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[plush pelican]

😵‍💫

[long whale]

I think you captured it pretty well with the inbuilt cultural difference.

Btw, I remember the other discussion we had about it, and frankly, with Biden, I can at least understand why you'd want to use "werden/wird". In the other one, where they were talking about what was going to happen after the election, I could not. ;)

[plush pelican]

Well, danke for the explanations

[hushed dawn]

Interesse an vs für.. Gibt es einen Unterschied in der Bedeutung ?

[long whale]

No.

[grand hill]

Hallo
Ich mag kein Käse.
Ich mag nicht ein Käse.
Ich mag nicht einen Käse essen.
Ich mag keinen Käse essen.
Which sentence ist correct-more sutiable for saying "I don't like cheese"?

[solid zealot]

Ich mag keinen Käse

faq nicht

[stoic mauve]

Negation

Negations or negative sentences in German are formed with either kein or nicht.

You use kein if you want to negate nouns with an indefinite article or without an article, for example:
(1) Ich besitze kein Auto. (I don't own a car.)
(2) Ich habe keinen Hunger. (I'm not hungry.)

‼ kein is always placed right before the noun you want to negate. Also note that you need to decline kein.

If you want to negate anything else you use nicht, for example:
(3) Ich schlafe nicht. (I don't sleep.) [verb]
(4) Ich habe gestern nicht geduscht. (I didn't shower yesterday.) [verb]
(5) Ich gehe nicht gerne schwimmen. (I don't like to go swimming.) [adverb]
(6) Es ist nicht heiß. (It's not hot.) [adjective]
(7) Ich habe nicht dich, sondern ihn gerufen. (I didn't call you, but him.) [pronoun]
(8) Das ist nicht Peters Fahrrad, sondern meins. (This isn't Peters bicycle, but mine.) [proper noun]
(9) Der Zug kommt nicht um 18 Uhr an. (The train doesn't arrive at 6pm.) [preposition]
(10) Ich habe nicht das Essen bezahlt, sondern die Getränke. (I didn't pay for the food, but for the drinks.) [definite article]

‼ Note that nicht almost always comes before the word it negates, unless you want to negate a verb.
If that's the case, it depends on the tense of the verb and on whether there is an auxiliary verb or not. nicht is placed right after the verb if the verb is in present or past tense. For compound tenses or when the sentence has an auxiliary it is placed before the verb.

🌟 Confused by the terminology? See >ex Grammar terms

[small urchin]

A message by a native speaker:

weiss ich ehrlich gesagt nicht

Why did they put the verb in position 1 instead of going V2?

[timber yacht]

colloquially (and lazily) short for the reply "Das weiß ich ehrlich gesagt nicht."

[plush pelican]

This happens when they've omitted the first word, either "das", or sometimes "ich"

Like how in English, someone asks you a question and you might say "Dunno" instead of "I don't know" or "That, I don't know"

[vernal ermine]

Is there any possiblity of using trenbare verb with weil.

[acoustic breach]

Why not?

Er mag mich, weil ich gut aussehe

@vernal ermine

But the "trennbares Verb" is not seperated in Nebensatz

[vernal ermine]

How you use in negative sentence?

[acoustic breach]

Er hasst mich, weil ich nicht gut aussehe (negates "gut")

Im still thinking of an good example that negates the verb directly

Maybe
..., weil ich das Spiel nicht herunterlade

Ich lade das Spiel herunter
..., weil ich das Spiel nicht herunterlade

[vernal ermine]

Can you give some other examples also

[acoustic breach]

Mein PC hat keinen Platz mehr, weil ich zu viele Spiele heruntergeladen habe
Ich hasse das Kind, weil er immer herumläuft

Ich will bei dir sein, weil ich dich liebhabe

[vernal ermine]

Please give it in a present tense form

[acoustic breach]

The second and third are in present tense

[vernal ermine]

How about weil in 1st sentence and trenbare verb in 2nd how it change.? Please explain with examples

[acoustic breach]

Weil du schön aussiehst, habe ich dich lieb

[vernal ermine]

How it comes in negative form?

[acoustic breach]

Weil du schlecht aussiehst, habe ich dich nicht lieb

Same as how it works in Hauptsatz

Ich habe dich nicht lieb

[vernal ermine]

If we place nicht after ich, does it wrong?

[acoustic breach]

No it's not wrong, but the emphasis is different

Ich habe nicht dich lieb. Ich habe ihn lieb

[vernal ermine]

I didn't get your point

[acoustic breach]

Not you (so it's someone else)

If you say "ich habe nicht dich lieb", you are saying "I dont like you"

Ich habe dich nicht lieb: I don't like you

Ich habe nicht dich lieb. Ich habe ihn lieb
I don't like you. I like him

[vernal ermine]

But all looks like same

[acoustic breach]

I bolded the emphasised words there

I dont like you (I like someone else)
I dont like you (you are not good. I dont like it)

Maybe italics is clearer

Ich habe nicht dich lieb: I dont like you. I like someone else. I am emphasising that it's not you

In the end, the meaning is similar: you are not liked by me. The difference is the emphasise

Well, maybe there is a very slight difference

[vernal ermine]

Weil du schlecht aussiehst, habe ich nicht dich lieb.

Does this grammatically correct?

[acoustic breach]

Ja

But in this context i would prefer "dich nicht lieb"

Unless you want to say you like someone else instead of "dich"

[vernal ermine]

Yes I understand

@acoustic breach Vielen Dank 🙂

[calm kernel]

"Ich werde stark"
Is it:
-I am becoming strong
-I become strong
or
-I will be strong

I've seen it used like I will be strong but shouldnt it have been "Ich werde stark sein"

[sly summit]

can you give some context? because by itself it doesn't make that much sense

[calm kernel]

i mean, i've seen a vid about a guy talking about how men are supposed be strong for their family etc and a guy has commented "dann werde ich stark" or something

i dont quite remember it

[sly summit]

but I'd say I will be strong too. The "sein" would be a good addition to the sentence in german, but it isn't necessary

[calm kernel]

hmm i see

but it could also mean "become" depending on the context right?

[sly summit]

I would translate that to "Than I'm going to get/be strong" But thats more an interpretation because "stark" is very metaphorical in this context

[sly summit]

yes

[calm kernel]

ich werde immer stärker, indem ich Sport treibe

in this context it'd mean become i think

[sly summit]

yeah

[calm kernel]

einverstanden vielen Dank

[sly summit]

no problem

[icy flax]

Wird "Bleib mir vom Leib" heutzutage noch gesagt, oder ist es schon ein bisschen etwas, das Opa sagen würde, also das man als veraltend kennzeichnen könnte?

[timber yacht]

Eine Situation, in der jemand diesen Satz sagen würde, ist selten. Man sagt es noch heute, aber nur in einem eskalierten Moment. Es ist eine sehr, sehr nachdrückliche Forderung nach körperlicher Distanz. Jemand ist vorher in irgendeiner Weise zudringlich geworden.

[icy flax]

Danke dir, @timber yacht!

[outer ocean]

this feels more like: what would it be ? instead of whats written but maybe im reading it too literally

[valid ingot]

can u also say was mochtest du?

i dont have german on my keyboard so i cant spell it correctly

[outer ocean]

ye i get u

thanks

[valid ingot]

no man, i asked the question from you lol

like can i say it also like that

[dawn oxide]

Not in this context

[valid ingot]

would u mind explaining why

[dawn oxide]

Cause 'Was darf es sein?' is something you say to a customer in a restaurant or bakery or smth, 'Was möchtest du' just doesn't work in this context

[proven sphinx]

That must be like the weirdest phonetic transcription ever...

[dawn oxide]

Yeaah thought that too xD

On first glance I thought it was a different language or something 😭

[proven sphinx]

It looks like Yiddish. 😅

[lofty gull]

Could it be used to a friend or someones child? Would it be applicable in that context? For example mother and child are in restaurant and mom says to her child: Was möchtest du? - before calling a waiter and making an order.

[long whale]

Yes, in that context, "Was möchtest du?" is exactly the right question.

[median timber]

My mother wants me to stay home.
==>
Meine Mutter will, dass ich zu Hause bleiben.
Is this translation correct?

[undone verge]

looks good

oops no

bleibe not bleiben 🙂

[outer ocean]

Du musst gottgelassen sein! is the sein necessary ? if so why? you have a verb already so does it accent it?

[undone verge]

it is necessary, 'musst' is a modal verb here.
you must (musst) be (sein)

gottgelassen sein is what the person "must"

[outer ocean]

so you must be god calmed

in a sense

[undone verge]

well...I have to say I have not encountered the word "gottgelassen" before, but I'm not sure it means "god calmed"

but the grammar part of it is right

[outer ocean]

i see it as a sort of "be calm because of god" type of deal

its from a bach cantata

[undone verge]

ah, okay

[outer ocean]

and the text is from the epistle of the romans

so probably when it was translated to german by the protestants thats the words they chose

[median timber]

I will phone her tomorow.
==>
Ich rufe sie morgen an.
Is this translation correct?

[long whale]

Yes.

[long whale]

Please don't post the same question in more than 1 channel. ;)

[fervent kernel]

I would normally use "dann" and not "dass" when I want to mean "then". Is the use of "dass" correct? I have been using "dass" as a equivalent of "that" ( z.B., "Ich würde sagen, dass es regnen wird")

[undone verge]

dass is that. And in the picture you posted it is also translated as 'that'

[fervent kernel]

Du hast Recht, I was confusing things. Now it is clear, thanks

[delicate roost]

what's the difference between Nachname and Familienname?

[undone verge]

same thing

it's both your last name

[delicate roost]

oh... no different nuances? they're just interchangeable?

[undone verge]

not that I'm aware of 👀

I guess Familienname explicitly mentions family

[dawn oxide]

Afaik they're just interchangable, familienname, nachname, zuname lol

Nachname is most common tho

[delicate roost]

funny language..

[dawn oxide]

Most people don't rlly use familienname, often when you're filling out an application it also just says 'Name'

[night dagger]

You see Familienname still on some forms and whatnot but yeah, I seldom see/hear "Familienname" in other contexts.

[delicate roost]

ah thanks!

[green solstice]

Hello!

I'm studying for Comptia certs (computer networking) and was wondering if anybody knows where terms would be could for searching relevant discord servers, but in the German language.

I have had no luck so far using Google translate (seems to be ok for Russian, but not German?)

[long whale]

Please don't post the same question in more than one channel. People may not realize a question has been answered in a different channel -> waste of time and effort. ;)

[dense obsidian]

No idea about discord server, but check out www.deepl.com if you need translations. Way, way, way better than google translate. Day and night difference.

[green solstice]

Ah, thanks.

[split nimbus]

hallo Freunde! does anybody have any recommendations for the best way to learn German? or apps that you personally use for learning German

[long whale]

Typing >faq beginner in #botchannel will probably help. ;)

[split nimbus]

vielen Dank!!

[half stump]

it's kind of like saying ' what can I do for you?. the way germans say that. Just saying.

[shut briar]

Hey guys this is a bit off topic but can someone please recommend me an app where I can collect all my class readings and assignments and stuff in an efficient way, I'm so overwhelmed, my classes start tomorrow and I am scared I'll be as disorganised as last time. For reference I have Adhd

[near prairie]

you could use google classroom

upload the materials and stuff there

[plain umbra]

It's totally fine to ask about that. However, it's a little bit of a personal choice, so you have to think about what usually works for you. For one thing, even though you asked for an app, for some people it can be good to also just have a physical notebook for backup or for quick notes or anything like that. As for specific apps, Notion is a popular one.

Here's an example of a video where someone explains how they use Notion for school stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO8HKR6KsuY

I just picked a random video, I've never seen it before, so maybe there's a better one, but hopefully it gives you some idea of what you do.

[shut briar]

Hey thank you so much. I did use (more like try to use) Notion before but it's too complicated for me. Unfortunately I don't have a PC or laptop and my iPad is my go to device for academics or else I'd just create folders and subfolders for each class

[plain umbra]

So you're specifically looking for an iPad app?

[shut briar]

Yes

[shut briar]

A physical notebook is definitely a good idea and I'm even going out right now to get one, preferably the one with dividers to use for different subjects. But unfortunately I have so many books and PDFs they can't all be printed

[plain umbra]

Makes sense. But at least if you find yourself in a situation in which you can't get the pdf/book, you can write down in a to-do list "get pdf/book" with the name/details.

And if there's a way the teacher/professor/whoever can make it more accessible to you, don't be afraid to ask.

[fervent kernel]

I have a google drive folder for the semester and subfolders for all modules. then I just store all of the pdf files etc. I regularly need in there for each module. Often time making things simple makes them more convenient to use during the semester. For iPad I would definitely use Goodnotes, most people using it seem to be very content with it. Notion only makes sense if you need additional planning and can help with having to plan learning for exams etc, but tbh. it is just a folder system for text files in the end

[shut briar]

Thank you 🌸🌸

[shut briar]

Yes I'll definitely try it!

Yes it takes more time on notion for me than actually revising. I just need a place to store and organise pdfs

[calm kernel]

Hey, my question is:

When to use in+artikel or just in regarding these kind of nouns:
-in (artikel??) Sinne von ...
-in (artikel??) Bezug auf
-in (artkel??) Rahmen ...

dies sind diejenigen, die mir einfefallen sind. wenn es mehrere gibt, oder einfach eine Regel dafür gibt, dann bitte teilt es mit

[tight saffron]

What is the difference between für and zum?

[timber yacht]

für is a preposition https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/deutsch-englisch/für
zum = zu dem, zu is a preposition https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/deutsch-englisch/zu

[plain umbra]

Basically if you just look it up in a dictionary like dict.cc, it will show you which one is right.

[long whale]

When they're used as fixed expressions, they always look like this: im Sinne von; in Bezug auf; im Rahmen (+ Genitiv) OR von

[vernal ermine]

Why there is freunden instead of freunde and kindern instead of kinder?

[long whale]

In Dativ plural, an -n gets added to masculine and neuter nouns (unless the plural ends in -s).

[vernal ermine]

Okay

[vernal ermine]

What is Nebensätze

[ripe dust]

Do you need an article about the history and some interesting about it?

[vernal ermine]

No

[ripe dust]

In one word, this is two or more sentences that are separated, which are dependent on each other for meaning. In German, they are separated by a comma, and the verb in the adjective part comes at the end

[calm kernel]

es gibt dann kein Muster, das ich verfolgen kann

[ripe dust]

For example: Ich muss heute früh aufstehen, weil ich morgen eine Prüfung habe

@vernal ermine Here's a most basic information

[vernal ermine]

Danke schön

[ripe dust]

BUT, if you'll begin a sentence with a conjunction, like in my example with "weil", the word order will look like conjunction ... 1st verb, 2 verb ...

[vernal ermine]

I don't understand you

[ripe dust]

Weil ich morgen eine Prüfung habe, muss ich mich heute vorbereiten.

[vernal ermine]

What is dass? How it is used

[ripe dust]

dass - that

It's change word order like "weil"

[vernal ermine]

how we use it

[ripe dust]

Well, it's hard for me to explain. This conjunction can be used as a connector in your speech. The translate of it is "that".

[vernal ermine]

Please give some example sentence

[ripe dust]

Ich denke, dass du Deutsch sprechen kannst.
Ich weiß, dass ich eine Prüfung habe.

[vernal ermine]

How we can use negative in that sentence with trenbare verb

[ripe dust]

The using of the tranbare part of verbs:
Ich bereite mich heute vor, weil ich eine Prüfung habe.
Ich habe Angst, weil ich mich (auf die Prüfung) nicht vorbereite

[vernal ermine]

Do vor and bereite be combined at the end of a sentence while using weil as like of a infinitive form.

[ripe dust]

Are you meaning the Infinitive "vorbereiten" after weil, for example: ... , weil ... vorbereiten (Inf.) 2nd verb?

[vernal ermine]

Here you used vorbereite without any space( separately). Is it correct

[long whale]

*dass du Deutsch sprechen kannst

[vernal ermine]

Does dass also follows same rule that of weil

Vor bereite or vorbereite. Which one is correct.

[ripe dust]

In the sentence "weil ich mich nicht vorbereite" it should be written so.

[vernal ermine]

Danke schön

[long whale]

Yes. dass and weil are both subordinating conjunctions, i.e. they push the verb/s to the end.

[vernal ermine]

Thank you

Ich werde nicht kommen, weil du mich nicht anrufst. Is this sentence correct?

[undone verge]

ye

[vernal ermine]

Is there any change in the meaning of the sentence when I use rufst instead of anrufst.

[long whale]

Oh yes. Different verbs. "jemanden rufen" is what your mother does when you're upstairs and she wants you to come downstairs, for example. "jemanden anrufen" is used for phoning people.

[vernal ermine]

Thanks

In German what is correct word for jewels and ornaments

[tranquil ferry]

schmuck

If you mean jewelry

But I think there's also Juwelen and Ornamente if you want them individually

[long whale]

*Ornamente is the plural of "das Ornament" (Ornamenten would be Dativ plural)

[long whale]

What kind of ornaments? "das Ornament" is mainly used for decorative elements on objects.

[tranquil ferry]

Thanks for the correction!

[vernal ermine]

Like gold chains that we wear in the neck and bracelets and earrings all together what we call

[long whale]

"der Schmuck" - no plural, same as in English.

a piece/pieces of jewelry = das Schmuckstück, die Schmuckstücke

[vernal ermine]

Then what is schmuckwaren

[long whale]

A technical word for jewelry. You wouldn't use it in daily life.

[vernal ermine]

Thank you

How we say some jewels

As an akkusative form

[long whale]

https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/englisch-deutsch/some

[vernal ermine]

There are many word. What is the right word for that

[long whale]

Both einige and ein paar will work just fine.

[dry apex]

When do i use "wie viel" and "wie viele"? I don't understand what's the difference between both viel and viele

[long whale]

how much vs. how many, resp. much vs. many

[dry apex]

Aah ok thank you ^^

[light falcon]

schmuck always feels like sludge

[vernal ermine]

Vielen Dank

[hushed dawn]

Hallo,

Hat "Im Gang bringen" die gleiche Bedeutung von "Die Initiative ergreifen" ?

[long whale]

Spelling! in Gang bringen - I'd say it's like "to start"

[lofty gull]

" ( sich ) in Bewegung setzen", auch ein schönes Funktionsverbgefüge 🙂

[regal heath]

Funktionsverbgefüge😭

[lofty gull]

habe ich mich verirrt?

😕

[rancid shoal]

łondehajdenidedrajdynwewenaj

[long whale]

Funktionsverbgefüge is fine (just not a word many native German speakers are familiar with). ;) However, you can only wonder "Habe ich mich verirrt?" when you've literally lost your way, in a maze, in the woods, or in an unfamiliar city (sich verirren). Here, you'd ask "Habe ich mich geirrt?" (sich irren = to err) ;)

[hushed dawn]

Wie entschied man sich dafür, ob ein Nomen "ergreifen" oder "geben" nimmt.
z.B., einen Rat ist immer mit geben, aber eine Antwort nimmt beides.

[regal heath]

nein nein alles gut, das wort ist einfach nur ungewohnt

[delicate tiger]

"eine Antwort ergreifen" gibt es nicht

[long whale]

You don't. You learn the noun with the verb. 🤷

@hushed dawn You may find this helpful: https://whataboutgerman.blog/language-learning/a-german-challenge-the-noun-verb-combinations/

[calm kernel]

"Es ist ziemlich lange her, dass mich das jemand gefragt hat."

I've seen this sentence in a scene. I know that the order of the words can be pretty flexible but would "... , dass jemand mich das gefragt hat" be a better and more natural choice?

[long whale]

No. ;)

[calm kernel]

Whaaaa

[calm kernel]

I'm demolished now how so?

[long whale]

You do know the construction required by the verb "fragen"...?

[calm kernel]

It is different than the other verbs?

[long whale]

Or, in other words: which case is "das" in?

[undone verge]

the reason has to do with indefinite pronouns (or whatever they're called) like "jemand." For some reason these often get shoved backwards in a nebensatz or in question sentences

[calm kernel]

akkusativ ne?

[calm kernel]

höm

hmm*

[long whale]

Correct. "fragen" requires double Akkusativ. And the pronun... Ehh - doesn't the personal pronoun in Akk come first, anyway, @undone verge ? 🤔

[calm kernel]

Dann sollte ich beispielsweise "Könnte mich darüber jemand helfen?"

sagen

[long whale]

helfen does not require Akkusativ!

[calm kernel]

mir

entschuldigen

ja

[long whale]

And you would say Könnte mir jemand dabei helfen?

But... Könnte mir dabei jemand helfen? would also work.

[calm kernel]

hm

[undone verge]

but his reordering has more to do with where the subject is standing, doesn't it?
'jemand' in the normal subject position (right after dass) vs. jemand behind the two accusative objects.
If it were a proper noun/normal subject, it would usually come at the beginning. At least that how it works with a lot of these types of constructions. Unfortunately my head is empty of examples at the moment

[long whale]

Ah - of course, you're right, @undone verge

slaps forehead

... dass mich Tom das gefragt hat

Still, the above seems more natural/normal, more like the "default" version than ... dass Tom mich das gefragt hat (although this wouldn't be wrong, either) @calm kernel

(As a side note, I wish they'd said ... seit mich jemand danach gefragt hat - which seems better to me in various ways)

[spiral vapor]

What does the question "Was meinst du, wie du abgeschnitten hast?" in a context of a job interview mean?

[calm kernel]

YES

i also thought like why isnt it seit instead of dass??

[long whale]

II here: https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/deutsch-englisch/abschneiden

[calm kernel]

Okay. Danke.

[undone verge]

is there any other context? Usually it means like how were your grades, or if it was asked at the very end...how you think you did in the interview itself?

[spiral vapor]

oooh, the last meaning, in terms of performance, thank you!

[calm kernel]

"Es ist lange Zeit gewesen, seit ich letztes Mal das gemacht habe." @long whale ist so eine vom Englischen übersetzten Formulierung korrekt?

[hushed dawn]

zu Ende führen vs zu Ende bringen vs Zum Abschluss bringen ?

[spiral vapor]

I just found it on a website where interview questions asked in this company were posted

[long whale]

No. This is almost incomprehensible. 🤷

[calm kernel]

kk i try wanted to give it a try😅 vielen dank

i just wanted to give it a try*

omg im a high

am i high*

WHAT IS HAPPENING

(no im not tho)

[stuck bough]

When would u use welche(r,s etc.) instead of der/die/das etc. as a relative pronoun? I understand that u can't use the former in the genitive and that the latter is more common, so when, if ever, would u opt for welche(r,s etc.)?

[acoustic breach]

Not answering your question but the former could be use in genitiv (deren and dessen)

[long whale]

I wouldn't. Not ever. 🤷

[stuck bough]

alright, one article i came across suggested that u might use it to avoid repetition e.g., die Frau, welche die Post austraegt, as opposed to die Frau, die die Post austraegt. Is this at least conceivable?

that is, would someone ever actively make the decision to use welcher etc. to avoid repetition?

[stuck bough]

yh thx

[long whale]

Some people use it, yes. To my knowledge, it doesn't have anything to do with repetition, though. It's just that about 150 years ago, people used to consider welche/r/s as a relative pronoun more "literary". 🤷

[stuck bough]

Cool thx; that makes sense as I only came across an example of it being used in a pretty old short story.

i'll just stick with der/die/das etc. then

[lofty gull]

Vielen Dank 😊

[keen gazelle]

Hi mods and staff

[shut briar]

What is the purpose of noch in this sentence 'Notizen noch am selben Tag überprüfen'

[long whale]

"no later than"

[shut briar]

Ah i see. That's why I was always confused, it's nowhere close to the original meaning of the word. It'll take time to sink in 🥲

[long whale]

What do you mean by "original meaning"? https://www.dwds.de/wb/noch#1 😹

[shut briar]

Like this feels like the modal particle use if the word

I was referring to noch used as still

I think it's better to call is 'main meaning'?

[hushed dawn]

so vielen Jahren "vergangen" oder "verstreichen" ?

[long whale]

vergangen = past participle; verstreichen = infinitive

Both work, but verstreichen is highly literary/uncommon when used with "Zeit".

And please don't rip such things out of context. There's either a preposition like "seit" before that - or the endings are plain wrong.

[hushed dawn]

Vielen Dank

[stuck bough]

'Mochte es nun der Mangel an Geistesgegenwart oder an Muth sein, den Haufen zu durchbrechen und einfach seines Weges zu gehen, – er that dieses nicht, sondern...'; I'm having some difficulty with this sentence, specifically the translation of 'mochte es nun...' here. What exactly does this mean and what, if any, logic is behind this expression?

I think I grasp the general idea (that 'der Mangel an Geistesgegenwart oder an Mut(h)' is the source of his inability to break through the crowd), but I'm not sure as to a more precise meaning.

[long whale]

One of the meanings of "mögen" is "may" -> Literally: It might have been his lack of X or Y...

Er mag mich missverstanden haben = He may have misunderstood me

[stuck bough]

oh cool, that clears it up

is this use particularly common?

[long whale]

No. I think it mainly comes up in the expression "Mag sein" (Maybe)

these days.

[stuck bough]

tysm

[fervent kernel]

This is not related to the language, but I'd like to know if it is rude to ask for a few points for an exam in Germany? I did that and the teacher's face changed suddenly. I used a formal and polite version "I was wondering". Can it be the problem?

Ich frage mich, ob es irgendwie möglich ist, ...

[velvet venture]

I don’t think that’s rude, and I guess that others don’t think that as well.

Maybe it’s not that convenient to say “Ich frage mich …” (literally “I ask myself…”) when you’re actually asking someone else. A better phrasing would be, “Ich wollte Sie fragen, ob es irgendwie möglich wäre …”

[fervent kernel]

Ah.. I understand, but how bad does it sound?

When you say "ich frage mich"

[echo sleet]

ppl do that all the time in school

[velvet venture]

Not that big a deal.

[fervent kernel]

The thing is, it's not a school 😅

[echo sleet]

it sounds like you don't actually know the language tho, kinda
was it a german exam?

cuz if so

[fervent kernel]

It was, but we learned "ich frage mich" as "I was wondering". We don't learn polite ways to say things unfortunately

[echo sleet]

maybe the impression was bad
asking for a few points in a german exam with incorrect german

but idk

[velvet venture]

You can use, “Ich wollte (Sie) fragen …”, and the konjunktiv II to phrase polite questions.

[fervent kernel]

I guess, Konjunktiv 2 makes things more polite?

[delicate tiger]

"Sind da möglicherweise noch irgendwo genug Punkte drin, um die Note auf eine 2- zu bringen?"

[echo sleet]

or

my favorite way

[fervent kernel]

Und zwar? 😄

[velvet venture]

Yes, it does. “Könnte ich bitte …?” instead of “Kann ich …?”, “Würden Sie bitte das Fenster schließen?” instead of “Schließen Sie bitte das Fenster.” It always sounds more polite with the Konjunktiv II.

[echo sleet]

look at the exam and actually try to figure out which mistakes you can identify and which not, and if there are any that you can't, ask the teacher for clarification

they might back down

on certain things

it's not unusual for them to say "well we can add a point or 2 here"

[long whale]

I'm guessing it's a question of "pass" or "fail"? And you failed? If so, the teacher probably feels they did it for a reason. (If not, what does it matter?)

[fervent kernel]

Well, I'll see if it will work

And you guessed it right. It was a fail or pass situation

[long whale]

I bet it wasn't a question of phrasing/not being polite enough, then. It was the teacher thinking "If you think there's a chance of your wangling your way into getting a pass, you've got another think coming". 🤷

And that's why their face changed.

[fervent kernel]

I'm waiting for the result

Still, crossing fingers 🤞

[long whale]

You haven't even got the result, but you wanted it changed? totally confused

[fervent kernel]

She said that she'll think about that

[echo sleet]

he's preparing in advance

[fervent kernel]

So, it's not final yet

[plush pelican]

Do people use "nen" even when that doesn't make sense for the case? For example, when it's nominative case?

I'm on the r/DE discord server and saw this comment:

geht dabei ja auch um politische einflüsse und thiel is nen großer trump spender und gop cultur war spender allgemein

[undone verge]

I wouldn't think so..gotta admit I'm no expert on slang, but it seems wrong

[cursive wing]

nen = short for "ein" = one/a

[plush pelican]

? Is it? I thought it was short for einen?

[cursive wing]

"[...]Thiel ist ein grosser trump spender"

[undone verge]

nen isn't even shorter than ein 😭 I get it for einen but why use it for ein lol

[plush pelican]

The same way "ne" is short for "eine"

[cursive wing]

"ne" could also be a very casual form of"no"

[plush pelican]

Here's another example of "nen" from that server:

hab nur in nen stream kurz reingeschaut und gesehen, wie sich die putinfreunde am anderen ufer versammelten für den autokorso

I assume that's accusative masculine

[undone verge]

ye

[plush pelican]

Apparently this is a whole topic of debate: https://scilogs.spektrum.de/sprachlog/kein-bock-auf-nen-interessantes-grammatisches-ph-nomen/

[undone verge]

whoa

maybe because english has so much less grammar, but I don't feel like there's a quarter as much changing and debating the language in real time as with German 😂

[calm kernel]

Jemand, einer und niemand, keiner. When to use which?

[long whale]

Not sure I'm not going to forget sth, but... Difference 1: jemand and niemand can only refer to people, the others can also refer to an animal or an object. In casual spoken German, jemand/einer and niemand/keiner are used interchangeably for somebody, resp. nobody. Difference 2: in written German, we differentiate: jemand = a random person, niemand = nobody. einer and keiner = one [of them] and not [a single] one [of them], i.e. somebody/nobody from a specific group of people.

[fiery dock]

ugh, I still don't really know the best way to learn grammar

for example, this sentence

Finanziell gesehen geht es dem Unternehmen gut.

I recognize every word in it

and yet the actual meaning of the sentence is confusing me

[naive shore]

are the answers written for 6a correct? any better way to answer this ?

[near folio]

What do you think it means first of all?

[delicate tiger]

simplified: "Es geht dem Unternehmen gut."

[fiery dock]

well, it's like

financially, the firm is doing well

or something like that

I just don't really understand what role a lot of the words are fulfilling

oh I think it would be easier for my mind to parse if it were written as

"Finanziell gesehen, geht es dem Unternehmen gut."

but German's comma rules are...

different

from English's

lol

[delicate tiger]

upper case not optional

[naive shore]

hey, thanks for the reply i didn't understand you could you please elaborate?

[acoustic breach]

Nouns has to be capitalised

[naive shore]

ok other than that its correct?

[acoustic breach]

Im not sure if it should be "ich mag ... lieber" or ich mag lieber ..."

I cant answer 😅

[naive shore]

yeah nice thing you pointed out

[naive shore]

well in the double infinitiv (if these verbs are) the first part goes to the end and second part is conjugated right?

[acoustic breach]

There is no double infinitiv here...?

There is only one verb: mag

[naive shore]

lieber is adverb right?

[acoustic breach]

Yes

[acoustic breach]

Calling for help

[naive shore]

so acc. to this website maybe both are correct

[acoustic breach]

One of them is probably more idiomatic

[naive shore]

hmmm

[acoustic breach]

Idk lol

[naive shore]

ok no problem thanks btw

hey, can someone please tell me what does the forth column words mean/ used for with examples please.

[acoustic breach]

Diese Kiste ist am schwersten
Das ist die schwerste Kiste

@naive shore

[naive shore]

ok so adjectives change depending on the noun's gender in front of them ?

[acoustic breach]

...eh? It isnt the concern here

Where is the change?

[naive shore]

oh i thought because of kiste an extra e is added at the end of schwerste

wait nevermind

that e is mandatory

[plush pelican]

adjectives change depending on the gender and case of the noun after them, and depending on if there's a definite or indefinite article in front of them.

https://www.germanveryeasy.com/adjective-declension

But if the adjective is on its own, not attached to a noun, then the noun isn't influencing it.

[naive shore]

https://tenor.com/view/vale-thumbs-up-nice-well-done-approve-gif-16168559

[acoustic breach]

But for now, if it's in the case of Nominativ, you can safely use der/die/das ...-e

Im not sure if it would be confusing so I didnt go to the topic of adjective declensions

[hushed dawn]

ärgerlich auf jmdn vs böse auf jmdn ??

Ist "böse auf jmdn" stärker als die andere ?

[gusty silo]

böse or wütend, ärgerlich sounds odd

[hushed dawn]

Okey

[gusty silo]

well, or maybe i'm just being weird right now, but böse and wütend definitely work

but yes they are stronger than ärgerlich would be

[hushed dawn]

Vielen Dank

[hushed dawn]

besorgt über vs beunruhigt über...

Beides übersetzt als "concerned/worried about", aber gibt es einen Unterschied ?

[long whale]

I don't think we really use beunruhigt + über 🤔 It's usually "etwas beunruhigt mich" (something is worrying me), or "etwas ist beunruhigend" (something is disquieting/worrying) or "ich bin wegen X beunruhigt" (X worries me/I'm worried about X). Apart from that - no, I don't think there is a difference.

[reef moss]

It is most certainly uncommon to use über, but possible: https://www.dwds.de/wp/?q=beunruhigt

[dense obsidian]

not uncommon at all. Google gives 235k results for "beunruhigt über"

[reef moss]

I would be cautious about using Google results. The first websites that come up are translation websites, not actual texts as part of a corpus!

This strongly indicates that the phrase is uncommon

Because little to no articles from native speakers are directly shown

Additionally, the corpus which I used only listed a handful of examples! The phrase is anything but common

[dense obsidian]

"EU beunruhigt über Erdogans Russland-Politik" (https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/eu-sanktionen-tuerkei-russland-100.html)

"Vereinte Nationen beunruhigt über weltweiten Anstieg des Drogenmissbrauchs" (https://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video-1213054.html)

"SPD-Politikerin Heinrich beunruhigt über Israels Justizreform" (https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/spd-politikerin-heinrich-beunruhigt-ueber-israels-justizreform,TlCRWuJ)

"Northvolt: Landtag beunruhigt über Verzögerung" (https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/schleswig-holstein_magazin/Northvolt-Landtag-beunruhigt-ueber-Verzoegerung,shmag99498.html)

"Deutsche beunruhigt über Plastik in Lebensmitteln (https://www.aerztezeitung.de/Medizin/Deutsche-beunruhigt-ueber-Plastik-in-Lebensmitteln-226494.html)

I could probably go on and do this for the next 2 hours.

[gusty silo]

these... do all feel better to me than, say, "Ich bin über meinen Freund beunruhigt", whatever we want to make of that

[reef moss]

Finding a handful of articles does not make a phrase common. "negoziieren" gets over 1.000.000 results, but not a single soul will tell you it is a common word!

[dense obsidian]

Are you really comparing "negoziieren" to "über etwas beunruhigt sein"?

[reef moss]

I will not pursue this topic further, but I have objectively shown that the very phrase you argue to be common fetches less results than a rare word. Even if one argues that there are other ways to forumulate the phrase to get higher results, it has been shown that using Google as a basis for judging how common a word is is dubious at best

[dense obsidian]

well idk dude

any other native want to chime in? i'm kinda speechless.

[long whale]

You got the opinions of 2 native speakers and a top-notch C2 speaker. What more do you want? 😄

[sage canyon]

if you'd like, this B2 speaker can also affirm what the native speakers and top-notch C2 speaker have said

though that's a little in the wrong direction

[gusty silo]

a solution to the conundrum of it both existing and being rejected by others, i suppose, but such a thing is wont to occur occasionally

[inland field]

"über etwas beunruhigt sein" is actually quite common here in Austria.

[timber yacht]

"beunruhigt über" to me appears to be a news phrase or diplomatic phrase, as all your cited google hits confirm

[gusty silo]

i feel like the crux might be that it works with situations but not people?

[sage canyon]

is that because besorgen is for people?

[gusty silo]

or even situations but not concrete words? i feel like "Ich bin über seine Gesundheit beunruhigt" also doesn't score very well for me

but that might be more arguable

[gusty silo]

well, besorgt sein, but yeah that's what i'd prefer

or sich Sorgen machen

or, for that matter, sich sorgen

[inland field]

"besorgt" definitely fits better into empathy scenarios.

"beunruhigt" I would use for Situations that are or atleast seem to be threathing in some way.

[gusty silo]

Ich bin um ihn besorgt
Ich sorge mich um ihn
Ich mache mir Sorgen um ihn
👍
Ich bin beunruhigt über ihn
🤔

[inland field]

If you walk into a dark alley and someone else is walking towards you, then "Ich bin beunruhigt über ihn" fits, imo.

[reef moss]

The DWDS-Korpus seems to agree with your statement

It seems the only exception is "über jemandes Schicksal beunruhigt sein"

All others have some political connotation: Folge, Lage, Entwicklung… and Äußerungen seems to only appear in political contexts

[dense obsidian]

i can second this. Almost all google results have some kind of political background.

[edgy belfry]

Liebes Tagebuch. Heute war eine guter Tag. Chandrayaan ist auf dem Mond gelandet. Ich habe den Livestream auf YouTube gesehen. Aber ich habe meine IELTS-Tests nicht durchgeführt. Ich werde morgen meine IELTS Writing Tests durchführen. Ich habe auch einige YouTube-Videos von dem YouTube Channel "Easy German" gesehen. Es war über Deutsche Verben.

Is this good? Can someone correct grammatical errors?

[long whale]

Please check gender of "Tag" (eine doesn't work). "Tests durchführen" only works if you're the professor. "Es war über" doesn't really work with youtube videos. I'd suggest "Es ging darin um..."

[edgy belfry]

"einen guten Tag"?

A bit confused on whether it's Accusative or Dative

[long whale]

No. sein/war requires Nominativ on both sides.

[edgy belfry]

Oh right

Einer gute?

[long whale]

Btw, eine Tag simply doesn't exist, whichever case it is. ;)

[long whale]

No.

https://deutschlernerblog.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Adjektivdeklination_alle_Deklinationstypen_in_einer_Tabelle.png

[edgy belfry]

That makes it a lot more clear

Articles concept was a bit fuzzy for me

"Ein guter"?

Hope it's right this time

[long whale]

It is, yes.

[edgy belfry]

Now for the other ones:

Aber ich habe meine IELTS-Tests nicht gemacht
Es ging darin um Deutsche Verben
(Is the e at the end of Deutsche correct?)

[long whale]

Yes.

[edgy belfry]

Danke Susana

[timber yacht]

nicht deutsche Verben?

[long whale]

Doch, klar.

[golden moat]

Was ist akk

Also gen ist Genitiv dat Dativ aber was akk

[long whale]

Akkusativ

[golden moat]

Deutse Sprache swere sprache

does anyone know a good playlist/songs/noises/whatever to fall asleep to

[long whale]

#questions is for questions about the German language (vocab, grammar). General chat -> #general

[golden moat]

Ohhhh

Achso

Welches General

Oder is egal?

[vernal ermine]

At some times, when I pronounce words with umlaut I feel some difficulty to differentiate ä, ö, ü and a, O, u. Native Speakers how you pronounce those umlaut correctly. Internet sources have their own different pronounciation.

[brave flint]

Was haben Sie ( im / beim ) Urlaub gemacht?

Welche Präposition ist richtig?

[fervent kernel]

Im

[brave flint]

danke

[fervent kernel]

Gern geschehen

[tardy rivet]

Hallo! Was bedeutet “tja”?

[undone verge]

it basically means..."yeah", but is also sorta of dismissive and like "well, what can ya do."

i.e. it's one of those words that is more about tone than any literal meaning

[vernal ermine]

No reply to my question

Feel sad guys

[undone verge]

there's long and short versions of those letters. idk what you mean with 'internet sources have their own pronunciation.' I think you're best off choosing some specific words, listening to how they're pronounced (dict.cc, for example) and trying to copy it

I'm not a native speaker, but if you're not getting an answer anyway: I mean something like this
https://voca.ro/169XvxAw70Cf
(Käse, Köchin, Küche, Katze, Koch, Kuchen)

[long whale]

I saw the question, I just didn't know how to reply. 🤷

[undone verge]

I'm bad at long short differentiating...
this video seems pretty good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsL4uJbAT0&t=32s&ab_channel=akzentfrei

also practicing singular plural pairs where one is umlaut and one isn't can help differentiate.
Buch / Bücher
Stadt / Städte
etc

[long whale]

Btw, you don't have to worry about Ä - it's perfectly acceptable if you pronounce it the same as E, even in Standard German. ;) @vernal ermine

(Just to be clear: the other way around is not acceptable!)

[vernal ermine]

Vielen Dank

[vernal ermine]

My question was different from your answer but it was also useful

[vernal ermine]

May be you didn't understand my question?

You see here that's what I am asking you?

[left crown]

You could look for a YouTube Tutorial

[long whale]

Not really, I'm afraid. What kind of an answer are you looking for?

[vernal ermine]

You know that even in English also the teacher teaches what he they heard and learnt and so every people have different pronounciation but only the native speaker knows the real pronounciation.

[long whale]

If you're looking for standard pronunciation, I recommend wiktionary.

[vernal ermine]

I need to know that how ä, ö, ü are spelled in English words

Like if we see J is spelled as yot and k is spelled as kaa

Like that I am asking you

Other alphabet I know better

[small urchin]

@vernal ermine learn the IPA

Several German sounds don't exist in English

So you're better off learning them as it is rather than comparing them to English

[vernal ermine]

What is IPA

[small urchin]

faq IPA

[stoic mauve]

IPA

The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system for writing sounds regardless of the language: one sound will have only one letter for it, so it's really helpful for learning pronunciation in any language without relying on approximations.

IPA has a lot of symbols, but you don't need to learn them all.

🔸 What are those // and [] I see around?
Symbols in slashes (like /r/) represent so-called phonemes, units of sound. Each phoneme can be pronounced in different ways depending on where it is in the word. For example, the phoneme /r/ is pronounced [ʁ] in most situations, but [ɐ] after vowels. As you can see, square brackets (like [ʁ]) represent actual sounds. Finally, pointy brackets like ⟨r⟩ represent how a sound is written, which can vary from language to language.
Example: ⟨sprechen⟩ /sprεçən/ [ʃpʁε.çn̩]

🔸 So how to learn it?
All you need to learn is the few symbols used by the language you're interested in. For German, you can look up the relevant letters on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German. Notice the Help:IPA/Language_Name pattern in the URL.
There, you will find a table of symbols with an approximation, but you can also click on each specific symbol to learn exactly how to pronounce it studying the Features section, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_palatal_fricative#Features

🔸 Which IPA letters are important for German?
Sounds you are likely to have trouble with are ⟨x⟩, ⟨ç⟩, ⟨ʁ⟩, ⟨ɐ⟩ and several vowels. These are all described in the Wiki link above.
You can use this website to transcribe German words if your dictionary doesn't give an IPA transcription:
http://tom.brondsted.dk/text2phoneme/

[long whale]

The problem is: if I tell you German long Ö is the same sound as the vowel in the English word "bird", it would probably not sound the same as it ought to sound in a German word (I think this is because a) as you said, English is spoken with many different accents and b) the surrounding consonants can influence the vowel sound).

[vernal ermine]

But I have some doubts with this topic

[vernal ermine]

Thank u

[long whale]

Yes...?

[vernal ermine]

I will ask later

[vernal ermine]

But now tell me why Freunden instead of Freunde.

[long whale]

Huh?

[vernal ermine]

It came after mit , is it same like kindern for dativ

I searched that word in dictionary but not there.

[vernal ermine]

Danke

[red palm]

quick question

Is this supposed to mean "how much are you paying this month?" I can't exactly understand what the english translation wants to convey

[long whale]

Yes.

[foggy mist]

@vernal ermine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK_STqchYec

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NnLa0kxeRNw

(Höhle = cave
Hölle = hell)

[vernal ermine]

Thank you very much Libelle 😊

Ich möchte bei meinen Großeltern zum Abend essen

Does my sentence formation correct.

[long whale]

zum -> zu ;)

[foggy mist]

↑".. zu Abend essen" -
but you can also just say "abendessen" it is also a verb

Ich möchte bei meinen Großeltern abendessen

and plurals in the dative:

The rule is: if you use dative plural you have to append an -n to the nominative plural form:

die Monate / den Monaten
die Eier / den Eiern
die Bäume / den Bäumen

• If the nominative plural already ends with an -n, it remains the same:
  

  die Mädchen / den Mädchen

• Exception: If the plural form ends with an -s, you do not append an -n to it:

  die Fotos / den Fotos
  die Autos / den Autos
  PCs / den PCs

[calm kernel]

"Du kannst nicht einfach so tun, als wäre nichts passiert"

What tense is this? Shouldn't it be "als würde nichts passieren"? I didn't understand why we use wäre and why we double conjugate the verbs.

Verhalten sich "passiert" in diesem Context wie ein Adjektiv oder sowas?

[south zenith]

It’s past tense, what you said is a correct sentence, but it doesn’t mean the same thing

„…als wäre nichts passiert“
Means „as if nothing happened“

And this requires the Konjunktiv

So instead of
„Als ob nichts passiert ist“
You get
„Als ob nichts passiert wäre“
-> „als wäre nichts passiert“

„Als würde nichts passieren“ means
„As if nothing would happen“

[south zenith]

^

[calm kernel]

ooof, of courseee

okay thanks a lot

[cyan trench]

Could anyone explain what does "Er hat sich vor ainiger Zeit aus dem Staub gemacht" means? I can get the idea of "he ran away" but I think there's more to this phrase than that.

[gusty silo]

it may be used with the connotation of running away to avoid trouble, before something happens, to do so a bit cowardly perhaps? it's not necessarily cowardly but it often implies you disapprove of it, i'd say

[fallow marsh]

*einiger , its means that hes gone

[cyan trench]

Oh, I see. Thank you.

[unique sparrow]

https://m.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/sich+aus+dem+Staub+machen.html

[vernal ermine]

Can you please explain it why we used zu instead of zum.

[vernal ermine]

Vielen Dank

But I have doubt with Zu in that sentence.

[long whale]

It's just a fixed expression: "zu Abend/Mittag essen". ;)

(to dine/to lunch)

[vernal ermine]

So it is wrong to use dem before Abend

What's the meaning of zu here

[long whale]

No, just in this particular, fixed expression. And "zu" is just part of this expression.

[vernal ermine]

Okay

[vernal ermine]

Vielen Dank

[calm kernel]

das einzige Brot im Supermarkt
oder
das einzelne Brot im Supermarkt

welches wäre richtig?

[long whale]

Both are fine, meaning changes.

[calm kernel]

könntest du das aufklären?

[long whale]

To me, "einzeln" implies bread loaves are usually sold in packets of 2 or more, or only together with bread rolls or sth -> it's a "solitary" bread loaf. "einzig" just means there's only one left (it's probably the word you're looking for)

[calm kernel]

i see

danke

ich hab online gelesen, dass einzeln eher als ein Adverb verwendet wird

"Beantworte die Fragen einzeln!"

Ich glaube das kann man mit einzig nicht machen

[long whale]

Hmm... I can think of at least one exception, but if that explanation works for you, then it's all good. ;)

[calm kernel]

Was ist denn die Ausnahme?

[long whale]

A lot more than one... 2 and 3 here: https://www.dwds.de/wb/einzig

[lunar jasper]

Welche ist richtig"Ich denke, das ist alles für heute" oder "Ich denke,dass das alles für heute ist"

[calm kernel]

Sollte es nicht zum Zweck sein?

das Zweck(-e)

[long whale]

*der Zweck - Dative-e is obsolete, except in fixed expressions -> you may occasionally come across it. Here, it's definitely optional, though.

@calm kernel

[calm kernel]

wait a noun can take an -e when it's in dative form? i thought only plural nouns take -n when they're dative and that's all. is there a name for the rule for me to do further researches on this?

[proven sphinx]

It can, but it's kind of dated and old-fashioned to do it these days.

Apart from a few set phrases like "im Sinne".

[calm kernel]

SO THATS WHY

i never questioned it and couldnt make sense of it

i'll keep in mind danke beide

[velvet venture]

Only masculine and neutral nouns can. A very common example would be “zu Hause”

[plush pelican]

Both. Certain verbs have a special situation where they can be followed by what's known as an "uneingeleiteter Nebensatz", an "unintroduced dependent clause."

For these verbs, the clause following them then looks like a Hauptsatz, a main clause, including having the conjugated verb in position 2.

That's what's happening in the first sentence, and then the second sentence is just doing the normal Nebensatz. Both work.

But, this only works for certain verbs.

Here's Hammer's German Grammar 17.2.1(b), talking about this idea.

[lunar jasper]

Thanks,I have noticed it alot while people speaking though it seemed diffrant from what I kow about "Nebensätze." it's much more clear now.

Thank you

[vernal ermine]

How many types of adverb are there in german

[undone verge]

what do you mean types?

[vernal ermine]

Like Adverb of time, place and manner

?

[undone verge]

the ones you hear about are tekamolo (temporal=time, kausal = why, modal=manner, lokal = place)

[plain umbra]

Basically the same as English.

[vernal ermine]

Like this how many types are there in german

[plain umbra]

Well, how many types are there in English?

[vernal ermine]

Like you see, 6 are there.

[plain umbra]

6 are there according to this person's way of categorising them. Some people would say 8, some people would say 10.

Basically there's no exact answer.

But German and English are similar enough that they have the same adverb categories.

So however you choose to split up English adverbs should work for German.

This one even has 16:

[vernal ermine]

Yes, you are correct but when I search in internet for some sources, they just give / show only adverb of time, place and manner in German. Which is very less than English.

I cannot able to learn other adverbs

[plain umbra]

If you're looking for adverbs in a specific category you can just search that.

https://coerll.utexas.edu/gg/gr/adv_01.html

[vernal ermine]

If you have some adverb resources along with category, please share it.

[plain umbra]

Well the typical way adverbs are categorised in German is TeKaMoLo.

That's temporal, kausal, modal, lokal. (Time, cause, mode, place)

[vernal ermine]

Where I can find those adverbs

[plain umbra]

Google TeKaMoLo.

[vernal ermine]

What is mode and cause

[plain umbra]

Cause = why
Mode = how

[vernal ermine]

In adverb

Please give some examples.

[plain umbra]

Is there a reason why you don't want to look it up?

Cause: wegen des Wetters = because of the weather
Mode: mit dem Auto = by car

[vernal ermine]

I have not used adverb of cause and mode and how to identify it according to category.

[vernal ermine]

Here is mit a preposition?

[plain umbra]

Yes.

[vernal ermine]

Then how it became adverb

[plain umbra]

Prepositional phrases are all adverbs.

Technically you can call it adverbial.

[vernal ermine]

Same is it applies to wegen which is also a preposition?

[plain umbra]

Yes.

[vernal ermine]

What adverb we have for fast in german

[plain umbra]

faq dict

[stoic mauve]

What does this word mean?

The best way to understand the meaning of a word is to use a dictionary. Monolingual dictionaries such as dwds.de, de.wiktionary.org and duden.de will often provide the most accurate definitions and examples for a word. If you are not yet comfortable with using a monolingual dictionary, bilingual dictionaries are also an option (dict.cc, dict.leo.org, pons.com).

The key here is to empower yourself to find the answer on your own. Using the many examples provided in dictionaries like DWDS, Wiki and Duden can help you confidently understand the word, and how to use it. If you still have trouble; don't worry! You can use #questions, #questions-2 or the #942470380692590632 to ask someone for further clarification.

[plain umbra]

Here are some dictionaries you can use to look up words.

[vernal ermine]

Can I use this table for adverbs

[foggy mist]

Any adjective can be used as an adverb simply by removing the inflection

[vernal ermine]

I think in German we also have fast @plain umbra is it correct

[foggy mist]

"schnell" = quick, fast, at a high speed

"fast" = almost, not quite

[vernal ermine]

What is inflection

[vernal ermine]

How to make an adverb from adjective

[foggy mist]

inflection is changes to a word.
every adjective can be used as an adverb by leaving out the ending.
Just don't add an ending.

[vernal ermine]

Do you have any examples

[foggy mist]

Ich laufe schnell.

I walk quickly/fast/at a fast pace

"schnell" describes the verb "laufe" and thus has no ending

adjectives and adverbs both describe words

"schnell" can be used as an adjective to describe nouns and also as an adverb to describe verbs and other adjectives

when adejctives attribute nouns in German they gain an ending to match the noun

"der schnelle Mann" - the quick man

when they attribute verbs or other adjectives, they have no ending

"er läuft schnell" - he runs quickly

[plain umbra]

You have to be careful when it comes to translations. Sometimes the meaning in English might be a bit different from the meaning in German.

Like for example "erst" and "nur" both translate to "only" but different meanings of "only".

[vernal ermine]

Yes that's true. I found it before itself.

[foggy mist]

??

[vernal ermine]

That was same like in English.

[vernal ermine]

You are right and but tell me the difference

[vernal ermine]

How you write this sentence in superlative form

[foggy mist]

add st

adjective: [x]st

der schnellste Mann der Welt

adverb: am [x]ten

Er läuft am schnellsten.

it is not the same in English, in English adjectives usually need to gain a "ly" ending to be used as adverbs
quick - adjective (schnell)
quickly - adverb (schnell)

[vernal ermine]

Vielen Dank

What is the difference between erst and nur as an adverb?

[foggy mist]

the meaning

[vernal ermine]

Yes

[foggy mist]

erst acutually is more related to "just" and it means that it is surprising or noteworthy that this has not happend before this point

example: Why do you want to wake up at 7 if you are not going to leave until noon?

the second part would be "wenn du erst um Mittag gehst"?

you could say,
not until x = erst um x

it can also be first

Ich dachte erst ...
I first thought...

Erst mal was essen.
First, (let's) eat something.

[vernal ermine]

This one looks very complicated

[foggy mist]

it is a condition

" if you are not going to leave until noon"

so the verb is last

[vernal ermine]

Why we don't use bis instead of erst

[foggy mist]

becuase German isn't just English translated into German ahaha

we have our own way to say things

erst in this meaning doesn't even exist in English

I could ask you why you don't just say "erst"?

I could ask you, why don't you have a word for that?

[small urchin]

"erst" means "only" as the opposite of "already"

[foggy mist]

It is already noon. = Es ist schon Mittag.
It is only noon? = Es ist erst Mittag?

why do you not have this word in English @vernal ermine ?

[vernal ermine]

So Does erst usually come with wenn?

[foggy mist]

no

[vernal ermine]

Is it going to be noon or exactly at noon

[tribal gust]

hello guys

any german expert here ?

[undone verge]

it is better to just ask your question. There's almost certainly someone who can answer it

[vernal ermine]

@foggy mist why I can't say Es ist Mittag instead of Es ist erst Mittag

[tribal gust]

just start learning german like a month and ii had some issues with the use of |

'nicht' , how we can use it correctly in sentences

[vernal ermine]

Nicht is negative like not

[foggy mist]

I never said you can't. It won't mean the same thing.

not having the same meanign does not mean it is wrong

[undone verge]

is there a specific case you had in mind?
"Das mag ich nicht" = I do not like that.

[vernal ermine]

So give me the difference between them in terms of meaning and situation where I have to use?

[foggy mist]

#questions-2 message

[tribal gust]

i mean when i start reading the topic , as i can understand we can use it in diffrent places in the sentences

like after verb , before adverb

[vernal ermine]

It looks like a question

With erst

[foggy mist]

https://chatterbug.com/grammar/german/position-of-nicht

check this out

[foggy mist]

please read this

https://yourdailygerman.com/erst-meaning/

[undone verge]

yes, that is true. The placement can be tricky.
Idk how much you already know about word placement in german sentences, but the most neutral place is usually considered
between the TEKA and the MOLO of tekamolo

[tribal gust]

i just start a1 and all i know is verb always places in second position and thats it , its all about verb in german i guess

[hushed dawn]

allerbesten vs besten ??

[undone verge]

best of all time/best of all vs. best

[hushed dawn]

verstanden, Danke sehr

[tribal gust]

the last topic i read was the dativ

[undone verge]

might be a bit high level, but that's a guide

[tribal gust]

lets say i want to say i dont want that , is that translate to : ich nicht möchte das ?

[dawn oxide]

faq negation

[stoic mauve]

Negation

Negations or negative sentences in German are formed with either kein or nicht.

You use kein if you want to negate nouns with an indefinite article or without an article, for example:
(1) Ich besitze kein Auto. (I don't own a car.)
(2) Ich habe keinen Hunger. (I'm not hungry.)

‼ kein is always placed right before the noun you want to negate. Also note that you need to decline kein.

If you want to negate anything else you use nicht, for example:
(3) Ich schlafe nicht. (I don't sleep.) [verb]
(4) Ich habe gestern nicht geduscht. (I didn't shower yesterday.) [verb]
(5) Ich gehe nicht gerne schwimmen. (I don't like to go swimming.) [adverb]
(6) Es ist nicht heiß. (It's not hot.) [adjective]
(7) Ich habe nicht dich, sondern ihn gerufen. (I didn't call you, but him.) [pronoun]
(8) Das ist nicht Peters Fahrrad, sondern meins. (This isn't Peters bicycle, but mine.) [proper noun]
(9) Der Zug kommt nicht um 18 Uhr an. (The train doesn't arrive at 6pm.) [preposition]
(10) Ich habe nicht das Essen bezahlt, sondern die Getränke. (I didn't pay for the food, but for the drinks.) [definite article]

‼ Note that nicht almost always comes before the word it negates, unless you want to negate a verb.
If that's the case, it depends on the tense of the verb and on whether there is an auxiliary verb or not. nicht is placed right after the verb if the verb is in present or past tense. For compound tenses or when the sentence has an auxiliary it is placed before the verb.

🌟 Confused by the terminology? See >ex Grammar terms

[undone verge]

well no. Why would nicht come before the verb??

[dawn oxide]

Read this then try again :D

[tribal gust]

so there is no expection for nicht at all to come before verb ?

ich mochte nicht das ?

[undone verge]

it never comes directly before the conjugated verb like that in a Hauptsatz

ich möchte das nicht

did you take a look at the diagram above?

Or the website? Or the faq?

[tribal gust]

yeah i see that , a little bit confusing

[vernal ermine]

Yes I understand it now. It is like a word to express a condition which is only used in German and doesn't have an exact word in English.

[tribal gust]

so we can use it before modals , but what about other placements ?

[undone verge]

what do you mean before modals?

[vernal ermine]

In English only refers to a specification of thing, place or person

[undone verge]

achso like modal in the adverbials, yes

thought you meant modal verbs for a sec 😅

[foggy mist]

it's just a long way to say:

for verbs it goes like this:

Ich tanze nicht.
Ich will nicht.
Ich will nicht tanzen.

Ich mache nicht mit.

[vernal ermine]

Like we say he is the only person to win 10 gold medals. Or we can I have only 10 dollars or only 3 minutes left for exam to finish.

This is what the meaning in english

[tribal gust]

so how we can say i cant ? with können verb

[dawn oxide]

Give it a try

[obsidian palm]

ich kann nicht

[dawn oxide]

Bruh xd

It's better to let people try a little first

[vernal ermine]

@foggy mist Vielen Dank

[dawn oxide]

Than give the answer right away

[undone verge]

well, in Keevi's defense they probably didn't notice that this was a huge conversation and were just trying to be helpful. 😛

[obsidian palm]

ty

[tribal gust]

let me try another , i want to say i dont eat breakfast is that ' ich esse nicht frushtuck ?

[undone verge]

with nouns (Frühstück), you would use 'kein'

[undone verge]

maybe try with the sentence: 'I don't like this song' (and yes, I know it has a noun, but i promise nicht will work)

or 'I don't want to drive''

[vernal ermine]

Does anybody have adverb table . Please share it with me.

[undone verge]

an adverb table? What would that be?

[tribal gust]

ich mochte nicht zu fahre , i guess this is wrong

[undone verge]

close though. The position of nicht is correct (ich will nicht fahren)

so good job 👍

[tribal gust]

start to get it

tnx for helping

[vernal ermine]

Fahren you should not conjugate while using with modal verbs.

[vernal ermine]

Try simple sentence when you are a beginner otherwise it will confuse you

[tribal gust]

yeah , its really confusing language but its fun to learn tbh

[vernal ermine]

Many words in German have different meaning and many rules are also there. Gender is there. It is not so simple as English.

[tribal gust]

so that you mention this for negative artikle always comes with nouns ?

[vernal ermine]

Give constant practice @tribal gust

[undone verge]

yes, kein is how you negate nouns. It means "not any".
so: Ich esse kein Frühstück = I don't eat breakfast
Ich habe keinen Hund = I don't have a dog.

in these sentences, nicht wouldn't be used

[tribal gust]

i really hope to learn , have some plans to go to the germany i f i can finish learning it

[undone verge]

even if you don't learn it all before coming, you'll learn a lot just being here 🙂

[tribal gust]

tnx to the help of all you guys

[vernal ermine]

What you are doing now

[tribal gust]

but why not kein hund and keinen hund ?

[vernal ermine]

Like this one

[tribal gust]

its just the beginning , so later on it will be much much harder

[undone verge]

this is due to 'cases' in German.
there's multiple cases and here, 'Hund' is in accusative, which means kein- has to take an -en ending

[vernal ermine]

Are you a student?

[undone verge]

I guess just look it up yourself or check #resources

[tribal gust]

no im 20 , in college

[undone verge]

there's no comprehensive list of adverbs (and it wouldn't be super useful anyway)

[tribal gust]

hmm

oh yeah , i get it

like : der mann sieht den hund ?

[undone verge]

yes exactly

[tribal gust]

the nominativ form was that simple sentence form am i right ? like : ich habe ein mutter

or ich bin parss

[undone verge]

nominative is the subject. So 'ich' is nominative.
the case of the "object" depends on the verb. haben always requires accusative. So
ich (nom) habe eine Mutter (akk)
or
ich (nom) habe einen Hund (akk)

sein takes nominative on both sides: ich bin ein Hund.

sehen, as you correctly noticed earlier, takes an accusative object. Hence: ich sehe einen Hund

[tribal gust]

so again its all about verbs

[undone verge]

here, yes. But there's other situations where case depends on a preposition, for example. You'll learn about it later 🙂

[tribal gust]

Sie sind gut fruends : nominative ?

[undone verge]

yes (Sie sind gute Freunde)

[tribal gust]

hmm

so we have something called trennbar , i almost got what is all about but the i think i just need to memorise more verbs like the artikles (der die ) for vocabs

a little question for you

where we can use feste propositions ?

better to be said , how we can use them properly

[undone verge]

feste prepositions?

I would leave trennbare Verbs for later. Though the concept is simple. Just a prefix that pops to the end of the sentence.

verb-preposition pairs you just have to memorise

[hushed dawn]

vorerst vs jetzt ?

[long whale]

Ich habe nur $10 = I only have $10 vs. Ich habe erst $10 = So far, I haven't saved/earned/collected more than $10 -> erst = not before, not until, not more (than)

[vernal ermine]

Danke

[long whale]

Is there any particular reason you feel unable to look up words yourself? https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/deutsch-englisch/vorerst

[tribal gust]

hmm , yeah danke schon

[vernal ermine]

How reflexive pronomen used with perfect tense? Also give some example sentence in negation of perfect tense.

[proven sphinx]

Er hat sich gewaschen.
Er hat sich nicht gewaschen.

Ich habe mich gekämmt.
Ich habe mich nicht gekämmt.

Wir haben uns geduscht.
Wir haben uns nicht geduscht.

You mean like this?

[vernal ermine]

Yes but what if a preposition comes in the sentence. How you will frame the sentence.

[proven sphinx]

"Er hat sich mit Seife gewaschen"
"Er hat sich nicht mit Seife gewaschen"

Like this?

[vernal ermine]

How we will use when it is used with weil

[proven sphinx]

You mean something like "because he washed himself with soap"?

..., weil er sich (nicht) mit Seife gewaschen hat.

[vernal ermine]

@proven sphinx Vielen Dank

[proven sphinx]

Yeah, I know that German word order can take some getting used to. 😅

But you get used to it after a while.

It just takes some practice.

Gern geschehen!

[vernal ermine]

What's gern geschechen

[proven sphinx]

"You're welcome"

Literally means "gladly happened".

geschehen = passieren

[vernal ermine]

Oh ok 👌

[final pond]

Sagt jemand das wirklich

Ich habe das Gefühl alle sagen „Gerne“

[long whale]

Comma after "Gefühl", please. :D - Sure, perfectly normal sentence. What don't you like about it? ;)

[final pond]

There is something I don’t like about “Gern geschehen”

Too long

[long whale]

Oh, that's what you meant! 😄 I thought you were talking about Ich habe das Gefühl alle sagen „Gerne“

What, IRL? Or in chat on discord?

[final pond]

IRL

Maybe people in Switzerland are just impolite

[long whale]

Ah. I wouldn't know. I usually just reply with "Bitte". But I also say "Gern geschehen". 🤷

[fervent kernel]

what would the literal translation of '' Das Paket hat gebracht werden müssen'' be?

[long whale]

Since you'd usually say "Das Paket musste gebracht werden" instead, the normal translation pretty much corresponds to the English version. ;)

[fervent kernel]

i see i see

thank you

[plush pelican]

This is from the game Baldur's Gate 3.

As I understand it, Ersatzinfinitiv in Standarddeutsch would be, "dass du einen Welpen hast entwischen lassen."

I once read a thing online, though, which said that in regional dialects, the Ersatzinfinitiv comes in several different orders. Is this one of those non-standard dialectical orders for the Ersatzinfinitiv?

[timber yacht]

Bayerische Übersetzer? 😄 In my head I immediately heard a Bavarian voice - or perhaps Austrian. "hosst loss'n"

(krakeliger)

[edgy belfry]

Liebes Tagebuch. Ich habe heute viel gelernt, weil ich viele Deutsche Grammatik Videos gesehen habe. Ich habe heute über Konjunktion gelernt. Ich habe auch gelernt, wie man Modalverben verwendet. Ich will heute Abend früh schlafen, weil ich einen Fahrkurs um 8 Uhr habe.

Ist meine Grammatik korrekt?

[tribal gust]

hello guys , ich habe ein frage

how we can use dativ in sentences if anyone can help me with that

[plush pelican]

In the videogame, the letter is written by a hag, a sort of witch-monster who lives in a swamp and makes deals with people. The English audio had the character have a Scottish accent.

Is Bavarian often used in German translations where in English it would've been a Scottish accent?

[plush pelican]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-dgLzu18EU&list=PLKCEuz6wxDQk_EIj2hea3GbXiBdXfd3MW&index=3

Check out the whole playlist

[plush pelican]

The game itself has spelling errors? Oh je

[timber yacht]

Then it has probably been translated this way on purpose. I think people are perceived to be much deeper rooted in traditions in rural Bavaria, so perhaps the image of "Hinterwäldler" or "hinterwäldlerisch" is played with. "Hinter dem Wald", a place not as exposed to or being forgotten by big city folks and modern life.

[plush pelican]

So this word order of the Ersatzinfinitiv is from the Bavarian dialect? Do you know if they do it in any other dialects?

[timber yacht]

I'm not an expert on this topic. It's definitely used in Bavarian dialect(s).

[plush pelican]

Are you from Bavaria?

[timber yacht]

Baltic Coast, opposite direction^^

[plush pelican]

I see 😄

[long whale]

Yup. Also: der Klecks -> der Tintenklecks. And I wouldn't have chosen "überziehen/überzogen" as a verb for "covered in inkspots".

[long whale]

Not to my knowledge, no.

[plush pelican]

Do you know if other dialects also do this particular word order for the Ersatzinfinitiv?

[velvet venture]

Yes, it’s indeed non-standard, but common to an extent

[plush pelican]

Common in dialect, in Standard German? In which dialect(s)?

[velvet venture]

I don’t know. I would just say colloquially

[plush pelican]

So, formally you'd say "hast entwischen lassen", but informally, you'd say, "entwischen hast lassen"?

Also which part of Germany are you from?

[velvet venture]

I personally wouldn’t say that, but some people do. Besides, “entwischen lassen hast” is also correct, however not common in everyday speech.

I live close to Frankfurt am Main.

[plush pelican]

Besides, “entwischen lassen hast” is also correct

Is it? I thought Standarddeutsch only recognized the Ersatzinfinitiv order "hast entwischen lassen"?

I've also heard of not using the Ersatzinfinitiv and then doing like, "entwischen gelassen hast"

[velvet venture]

“lassen” is still an Ersatzinfinitiv here, and yes, both variations are standard language. The finite verb can come first or last place

[timber yacht]

I've just looked up Ersatzinfinitiv https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ersatzinfinitiv
Its use is really widespread.
it was explicitely the word order of hast lassen that reminded me of the Bavarian dialect

[velvet venture]

When there are three or more (very rare) verbs @plush pelican

[plush pelican]

ah, apparently this is specific to "lassen"?

[velvet venture]

“lassen” is a verb that sometimes colloquially appears in the past participle, when the Ersatzinfinitiv is actually standard language. But with more than two verbs, that’s very uncommon

[plush pelican]

Do that sentence, but instead of "lassen", "können"

Could you do "entwischen können hast"?

[velvet venture]

Yes, but “entwischen konntest” is almost exclusively used in such cases

[plush pelican]

I found a scholarly paper about this: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/zfs-2014-0001/pdf

[velvet venture]

Hm. Idk. Maybe using the p.p. “gelassen” is also fine and standard language

[plush pelican]

They seem to be saying both your "kommen lassen haben" and "kommen gelassen haben" are debated as to whether that's Standarddeutsch or not, right?

[velvet venture]

Yes

[plush pelican]

so some would argue yes, some no

and Duden lists all 3, 😄

so I guess Duden is in the "yes" camp

[velvet venture]

The Duden has as a guiding principle to be descriptive, whether it always sticks to it is a different question.

[rocky spindle]

If I am talking with my german friend about something, and I am surprised that he's never heard of something I just said, which sentence is correct if I want to say "You've never heard of that"? 1. Hast du es nie gehort? 2. Hast du noch nie davon gehört?

[long whale]

2

[brittle folio]

what's the word for draw (as in draw a picture)

[verbal girder]

dict.cc

[brittle folio]

google is giving me like 5 billion different definitions for draw

i dont trust it

[long whale]

Scroll down until you get to II. here: https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/englisch-deutsch/draw ;)

[brittle folio]

ty

also im bookmarking that site now

[vernal ermine]

What's the difference between hören and gehören

?

[solid zealot]

Hören = listen
Gehören = belong

[calm kernel]

Können wir Genitiv umgangssprachlich umgekehrt nutzen?

Er hat meiner Mutter einen guten Freund eingeladen.

normalerweise ist's einen guten Freund meiner Mutter

es hört sich sehr komisch an, aber ich bin mir sehr sicher, dass ich so ein Satzbau gesehen habe

[vernal ermine]

Danke

But I have a doubt why there is gehort for perfect tense for both words

[solid zealot]

Use umlauts o ö, its gehört

wouldnt it be obvious from the sentence

[long whale]

No. And you definitely haven't. (There is a pretty strange construction used in dialect, but it isn't this one.)

[long whale]

You have to look at the rest of the sentence. "etwas/jdn hören" vs. "jdm gehören" ;)

[solid zealot]

Im getting Susana's approval

[vernal ermine]

Give me some example sentence

[long whale]

https://www.dwds.de/wb/gehören

[long whale]

FYI, using imperative without any kind of polite frills is considered really rude, both in English and in German.

[vernal ermine]

Okay

For me , it depends on the observation of the person, and if we use that sentence in a low voice, it doesn't become rude.

[vernal ermine]

Please give me your own example sentence

[long whale]

If you check under Bedeutungen, there are a lot of very easy-to-understand sentences. ;)

@vernal ermine It took me a while, but I did manage to come up with a sentence where "gehört" might mean both/either "heard" and/or "belonged". However, don't forgt: IRL, there is still context.

Das Lied/Die CD (Akkusativ, although you can't see it) hat Tom (Nominativ, subject) gehört = Tom listened to this song/CD

vs.

[vernal ermine]

Yes there are some sentences , but it doesn't have the sentence what I am looking for?

[long whale]

Das Lied/Die CD (Nominativ) hat Tom (Dativ) gehört = The song/CD belonged to Tom

[long whale]

And how would I know what kind of sentence you're looking for?

[vernal ermine]

Why didn't it come as Tom heard the CDs

[vernal ermine]

Please continue your sentence.

[long whale]

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[vernal ermine]

After vs?

[long whale]

^

[vernal ermine]

What you want to say after vs

[long whale]

^^

[vernal ermine]

Oh yes I got it

But they both have same sentence structure

?

What would be right

[long whale]

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[vernal ermine]

Ok it depends on the context

Vielen Dank @long whale

[fervent kernel]

Double meaning is a part of every language I think

[solid zealot]

I speak 3 and it happens in all 3

Also in korean so 4/4

[calm kernel]

if you say so

[long whale]

As I said, it took me a while to come up with this sentence. Because it has "Tom" which doesn't show the case. And if the possession/thing which was heard is a masc. noun, it would also show the case. -> No more double meaning. 🤷

[long whale]

Well... you can use that sentence (although it would be pretty uncommon). But it would mean "He invited a good friend for my mother/for my mother's sake" ("meiner Mutter" being Dativ in that case).

The dialect construction you were thinking of would be "Er hat meiner Mutter ihren guten Freund eingeladen", or, to give a different example "Das ist meiner Mutter ihr Auto", resp. "Das ist meinem Vater sein Haus". And that's not just colloquial, it's strictly dialect. -> In other parts of Germany, this will make people go 👀

[vernal ermine]

What we will tell cooking vessels in German.

[vernal ermine]

Is it Kochgefäße?

[solid zealot]

Please use simple Translation Tools or dictionaries for such questions. There is no point if other people find it for you. If you have questions after looking it up, feel free to ask

[vernal ermine]

I have used those translation and then only I ask these questions

In dictionary there is no match for those words

[solid zealot]

Is it any different than kitchenware

[vernal ermine]

My mother tongue is not English bro

[solid zealot]

Mine aint too

Why use Englisch<->German then??

[vernal ermine]

My native language is not so exact as English

[solid zealot]

Then use your native language dictionary

[vernal ermine]

Also not a popular language as English

[solid zealot]

Irrelevant

If you dont wanna listen,I cant help you

[vernal ermine]

Ok bro

[icy flax]

Typ: "Und dann hat noch einer mir diesen Tag auf LinkedIn gratuliert. Aber wofür?! 10 Jahre an der Uni? Uhuu! Ich flipp aus!"

Hier hat der Typ mit ausflippen wohl gemeint, dass er "die Nerven verloren habe" oder "kopflos geworden sei", nicht wahr?

Buchstabe a. vermute ich: https://www.dwds.de/wb/ausflippen#:~:text=wohl lautmalender Herkunft.-,– ausflippen Vb.,flip out 'verrückt werden'.

[vernal ermine]

@solid zealot So is it good to say, I wash my kitchenware.

[calm kernel]

it'll make them leave u?!😅 a cool information

[outer ocean]

shouldnt the time be first and location second?

[hushed dawn]

Wird es bevorzugt, ein "Konjunktiv 2" mit "als ob" und "als wenn" zu benutzen ?

Auch, sind "als ob" und "als wenn" wirklich austauchbar ?

[dry apex]

Can someone explain to me "egal"? And this sentence too
Ist mir egal wo wir him gehen

What's the subject?

[red palm]

"egal" means that you don't care
"Ist mir egal wo wir hin gehen" means that the person saying this doesn't care where they are going.

[dry apex]

What's the subject of the sentence tho?

[red palm]

the subject as in what the sentence is about?
Or the grammatical term called subject?

[dry apex]

Grammatical terms

[red palm]

Wir.
I think what you posted is a shortened version, the longer being "Es ist mir egal, wo wir gehen."
As in "It's all the same to me, where WE go."

[dry apex]

Alright alright

Danke :)

[long whale]

This is possible, but would be unusual, except in a technical context. You'd just say Töpfe OR Kochtöpfe und Pfannen.

[long whale]

Yes.

[outer ocean]

herr antrim destroyed

[long whale]

The subject was omitted in the 1st part (which frequently happens but only in colloquial spoken German (!), if the subject happens to be es/das or ich): [Es] ist mir egal, wo wir hingehen. es = subject in main clause; wir = subject in relative clause.

[dry apex]

Ooooh it makes sense, thank you so much ^^

[fervent kernel]

can one add ''es'' in: ''bitte hör (es) auf, mit mir zu sprechen''?

[long whale]

No. "aufhören" is an intransitive verb, i.e. it can not be used with a direct object/Akkusativobjekt.

[fervent kernel]

aah i see, thank you

[long whale]

In Standard German, yes, "als ob" should be used with K2. In spoken German, it's often used with Indikativ, though. - I don't know. I don't use "als wenn". 🤷

[long whale]

I'd say it's often used in German where you'd say "I can't believe it!" or "That's crazy!" in English. ;)

[vernal ermine]

So reflexive pronomen should be used compulsorily only with reflexive verb? @long whale

[long whale]

Mm... some verbs are true reflexive verbs, sich schämen for example -> those can only be used with a reflexive. Many more are used reflexively, though. But not all verbs can be used with a reflexive.

[vernal ermine]

Please give an example where ordinary verb is used with a reflexive pronomen and also a sentence where other verb cannot be used with a reflexive pronomen.

@long whale

[long whale]

When subject and object are identical, a reflexive is used: Ich sehe mich im Spiegel OR Er wäscht sich. We also use the Dativ reflexive pronoun to say we're doing something for ourselves: Ich kaufe mir ein Kleid. (I'm buying a dress for myself) Er macht sich einen Kaffee. (He's making coffee for himself)

I think you can not (never?) use a reflexive when a verb is intransitive: Der Lärm hört sich auf. Der Film endet sich.

[vernal ermine]

Ok now , I will ask those doubt after some time because I didn't came across a lot of sentences.

@long whale how snacks is countable?

[long whale]

ein Snack, zwei Snacks = countable vs. ein Gulasch, zwei Gulasch/Gulasche/Gulaschs = uncountable

-> If a noun has a working, usable plural, it's called "countable". If it doesn't, it's called "uncountable".

[vernal ermine]

But snacks can be anything, you can't tell specifically. Then how it can be?

[vernal ermine]

Yes gulasch is same as water

[long whale]

Or butter. Or milk. Yes.

der Snack, die Snacks is different from those.

[vernal ermine]

Can we tell one glass of gulasch

[long whale]

It would be kind of unusual, since you don't usually drink it, do you? But yes, it works.

[vernal ermine]

In Germany, what you will consider as snack

[long whale]

🍎 🫑 🍫 🥪 - whatever. 🤷

[vernal ermine]

I some times put it in a glass and drink. Can I use it as per my convenience.

[vernal ermine]

So if there is 5 apple. Can I tell I have fünf snacks.

[long whale]

Sure. Or Ich habe fünf Äpfel.

[vernal ermine]

Or if have 2 apple, 3 banana and a chocolate. In those case, can I say Ich habe drei snacks.

[long whale]

In that case, I'd say you have 6 snacks...

But sure, if for you, a snack can consist of an apple, a banana and some chocolate - fine.

[vernal ermine]

Sounds new for me as I have not experienced in my region.

[long whale]

You see, "countable" and "uncountable" is a grammar characteristic of a noun. Like... the word "money" is also uncountable, since you can't say you have 3 moneys.

@vernal ermine

[vernal ermine]

Yes I know that, but how /what you will differentiate/ say snack and snacks

In a simple way

[long whale]

Well, if you know it's about grammar, then you know it has nothing to do with meaning. Like... in some countries, a sandwich is a meal. In others, a meal is only a meal if it consists of a plate full of meat, vegetables and potatoes/pasta/rice. Still, the word "meal" is countable, since it has a plural: 1 meal, 2 meals. Same with 1 snack, 2 snacks.

What exactly constitutes a snack is up to you - how hungry you are, what kind of country you live in.