinsel]

🫶 thank you

[long whale]

The problem is that if you're talking about suicide, it would have to be sich selbst töten. Without the reflexive, it means as much as "to do the killing yourself", i.e. the opposite of hiring a killer to do your dirty work for you. ;)

[little tinsel]

what about if im refering to someone else, killing themselfs, as if i was joking 'kill yourself,'
does sich umbringen work then or still selbst töten :)

[long whale]

It would have to be "Bring dich um" (not something you'd say jokingly in German, mind you - not ever). And as I said, it would never be "selbst töten", it would always be "sich selbst töten".

To make the difference clear: Der Bauer tötet seine Schweine selbst = The farmer kills his pigs himself

[drowsy wraith]

hi

[little tinsel]

ohh! people or friends make a lot of kill yourself jokes,
context for this was me creating a group playlist,
out of context never use “bring dich um” “sich selbst töte” and “sich umbringen”
(adding “sich” to notes)

[stiff slate]

what's wrong with the sentence "Das Wetter ist kühl, aber wir können noch hinausgehen"?

[undone verge]

it looks alright to me, why do you think something is wrong with it?

[urban mulch]

Nothing wrong with it

[stiff slate]

duolingo told me it was wrong 😦

[undone verge]

well, duolingo is awful

[stiff slate]

thanks

yeah, that's why i joined this server lol

thanks for the help

[timid vector]

mmm, you sure? pretty sure noch->trotzdem

[brave harbor]

ehh noch would imply its maybe getting dark and therefore cold outside, as in 'if we go right now we can still do it, otherwise it will be too cold soon'
Meanwhile with trotzdem it would just be 'Yeah it's cold but let's go'

[timid vector]

you wouldn't use "das Wetter ist kalt" in that case tho

ya?

[brave harbor]

kühl just means chill, kalt means cold

[timid vector]

w/e I italicized the verb because the statative ist doesn't make sense in that context compared to a verb like werden

[charred harbor]

I would say the “aber” makes it sound weird

[whole portal]

Not really

[grizzled dew]

können sie mir bitte helfen

[fervent scroll]

the position of the lines helps

they're where the mistake is

[narrow pier]

Hallo liebe Freunde, ich habe eine Frage über das Wort ( können ) im obersten Satz vom Deepl. Wie es man sehen kann ,wenn ich das Wort können gelöscht habe, haben die verschiedene Übersetzungen des Deepls sich nicht verändert. Was ist das können? gibt es etwas speziell über es?

[left crown]

In this case, the proper translation of the second sentence would be "Social assistance is money that poor people get from the state", I guess deepl’s AI adds the "can" so that it sounds better.

[narrow pier]

this makes much sense, thank you

[left crown]

👍

[narrow pier]

btw, can ( ausreichend ) mean the same thing as adequate in english, as in the meanig of not only money but also men not being adequate in bed

[narrow pier]

hello, this sentence of mine

your younger sister has to replace your older sister in most of the housework, because she is married and can't do the chores like she used to.

deepl is translation --> Ihre jüngere Schwester muss Ihre ältere Schwester bei den meisten Hausarbeiten ersetzen, weil sie verheiratet ist und die Hausarbeit nicht mehr wie früher erledigen kann.

my attempt before I saw deepls one,

deine jüngere Schwester muss deine ältere Schwester im größten teil der Hausarbeit ersetzen, denn sie ist doch verheiratet und kann deswegen nicht wie früher die Aufgaben erledigen können

so is deepls one correct, how should I correct mine, making sense-wise and grammatikalisch

[naive coyote]

Hallo Leute

[left crown]

hi

[copper sleet]

no

[wise ravine]

💀 hat jmd un kopie (pdf) der "die kanji lernen und behalten"?

[wise ravine]

ok falls du das hast, wuerde auch mich interessieren

[fervent kernel]

What does this sentence even mean?

Dabei steht uns diese ganz Bescherung eigentlich nicht zu

[fervent kernel]

Ok thank you for the explanation!

[acoustic breach]

Eine Person, die Deutsch als Fremdsprache lernt.

Kann man "Deutsch-als-Fremdsprache-Lernende" sagen?

Meine Frage wurde beantwortet

Falls jemand Interesse daran hat:
https://www.sprachlog.de/2009/10/04/phrasenkomposita/

[surreal pasture]

Can you please share the name of the book ?

[narrow pier]

Thank you so much, but you mean I only must use ( kann ) and not ( kann & können ) together in a sentence?

Btw I did not even normal verbs like können can be modal verbs, I do nor know what they are actually,

But at the first of yoir messege you say, its not okay that you use können twice, then you say its okay, I do not get you sorry

What modal verbs did I use, and btw, I did nor know if that I used them, I kind of wrote a similar sentence to one I saw

[narrow pier]

That was the grammatical point I was wondering about for a while, anything can be a modal verb, and it has to be infinitive?

You stand a fair point

Oh, I know them

They are 5 or 6

But they are used in very different contwxts and meaning and grammatical topics

[versed wasp]

1- Angela Merkel ist eine ehemalige Bundeskanzlerin und Olaf Scholz ist der amtierende.
2- Um die Probleme zu lösen hatten wir neue Konzepte zu entwickeln.
3- Der unabsichtliche Fehler entwicklte sich sehr schnell zu einen katastrophischen Systems Zusammenbruch.
4- Keiner darf Drogen ins Land einführen.
5- Ich führe seit 6 jahren Süßigkeiten und Lebensmittel aus Russland ein.
6- Mein Lehrer hat das drittes Kapitel gründlich eingeführt.
7- Ich erinnere mich nicht, wenn ich so etwas gesagt habe.
8- Er kann sich nicht deutlich erinneren, ob er Nadine eine Nachricht zurückgelassen hat.

klingt das natürlich?!

[long whale]

2 - would sound far more natural with "müssen" 3 - has gone totally awry 7 - "wenn" doesn't work here

8 - typo: erinnern. I'd add in "daran", but it works.

[versed wasp]

Wie kann man Satz 3 umformulieren?!

und Satz 7 ?!

[long whale]

7 - You either use "wann", or you change the clause to an infinitive with "zu".

3 - You did so well with all the others, why don't you try yourself? Start by checking a dictionary, because katastrophisch is not a word. ;)

@versed wasp

[versed wasp]

Ok warte, versuche ich noch mal

[long whale]

I stand corrected. Apparently, it does exist - or someone made it exist. But it seems to have a slightly different meaning to what you need here: katastrophal

*ich versuche es noch mal

[urban mulch]

Katastrophisch hab ich hier und da schon gehört. Aber katastrophal klingt viel besser 👍

[versed wasp]

3- Der unabsichtliche Fehler wurde sehr schnell zu einem katastrophalen Systemzusammenbruch.

[long whale]

💐 It's now absolutely correct, grammar-wise. It would sound far more natural with "zu etwas führen" instead of "[zu etwas] werden", though. ;)

[versed wasp]

3- Der unabsichtliche Fehler führte sehr schnell zu einem katastrophalen Systemzusammenbruch.
So ?!

[long whale]

Yes! 💐

One of the problems in your original sentence was the wrong word order for Genitiv: Systems Zusammenbruch -> Zusammenbruch des Systems ;)

(But the compound noun works just as well here.)

[versed wasp]

Vielen vielen dank

[long whale]

Bitte, gern.

[pearl abyss]

What do you call the short vowel in -en? Like Sterben

And what's the rule for shortening -en? I've seen hab'n

[gusty silo]

short e in unstressed syllables is a reduced vowel in german, in linguistics it's called the 'schwa', denoted by the symbol "ə"

in german, the schwa for most speakers sort of assimilates into a r, l, n or m at the end of a syllable

<hab'n> is an attempt to make that clear (though i think in the modern day it's very redundant because it seems the majority of people pronounce it that way anyway)

i will note, despite people's intuition that in something like <haben> you seem to pronounce it as "habn", the n does still form a syllable of its own.
this may be intuitive in that word, but also applies to words like <einen>, which in standard speech are still definitelly two syllables long, even if you say "ein'n"

(or, actually, for all i care you could say 'einen' has one syllable but a long n. point is, it's not necessarily the same as 'ein', even if very similar)

[pearl abyss]

People actually pronounce it "ein'n"???

[gusty silo]

i think with a sequence like -nen it is somewhat rarer then in a word like 'haben', but it definitely happens, yeah. that is why some young people write (incorrectly according to standard rules, dont copy it) "ein" for "einen" in chatting (which confuses me to no end because i firmly believe i pronounce them distinct from one another)

[pearl abyss]

I see

[stiff slate]

can i not use Bar here: "Ich habe kein Bar für das Trinkgeld"

and if no, why not?

[stone vortex]

you can

[stiff slate]

thanks

[fervent kernel]

We use laufen if we want to say: walk, run or both.

[long whale]

No, you can't. Not to my knowledge. Because "bar" is not a noun (unless you're talking about "die Bar" as in "place where you get drinks"), it's an adjective. You can either say "kein Bargeld" or "kein Bares" (nominalized adjective)

[stiff slate]

Wiktionary lists it as a noun (with the cash meaning), someone should probably fix that. It's not listed in the Cambridge German-English dictionary as a noun

[long whale]

Did I overlook it? I can't find it here: https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bar

[stiff slate]

it's in the en.wik

[long whale]

Both/either - depends a little on the region.

[fervent kernel]

Welches Unterschied gibts bei Gebrauch von Achso und Also

ich werfe sie aus irgendwann ich es so will un mehr fließend auszusehen 😭

[fervent kernel]

achso vielen Dank!

nun verstanden

[foggy mist]

do you know this blog? https://yourdailygerman.com/meaning-german-so/

https://german.stackexchange.com/questions/40951/the-use-of-also-in-german

this can also help

[foggy mist]

"ach so" is the interjection you already explained and she already understood.
These resources are for those many uses of the word "also" that you were hoping someone would have more answers for.

so just happens to be there too, but eh okay why not

[fervent kernel]

😮

Thank u so much!

[grizzled dew]

can anyone help

[glass hawk]

faq homework

[stoic mauve]

How to ask a question

If you want something corrected, you can put it in a Google Doc and share a link with permission level »can suggest« in #writing .

Don't ask us to translate something for you outright: that takes professional time and effort and we're not here for that. You can try your luck with deepl.com.
For single words, use dict.cc or another dictionary, it'll be quicker.

If you want to know if/how a word can be used, provide some context to help us understand the situation.

Don't ask us to do your homework or exams for you! Show us your best attempt at something and try to pinpoint what exactly you don't understand.

[grizzled rose]

What help do you exactly need?

First you need to structure your text. What are you writing first? What contains the main part of the invitation? What do you write at the end?

In this case your structure is obviously already written.

So, how do you write invitations?
First you are addressing the one you are writing too in this case it's your german teacher so it has to be a formal letter.

1. Example
   -> Who are you addressing?:
   Sehr geehrte Frau Weigel,
   (Dear Miss/Misses Weigel)

2. Example:
   -> For what do you invite her?:
   Ich möchte Sie zu einem Grillfest einladen
   (I would like to invite you to a barbecue.)

3. Example:
   -> When is the Event?:
   Gegrillt wird am 5.Mai ab 15 Uhr im Stadtpark.
   (Barbecue on 5 May from 3 clock (pm)in the city park)

4. Example:
   -> You are asking her for a feedback/reply so you know if she can come or not:
   Ich bitte um Rückmeldung./Melden Sie sich bitte, ob sie vorbei kommen können.
   (I ask for feedback (sounds kinda harsh, but can be used too)/Please let us know if you can come.)

5. Example:
   -> at the end you greet her of course.
   Mit freundlichen Grüßen (your full name)
   (With kind regards (your name))

This is only a rough example and structured help.
I hope it is a good help tho and maybe try to write a bit more fluently. ^^

[grizzled dew]

danke schön dich liebe ich

[grizzled rose]

You're very welcome!

[fervent kernel]

you have to pay him

[grizzled rose]

I'm a her xD

[fervent kernel]

generic masculine

[grizzled rose]

https://tenor.com/view/robin-hood-money-for-free-throw-unicorn-gif-9089238

XD

[narrow pier]

hello, what is that **aus **at the end of the dates, this a task to fill the blanks in order to get used to dated in the listening part of B1

Im nächsten Teil des Textes geht es hauptsächlich um Termine. Wie könnten mögliche Aufgaben lauten?
Ordnen Sie jedem Satz drei Antwortmöglichkeiten zu.

montags und dienstags I montags und mittwochs I vom 14.11. bis zum 18.11. **aus **I am 23.11. **aus **I eine
Prüfung I einmal pro Woche I zweimal pro Woche I eine Zusammenfassung der Vorlesung I keine
Sprechstunde I nur am 04.01. Sprechstunde I mittwochs I dreimal pro Woche I nächste Woche aus I ein
kleines Fest I normal Sprechstunde

btw, Sprechstunde is mostly used in hospitals?

.
. Wann findet die Vorlesung statt?
. Die Vorlesung fällt ...
. Am Ende der Vorlesung gibt es ...
. Wie oft findet die Vorlesung statt?

[timid vector]

I think that means they're not available

those days

[gusty silo]

Sprechstunde is used with office appointments, be they at the doctor or with administration or what have you

[undone verge]

what are the example sentences 👀

I would bet one has a separable verb

or some context at least

[gusty silo]

i'm half guessing it's some abbrev. "aus." for ausschließlich, but i don't know this

[undone verge]

ausfallen

it is a separable verb that means 'cancelled'

es fällt aus

[gusty silo]

(and writing abbreviations without the dot at the end is terrible practice, so i sort of don't think a textbook would do that)

[undone verge]

and that is why some of the 'Antwortmöglichkeiten' have 'aus' on the end

[narrow pier]

oh thank you

[gusty silo]

ah yeah i see now, mhm

[undone verge]

when I can answer these without seeing the book I get the feeling I have seen too many textbooks lmfao

[narrow pier]

Vielen dank

[narrow pier]

Ja,

[narrow pier]

[narrow pier]

hello again

is belegt = besetzt, or at least in this example

Die Vortragende sagt: umso mehr freuen wir uns, dass bereits alle 25 Plätze belegt sind."

[narrow pier]

thank you, but Vortragende means lecturer so the place being taken means a University chair, does not it?

[long whale]

der/die Vortragende is just someone giving a presentation - "a presenter" if you like.

(Could even be used for anyone doing anything in front of an audience: reciting a poem, playing a musical instrument, etc.)

[narrow pier]

oh, leo does not specify it like that, und es ergibt total Sinn. Die Vortag - presentation , Vortragende - presentor

[long whale]

der Vortr*ag ;)

[narrow pier]

Sorry, Ich schreibe meine Wörter oft falsch. Ich weiß nicht, was die Grund dafür. Stimmst du mit MATHIS zu, #questions-2 message

? ich will auch deine Meinung bekommen

[long whale]

*Stimmst du mit MATHIS zu? - Yes, it means the places/seats are booked/taken.

@narrow pier

[narrow pier]

Thank you so much. I really believed that the mit is right.

so ( belegt ) and ( besetzt ) are not interchangeable

in my example, it was about the seats for a trip, so if we are talking virtual tickets, you say belegt, otherwise, you say besetzt, for being occupied. I think I got it right, Herzlichen dank

[long whale]

The problem is, belegt and besetzt each have several different meanings. :)

[narrow pier]

yeah, it seems that way

[narrow pier]

does Tagesmütter mean someone in the family that is related by blood to the family gets money for baby sitting, not to be rude, but if it is like this, is it common? cause it does not seem very ethical to me

like what is the diffence between a nanny(Kinderfrau) and Tagesmutter

[long whale]

Nannies (Kindermädchen, Kinderfrau) aren't very common in Germany. die Tagesmutter gets paid for taking care of the kid (usually not related, and usually more than 1 kid) during the day, while the parents are at work.

[shrewd stump]

From my personal experience: Eine Tagesmutter is a person not related to the family. Also there are normally more children.

"Kinderfrau" is an older term I think and isn't used that often anymore.

[nova sparrow]

Kinderfrau was the lady/woman that took care of the children from one family in former days if this family was able to afford such a lady/woman

[shrewd stump]

K

[steel patrol]

Hello, I've been meaning to ask: What's up with the word "aufheben" and its ten thousand contradicting meanings? In one sentence it apparently means "to destroy sth" and in the next one it rather means "to preserve sth" (as well as many other examples I could give). Ich drehe durch! 🫣

[long whale]

It's not the only confusing verb we've got, is it? Had a look at DWDS? ;)

[steel patrol]

No, it definitely isn't. 😂 Ok, will do in a sec!

[nova sparrow]

maybe you should think about it like "take away" with it's plenty meanings
You take a gift away (to preserve it for later
You take a roadblock away (to get rid of it...)
You take sth away from the floor (like picking it up)
all this is aufheben in its context...

[steel patrol]

@long whale I've just read through the 'meanings' section and had a look at their ways of explaining it. And if I understand correctly, it's to do with taking note of the exact collocations that are used (whether or not there's a reflexive verb, what noun it's directly acting upon, etc.), and then, of course, context? Since everything in German is about context. 😄

[steel patrol]

This really does help, thank you so much!

[narrow pier]

so there is no difference between a Kinderfrau and a Tagesmutter. nanny takes care of some other peoples' kids and gets paid too

[steel patrol]

I still need to get into the habit of using monolingual dictionaries, but I'll admit that I'm still a little bit afraid to...

[narrow pier]

so the term is old fashioned, ok thank you

[long whale]

There is a huge difference. As pointed out by some of the other posters. ;)

[long whale]

It's not just that. Tagesmutter - that's like 1 woman running her own tiny little Kindergarten in her own home.

Not the child's home, not at night - and she often has some kids of her own she takes care of alongside those for whose care she gets paid.

[narrow pier]

ok, now it is clear

[slate salmon]

Last question, I promise!:) Are these 2 sentences grammatically correct? Viele Menschen brachten ein weißes Blatt Papier mit oder sie benutzten ihre Smartphones um ein weißes Licht zu erzeugen. Sie gelten als Protest gegen die Zensur, denn Weiß ist in China die Farbe der Trauer.

[grizzled rose]

*ein weißes Licht

Because "Das Licht"

[long whale]

I'd say "Das gilt" instead of "Sie gelten". Not that yours is wrong, it just made me pause for a moment, trying to figure out whether "sie" referred to "viele Menschen". Does that make sense?

[slate salmon]

Ah, yes! Thanks

[narrow pier]

Hello, a questions please

In der Nacht zum Teil starke Gewitter mit Sturm und Hagel. Am Montag stark bewölkt mit zeitweise leichstem Regen.

Die Frage ist :
Das Wetter ändert sich in der nächsten Woche ---> Richtig oder Falsch

Die Antwort ist ( Richtig )

Aber was ist der Grund dafür?

Ab Montag bedeutet nächste Woche???

[whole portal]

Well yeah

if you're giving the weather for monday it's obviously some time before monday which means it's the week before

[narrow pier]

Ok, danke

Sie hören: 1„In der Nacht zum Teil starke Gewitter mit Sturm
und Hagel. Am Montag stark bewölkt mit zeitweise leichtem
Regen“ (richtig); 2 „Am morgigen Sonntag zunächst Son-
nenschein. Dabei ist es feucht-heiß mit Temperaturen um
die 35 Grad” (c); 3 „die Vera hat angerufen, sie kommt mor-

why is it ( Montag ) then Sonntag, is this how weather is forecasted??

or maybe in the audio I missed something

[long whale]

Probably not. It doesn't matter much, though, does it? What they say is "am morgigen Sonntag", i.e. tomorrow, on Sunday -> you know today is Saturday -> you know Monday is next week. ;)

[narrow pier]

oh makes sense

[fervent kernel]

K2 in past tense is basically plusquamsperfekt right?

[long whale]

Mm... ich hätte gesehen (Konjunktiv Plusquamperfekt) ich hatte gesehen (Indikativ Plusquamperfekt) If that's what you mean by "basically"... 😄

[fervent kernel]

so yes except the umlauts?

[long whale]

Oops. Edited/Corrected my above post - got the names of the tenses wrong.

[fervent kernel]

But you use it as the sole past tense of k2 right?

[long whale]

For hypothetical situations in the past, yes.

[fervent kernel]

Danke

Btw what verbs are used colloquially in k2?

[long whale]

🤔 Pretty much the same ones you'd use in Präteritum instead of Perfekt, i.e. mainly modals, and some very frequently used verbs like wissen, gehen, finden - depends on the speaker, really.

[fervent kernel]

dnake

[safe palm]

Who wants to help 2 beautifull Young girls with german presentation ? Just Look if we are writing corectly

Please

(Poland)

Just check

[long whale]

Under 300 words -> you can post it here. More than 300 words -> #writing ;)

[safe palm]

Thx

[versed wasp]

@long whale ganz kleine Frage. Was ist der Unterschied zwischen (nur) und (nur noch)?!

[long whale]

Ich habe nur 3 Äpfel = I only have 3 apples vs. Ich habe nur noch 3 Äpfel = I only have 3 apples left ;)

@versed wasp

[sly creek]

Hallo! is that correct? : Am wochenende, ich war zu hause.

Ich habe die ganze Woche gearbeitet

In meinem Urlaub war ich in Cordoba.

Das war im dezember

Früher habe ich gerne Popmusik gehört, aber jetzt mag ich Rock mehr.

[whole portal]

Am Wochenende war ich zu Hause.

Ich habe die ganze Woche gearbeitet**.**
Das war im Dezember**.**

[fervent kernel]

if im trying to put stole in the middle of my sentence as a verb would it be die stola or just stola?

[plain umbra]

Sorry, what do you mean by stola?

[fervent kernel]

Stole

[plain umbra]

The English verb "to steal" as in taking things illegally?

[fervent kernel]

yeah

waittt i think im dumb

[plain umbra]

Ah, I see the mistake. You looked up "stole" in the dictionary and saw "die Stola", right?

[fervent kernel]

yes i did

[plain umbra]

Okay, makes sense. That's a different word, specifically it's a noun referring to some type of clothes.

[fervent kernel]

Ohhh okay what would the right word be then?

[plain umbra]

When looking up verbs, it's best to look up the basic form (in this case "steal") and make sure the German form ends with -en or -n.

[fervent kernel]

I will try that

[fervent kernel]

thank you ill remember that

[plain umbra]

No problem. In that case feel free to try it, and then try using it in a sentence and post it here, if you want a correction.

[fervent kernel]

Die sea möwe klaut stehlen mein sandwich. would this be right?

[plain umbra]

Why did you use both klaut and stehlen?

[fervent kernel]

oops i forgot to delete klaut

[plain umbra]

Np, in that case don't forget you need to change stehlen to the correct form.

[fervent kernel]

which is its correct form i dont know a lick of german

[plain umbra]

Do you see what 7 wrote above with the different forms of stehlen?

[fervent kernel]

yes

[plain umbra]

You have to change the verb so that it matches the subject.

Just like how in English, you have "I eat" but "he/she eats". The verb changes.

[fervent kernel]

Okay so it would need not be steal but steals or stole right

[plain umbra]

A singular noun such as "die Möwe" uses the same conjugation as "er/sie/es".

[plain umbra]

"Stole" is past tense. You could use it but if you're a total beginner and learning verbs for the first time, you should start with just present tense until you feel comfortable with that.

[regal lion]

I just want to make sure my notes are correct

[plain umbra]

It's correct, but you don't capitalise "ich" in German except at the start of a sentence.

[regal lion]

Oh ok thank you

[fervent kernel]

Die sea möwe es stehlen mein sandwich.

[plain umbra]

Die Möwe stiehlt mein Sandwich.

[fervent kernel]

so no need for the sea at all?

[regal lion]

I thought it might be similar to English where you always capitalize the I in anything with yourself

But ig not

[plain umbra]

You could call it Seemöwe (one word) but I think people just call it Möwe.

[fervent kernel]

alright so just möwe

[plain umbra]

Yes, and don't forget that nouns need to be capitalised.

[fervent kernel]

Die Möwe stiehlt mein Sandwich is right then

[plain umbra]

Yeah.

[fervent kernel]

Thank you

[plain umbra]

No problem.

[fervent kernel]

So another question I think I got it down now

Meins liebling Vogel ist das Kaiserpingin. is this right?

[sly creek]

Danke!

[regal lion]

In study tasks A, am I correct with

Der möwe stelhen mein sandwich.

[plain umbra]

Not quite.

1. Check the gender of Möwe.
2. Make sure all nouns are capitalised.
3. You have to conjugate the verb.

[regal lion]

How do I do those?

Atleast 1 and 3

[plain umbra]

When you say your "favourite" something, it's all one word. Like this: Mein Lieblingsvogel. Check the spelling and gender of Kaiserpinguin.

[plain umbra]

Do you use a dictionary?

For example, I like to use dict.cc.

https://www.dict.cc/?s=Möwe

You can see that Möwe has {f} next to it. That means it's a feminine noun.

[regal lion]

Yes I did and I saw there were masculine and feminine nouns similar to Spanish but wasn't sure on which to use

[plain umbra]

Which dictionary do you prefer to use?

[regal lion]

I dony have a preference at the moment

I'm using this one right now

https://en.langenscheidt.com/english-german/eagle

[plain umbra]

Okay, nice. In that one you can see how Adler has "m" next to it. That means it's masculine.

And do you know which article is feminine and which is masculine?

[regal lion]

I can tell when there is an m or f beside it

But from what I saw they were spelled the same so I took a guess one it was

[plain umbra]

Sorry, what do you mean? Which word?

[desert glade]

Can I please ask you about grammar Kein und keine
Ein und eine I know the difference but don’t know when to use them @plain umbra

[plain umbra]

Sure.

Do you know about when to use die/der/das?

To be clear, are you asking about when to use kein instead of keine? Or something else?

[stoic mauve]

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Hey! I'm doing an exercise on german.net and I cannot understand why "reiche" is more correct than "reichen". I'm guessing "Damen" is in the dative form and is a plural noun. There is no article either so the "reich" adjective should be declined with an "-en" (see second attachment). Am I missing anything?

Nov 30, 2022, 10:49 AM

[plain umbra]

@patent river It's "an jdn verkaufen", meaning that it requires the accusative case.

[patent river]

So both the item sold and the buyer take the accusative?

[plain umbra]

Yes. But one is the object of the verb verkaufen and the other is the object of the preposition an.

It's the same as if you have a sentence like "I place the book onto the table." Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch. Both objects are accusative, but the reason is unrelated.

[patent river]

Oh yes I've read somewhere that some prepositions can take both the accusative and the dative depending on whether the object is stationary. Which is clear from the book example. Maybe it's the same thing with verkaufen

[plain umbra]

No, it's not specific to verkaufen. It's just the preposition "an". It's a two-way preposition.

[patent river]

Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch
Das Buch legt auf dem Tisch
should also be correct I think

[patent river]

Das ist super! Danke!

[plain umbra]

Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch. Different verb.

[patent river]

Oh yeah legen and liegen, danke noch einmal!

[plain umbra]

Bitte.

[long whale]

Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch (different verb, just like English lay vs. lie, actually ;) )

[regal lion]

Möwe

[long whale]

There must have been an f next to it - and nothing else. 🤔

[plain umbra]

Can you post a screenshot of the page where you see both genders?

[regal lion]

Yea I think I can, give me a min to find it

[regal lion]

Yea that's what it was

[brazen python]

was ist der unterschied zwischen "nun " und "jetzt"
ich verstehe nicht🥹🙏🏻

[long whale]

I don't think you need to worry about that too much. 🤔 There are a few expressions where only 1 will work (Jetzt oder nie! = It's now or never! resp. "von jetzt auf gleich" = from one moment to the next; all of a sudden). And then, "nun" can also be used the way you'd use "well" in English: Nun, ich glaube... (Well, I believe/think...). But that's about it. ;)

[brazen python]

Okay<3 danke schön I just started seriously leaning German today, I'm so glad you helped me💕 danke schön!!

[naive pelican]

Quick question, this is internally killing my soul. How do you pronounce "r"? I've been trying a thousand and 1 times but I can't get it right 🥹

[long whale]

You mean the one as in "rot"? Have you tried gargling? ;)

[naive pelican]

yes, no I haven't. I guess it's cause I took Italian and I'm so used to rolling r's.

[naive pelican]

thank you for the tip though

[long whale]

Well, there's a region in Germany where they pronounce the R (as in "rot") the Italian/Spanish way. So, you could just concentrate on other aspects for the time being. ;)

[naive pelican]

ohhhh, thanks!

[livid abyss]

does keine Sau sound rude

[long whale]

It's very, very colloquial. Whether it sounds rude depends on context: if somebody's telling a story and you say "Das interessiert doch keine Sau", it means "Nobody gives a fuck about this" So... :D

[livid abyss]

Oh, thanks! I will try not to use it haha

[grizzled dew]

Liebe Frau Huber,
Mein Geburtstag ist nächste Woche, am Mittwoch. Ich möchte Sie gerne ins Restaurant Mond einladen.
can someone help with the third one, the Fragen Sie: Essen? one pls and the ending aswell

[long whale]

Please don't post the same question in more than one channel. People may not realize it has been answered/discussed elsewhere -> waste of time and effort.

[thorn zodiac]

Could someone tell me which tense is the gewesen sein part is? If I had to guess its future 2 but I thought that needed wird.

"Was macht euch so sicher, dass es nicht auch eine Frau gewesen sein kann?"

[long whale]

It's actually modal verb + perfect. ;) Look at something like "He can't have eaten all of that" = Er kann (can't) all das nicht gegessen (eaten) haben (have). Now remember some verbs, among them "sein", require "sein" as their auxiliary in Perfekt: It can't have been a woman = Es kann keine Frau gewesen sein haben Does that help?

[reef moss]

Personally, I find this sentence to be grammatically questionable, even if it is idiomatically correct, because I think the thought is more clearly expressed with Konjunktiv: […] dass es nicht auch eine Frau hätte sein können. Perhaps better: […] dass es nicht auch eine Frau gewesen sein könnte.

I say this critique, because it is talking about a possibility, not a matter of fact

[thorn zodiac]

So if I understand correctly, sein is just added if its required depending on the verb? This is the one thing I kept being confused on why a sein was there

[thorn zodiac]

I just quoted the book, which is a translation so idk

[long whale]

Yes, in that construction, you will get either "sein" or "haben" - depending on the verb you're using. E.g. gehen (which requires "sein" in Perfekt) -> Sie kann nicht gegangen sein (She can't have walked)

[reef moss]

There are transitive and intransitive verbs; the latter of which will (I think always) use sein as a helping verb. An intransitive verb is generally a verb of motion. In other words, if it moves, use sein as a helping verb

[long whale]

Not quite sure what you're on about. Your 1st alternative could never work: I'm about 99% sure it's about the woman being the criminal: Sie ist es gewesen (She's the killer/criminal; She's the one who committed the crime) - Nein, sie kann es nicht gewesen sein (No, it can't have been her) ;) Whether to use "kann" or "könnte" is a matter of how certain you are (i.e. totally subjective). ;)

[thorn zodiac]

does können use sein? I only see haben with it on the dictionary

[long whale]

No, but "sein" does: es ist - es war - es ist hat gewesen (it is - it was - it has been)

(If we're looking at form, not meaning, because Perfekt does not correspond to present perfect in meaning)

[thorn zodiac]

I think I understand know, I was focusing on the second verb not the first. Danke

[reef moss]

I had a long message talking about points in time when the crime could have taken place and where the speaker is temporally relative to the statement, but I shall just say this: K2 implies that someone has been charged as a criminal, while the others say that the identity of the true criminal is still unknown

Kann still sounds incredibly wrong to me, even it I translate it to English. I guess that's just my intuition, then

[wicked bridge]

how would you say "What does [insert word here] mean?"

[long whale]

Hmm... Definitely know better than to argue about grammar with you. 😄 But I read your 1st alternative as somebody having doubts as to whether this shadowy figure was in fact a man, because, really, might it not have been a woman? Was it a he or a she? While I read the original sentence (and your 2nd one) as people speculating as to the sexual identity of a criminal: Was it a he or a she who done it? ;)

[reef moss]

TL;DR: All sentences are possible, but context is important xD I think my brain is struggling with the point in time the crime was committed relative to the point in time the statement was made… If one is making this statement (with kann) temporally relative to the crime, then the deixis is all off. If the person is making a statement temporally relative to a statement that was just expressed about the crime , then the use of 'kann' seems acceptable.

[dry olive]

ich versuche gerade schon Minuten diesen Satz zu verstehen (aus Der Vorleser):

“ich verstand… dass sie sich mein Verhalten aber einfach nicht bieten lassen durfte”

normalerweise würde ich irgendeinen Versuch bieten, bin jedoch ganz verloren 😭

[long whale]

"sich etwas [nicht] bieten lassen" = to [not] put up with something ;)

[dry olive]

ach sooo

[dry olive]

danke 🫶

[fervent kernel]

What is the hardest topic in German?

[long whale]

Why do you ask? And what kind of answer are you expecting? 🤔

[fervent kernel]

Just asking. Is it unfair question?

[long whale]

No. I'm just not sure how/what to answer. :)

[upbeat thicket]

What exactly do you mean? I think it highly depends on personal previous knowledge e.g. your native language etc.

[fervent kernel]

Ah okay 👍

[fervent kernel]

My native language is Arabic

I just want to know the hardest topic to be aware of that

[long whale]

I think it's the combination of lots of rules and rote learning required to construct even a pretty simple sentence correctly which many learners find daunting, at least at the beginning: Which case/s does the verb require? Does it require a certain preposition? If so, which case does the preposition require? And to apply these cases, you have to know the gender of the nouns and you have to choose the correctly inflected article. If there are adjectives involved, these will also need to be inflected, depending on case, gender (in singular) and depending on whether or not you're using an article for the attendant noun. And after you've got all of those right, there is syntax/word order to consider. 🤷

[fervent kernel]

okay so every noun that I learnt I need to know the gender as well. If that so all depends on gender maybe

[long whale]

Yes. It's a good idea to learn the plural form of the noun together with its gender: dog = der Hund, die Hunde ;)

[deft perch]

As an Arabic native speaker I'd say that German and Arabic may have some stuff in common. Such as the ability to have whatever you want to focus on in position 1. Some Nomen Verb Verbindungen make sense for us. But one cannot rely on such stuff. If you don't learn well you'll end up Ahnungslosig. Also something like verb coming at end of sentence makes us headache. 🤷

[fervent kernel]

Good idea 💡 thanks

[fervent kernel]

How about verbs?

[long whale]

Mm... I didn't mention those, because you have to learn about conjugation/tenses (and often also vowel change) in many (most?) other languages as well, don't you?

[fervent kernel]

The no concept of neutral nouns in arabic

[deft perch]

Well I learnt these in other languages before so it wasn't too weird for me😅

[charred fog]

I mean it's not that complicated, especially if you already understand how 2 genders work

at least arabic has cases, even if they're not mandatory and don't change how they're inflected based in gender

[stiff slate]

what is the subject in a sentence like "Mir ist kalt"?

[undone verge]

invisible 'es'

[tranquil flower]

"Mir ist kalt" (usually no "es") literally means "(It) is cold to me". This is because you feel cold and are not actually cold.

[stiff slate]

thanks! i had my suspicions that that's what it translated to literally but couldn't find the answer

[tranquil flower]

To say Ich bin kalt, you are saying either a) you have a cold temperament or b) your core body temperature is cold, in which case you're probably dead and aren't talking anyway. (In an actual example, this means you would say Die Leiche ist kalt with nominative and not Der Leiche ist kalt with dative.)

[cobalt drum]

schauen lara und zoe gern serien? would the start "schauen" be right?

also Ja, sie _______ gern Serien.

[fervent kernel]

how would you say you are watching a specific show? i know that to say you are watching TV its "Ich sehe fern" and i feel like for a specific show it would be related to that sentence but idk

[undone verge]

yes

[undone verge]

schauen, gucken

[maiden badge]

Can I say:
Sie machen Vorschläge für Jans Geschenk und gehen zu ein Geschenk kaufen los.
(Can I use second verb with trenbar verb-or any other verb?)

[long whale]

The 2nd part doesn't work, I'm afraid. Do you know how to say "in order to" in German?

[maiden badge]

Nope?

[long whale]

Then best just end the sentence after the first "Geschenk" and create another sentence saying "Then they buy a present for Jan" ;)

[maiden badge]

Sie machen Vorschläge für Jans Geschenk. Dann gehen sie los und kaufen ein/das Geschenk.
Does this work @long whale ?
Thanks @long whale !

[zealous jolt]

yes its right

[maiden badge]

Oh thanks @zealous jolt

One more question:
Ich schenke meinem Vater auch eine Sandale, weil seine Sandale kaputt war.
Should I put meinem Vater before or after the object?

[long whale]

Word order is fine, but... one sandal? A single one? 🤔

[maiden badge]

Oh my bad XD Eine Paare Sandale? Or Sandalen commonly means a pair?

[long whale]

Yes, you'd just say "Sandalen", and it's understood it's a pair.

[maiden badge]

But it can also means multiple pair of Sandals?

[long whale]

In theory, yes.

[maiden badge]

Gotcha. Again, thanks for your help :]

[south bough]

Hello, how do you say a friend without it sounding like she's your girlfriend?

[regal kindle]

'eine Freundin' should do the trick. Only 'meine Freundin' can be misunderstood

[celest elbow]

if the friend is male, you can also say Kumpel

[night dagger]

Kumpeline

eine Freundin von mir too.

[whole portal]

In some Regions they also say Kollege I think

[young arrow]

"Die Module können zusammen oder einzeln abgelegt werden." What significance does werden have in this sentence? Does it indicate Passiv here?

[visual field]

hi can someone please explain to me what’s the difference between Spielt and Spielen?

[plain umbra]

faq present tense

[stoic mauve]

Conjugation

Präsens (Present Tense)
When you use a verb in a sentence (or clause), you have to conjugate it (change the form) to match the subject of the sentence (or clause).

For example, in English, we write I eat but he/she eats. The verb has a different ending! The concept is the same in German, except German has more endings.

The first thing you need to know in order to conjugate verbs is: which ending fits which subject? Here is a simple verb “trinken” (to drink) as an example:

trinken
ich trinke
du trinkst
er/sie/es trinkt
wir trinken
ihr trinkt
sie trinken / Sie trinken
(Note: the conjugation for sie (they) and Sie (formal you) is always the same)

Vowel/Stem Changes
There are a few variations and exceptions, but the most important is vowel changes (also called stem changes). Some verbs get a vowel change, which only affects the du and er/sie/es forms of the verb. (However, modal verbs and wissen have their own special pattern, which also has a vowel change in the ich form.)

Example: ich schlafe, du schläfst

Other Changes
There are various other differences but I can’t describe them all here, so please read these websites or use Google to find more information: https://www.vistawide.com/german/grammar/german_verbs_present_tense.htm
https://www.thoughtco.com/german-present-tense-verbs-4074838
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/PresentTense/Present.html

[plain umbra]

Maybe this helps?

[visual field]

very much! danke 🙏🏼

[long whale]

Yes, it's Passiv.

[wise ravine]

"It feels like " ist wahrscheinlich wie "Ich/Man hat das Gefühl" oder? Dann wie sollt man als non-Muttlersprache etwas wie "Gefühlt gibt es nur noch" erfinden 😭

also zwischen" Ich/Man hat das Gefühl" und "Gefühlt gibt es nur noch", passt eins natürlicher

[undone verge]

gefühlt, is quite common

'ich habe das Gefühl, dass'

geht auch

[granite spade]

'zum anderen in den analoger Verfahren in dem Gedichtzyklus selbst, [...]' From a book I'm reading, is this analoger a grammatical typo? I'd have thought dative plural in den = analogen

[long whale]

I would need the whole sentence to be able to tell.

Depending on what went on before, it's quite possible the part you quoted is correct.

[wise ravine]

ok kalr. Ich wusste das nciht

indes vs indem? irgeneine Unterschield?

[maiden badge]

What's the difference between aufräumen, sauber machen, and etwas putzen?

[undone verge]

aufräumen = tidy up
sauber machen = make something clean
etwas putzen = also cleaning something.

[maiden badge]

So sauber machen and etwas putzen can be used interchangeably?

[undone verge]

mmmm not always

[maiden badge]

Mmmm can you provide some examples?

[undone verge]

I am trying to think of something. I am not 100% sure here honestly, as I don't use either one often or really hear them being used a lot. But imagine by 'putzen' you could be closer to someone really hunched over something putting their elbow grease into scrubbing it.

for most intents and purposes I think you'll be fine interchanging

any fine-ness can be gained over time through exposure

[long whale]

"etwas putzen" usually involves some sort of scrubbing, "etwas sauber machen" - not so much. I'd say that's it. ;)

[wise ravine]

heilige scheiße deutsch ist so complex 😭

[maiden badge]

In a nutshell:
Ich putze die Spüle mein Badezimmer. Ich mache mein Zimmer sauber.
Something like that?

[long whale]

That sounds fine, yes. ;)

[maiden badge]

Crystal clear. Vielen Dank für ihre Hilfe, hallö_hierchen und Susana :]

[wise ravine]

if i say "Induktionsereignis" kann ein Deutscher Muttlerspracher herausfinden, was ich meine?

und auch, warum musst es "ein" vor haben?

bin verwirrt

[delicate tiger]

depends on the case

[edgy hemlock]

Hallo Leute und guten Abend 🙂 ich habe eine Frage nach Auswahl eines Verbs :

1. Es ermöglicht uns, unsere Karrieregelegenheiten zu erhöhen
2. Es ermöglicht uns, unsere Karrieregelegenheiten zu vervielfältigen
   Hier ich möchte sagen, dass "unsere Karrieregelegenheiten" mehr als eine wird. Ich bin mir aber nicht sicher, welches geeignete Verb ich benutzen kann. Aus meiner sicht bezieht sich das Verb "erhöhen" nicht auf Vervielfachen der Karrieremöglichkeiten, sondern eher als Vergrößerung von einer schon verfügbaren Karrieregelegenheit (wie "to increase the chance of getting the opportunity"). Bezüglich der Verben "vervielfältigen" und "verfielfachen" an sich finde ich auch nicht geeignet (für die habe ich recherchiert, dass die meist Bezug auf Menschenreproduktion haben 😦 ) wahrscheinlich habe ich nicht so gut recherchiert, aber könnte jemand mir dabei helfen, für das richtige Verb zu entscheiden?

[wise ravine]

achso es ist MIT meinen Kolleginnen

aber warum meineN, weill Kolleginnen ist die, ne?

falls es feminin ist, sollt es meineR sein, oder?

[long whale]

It's plural

(which is evident because of the ending -innen)

[wise ravine]

i see

Sie wurde gefragt

she was asked - warum ist es nicht sie WAR gefragt?

[long whale]

It's passiv. "gefragt sein" = to be popular -> Sie war gefragt = She was popular

Sie wurde gefragt = She was being asked

[wise ravine]

oh mein gott ich wusste das nicht

komplett anders bedeutung

[wise ravine]

wurdern = wurden?

dann die unterschield zwischen wurden und waren?

[fervent kernel]

"wurdern" is not existent in german language. "wurden" is correct.

[long whale]

When "werden/wurden" is used for Passiv, it's like the continuous form in English. "sein/waren" + past participle is called "stative passive" (Zustandspassiv): Die Pflanzen wurden gegossen (the plants were being watered - process) vs. Die Pflanzen waren gegossen (the plants were watered - state, i.e. the earth around them was wet)

[languid pewter]

hello people I need some one to help me to solve this exercise please 🙏

[long whale]

If you ask us specific questions, tell us what exactly you need help with/don't understand, we'll help you. We won't do the work for you, though. ;)

[languid pewter]

yeah I get it thanks you, but I fond some who want the explain the exercise

[gloomy kindle]

Hi!
I just have something to check.

For example,
Ich bin Lehrer.

When we want to say "also"
Do we write it like this:
Ich bin auch Lehrer.

Does the noun always come after "auch"?

And here:
Ich surfe gern.

Do we say:
Ich surfe auch gern. (?)

[long whale]

Both your sentences are correct. And I think "auch" is usually put after the verb (there might be a difference between "after the verb" and "before the noun", you see)

[gloomy kindle]

Thank you so much! ❤️

[granite spade]

'Die Frage differenziert sich nach zwei Aspekten, zum einen in den der Präsenz einer entsprechenden, auf die Spezifik des im Canzoniere modellierten Affekts abhebenden Natur-Allegorese in anderen Texten des Autors, zum anderen in den analoger Verfahren in dem Gedichtzyklus selbst, Verfahren näherhin, die eine ähnliche Bezugnahme auf vorgängige Diskursschemata mit entsprechend gleichgerichtetem Interesse dokumentieren.' (From J. Küpper, Das Schweigen der Veritas) Sorry, it's a long one haha

[regal kindle]

in den [=den Aspekt] analoger Verfahren (Genitiv)

'den' is not an article here btw.
It's a demonstrative pronoun replacing Aspekt from earlier.

That's the same. 'den' stands for Aspekt here, too.

zum einen in den [=den Aspekt] der Präsenz einer [...] Allegorese....

Absolutely convoluted style of writing, tho.

[granite spade]

Ah yes thanks a million

[regal kindle]

Nichts zu danken!

[granite spade]

and yes it can be quite headache inducing haha

[stray atlas]

is their an equivalent to slash used as and or, "hey Tim my acquaintance slash work friend"

[steel patrol]

"bzw." (beziehungsweise) might be a good fit.

[brazen python]

Was ist " süße Maus " 😂 I saw this word in my Twitter feed and I try to googling but I still don't understand

Is it slang? Like a " sweet heart " ?

[undone verge]

yes, a fond nickname

pet names we call them in english

[brazen python]

Okayyyyy🤍🤍🤍thank you thank youuuuu

[gloomy kindle]

Hi,
Want to check if this is correct:

Wir sind heute glücklich.

When we want to add möchten,
Will it be written like this?

Wir möchten heute glücklich sein. (?)
Is it sind instead of sein?

[long whale]

No, your sentence is correct. modal verb (möchten) + infinitive (sein)

[gloomy kindle]

Thank you!!!! 💛💛💛💛💛🥺

[frozen oar]

kann jemand mit ein deutsh powerpoint helfenkann jemand mit ein deutsh powerpoint helfen

[scarlet citrus]

Was beduetet man mit achso weil ich seh das überall

[long whale]

~ I see; [now] I get it. "Ach so?" can also mean "Oh, really?"

[scarlet citrus]

Ach so😆 danke

[flat ruin]

Ich esse gern Tomaten - also nehme ich >dieses< Salat.

is dieses not correct here?

could it be diese instead?

[long whale]

No. Neither is correct. What gender is "Salat"?

[charred fog]

*was meint man

[flat ruin]

masculine? der Salat?

[proven sphinx]

Yes, but "dieses" is used for neuter nouns, such as "Ich nehme dieses Buch".

[flat ruin]

hmm. Would it be dieser then?

[proven sphinx]

"Ich nehme ----- Salat". What case is "Salat" here?

[sick sky]

||diesen||

[flat ruin]

Oh this is helpful. Thank you I got it

[distant urchin]

I believe it would be "verstanden" since "kann" is a conjugated verb already, all other verbs would go in the infinitive.

[undone verge]

it would be 'verstehen' @fervent kernel @distant urchin

modal verbs require the use of the infinitive for the second verb in normal present

weil ich nicht verstehen kann, btw

so fully correct: 'Ich finde Physik schwer, weil ich (sie) nicht verstehen kann'

alternatively: Physik fällt mir schwer.
It is already obvious that you have trouble understanding it if you find it difficult

please see the correction above

to me it still sounds weird with no subject of clause following.
Ich finde Physik schwer, weil ich nicht verstehen kann.... (what can't you understand?)

either you don't understand physics (Physik verstehe ich nicht)
or you don't understand some particular aspect: ...weil ich nicht verstehen kann, wie eine Katze sowohl lebendig als auch tot sein kann.

[exotic token]

Grundstufen grammatik

[long whale]

... weil ich sie nicht verstehen kann (Putting "sie" in brackets may have looked confusingly optional?)

[exotic token]

Grundstufen grammatik

[undone verge]

...,weil meine Mathekenntnisse nicht gut genug für Physik sind.

note again that 'weil' clauses send the conjugated verb to the end

[wise ravine]

faq akkusativ

[stoic mauve]

When do I use the accusative case?

The accusative case is mainly used:

- to mark the direct object of many transitive verbs

Ich lese einen Roman.
Er hat die schöne Frau ermordet.
Sie besitzen kein Auto.

- after some prepositions

Danke für deine Hilfe!
Ohne dich kann ich nicht leben.
Sie hatten keine Einwände gegen den Plan.

The following prepositions are always followed by the accusative case:

bis, durch, für, gegen, ohne, um

- to indicate movement in a particular direction in two-way prepositions

Er steigt auf den Gipfel.
Sie hängt das Bild an die Wand.
Ich gehe gleich ins Bett. (ins = in das)

- by adverbials of time and measurement

A definite length or point in time:
Ich habe den ganzen Tag geschlafen.
Sie kommt nächste Woche zurück.

A measurement:
Das Kind ist vier Jahre alt.
Das Tier ist einen Meter groß.

Expressing distance with verbs of motion:
Ich ging die Treppe hinauf.
Ich lief den ganzen Weg zu Fuß.

- in common greetings and wishes

Guten Morgen/Tag/Abend!
Gute Besserung!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

Here there is an implicit verb such as 'wünschen', where the greeting/wish is the direct object.

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[wise ravine]

what about the rest of the transitive verbs?

it says MANY transitive verbs, but that implies not all right? So where can I find info about the others?

[fervent scroll]

there are dative verbs

jemandem helfen

I think it is considered transitive

there are also genitive verbs

[fervent kernel]

<@&305455824174710787> 🫣

[near folio]

Ich habe die FAQ geschrieben, also kann ich ein bisschen näher erklären:

Mit "transitive" habe ich es im weitesten Sinn gemeint: ein Verb, das ein grammatisches Objekt fordert, egal ob Akkusativobjekt oder nicht. Das heißt, die meisten aller Verben fordern ein Akkusativobjekt, während die anderen entweder ein Dativobjekt oder ein Genitivobjekt oder ein Präpositionalobjekt verlangen. Genau genommen sind die transitiven Verben nur diejenigen, die ein Akkusativobjekt verlangen (aber damals wusste ich das nicht).

Hier ist eine Liste von Dativobjekten (und Akkusativobjekten): https://de.pons.com/daten/pdf/Praxis-Grammatik/04_Verben_mit_Dativ-_und_Akkusativobjekt.pdf

und hier ist eine Liste von Verben mit Präpositionalobjekt:

ex pferd's verb list

[stoic mauve]

Verbs with prepositions

Linked is a table of verbs with prepositional objects, and nouns and adjectives that are paired with certain prepositions. Examples sentences are given for (almost) every word.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14sOz9dpsht9aw7_z2hVhjCj-5tMc0MxshWbnerdcRPs/edit#gid=0

This table is curated by @near folio. Feel free to ping him directly if you have words or examples of your own or have noticed a mistake.

[wise ravine]

achso danke für die erklährung

[opaque egret]

Quick question, what's the proper way to say "I fell asleep"

Lol this is random and weirdly specific but I think I have it translated wrong

[long whale]

Why, what is your translation?

[opaque egret]

I a m e m b a r a s s e d t o s a y

In case I'm wrong 😭

I hate messing up its so embarrassing for no reason

Ich.. bin? Eingeschlafen?

*wait.

[long whale]

Ich bin eingeschlafen.

Yes. Exactly. :D

[opaque egret]

i was right!!

I don't know I have no faith in myself

Thank you thank you for the confirmation 😊

[long whale]

If it's soooo embarrassing, you can always check deepl.com Then, if their translation is wrong (which it usually isn't), it won't be your fault. ;)

[opaque egret]

Ahh oh yes ty ty 😭

[steel patrol]

Any tips on how to improve specifically formal vocabulary? As things currently stand, I can talk to people pretty freely/painlessly, but only in a casual setting (I may have also gotten a little too used to inserting modal particles - the ones that I know - into my sentences any chance I get), so it's a bit of a mess. Writing an email to a German company, for example, takes so much time, focus and research. Do I just really need to get into topics such as business, politics, and true crime or something for a while? I can't really think of anything else I could do, but maybe there are more obvious solutions out there.

[fervent kernel]

is memorizing this really worth it?
https://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/Wortbildung/Inseparables.html

[long whale]

Well, I'd say knowing those 9 prefixes are inseparable ones is useful. If only because you'll be aware all of the other prefixes are potentially separable. 🤔

[fervent kernel]

i mean their meanings

[long whale]

Not for those where they say they have a great many (or even several) meanings, no.

[delicate tiger]

Grammatik ist ok, Inhalt ist fragwürdig

[upbeat thicket]

am elften Dezember

[wise ravine]

unterschied zwischen zäunen und umzäunen?

[delicate tiger]

das erste wird praktisch nicht mehr genutzt

ich zäune = ich errichte einen Zaun
im umzäune etwas = ich errichte einen Zaun um etwas

[brittle wedge]

Could a kind soul explain to me when to use Kein and Nicht?

[steel patrol]

"kein" is used to negate nouns, and "nicht" is used to negate verbs & adjectives.

[brittle wedge]

Could you give examples?

[steel patrol]

Ich habe keinen Hund - I don't have a dog

Ich fahre nicht gerne - I don't like to drive

Dieses Haus ist nicht klein - this house is not small

(Changed the last one to a better example for clarity)

[brittle wedge]

Danke

[opaque egret]

Hallooo. So I want to listen more to German conversation and get more familiar with it and I heard the easiest way to do so is to watch German cartoons! Do any of you have (and please, I'm a brand new learner) any reccomendations of easy to understand basic level cartoons I can watch?

(If you have any answers make sure to ping me)

[night dagger]

try #resources, there’s a sticky that might have something

[opaque egret]

Ahh yes I checked but it didn't seem to have a straight answer for cartoons or anything, just more advanced shows and informational videos. I want to know if there's possibly anything on youtube available but I'll also check out the informational vids

[night dagger]

Might be worth making a post in the #942470380692590632 or even on Reddit - this is the time of the day when the server is not so active.

[opaque egret]

Ahh okay I see. thanks!

[opaque egret]

Is "was ist sie lieblingstier?" Correct? I don't think it is, but if I was asked to translate "what is your favourite animal" into German that is how I would do so ._.

[night dagger]

was ist dein Lieblingstier

can also use DeepL.com

[opaque egret]

Ahh shoot I used dein earlier but

[night dagger]

Very good translator

[opaque egret]

DeepL. Didn't use dein at all it was an entirely different sentence

Which made my confidence drop further

[opaque egret]

Ahh sheesh I don't understand any of this AHH

I'm trying but

[night dagger]

Its okay, gotta start somewhere

[earnest arch]

You can adapt the translation. It usually uses the Sie-Form automatically. Just click on the pronoun and you can change that.

[opaque egret]

Ohhhh ok I see!

[cobalt drum]

Das ist Frau Pauker. Sie ist ein Biolehrerin in der Klasse 7a. ○ Unterrichtet sie auch Sport?
would ein be correct use in this sentance

[delicate tiger]

check gender forms for "ein"

[fervent kernel]

eine

hallo

[cobalt drum]

Nein, sie ist das Sportlehrerin.

would das be the proper use

[fervent kernel]

warum kann ich nicht in room beitreten

[inland night]

No, ‘die’ for ‘die Lehrerin’

[cobalt drum]

i am really stuck on this the answers are cap sensitive and i have read all of my text books and i still don't understand what i am doing wrong

[delicate tiger]

remember to add a . at the end and to use a form of "ein"

[bold cradle]

Kugelschreiber

[long whale]

I'm not sure what the answer for 3 is supposed to be, but it sure as hell is not "Trachee", which is the medical word for "trachea", i.e. part of the breathing apparatus.

[molten mortar]

Hmm I guess it's Startlinie in German.

Never heard of Trachée either, I just know that it is a Luftröhre in French.

[flat ruin]

Hallo! I am having trouble with this worksheet

https://i.imgur.com/MtDkUat.png

Could anyone help me understand how I am supposed to use the words given?

[delicate tiger]

for the first one: Ingrid hat ____ Tochter und ____ Sohn

[flat ruin]

oooh! Got it now! Danke!

[narrow pier]

Hallo there peppa pig on youtube

and @viral jolt sagt er schaut gerne House of dragons, aber velleicht das ist ja ein bisschen schwerer

[flat ruin]

https://i.imgur.com/9O3G0GW.png

forgot to ask sooner, but I am stuck on this one

[timid vector]

all 3 words have the wrong form of "ein" before them

gender of Mutter is wrong, you forgot the one before Vater and the gender of Opa is wrong too

[flat ruin]

oh woops. Btw before Vater there needs to be a word too?

[timid vector]

Does Pascal have father? or does he have a father

[flat ruin]

Pascal hat eine Mutter, einen Vater und einen Opa.

this seems good?

[timid vector]

generally english and german are pretty 1 to 1 with the indefinite article except with professions

[flat ruin]

gotcha! danke

[urban musk]

If any German-adept folks out there are willing to let me dm them a little German segment I wrote for grammar correction, I would greatly appreciate it 🙏 💖 just lmk if you are available

[rocky sorrel]

You can DM me if still needed.

[opaque egret]

Why is it that some sentences are "sie sind" rather than du bist? I translated "you are too weak" using DeepL and I thought the translation would be "du bist zu schwach" but it came out "sie sind zu schwach." Im sure "du bist zu schwach" isn't incorrect, (hopefully), but why does this sentence use sie sind?

[rugged swift]

Du bist - you are talking to a friend
Sie sind - you are talking to a teacher/stranger

Formal and informal (or however it's called)

[opaque egret]

Ohhhh! I understand okay thanks!

[opaque egret]

Is ihre like this, too? Is it like "your" but more formal?

[jolly urchin]

would this be correct way to use relativsatze

Ich streite mit meiner Schwester, die das Auto nicht aufräumt.

[solemn steppe]

what does "genötigt wurde" means tho?

[regal kindle]

"was coerced/was forced"

[ripe breach]

Hallo, Welche Antwort von diesen vier Wahlen ist richtig? Normalerweise verwendet man "bei" oder "mit", aber es gibt keine hier .

[upbeat thicket]

First of all it has to be "Deutschlernende" and "Viele Deutschlernende haben große Schwierigkeiten beim/mit dem Hörverständnis.

[ripe breach]

Also ist die Frage falsch entworfen? Keine von den vier Wahlen ist richtig?

[undone verge]

I would assume they want answer c

[long whale]

Exactly. None of the answers work.

[ripe breach]

Danke schön!🥹🥹

[charred fog]

you have to make sure the I in Ihre is capital because otherwise it means something else

[timid vector]

you need to capitalize the Sie form
Sie/Ihr = you/your (formal)
sie/ihr = she/her or they/their

oh oops I didn't see the previous message lol

[urban musk]

yes please! Thank you so much <3 I'll send it your way :)

[storm gyro]

Könnte jemand mir sagen,ob diese Satz richtig ist? Alle Staatlichen und privaten Einrichtungen die der Entwicklung einer Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.

[fervent kernel]

aight, for position of indirecct and direct nouns, does preposition+pronoun count as pronoun?

[undone verge]

can you give an example?

my gut tells me no, since prepositional phrases are not objects of verbs

but I don't really know what you mean

[undone verge]

yeah has nothing to do with prepositions

[fervent kernel]

ik

but smth like this but with prepositions

[undone verge]

like what?

my point was that this sort of positioning does not apply to prepositional phrases

[fervent kernel]

wdym

[undone verge]

only to direct and indirect object pronouns

[fervent kernel]

im messing around at this point but why doesnt this follow tekamolo (Temporal Kausal Modal Lokal)?
I found this at sentence at fluentu where it was "Josh hat gestern aus Rücksicht auf seine Oma sehr laut am Küchentisch gesprochen."
Is this just deepL being imperfect?

[gusty silo]

it does sound a bit weirder to me then the formulation from fluentu

[ruby ferry]

hello! just a quick one. writing a Christmas card to my tutor and want to make sure I get it right. ‘Vielen Dank für all deine Hilfe in diesem Jahr’ is this correct and the right tone? ☺️ i worry it will be too informal or something, even though she said she prefers du as Sie feels weird to her

and to end with herzliche Grüße would be ok as well?

[rocky sorrel]

If she said she is okay with "du", go ahead. The sentence is alr. Ending with herzliche Grüße would be alr too.

[drifting wigeon]

Ja ich denke das stimmt nee

[rocky sorrel]

das stimmt nee? xD

[drifting wigeon]

Was ist lost

[regal kindle]

"Josh hat gestern aus Rücksicht auf seine Oma am Küchentisch sehr laut gesprochen."

The adverbial "aus Rücksicht auf seine Oma" is a weird one. It is an adverbial of "Haltung des Subjekts" (adverbial of subject stance/attitude?) and these follow different placement rules, although they are usually grouped with the modals.

Tekamolo is only a very rough systematisation of adverbials (depending on how you count there's up to about 15 kinds). It is a very good approximation, but it has it's exceptions especially when it comes to certain modals. Local adverbials can be moved a lot, too.

"Gestern war es hier sehr kalt." e.g. is perfectly fine.

Corrected an error.

[brittle scarab]

How do you say 23:30 informally? Instead of saying dreiundzwanzig Uhr dreißig?

[bitter lantern]

y’all i really need sb to do my german homework because as per usual i forgot and I do not speak it i will pay in decent enough drawings of anything really just please help a brother out

i’m desperate

it’s a single page come on guys I didn’t want to ask but it’s late and i’m tired

[glass hawk]

faq homework

[stoic mauve]

How to ask a question

If you want something corrected, you can put it in a Google Doc and share a link with permission level »can suggest« in #writing .

Don't ask us to translate something for you outright: that takes professional time and effort and we're not here for that. You can try your luck with deepl.com.
For single words, use dict.cc or another dictionary, it'll be quicker.

If you want to know if/how a word can be used, provide some context to help us understand the situation.

Don't ask us to do your homework or exams for you! Show us your best attempt at something and try to pinpoint what exactly you don't understand.

[neon meadow]

hey y'all i need your help, i'm a 20y.o med student and i want to learn german from scratch to go to germany for both living and working in the medical field so if any1 can help me out and point out the steps i need to start learning or at least the sources to get going with learning german language and thanks in advance 😗

[glass hawk]

Post >faq getting started in #botchannel and you'll get a rundown you can scroll through to begin to take steps

[brittle scarab]

How do you say 23:30 informally? Instead of saying dreiundzwanzig Uhr dreißig?

[neon meadow]

ty ❤️

[kindred anchor]

Hey! Quick question: does the prefix "dar" that comes before certain verbs indicates something? And is it a separable part of a verb?

[long whale]

https://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/Wortbildung/Separables.html

;)

[long whale]

Scroll down to the table titled umgangssprachlich: https://deutsch.lingolia.com/de/wortschatz/zahlen-datum-uhrzeit/uhrzeit

[kindred anchor]

Thank you. I guess I didn't google it enough.

[long whale]

It wasn't supposed to be passive-aggressive. It's simply the best site I know for that particular topic. ;)

[kindred anchor]

Bookmarked!

[boreal pollen]

ahh ive been wondering about this danke 👍

[fervent kernel]

are all specifics worth wondering or should i read a lot and rely on intutiton

[regal kindle]

I don't think you can learn the details by studying theory. I'd suggest immersion.

[royal wyvern]

Sagt man auf Deutsch "einen Test nehmen" oder etwas anderes?

[reef moss]

If you are physically taking the test (like taking it from the hand of the prof, then yes, haha). The phrase you are looking for is »einen Test schreiben«

[royal wyvern]

Ahh I seeee

I've been messaged by a recruiter about a job in Hamburg and my qualifications sound perfect except 'fließende Deutschkenntnisse' and I'm trying to ask if B1-B2 would be suitable, and also that I need to take a language test first to qualify for a visa

[near folio]

B2 würde vielleicht gehen, aber die Firma erwartet wahrscheinlich C1 oder C2. Wenn die Geschäftssprache Englisch ist, dann könnte sie vielleicht ein niedriges Niveau akzeptieren.

[royal wyvern]

Yeeeah, it's an IT job so most likely not

But I'm getting there

[keen fog]

Ich kann nicht anrufen

[solemn steppe]

i can help

[snow relic]

Halb vierundzwanzig

[fervent kernel]

Du meinst halb Null

Oder halb vor Null

[delicate tiger]

"halb zwölf"

[vague rover]

When saying halb/viertel vor/nach we usually use 1-12. 13:00 = 1, 14:00 = 2, etc. So, 12:30 = halb eins, 13:30 = halb zwei, etc.

[vital iris]

Hallo
Wie kann man das Wort "bloß" verwenden ?

[long whale]

It's a colloquial synonym for "nur".

[vital iris]

Das Fitnessstudio ist ein geschlossen Raum aber man kann auch ins Fitnessstudio trainieren (eine Activität). Soll man "zu" oder "in" Fitnessstudio gehen sagen ?

[charred harbor]

Neither

[long whale]

If the question is "Where?", as in "Where do you exercise?", you must use Dativ with "in".

[charred harbor]

Well “in einem” would work

[long whale]

If the question is "Where to?/Towards where?", use Akkusativ with "in".

[long whale]

As you know, in einem F. gehen doesn't really work. ;)

[charred harbor]

Oh sorry I was looking at the “ins Fitnessstudio trainieren” tbh

My bad

[long whale]

I had a feeling you weren't purposely trying to confuse OP. ;)

[charred harbor]

Gehen is a movement verb (traversal)
Wohin gehst du? -> Ich gehe zum/ins Fitnessstudio
Trainieren is a static verb (no traversal)
Wo trainierst du? -> Ich trainiere im/in einem Fitnessstudio

[vital iris]

So I can only use "zu" if I am asked "What are you doing ?" and I intend to answer with the activity I am doing at the gym ?

So saying "Ich gehe zu dem Fitnessstudio" means I am going to the gym to train ?

[vital iris]

Isnt it traversal ?

[long whale]

Wo/Where? -> Ich trainiere im (= in + dem) Fitnessstudio (Dativ)

vs

Wohin/Where to/Towards where? -> Ich gehe ins (= in + das) Fitnessstudio (Akkusativ)

@vital iris

[charred harbor]

Apart from a couple of exceptions (where the contracted version is super colloquial) contracting it is more natural, and not contracting it would actually change the nuance

So your version grammatically works but “zum” would be more common and generally more natural to most people

[vital iris]

Gotcha

But I am a little lost

[charred harbor]

In short “zu dem” gets reduced to “zum” and “zu der” gets reduced to “zur”

[long whale]

What about, exactly?

[charred harbor]

Ich gehe zum Arzt, ich gehe zur Schule

[vital iris]

So can we say, that if a you can practice an activity in a geschlossen Raum, the Präposition "in" is better to use, but if there is not geschlossen Raum, then "zu" should be used ?

[long whale]

You cannot use "zu" when you are doing something somewhere. It is only used for moving somewhere (Ich gehe zum Arzt = I'm going to the doctor's). And "zu" always requires Dativ, while "in" is used with either Dativ (when someone/something remains in a certain place) or with Akkusativ (when there is goal-oriented movement).

[vital iris]

In an Easy German video (the youtube channel), I saw that you have to use zu when talking about going to: People, Activities and events

Is that correct ?

[long whale]

Yes.

[plain umbra]

@vital iris @long whale Well, just to clarify that a bit, you don't "have to" use zu, right? Sometimes there can be another option, like "auf" for some events?

Like you can see "Ich gehe zur Party" but also "Ich gehe auf die Party".

[long whale]

Yes, sometimes, there may be another option.

[vital iris]

So I guess I just need to consume more german content to kind of get of the feeling of colloquial stuff

[long whale]

Nothing to do with what's colloquial. For local prepositions, rote learning and/or exercise sheets may be quicker than reading/listening. ;)

And you may first want to watch a video or two, or read up on Wechselpräpositionen, i.e. two-way prepositions.

[narrow pier]

Hi guys

What is this a warning a German teacher on instagram posted

[long whale]

It's just a kind of test - the government sent this notification to everyone, I suppose to see whether everything works smoothly. If there ever is a national emergeny, they don't want to find out things are going wrong with the technical side of sending a message to every single cell phone in the country. And I guess this guy hadn't seen the news where they'd announced this test warning would be sent.

[narrow pier]

Oh yeah, that makes sense. The Girl on instagram posted this and said " Mir ist Morgen das Herz in die Hose gerutscht "

[fervent kernel]

What's the difference between als dass and um/zu?

[vital iris]

Thanks a lot of the help

[narrow pier]

hello, @long whale , you explained to me what the difference between sorgfältig and vorsichtig ist, but when I looked at them again now, I can not understand. like sorgfältig means also to be careful but danger is not involved, how?

if you have to be careful danger is always involved

Sorgfältig - das ist eine sorgfältige Arbeit

hier ist eine sorgfältige Prüfung, Auswahl nötig
.
.
Vorsichtig

ein vorsichtiger Mensch
vorsichtige Fragen, Andeutungen, Formulierungen

what does a careful work even mean?

like he was very focused on his work, so sorgfältig means to pay attention?

[long whale]

It's usually used after "zu + adjective", plus, in English, you'd usually have for + noun/pronoun, instead of just "to": The opportunity was too good to miss it = Die Gelegenheit war zu gut, um sie sich entgehen zu lassen vs. The opportunity was too good for him [to want] to miss it = Die Gelegenheit war zu gut, als dass er sie sich entgehen lassen wollte.

[long whale]

"sorgfältig" is pretty much a synonym for "gewissenhaft" (conscientious/ly)

[narrow pier]

but what is it used like, what differentiates it so much

is this the meaning of ( conscientious -wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.)

and gewissenhaft - mit großer Genauigkeit und Sorgfalt vorgehend
"eine gewissenhafte Untersuchung"

so I was right, it means to do something carefully, as in, to pay attention to your work.

but you can not say, pay attention to your children, what they are watching on their screens ( here vorsichtig must be used )

and here, instead of aufpassen you could say ( Eltern müssen vorsichtig auf ihre Kinder sein ) is this true?

[long whale]

No, that does not work.

[fervent kernel]

danke

[long whale]

She only watches videos of cute little kittens

[fervent kernel]

wissen sie irgenwelche nicht so schwere deutsche Buecher, die interresanten Handlug haben?

[long whale]

Books written by German writers tend to be chock-full of idiomatic expressions. I'd recommend reading the German translation of a book you enjoyed reading in your native language.

[fervent kernel]

Danke für das Tipp

[modest bear]

How would you say " I read during my flight"

I remember my German teacher telling me to not use " my " a lot as it means I own the thing. I don't own the flight? Would I still use mein?

[summer stag]

Id would be changed to : I read during "the" Flight - Ich lese während "dem" Flug

[timid vector]

Ich habe während des Fluges gelesen wäre nach den Regeln korrekter

vielleicht ist dies also besser im Unterricht

[modest bear]

tsym!!!

[modest bear]

ty!!

[lilac cave]

This sounds weird, but does any native German speaker understand why a German might call Asparagus in English Aspargus? Completely missing out the last a sound?

My German dad does it all the time and he speaks English fluently

[long whale]

Are you sure? I mean, if I say it quickly, it tends to sound like Aspa'agus. But there is no reason related to German pronunciation, if that's what you mean. Among other things because the German word Asparagus is only used for the (not very) decorative houseplant. The German word for the vegetable is Spargel.

[lilac cave]

Hmm, okay thanks

Yeah, I brought it up with him and he does definitely say Aspargus

[raven matrix]

Good day everyone. Can anyone help me please? Is this sentence grammatically correct: Französisch ist meine Muttersprache, aber ich habe zwei Fremdsprachen gelernt. Ich habe fließendes Englisch gelernt und Ich habe ein bisschen Deutsch gelernt.

@long whale

[long whale]

Yes. - ich doesn't get capitalized.

[raven matrix]

TYSM! I'm making that mistake frequently, I gotta be more careful .

[opal cove]

Gibt es nen Unterschied zwischen "Schwermut" und "Melancholie"? Wenn ja, was? Wenn nein, was würdest du eher sagen?

[fervent scroll]

damn, I have so much trouble understanding fast speech
ich wollte (würde?) noch mal sagen, ich habe eine Woche lang über die ??? gemacht und ich bin Kostas? ?? normal? und ich ??? zusammen machen
https://youtu.be/epY1pUtqOyo?t=342

[versed wasp]

im Vorteil sein // von Vorteil sein
Was ist der Unterschied dazwischen?!

[opal cove]

Soweit ich weiß wird "im Vorteil sein" in einem Kontext verwendet, in dem es sich um ein menschliches Subjekt handelt.

"Ich bin ihm gegenüber im Vorteil -- ich bin schneller als er. Ich bin mir sicher, dass ich den Wettkampf gewinne."

"Von Vorteil" wird benutzt wie im Englischen -- "to be advantageous".

"Es ist von Vorteil, dass..."

[long whale]

No. They're synonyms.

[opal cove]

Ty, ich frage nur denn es scheint mir, dass Melancholie eher häufiger beim Lesen vorkommt.

Seit drei Jahren lerne ich Deutsch und jedes Mal, das ich hier ne Frage stellte, hast du sie beantwortet. Vielen Dank lmao

[long whale]

You're right - DWDS answers this if you have a look at the graph in the upper right hand corner, Wortverlaufskurve, where Schwermut is a little below 0.5 and Melancholie somewhat over 2. The meaning is still identical. ;) And you're very welcome. https://www.dwds.de/wb/Melancholie

[fervent scroll]

kann mir jemand mit der Umschrift helfen?

[modest marten]

Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass er etwa Folgendes sagt:
"Ich wollte nur mal sagen, ich hab mal eine Woche nur etwas mit Ivanka gemacht habe und nicht mit Costas und dann kam so ein Roman, dass wir nichts mehr zusammen machen."

Ich musste aber auch das Video langsamer stellen, um das festzustellen.

[fervent scroll]

vielen Dank!

[earnest arch]

Sie sprechen super schnell

[narrow pier]

hello, which of these German words are used for humans and which for things or non humans

for the word famous, popular, like something having fame, either a book is read by many people, a type of bicycle is famous. ---> beliebt, bekannt, populär , and any other common german word which has that meaning

I am not sure also if it is used like that in English

kann man sagen ( Diese Jahren is Comics lesen sehr populär geworden) this is true according to me but I might have gotten the " Comics lesen" wrong

but deepl uses ( wurde ) which I do not know when it is use

( in den letzten Jahren wurde das Lesen von Comics sehr populär )

[long whale]

There's also "berühmt" (famous), and all of them can be used for people and objects.

In den letzten Jahren wurde (Präteritum) das Lesen von Comics sehr populär vs. In den letzten Jahren ist das Lesen von Comics sehr popular geworden (Perfekt)

Another possibility would be "In den letzten Jahren ist es sehr populär geworden, Comics zu lesen" (or ... wurde es sehr populär). Please compare those versions to your version (which has various issues).

[narrow pier]

even berühmt? this was the reason I actually asked, thank you so much

[long whale]

https://www.dwds.de/wb/berühmt ;)

[narrow pier]

mine is incorrect, because I think ( Diese Jahren is not equal to in the recent years ) and also there was a mistake of writing (is ). and i think I can not use ( comics lesen ) as noun, which I did in my sentence?

[long whale]

Diese Jahren does not exist; yes, the typo; and the noun doesn't really work, no.

[narrow pier]

you are right, although berühmt and bekannt is more favorable to be used with people rather than things, or no?

and how would that ( rather than ) be translated correctly in German?

[narrow pier]

Danke

[long whale]

No... I don't think so. - You need some sort of comparative + "als": Diese Wörter werden häufiger/öfter für X verwendet als für Y

[narrow pier]

The ( Perfekt ) version means, that it was popular at the time and is not popular now, but using ( Präteritum ) has the opposite meaning?

[long whale]

Perfekt and Präteritum have the exact same meaning.

[narrow pier]

thank you

I got confused between **anstatt **and **statt **in many examples people use, I tried to figure it out just by examples, and thought one of them would be used here. what very main difference they have, like what type of word?

[narrow pier]

ok thanks, but can one express what I just implied with just a tense or you would have to give context, like ( Es war in den letzten Jahren populär geworden, Comics zu lese. Jedoch jetzt ist das nicht der Fall )

[long whale]

No difference, just use "statt".

[long whale]

You'd use a different verb, "sein" instead of "werden": In den letzten Jahren war es sehr populär... (or: ist ... gewesen)

That implies it's over now, but you could add "Jedoch ist das jetzt nicht mehr der Fall" (please pay attention to word order!) (nicht mehr = not anymore)

[narrow pier]

👍

[narrow pier]

Thanks that makes so much sense

[warm moon]

Hallo Leute! Ich habe eine Frage! Ich muss ein paar Sätze im Passiv bilden. Ist "Auf der Straße muss rechts gefahren werden" richtig? Original Satz war "Auf der Straße muss man rechts fahren"

[stoic cove]

entschuldigung, kann jemand mir helfen?

ich brauche einen Hilfe fuer korrektur meine grammatik

Das Volksmärchen maßgeblich bestimmt wird von der Vorstellung oraler Überlieferung und der damit verbundenen inhaltlichen sowie sprach-ästhetischen Veränderung bis zum Zeitpunkt seiner Verschriftlichung. Aus dieser Tradierung ergibt sich, dass kein einzelner namentlich bekannter Autor für das Volksmärchen genannt werden kann.

ist das richtig oder nicht?
danke

[long whale]

Das Volksmärchen maßgeblich bestimmt wird von der Vorstellung -> if you put the conjugated part of the verb where it's supposed to be (Pos. 2), all the rest is fine.

[jaunty monolith]

Was haltet ihr denn von dieser Übersetzung? Iwie kommt sie mir sehr komisch vor. Hättet ihr andere Vorschläge, wie man meinen Satz besser auf Deutsch sagen könnte?

[proud roost]

"Ich warte nur darauf, ins Flugzeug einzusteigen" oder so was ähnliches wäre vermutlich besser

Alternativ ginge auch "Ich warte nur darauf, an Board des Flugzeuges zu gehen."

[jaunty monolith]

Vielen Dank!

[charred fog]

it's correct but I think it would sound better if you said "Ich habe fließendes Englisch und ein bisschen Deutsch gelernt"

[undone verge]

I think it sounds weird to say 'fließendes Englisch lernen'

could be wrong, but to my ears it sounds better something like 'Ich habe gelernt, Englisch fließend zu sprechen' or 'Ich kann fließend Englisch sprechen'

[fervent kernel]

can i drive 50cc scooter/moped wit the car license?

[delicate tiger]

please ask only in one channel

[lilac cave]

Is the sentence "Mein Vater ist verrückt" correct?

[long whale]

Yes.

[lilac cave]

Danke

[thorn lagoon]

If I want to say "since x years ago", must I say "vor seit x Jahre"?

[charred fog]

no

seit x Jahren

[thorn lagoon]

Ahh, Danke

[heady drum]

ja das klingt schon zu schnell - damit meine ich, ich habe gedacht, ich hatte die Videogeschwindigkeit auf anderthalb mal oder so. Das klingt auf keinen Fall natürlich. LOL spricht er wirklich so?

[earnest arch]

Ja, ich glaube schon. Ich kenne Leute, die fast so schnell reden.

[heady drum]

😱

[wanton zodiac]

what does schicke Zimmer mean in this context?

i'm asked to make a graph in english based on this description

[long whale]

https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/deutsch-englisch/schick ;)

[wanton zodiac]

so its really literally fashionable?

[long whale]

Well, I guess "stylish" would be a better choice in the context, but yeah. It's the germanized spelling of "chic" 🤷

[wanton zodiac]

thought it was just mistranslation

[long whale]

Why?

[wispy jetty]

What is the difference between Hühnchen and Hähnchen? Aren't they both just chicken as in the meat?

[timid vector]

one is chickens the animal one is chicken the meat

I think in that order but I mix it up

[wispy jetty]

Isnt Huhn the animal chicken?

[fervent kernel]

Hühnchen can specify living chickens too
Hähnchen is cooked chicken meat usually.

[wispy jetty]

Also can you use Huhn for meat AND animal? or strictly for animal?

[wispy jetty]

I see danke

[fervent kernel]

Both forms are related to the female or male chicken

[long whale]

Yes, both are fine.

[fervent kernel]

Hühnchen - Huhn
Hähnchen - Hahn (rooster)

[wispy jetty]

Ok ok, this makes sense thank you!

[pale ermine]

hey there i wanna ask, from i knew is that in imperative we need to change verbs with e to either i or ie but why is in this sentence the schenken doesnt turned to schinken/schienken?

[fervent scroll]

only irregular verbs

and only in the du form

geben Sie
gib

[charred harbor]

It’s honestly kind of random

[fervent scroll]

is it?

[charred harbor]

I meant what’s irregular and what isn’t lol

[fervent scroll]

it's only the verbs that change in the present tense too

ich lese, du liest -> lies
ich spreche, du sprichst -> sprich
ich schenke, du schenkst -> schenk

aber ich schlafe, du schläfst -> schlaf, it doesn't get the umlaut

[tardy shadow]

Well that's helpful

[narrow pier]

hello, the difference between (liegen ) and (legen), like a common difference?

liege means is layed there

legen is used for the action??

[narrow pier]

.

what is a vase called in German with a plant in it, not sure in english too.

meaning you say ( die Vase ) just for the object, but would you still say ( Ich habe eine Vase in meinem Zimmer, sie steht neben dem Bett und eine andere unter dem Fenster)

or do you just say , ( Ich habe zwei Pflanzen in meinem Zimmer )??

[long whale]

Yes, I'd say that would be the usual way of putting it. Houseplants grow in flower pots (der Blumentopf), but you wouldn't say you've got 2 flower pots in your room - it's the plants which matter. ;)

[narrow pier]

so you would just say ( I have two plants or two flowers )

and usually when you have flowers in your room, like it is many flower inside a vase, do you say, ( Ich habe zwei Vase von Blumen ), because I do not know how to say it in another way ). or it flowers still count as plants

[narrow pier]

Danke

[long whale]

https://tenor.com/view/plants-planting-green-gif-26050665

You're confusing me. What exactly do you have in your room?

The above? Or this:

https://tenor.com/view/rosevaze-gulvazo-gullervazolu-takipji-cicek-gif-19360408

?

[narrow pier]

I do not have any plants actually in my room actually , it was for an exercise in a book that needed to be done with a partner, which I did it by myself

[narrow pier]

well firstly I wanted to describe the above one, but then I wanted to know how would you say, you have to of those of the ( flowers ) one in your room

[long whale]

1 - die Pflanze, die Zimmerpflanze (im Blumentopf) 2 - der Blumenstrauß (in der Blumenvase)

[narrow pier]

ok, Thank you so much, when I say ( Zimmerpflanze ), you do not have to say ( I have it in my room ) like --> Ich habe zwei Zimmerpflanze und fünf Blumensträuße ( Aber für den Blumenstrauß muss ich das erwähnen, dass er in meinem Zimmer ist )

I make everything really detailed even in school and other subjects, I do not know if it is a positive thing

but I am comfortable this way, thank you @long whale So MUCH !!! Herzlichen Dank

[long whale]

I can see that you do, and I'm not quite sure it's 100% positive. ;) It depends on context, I'd say. If you're describing your room, you don't need to mention those plants or bouquets are in your room. ;)

[narrow pier]

yeah, thanks for the feedback on my thing

[narrow pier]

https://tenor.com/view/vielen-dank-danke-dankeschon-duinrell-duinrel-gif-16812198

[rare silo]

Hello Leute!
How can I say "I'm climbing the stairs" & "I descend the stairs" in german? Danke schoen

[long whale]

faq translation

[stoic mauve]

How to ask a question

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For single words, use dict.cc or another dictionary, it'll be quicker.

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[halcyon garnet]

ich steige die stiege hinauf & ich steige die stiege herunter?

[rare silo]

Ja und man kann auch "Ich gehe die Treppe hinab" & "Ich gehe die Treppe hinauf" sagen.

die Treppe(n) ( = Stiege(n) ) hinaufsteigen ( = hinaufgehen ).
die Treppe(n) hinabsteigen ( = hinabgehen )

[delicate tiger]

Vorsicht: "Stiege" is Austria only

[grim wind]

Why we say that

Wenn der zuck nach Frankfurt Up fährt

and not that

Wenn fährt der zuck nach Frankfurt Up

[fervent scroll]

der Zug

wenn is a subordinating conjunction

it introduces a Nebensatz

and Nebensätze have a different word order, in which the verb comes last

[wispy jetty]

In german do people not use “dass” a lot to say “that”? I’ve been told that instead of saying
Ich kenne dass Website
you’d say
Ich kenne die Website (or das or der i guess depending on the noun)

[fervent scroll]

dass is a conjunction

I know that I'm the best

ich weiß, dass ich am besten bin

[rugged swift]

Wouldn't it be "Ich weiß, dass ich der beste bin"?

[fervent scroll]

could be

[rocky sorrel]

Both are alr, but "der Beste" is more common.

[edgy hemlock]

Hello everyone, I have a question. I don't really catch what the highlighted part of the sentence is trying to tell us. "people who are in the workforce, carried out by a large fund", which type of workforce is it referring to? the ones who work in big companies or?

I have shallow knowledge if talking about economy and stuff, but this thing is related to the theme of my group project, I've searched about this "carried out by large fund workforce" on google but still I haven't had a clear answer for it

[upbeat thicket]

I think it is supposed to mean: ... we know from a representative survey (carried out by a big health insurance company = durchgeführt von einer großen Kasse) of people, who are in the workforce right now... , literally: who are standing in the life of work = die im Arbeitsleben stehen

Since this has something to do with finding out that some people take medicine to boost their concentration and attention I think by "große Kasse" (big cash register literally) a health insurance company = Krankenkasse is meant

[edgy hemlock]

Ach so! Ich akzeptiere Ihre Meinung und nehme sie als mein Verständnis, Dankeschön

[fervent kernel]

Is it
Sergio möchte ihm zum deutschkurs anmelden
Or

Sergio möchte ihn zum deutschkurs anmelden

[proud roost]

The second one

[undone verge]

möchte sich für den Deutschkurs anmelden <- if you mean he's registering for it himself

[proud roost]

Do pay attention to capitalisation though: "Deutschkurs" would be capitalised since it's a noun

[undone verge]

if he's registering someone else (an unnamed 'he') then the second, yes

[vital iris]

Ist "sich über jnd lustig machen" ein Ausdruck ?

Was ist das Unterschied zwischen: "Das wollte ich ändern" und "Das mochte ich ändern"

[gusty silo]

jupp, "sich über jemanden lustig machen" ist ein häufiger Ausdruck

[gusty silo]

hm, das Verhältnis der Indikativ- und Konjunktivformen von 'mögen' ist etwas kompliziert. ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher ob "das mochte ich ändern", in der Vergangenheitsform, überhaupt jemand sagen würde

mag kann man als Alternative zu will benutzen, ist aber nicht überall gebräuchlich und kann teilweise recht komisch klingen. da wäre mochte ja theoretisch das Gegenstück zu wollte, aber de-facto hört man es glaube ich kaum

oh, äh, for clarity i'll even say this in english: mochte is very very different from möchte

[vital iris]

Isnt one in präteritum and one in present ?

[gusty silo]

theoretically that is a difference, de-facto it isn't
(edit: well, no, i said this wrongly. that is part of the difference but not the full story at all)

mochte is indicative past, möchte is subjunctive 2, which is principally a past subjunctive, but de-facto isn't a past tense

[long whale]

I think we mainly use "mögen" in Präteritum to say we used to (not) like something/someone, i.e. without a 2nd verb: Ich mochte ihren letzten Freund (I liked her last boyfriend) resp. Früher mochte ich keine Oliven.

[gusty silo]

so it's sort of... yes one has past meaning, the other isn't necessarily past or present, but the difference is also (or more) indicative versus subjunctive

[vital iris]

Okey, now it´s clearer

Thank you guys

[gusty silo]

mögen is just especially complicated with the relation of grammatical form and meaning 🤷

[vital iris]

Also one last thing, how to use zu am Ende. For example "Ich gehe ins Fitnessstudio zu trainieren" or "Ich fing an eine Diät zu machen"

I see here it kind of has 2 uses

The first one I can traslate it to english "to"

But second one idk

[gusty silo]

the problem with the second one is not a grammatical one, it's just that in english you don't say "i make a diet"

instead you "go on" a diet, if i'm not mistaken. the structure of the sentence isn't fundamentally different at any rate, german literally says "i started to make a diet", english might say "i started to go on a diet" i think

fwiw, the first sentence actually seems weird to me in german. i would say either "um zu trainieren" or "zum Trainieren"

[long whale]

Agree with Verne: The 1st one doesn't work, it requires "... um... zu..." (in order to)

[knotty star]

Is "sympathisch" literally translated to "sympathetic" or there's more meaning to it? Because most dictionary translates it as "likeable" or "nice"

[long whale]

Yes, there's more to it. See here: https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/englisch-deutsch/sympathetic

[fervent kernel]

Ohne das - Null Artikel

[sand flower]

Ihr Zug sollte vor zwanzig (20) Minuten einfahren

Why is the modal verb 'sollte' in the 3rd position, shouldn't modal verbs always come in the 2nd position?

[gusty silo]

[Ihr Zug] functions as one unit as far as the syntax is "first position, second position" etc. is concerned

[foggy mist]

↑ that is exactly why it's referred to as "second "position", and not! second "word", as a position can be filled by a phrase (=multiple words) or an entire clause even

for the sake of syntax, a noun together with all attributes of that noun make up a single unit.
love - one unit
the absolutely incredible T-shirt - one unit
my funny uncle who blew up the toilet last year - one unit
(-This one even has a relative clause next to it but that also counts as a noun attribute, so it is still = one unit)

"Ihr Zug" is a noun and "ihr" a kind of article (a posessive article) also known as a determiner, but anyway it is a kind of attribute, so - one unit

[golden cradle]

Discord with another dagger in genitive’s back

[long whale]

... not to mention the poor nickname without its -n 😢

[golden cradle]

oh, that’s an attentive catch

but wait. I think it’s correct like that if you read name in English, which is reasonable, given that nick is

[foggy mist]

As far as I can observe, there seem to be at lesat two situations in which the Genitive is still used even in informal, casual speech:

sitaution 1: when one noun is an inherent part of a feminine or plural noun:
die Anzahl der Menschen
Anfang/Ende der Woche
etc.
Presumably because the awkwardness of the Genitive is mainly in neuter/masculine nouns, these are the ones who more experienced a shift to Dative
Ende vom Lied .. etc.

situation 2: with certain Genitive prepositions and, again, also usually only with femeinine or plural nouns, whereas a neuter or masculine noun will prefer to add "von" or "vom" and thus assume the Dative
ex:
innerhalb einer Stunde
but: außerhalb vom Zimmer

[undone verge]

the ones with von sound almost wrong to me they're so odd. I assume that the prevalence of genitive is at least partially regional and/or education or class dependent?

[foggy mist]

absolutely that as well

[plain umbra]

Yeah very much. That was the topic of the previous conversation being referenced.

[fervent kernel]

Hey guys. I tried to search for it, but I found it nowhere

What is a "Schulkunde"?

I know a "Kunde" is a client. But "school clients" don't make any sense to me.

Is it like, the kids' parents?

[glass hawk]

https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kunde#Substantiv,_f
See sense 2

It's die Kunde, not der Kunde

[fervent kernel]

school subjects then?

context is this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ye77r2WSpE
At 7:45

[golden cradle]

yeah

altho in the case of the video it’s not school for kids, but for the (i guess) teachers – class class in school school 😉

anyway, for comparison:
Erde = Earth
Erdball = globe
Erdkunde = geography (the school subject)

[sage canyon]

Is oben (above) a preposition in German, and if so, what case does it take?

[gusty silo]

oben is not a preposition, it is an adverb that denotes a location

[floral marlin]

Kann ich „Stoff“ sagen, wenn ich damit die Grundlage von jedwedem Ding/Substanz (Materie) meine, oder hält man in Physik eine Grenze zwischen „Stoff“ und „Materie“ ein?

Und hab ich meine Frage einmal verständlich formuliert 😭 lol

[long whale]

Have a look at 3 a and 3 b here: https://www.dwds.de/wb/Stoff Hopefully, that will answer your question.

[shut briar]

Ich bin sehr neugierig darauf, wie Feindienst von Dienst das compulsory war, wurde Dienst das voluntary ist

[long whale]

It's Frondienst, and you'll have to ask somebody from Switzerland, since in Standard German, it still means "unpleasant/hard/forced labour". However, since it originally meant "labour you were obliged to do without getting anything in return" (except supposedly the "protection" of the nobleman owning the lands), I guess Standard German has kept the idea of "forced/unpleasant labour" while Swiss German has kept the idea of "unpaid, i.e. voluntary work". 🤷

[shut briar]

Ja das ist eine mögliche Erklärung dafür

[timid vector]

In english you can say "Least (positive adjective)" to mean "most (opposite of the positive adjective)" -> least favorite, least cool, least tasty etc, is there a way to construct this in german or do you just have to use the actual opposite adjective?

[glass hawk]

For this purpose, I've definitely seen ‘am wenigsten’ used, although I have no idea how widely applicable it is or how idiomatic it sounds. I'm sure someone will chip in on that front.
»Das ist mein am wenigsten benutztes Messer.«

https://www.dict.cc/?s=am+wenigsten
A few entries down, this lists it with some adjectives.

https://glosbe.com/de/en/am wenigsten
There are also some sources of this sort of usage here, though you'll have to pick through the entries, as some use the phrase outwith that context.

[timid vector]

thanks 🙂

[fervent kernel]

Die, die die, die die Dietriche erfanden, verdammen, tun ihnen Unrecht.
Can someone please break this down?

[long whale]

But that's what violet is doing right now.

[fervent kernel]

I ddin't notice

sry

[slate salmon]

Hello, did I make any grammar mistakes? "Darüber hinaus wurde Elke Kahr die erste Frau an der Spitze der Grazer Stadtregierung und die erste Bürgermeisterin von Graz. "

[long whale]

No, grammar-wise, the sentence is fine.

[slate salmon]

Awesome, thanks : )

[versed wasp]

Hallo leute, ich habe eine kleine Frage für euch
was ist der Unterschied zwischen noch mal und wieder mal !?

@long whale

[long whale]

"wieder mal" translates to "again" as in "it's been quite a while since the last time". Depending on context, "noch mal" either translates to "once again", or to "one last time".

[dreamy juniper]

Hello I wanted to ask whether the following sentence is correct? I'm not sure if I can use weil and dass in the same sentence like that:
Ich stelle dieses Lied vor, weil ich denke, dass es originell und von guter Qualität ist.

[long whale]

Yes, that's fine.

[dreamy juniper]

Thank you!

[flat ruin]

https://i.imgur.com/tccJXD3.png

All good here guys?

You can just give me the wrong question, and I'll try fixing it myself (at first)

[spiral vapor]

6. has a wrong ending, in IV. first 3 verbs are wrong (they dont fit the given context)

[flat ruin]

Danke. Let me try fixing it.

[flat ruin]

https://i.imgur.com/gjh4nR4.png

Gut?

[spiral vapor]

almost!

1. Tanja UND Julia (plural), also it's auFstehen, not auSstehen
2. Sie -> again, Tanja UND Julia

[flat ruin]

oooh gotcha, thanks

[flat ruin]

https://i.imgur.com/WQNQQsC.png

I am a little confused with this one. For 1b, is meinen correct because Vater is masculine?

[spiral vapor]

Vater is masculine, however he's a subject in this (part of the) sentence, thus Nominativ shall be used

[flat ruin]

so just mein?

[spiral vapor]

yup

here: Freund is masculine, Hund is also masculine, but check which case finden takes

[flat ruin]

ah okay

[flat ruin]

Du bist gegen uns -- und wir sind gegen Sie.
or
Du bist gegen uns -- und wir sind gegen dich.
Which one makes sense here guys?

You are against us, and we are against you.

[steel patrol]

Well, to begin with, you need to decide how you want to address the person you're talking to... So is it the formal "Sie" or the informal "du"?

[spiral vapor]

And also if you're addressing a group of people or just one person.

[steel patrol]

So your second example is fine, but the first one would have to be changed to "Sie sind gegen uns -- ..."

[flat ruin]

I see. I suppose this is informal

[near folio]

und ob sie Monarchen sind

[spiral vapor]

Wie würdest du einen Monarch ansprechen?

[near folio]

Wir sind gegen Euch.

[spiral vapor]

ah ja

Ihre Hochheit