questions-2

[copper depot]

or like i can do this but i have to go there

just give a beispiel

[vivid spire]

how do u call a fake noodle

[copper depot]

huh

[vivid spire]

impasta

[copper depot]

didn't quit got it.

[vivid spire]

uhh impasta

fake noodle

[fierce idol]

This is for serious questions about the German language. Jokes and other banter elsewhere please ^^

[copper depot]

small in german was?

[swift bough]

klein

You know you can use a dictionary for these things thougj right

[violet halo]

kleiner?

[copper depot]

right thank you.

[copper depot]

this will be used in comparison tho right?

[violet halo]

would it it like small-smaller

[copper depot]

yeh

[odd dawn]

Google Translate is pretty underrated. But it works.

[copper depot]

sometimes no..

it gives trnslation which doesn't make sence sometimes.

i will say its overated not by a lot but yeh

[swift bough]

Don’t use google

[copper depot]

yeh got it.

[swift bough]

https://www.deepl.com/translator

[copper depot]

yeh thats great

i use this

[odd dawn]

If you see a shield after the translation, it will show you that it's accurate.

[copper depot]

yes ik that but its not that of accurate always

the non sheild ones.

[odd dawn]

Then you should translate words instead.

[copper depot]

i do that? but when you try to make sentances it just becomes a hairwire.

leave it shall we.

4. Warum möchte er bald umziehen? what does this means exactly confused.

[odd dawn]

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page

[copper depot]

dict.cc and leo.org works great for me.

[compact tree]

Dict.cc is very good

[mild ice]

👍 for dict.cc

[spring socket]

Er  hat zu mir gesagt: "Setz dich hin, schreib Bars"
Denn von den meisten Gangsterrappern stimmt kein Satz

He told me to sit down and write bars because most of the gangster rappers can barely come up with a sentence? von etwas Stimmen - what does this mean?

[midnight aspen]

Lyrics

To write bars is to write lyrics

[long whale]

The verb is just "stimmen", resp. "etwas stimmt" = something is correct/true. Meaning most rappers don't say a sentence which is correct/true. :)

[spring socket]

Thanks Susana!

[ocean kite]

What is the difference between perfekt and imperfekt?

[plain umbra]

The names are technically Perfekt and Präteritum. Sometimes you see people use Imperfekt to mean Präteritum, but it's not very accurate, so I recommend to avoid that term for it.

faq past tense

[stoic mauve]

Past Tense

German has two basic past tenses: Perfekt and Präteritum.

What’s the difference? Which one should I use?

To put it simply: Perfekt is used for spoken and casual German, and Präteritum is used for formal writing such as novels. For anything in between or if you’re unsure, it’s best to simply ask a native speaker. But most of the time, you will be using Perfekt, so it’s recommended that you learn that first!

However, even when you are using the Perfekt tense, a few verbs are often still used in Präteritum. This varies by region! Some native speakers use 100% Perfekt tense when they speak, but most people use at least a few words with Präteritum in their speech.

The main verbs commonly used in Präteritum form even when using Perfekt are:
• haben (e.g. ich hatte instead of ich habe gehabt)
• sein (e.g. ich war instead of ich bin gewesen)
• modal verbs
• wissen, denken (e.g. ich wusste, ich dachte)

The following are sometimes also used in Präteritum form but not as pervasively:
• bleiben, brauchen, finden, geben, gehen, laufen, liegen, rufen, sehen, sitzen, stehen, tun

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[plain umbra]

This explains the difference.

[ocean kite]

Oh I see sorry that’s just what my German teacher described it as

Thanks for telling me

[plain umbra]

People used to call it that more in the past, but recently it's less common due to it being inaccurate.

[ocean kite]

Oh okay that makes sense, she lived in Germany for a few years but she hasn’t lived there for about 20 years so that might be why

[amber oriole]

when would you use the Präteritum in german
i was told that you'd use it when writing
but if i was speaking and wanted to say "i was there " would i say "ich war dort" or "ich bin dort gewesen"
ive never seen or heard the perfekt tense of "sein" be used and so i've never really known how to use it

[long whale]

You're right, haben, sein and modal verbs are usually used in Präteritum, not in Perfekt. (In some regions, even those verbs are used in Perfekt, but that's dialect.) :)

[plain umbra]

See the bot message a few messages above.

Here: #questions-2 message

[amber oriole]

oh my god how did i miss that im so sorry !!!
thank you !!!!!

[plain umbra]

No problem. 😄

[fervent kernel]

Welcher ist grammatikalisch korrekt? Mittlere Pommes oder Mittelgroße Pommes?

[brisk bloom]

Ich würde sagen die Grammatik ist hier unwichtig, denn theoretisch kann man beide Formulierungen benutzen.
Umgangssprachlich wird es jedoch meistens mittlere Pommes genannt.

[proven sphinx]

Ist das tatsächlich etwas, was man hört?

In einem Restaurant vielleicht eher "Ich hätte gerne die mittelgroße Portion Pommes" und in einem Fast-Food-Restaurant eher "Ich hätte gerne das Medium-Menü".

[fervent veldt]

Wie kann man "silly" auf Deutsch sagen?

[proven sphinx]

"albern" probably comes closest.

[spring socket]

I'm curious, does einfältig work too?

[proven sphinx]

That's an insult.

It means "dumb".

[spring socket]

hmm, alright

thanks

[proven sphinx]

It's like "simple-minded" in English, I guess.

I think it comes from how wrinkles (Falten) in your brain are associated with intelligence, and the lack of those wrinkles is hence associated with the lack thereof.

[fervent veldt]

How is "auftstehen" not at the end? 😢

[spring socket]

thank you. I'd noted it as meaning 'silly' when I read der kleine Prinz and its stuck with me. I'll learn the new definition

[proven sphinx]

Because "als ich" is like a different part of the sentence already.

[brisk bloom]

Im Fast-Food-Restaurant oder Imbiss hört man mittlere Pommes sehr häufig. In normalen Restaurants hat man eigentlich nicht die Wahl wie groß die Portion Pommes werden soll, daher ist die Formulierung dort unwichtig^^

[fervent veldt]

Is "Sebastian muss fruher als ich aufstehen" correct?

[swift bough]

früher

Two different letters

[lucid sluice]

Not really related to german in specific, but is anki for mobile worth it in 2021?

[spring socket]

It's better than nothing if you can't access the desktop version

I also have a question. Does anyone else find it difficult when multiple Germans are speaking at the same time? I can't focus in on what one of them is saying and ignore the others like with English

[violet birch]

I want to ship something to 86517 WEHRINGEN, region do I put?

I can choose out of Saarland, Sachsen-Anhalt and much more

[fervent veldt]

Ok so the verb "befürchten" is pronounced differnetly on dict.leo compared to reverso.net

The "ch" part to be specific

which one is correct?

[karmic monolith]

Yeh i use it on mobile, it's helps me a lot

[plush pelican]

Does "werden" take nominative objects when it's used in the sense of "to become", but other objects when it's used in the sense of "will"? I saw this sentence on Nico's Weg:

Nicht nur in Deutschland, sondern in fast allen europäischen Ländern wird heute der Müll getrennt und recycelt.

Then I tried putting into DeepL some sentences. For "I will walk the dog," it gave, "Ich werde den Hund ausführen," but for "I become the dog" it gave, "Ich werde der Hund"

My guess here is that when it's a helper verb, you ignore it and look to the actual verb for what case the object should be in, but when it's used in the sense of "to become," it's its own verb and happens to have nominative case, like sein.

[solid hull]

werden has many uses, 4 main ones to be exact. To illustrate:

1. werden as a main verb (a copula, which cannot take an object). In this case, it means to become/turn
2. werden as a helping verb, used to form the future tense
3. werden again as a helping verb, this time in its conditional/past subjunctive form, used for conditionals
4. werden to form the passive voice

in your 2nd example, it's not "werden" triggering the accusative case, it's "ausführen". Den Hund is the object of ausführen, thus it needs to be in the accusative. Werden is just used to express futurity

[plush pelican]

In 1) you say when werden is a main verb it cannot take an object? Then with "Ich werde ein Hund" where does the case for 'ein' come from?

[solid hull]

I think it would be better to use a prepositional phrase instead, like ich werde zu einem hund

anyway, ein is just in the nominative

the same way Mensch in "ich bin ein Mensch" is

[plush pelican]

But that's because with sein the object case is nominative, isn't it?

[solid hull]

nominative isn't the object case, it's the accusative/dative

nominative is about the subject

[plush pelican]

Danke für deine Hilfe

[solid hull]

immer gerne

[scenic drift]

i use it mostly on mobile because my phone doesn't have a data plan (so i can't use the web version) + it's just so much more convenient to be able to do it on my phone

but if you're on iphone and you're new to anki i would probably recommend spending a few month using desktop anki before you buy it because it's quite expensive.

[long whale]

In case this didn't get answered, it isn't really wrong, but it's unidiomatic. When you have a comparison, the past participle is pulled forwards: Ich habe noch nie so schöne Dinge gesehen wie in Italien. :)

[fervent veldt]

Dankeschön. ☺️

[fervent kernel]

When do we use "im" and when do we use "in"?

[mint relic]

1. Du kannst dir gerne dein Auto von mir instand setzen lassen

You can get your car repaired by me

Is my sentence ✓ or X

Ich meine, ist mein auf deutsch geschriebene Übersetzung richtig oder falsch
.
.
.
.

2. Ich möchte diese Nachrichten/ Emails abstellen

I would like to unsubscribe from these email

Versuche aus "abstellen" ein Satz zu bauen. Ist das ✓ oder X

[thin galleon]

what i know is that im is a contraction of in+... but i'm not sure what that would be, but i guess it's "dem"

so depending of what case you're using you contract the "in" with the article, but in the Nominativ it's just "in der"

[whole portal]

There is also ins = in + das

(No, it's not in's.)

[fervent kernel]

why is it
"Mein Bruder ist im Iran"
but
"In Deutschland, Ich bin Lehrer"

[thin galleon]

german apparently requires articles for some country names but not for others like Deutschland, Österreich, die Schweiz, die Türkei, die USA.

[proven sphinx]

There are only a few countries that use articles, really.

Die Schweiz, die Türkei, der Iran, die USA, die Niederlande...

[fervent kernel]

so "im Iran" = "in der Iran"?

[proven sphinx]

im = in dem

[thin galleon]

in+dem Iran

[woeful lotus]

"in dem Iran" yes

[fervent kernel]

oh yeah, Akkusativ

[proven sphinx]

Dativ

"den" wäre Akkusativ.

[woeful lotus]

3. Fall

[fervent kernel]

so let's say "Schwerin liegt im Osten von Hamburg" can also be "Schwerin liegt in dem Osten von Hamburg"?

[woeful lotus]

Nou

im = In dem

[fervent kernel]

fixed

[woeful lotus]

now its correct

[fervent kernel]

oh so "im" is just short for "in dem"

[woeful lotus]

yes

its the so called "Dativ"

[fervent kernel]

but "in dem" only goes with noun that has articles

so Vietnam or Deutschland or Agypt can just be "in + (country name)"

[woeful lotus]

you mean adjective?

[woeful lotus]

yes

[fervent kernel]

I have no idea

oh noun

my bad

[woeful lotus]

basically all prepositions

so yes

[fervent kernel]

what's the difference between article and preposition?

[woeful lotus]

preposition can be also "zum, vom, beim"

[swift bough]

Sometimes there’s also a difference in meaning or especially emphasis between the two actually but that’s a bit more complex

[woeful lotus]

"zu dem" "von dem" "bei dem"

[fervent kernel]

got that

thanks

[lament knoll]

Hey could anyone help with this question? Basically there is a birthday invitation and you have to reply to it, and the last bullet point for you to write the letter off of says "Fragen Sie nach Geburtstagwünschen". What is that supposed to mean?

[hollow parcel]

you have to ask the person what they want for their birthday. Or that's what I would ask lol

like "Wünschst du dir was zum Geburtstag?" or "was wünschst du dir zum Geburtstag?"

[lament knoll]

ohhh that makes sense though still it sounds kinda weird idk but thanks nice

[hollow parcel]

oh well I use that question a lot xD

[lament knoll]

welp

[lucid sluice]

Is:
Seine Kameraden trafen er erst später correct?

[terse violet]

"Er traf seine Kameraden erst später"

[lucid sluice]

Hm, I have to conjugate the word treffen in the following sentence: Seine Kameraden treffen er erst später

[willow socket]

are you supposed to conjugate it in the present tense?

ich treffe
du triffst
er/es/sie trifft
wir treffen
ihr trefft
Sie/sie treffen

you can find the conjugation for verbs by googling 'verb + konjugation' for future reference.

[lucid sluice]

Nope Präteritum

[vapid glade]

treffen ihn / trafen ihn

[lucid sluice]

But is it traf or trafen?

[willow socket]

traf

seine Kameraden traf er

[vapid glade]

Oh yeah, if er is the subject

[lucid sluice]

Oh okay ty

[shut briar]

Is saying Keinen Bock similar to saying i dont feel like it

[willow socket]

yeah

[shut briar]

I wonder how this expression came to be

Bock is a male goat right

Weird

[willow socket]

TIL

[plain umbra]

According to wiktionary (might not have reliable etymology) they come from different origins. Bock meaning goat is just Germanic and Bock meaning desire is from Romani/Sanskrit.

[shut briar]

Oh that makes sense

Bhookh in Hindi ( and something similar in Sanskrit) is Hunger

Which is like the main desire

So i can see it Happening

[shut briar]

Still strange that this expression survived after all this while and only in this sense

[stone dune]

hey I just read about "herunter" und "hinunter", and I see that in daily life German use only "runter"
So, how about other preposition such as "auf" or "aus".
Do you also use "rauf" or "raus"?
Thanks.

[vapid glade]

Yes we do, but it's informal

e.g. rausgehen instead of herausgehen

[stone dune]

Thank you!

[fervent kernel]

"denn" translate to because

but what does it mean in "Nein, wo ist denn das?"

is it Dativ?

[icy flax]

It is an adverb without much of a meaning. Some might say it intensifies the questions, like showing more interest in getting to know the thing (but also lack of patience, depending on the tone). It follows no case and is, hence, no Akkusativ/Dativ/Genitiv/Nominativ.

More infos: https://www.dwds.de/wb/denn#2

[fervent kernel]

so getting rid of it doesnt change the meaning of the sentence

[icy flax]

Just removes the (showing more interest) or the (showing impatience) tones you can add to it.

[fervent kernel]

why is it "Wo liegt Polen" but "Woher kommt Polen"?

[willow socket]

is Polan a name?
Wo = where. It refers to a location when something is at that spot
Woher = from where. It refers to moving from a location. (woher = where from, wohin = where to, both involving movement)

[fervent kernel]

ohh

so in case of the country "Polen" we use Wo, and if there's someone named "Polen" we use Woher

[willow socket]

well, if you want to ask where Polen is on a map, then yes 'wo liegt Polen' is good.
If you want to ask where someone named Emil is from, you say 'woher kommt Emil?'
If you want to ask where someone named Emil is right now 'Wo ist Emil!?'

[fervent kernel]

what does the "man" means in "hier spricht man Polnisch"

[plain umbra]

Like English "one" which is more commonly used as "you". It's like unspecific pronoun.

Like "Here one speaks Polish".

[fervent kernel]

does that mean "the people here speak Polish"?

like, the same meaning

[vapid glade]

Yes

[fervent kernel]

got that

also nice pfp

[vapid glade]

Thank you, yours is quite nice as well

[gentle barn]

hey! wenn man ''also'' benutzt, dann kommt das Verb direkt nach diesem Wort, oder?

z.B. Der Klimawandel wird immer deutlicher, also wird der Nordpol eisfrei sein. Korrekt?

[night dagger]

es kommt darauf an

"also... ich werde es halt machen."

[vapid glade]

Yes but in that case the also is just used as a filler

[night dagger]

exactly

[vapid glade]

e.g. "Ich sehe dich also morgen"

[vapid glade]

But if used as a conjunction "also" is always followed by a verb

[night dagger]

please do not post the same question in both channels.

[vestal notch]

okey

sorry about that

[willow socket]

schooool's out (for summer)

[gentle barn]

thank u!!

[empty edge]

Hey guys! How do you say "wait let me check" in German?

[delicate tiger]

"Moment, lass mich nachgucken" (lassen Sie mich)

[empty edge]

Danke!

And how do you say "what's the date today?"

[vapid glade]

Welches Datum haben wir heute?

[empty edge]

Okay, so I had to translate a conversation and if you wouldn't mind could you check it for me?

[near folio]

siehe #corrections

[fervent veldt]

Ist "das Geschirr" ein singulares oder plurales Nomen?

[near folio]

das Geschirr ist Singular, die Pluralform ist die Geschirre

[fervent veldt]

Was meint es dann?

Ist das singular

[vapid glade]

Ja

[spring socket]

Can you also say 'mal gucken'?

[vapid glade]

Yes

But it's more informal

[spring socket]

Danke Valentin

[vapid glade]

Np

[empty edge]

Hey guys, how would you say "yeah sure, that seems interesting" or "yeah sure, I think that will be interesting"

[steel patrol]

Do people say "das selbe" or " das Gleiche" more often?

[vapid glade]

They have different meanings

[steel patrol]

oh?

[vapid glade]

Das selbe implies that two things are the exact same objects while gleich means that two things are identical but not the same

[steel patrol]

Would you mind giving me a couple of example sentences, please?

[vapid glade]

"Wir essen die selbe Suppe" - We're both eating one soup from one bowl - "Wir essen die gleiche Suppe" - We're eating the same soup but in different bowls

Or "Wir tragen die selbe Hose" -> We are both in one pair of pants

While "Wir tragen die gleiche Hose" mean that you are each wearing an identical pair of pants

Sometimes it's incorrectly used interchangeably

[steel patrol]

Ach so, vielen Dank! And if I'm talking to someone about languages and I wanna say that something they've already said/written means the same thing as my explanation of it, which one would I use for that? "Das ist das selbe" or "das ist das Gleiche"? Also, I'm not sure if selbe here needs to be capitalized...
@vapid glade

[long whale]

As far as I know, you can only use it in plural if it means something like... tack? Maybe? The bits and pieces you need to put a horse in front of a carriage. :)

[fervent veldt]

einnehmen vs nehmen?

[vapid glade]

I'd say "gleiche"

[steel patrol]

All right, thanks for your help! I'll be sure to remember the difference between the two. :)

[void rapids]

Hi! I was doing some konjunctiv 2 practice on a website and I’m a little confused as to why this is wärt and not hättet. I interpreted the sentence as “oh! If only you had stayed longer” or like if you had stayed longer so I’m not sure why it would be a form of were unless I’m interpreting the sentence wrong

[plain umbra]

Bleiben goes with sein.

Just like sein and werden go with sein.

Like you would say "Er ist geblieben" for past tense of bleiben.

[void rapids]

Oh ok. Is there an easy way to tell if the verb goes with sein or is that just something you pick up on as you practice? When you gave the example it made sense but it’s just a little weird bc in English you would say like he stayed or “he had stayed” and the ist in that example seems like he is but then obviously gebleiben is in the past tense. Idk if that makes sense but like “was hast du am wochenende gemacht” is something my teacher asks and so I just kinda assumed that staying would be the same way like “I had stayed” or “if you had stayed”

[plain umbra]

For sein, werden and bleiben it's simple to remember because these are verbs that go with nominative.

But for other verbs, there are some rules for it.

faq past tense

[stoic mauve]

Perfekt

How to form the Perfekt tense

The Perfekt tense is formed by combining an auxiliary verb (haben or sein) with the past participle form of the main verb.

For example, if I want to write the past tense of “essen”/“to eat”, such as in the English sentence “I ate”, I first need to know the auxiliary verb that goes with essen (which happens to be haben), and the past participle form of essen (which is gegessen).

I can then combine them with the usual verb conjugation and word order rules, as such:
Ich habe gegessen. -> I ate. / I have eaten.
Ich habe das Brot gegessen. -> I ate the bread. / I have eaten the bread.

How to determine the past participle?

Just look it up in the dictionary! There are a few general patterns you can also learn about, but a dictionary will pretty much always list the past participle somewhere near the verb itself.

When to use haben and when to use sein as the auxiliary verb?

The basic rules are:
• Transitive verbs (verbs which take an accusative object) use haben
• Intransitive verbs which describe a change of location or change of state use sein
• Other intransitive verbs use haben

This may not be a 100% reliable set of rules, so if in doubt, you can always use a dictionary to verify the correct auxiliary. Also note that there are a few regional variations.

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[plain umbra]

This part at the bottom.

One tip I would give is that you should make sure you're comfortable with Perfekt tense before trying to get into that Konj 2 you're doing now.

[void rapids]

Ohh so bleiben would be like an intransitive verb because it’s kinda describing a location (like staying somewhere) so the axillary verb would be sein

[void rapids]

Ok thank you so much! My teacher went over that a little bit at the end of last year’s semester (in April/may of this year) and it made sense but I think I just need to review the fine details

[plain umbra]

Intransitive means it doesn't have an accusative object.

[void rapids]

Oh ok. Thank you!

[ancient pulsar]

Was ist der Unterschied -
Kann ich den Bus nach Frankfurt nehmen?
Kann ich mit dem Bus nach Frankfurt fahren?

[long whale]

You could use the 1st one both if you wanted to go to Frankfurt and if you wanted to get off the bus somewhere on the way to Frankfurt. The 2nd one would only work if you wanted to go to Frankfurt itself. :)

[ancient pulsar]

@long whale sounds a bit confusing

so, I would probably use the 2nd one if i wanted to emphasize that i want to go to Frankfurt.

And 1st one if I am at point A, and I want to go to B, and the only way there is the road between A and C, and then I would ask whether I can take the bus that goes to point C to get off the bus at point B

[ancient pulsar]

I actually do this here a lot

now it is understandable

thanks a lot

[acoustic breach]

Hallo Ich habe eine Frage
Ich kann ein entsprechendes Wort auf Deutsch für "matter" nicht finden
"It matters to me"
Ich könnte "es ist mir wichtig" oder "Es ist wichtig für mich" sagen, aber gibt es andere Ausdrucke?

[fossil token]

hmm

ich würde es ist mir wichtig benutzen

[acoustic breach]

"nothing matters"
Nichts ist mir wichtig?

[fossil token]

da würde ich ehr sages "alles ist egal"

Sagen*

scheiß tastatur

[acoustic breach]

Danke!!

[icy flax]

Try using deepl.com
It might give you more and better alternatives.

es spielt eine Rolle für mich
es bedeutet viel für mich
es interessiert mich
es juckt mich (ugs.)

[shut briar]

Ich habe den ersten vom Dialog von Dark gelernt

"Spielt es eine Rolle, welchen Weg wir gehen, wenn wir am Ende immer wieder vor uns selber stehen?"

[fervent veldt]

Was bedeuten deutsche Leute, wenn sie "doof" sagen?

[whole portal]

dumb/stupid/dense

[raven holly]

Can someone help me with my German homework?I can't seem to understand it..

[fossil token]

yea

[fossil token]

just dm me

[raven holly]

Okk

[empty edge]

Hey guys! Would anyone mind translating this for me?
L; hi mom!
N; hi, what's up?
L; I wanted to ask if you could bring me and my friend to the cinema today?
N; yes of course! no problem. what time?
L: we would like to go at seven o'clock.
N; okay I'll be waiting at seven, be ready!
L; Yes I will, thank you mom!
N; no problem!

I would really appreciate it!!

[rugged onyx]

Hallo Alle ! Gute Nacht 😊✌️

[cerulean geyser]

hallo

i need help

with german

[swift bough]

This server isn’t a translation service

https://www.deepl.com/translator

[empty edge]

Thank you for letting me know about this website, but the thing is I already tried that website and not all translations are correct. That's why I asked people on here who actually know German.

[upbeat star]

In the sentence: ''Wohnst du in einem Haus oder in einer Wohnung?'' why are the articles in dative form?

[swift bough]

How do you know they’re not correct if you don’t know German?

[swift bough]

Dative describes where something is located in this case

Dative occurs in a few ways

That’s one of them

Location, ie where is something

[upbeat star]

Oh I see, thank you!

[dire niche]

this might be too broad of a question but: how can i move from just being able to form grammatically correct sentences to being able to form grammatically correct sentences that sound like they’re from a native, ie how can i learn to speak more naturally/ like a native?

[solid hull]

Developing a real good Sprachgefühl

The way u do that is by consuming a lot of German

[swift bough]

Talk to natives. Try imitating how they talk, including how they pronounce things.

It’s a lot easier if you’re actually immersed but it’s definitely doable on discord if you can actually talk a decent amount every week

[solid hull]

In the end… practice

[swift bough]

It’s not even always a totally conscious thing

Like for me I never sat down and practiced pronunciation but my pronunciation got better because I was sort of subconsciously trying to copy how people pronounced stuff. Even though my accent isn’t perfect and people know I’m foreign, it’s still really good.

Oh yeah also even tho this has nothing to do with grammar, it still applies to grammar as well.

It’s pretty common for example for natives to put the verb right after the subject in a „weil“ construction even though on a paper you’d never use it that way

There was one point I started noticing how people were using „also“ in the middle of sentences and I picked up on that, without going into any further detail

Even at the very end of sentences even

[dire niche]

yeah i‘ll try that

[swift bough]

The more exposure the better

It’s easier to pick up on stuff after talking 100 times than it is only 20 times

[dire niche]

yeah overall i need way more speaking practice

[swift bough]

It doesn’t have to be every single day either but I think a few per week is reasonable and a bare minimum

[untold ravine]

Hi. Can you help me to understand this sentence?
"Die Leichtigkeit so lange her"
I don't know what would be a good translation

[swift bough]

Missing a verb. Should have „ist“ in there too.

„Lange her sein“ = to be a long time ago

[lone sedge]

Unless it's part of a poem? "The easiness so long ago" but easiness might not be a good translation

[untold ravine]

Is from a song

I guess that the missing verb is part of the way they talk

Thanks

[swift bough]

Ah

Well

Sometimes people shorten stuff

Also

For musical purposes it could flow a lot better

[untold ravine]

I was using lots of translator hahaha

[fallow ledge]

Do what works for you, for me shadowing people is useful. I just copy what they say

Doesnt work so good in face to face interactions tho lol

Talking to myself is great to, i go round the house sometimes giving monolectures

[icy flax]

Sir Hagfish, I also like to practice with shadowing. Every session I participate, while muted, I try to pronounce the words with the person. Songs also help me because I have the lyrics and can repeate each section again and again and again and again until I find it is convincingly good (and into the bargain, I also practice singing ☺)

[steady basin]

correct?

[fiery urchin]

what are the differences between 3 of these sentences

Zieht eine Karte aus Eurem Deck.

Ziehe eine Karte aus deinem Deck.

Ziehen Sie eine Karte aus ihrem Deck.

[midnight hornet]

give it a shot by yourself first. notice the differences in the words and declensions they use and try to see if you can spot the difference in meaning

[fiery urchin]

it all means

draw a card from your deck

but

what is the case i use the first one?

[ancient pulsar]

'your' - formal, informal, plural etc

2nd is informal singular

i am sure of that

[fiery urchin]

yea

but like

if i were to make a card game

and to put a description into a card

when the card is played, the player needs to draw another card

which one do i use

[fiery urchin]

uhh

so

which one do i use??

"Draw a card from your deck"

[ancient pulsar]

eurem

also you don't have to capitalize it

[fiery urchin]

which one do i use

😢

[ancient pulsar]

?

I just said

eurem

[fiery urchin]

oh

when do you use it

for instructions?

or on signs?

[ancient pulsar]

I know it is 2nd plural, so when you talk to 2 or more people

but idk about instructions or signs

[midnight aspen]

it's all proper, formal

[fiery urchin]

Zieht eine Karte aus eurem Deck.

Ziehen Sie eine Karte aus ihrem Deck.

[midnight aspen]

instructions are usually formal

[fiery urchin]

what about signs

does it refer to 1 person

or multiple people

[midnight aspen]

the same, 1 person formal

[fiery urchin]

Stellen Sie Ihren Müll nicht auf die Straße
or
Stellt Euren Müll nicht auf die Straße

^ if this is on a sign

[midnight aspen]

no, no signs here use "du" it's always "sie"

[fiery urchin]

what about card instructions

Zieht eine Karte aus Eurem Deck.

Ziehe eine Karte aus deinem Deck.

Ziehen Sie eine Karte aus ihrem Deck.

[midnight aspen]

yes, instructions also

[fiery urchin]

like

[ancient pulsar]

how is 'dein' formal?

[fiery urchin]

"Draw a card from your deck"

which is a card instruction

[midnight aspen]

it's not, that's what i'm saying

[fiery urchin]

inside a card game

like yu gi oh for example

[midnight aspen]

https://www.rocketlanguages.com/german/vocabulary/directions-in-german

[fiery urchin]

um

those are

speech tho

[midnight aspen]

there are text examples there

[fiery urchin]

"Draw a card from your deck"
as in it's a card description

[midnight aspen]

you want to go with the formal versions if you're speaking to a general audience, not a friend

[fiery urchin]

aaaaa

[midnight aspen]

you're only going to use "du" and informal if you're speaking with someone you personally know very well

so things like du, dir, deine, are all informal

[fiery urchin]

Zieht eine Karte aus Eurem Deck.

why is E capitalised??

[midnight aspen]

stick with things like sie, ihr - things like that

from google translate?

[fiery urchin]

its in a game

hearthstone

[midnight aspen]

Bitte ziehen Sie eine Karte von Ihrem Deck.

[fiery urchin]

thats

speech

[midnight aspen]

because of bitte?

[fiery urchin]

asfrkegdfkhgfs

[midnight aspen]

games aren't always translated correctly, so i'm not understanding

[ancient pulsar]

@fiery urchin just post your Q here again, and then we wait for native

speakers :D

[fiery urchin]

what are the differences between 3 of these sentences

Zieht eine Karte aus Eurem Deck.

Ziehe eine Karte aus deinem Deck.

Ziehen Sie eine Karte aus ihrem Deck.

if i were to use one as a card description inside a card game to tell the player: "Draw a card from your deck"; which would i choose?

in the game hearthstone, they use the first option with the capitalised E, is that correct? or is it just to emphasize, or does it have a different meaning?

when would i use "Ihr" over "Sie"

game's german translation : Zieht 2 Diener mit 1 Angriff aus Eurem Deck.

[brisk bloom]

In my opinion I would use the second sentence

[willow socket]

hello,
The first option seems to me to be using 'Eurem' in the old fashioned way, as it was used to address royalty or a king (Eure Majestät)
eure can also mean a group of people informally (you as in a group) but in that case it wouldn't be capitalised.

second option informal you
third option formal you

[fiery urchin]

ohhhh

thanks

i understand now

[willow socket]

is it written with a capital 'E' in the game? And is the 'i' in 'Ihrem' not capitalised?

[ancient pulsar]

should the ihrem be capitalised there, like Ihrem

[willow socket]

yeah

[ancient pulsar]

to address plural formal

[fiery urchin]

oh yea i forgot to capitalise

[fallow ledge]

im seen Ihr used in fantasy games before, it pretty fun

Zieht Euer Schwert und tötet den bösen Magier!

[willow socket]

better than figuring that out from a tv show about a BDSM dungeon I guess 😅

[fervent kernel]

what's the difference between "ganzer" and "alle"?

they are both mean "everything" right

[plain umbra]

Basically ganz is like "whole" and all is like "all".

Sometimes they overlap but they are somewhat different.

Like for example... Das ganze Buch. The whole book. Alle Bücher. All books.

[fervent kernel]

how about "Abstellraum" and "Lagerraum"

they both mean "storage room"

[long whale]

Lagerraum is usually where a company keeps their stock. Abstellraum is where you store your mop and bucket, your skis in summer, etc.

[fossil token]

@fervent kernel nices pfp

[fervent kernel]

Thanks, I get that a lot

[fossil token]

Yeah of course you do

[empty edge]

Hey guys

Would anyone mind translating something for me? (No one has to do this, but if anyone is bored or would like to help then you can do this. It would be very appreciated)

L: This movie is not so good
N: Yeah I agree we should’ve picked another one
L: Oh well
N: Do you want some of my popcorn, because you're finished yours?
L: Yes, thank you!

N: Oh, the movie is finished.
L: What will we do now, because we still have half an hour.
N: I'm not so sure we can go see if there are any shops open.
L: Yeah sure, that sounds nice.
N: Okay, let's go!

That is what I want to translate (once again it's fine if no one is bothered)

[fervent kernel]

L: Dieser Film ist nicht so gut.
N: Ja ich stimme zu wir hätten einen anderen nehmen sollen.
L: Oh ja
N: Willst du etwas Popcorn weil, du ja schon mit deinem fertig bist.
L: Ja, danke!

N: Ah, der Film ist vorbei.
L: Was tun? Wir haben ja noch eine halbe Stunde?
N: Bin mir nicht sicher, wir können schauen ob irgendwelche Geschäfte offen haben
L: Ja klar, das klingt gut.
N: Okay, los geht's!

I tried my best @empty edge

[empty edge]

Thank you so so much

[fervent kernel]

Np sorry if there are grammar issuses or wrong translations

[scenic drift]

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.

[fervent kernel]

Im never 100% sure

[scenic drift]

for future reference :^)

[empty edge]

Okay thank you

[worthy sky]

"Pommes sind Lieblingsessen meins"

is this sentence correct in the genitiv case?

[willow socket]

mmmm...Pommes sind mein Lieblingsessen.
if you wanted to use genitiv, probably makes more sense with something like 'Pommes sind das Lieblingsessen meines Vaters' (for example)

[ivory loom]

It's the imperative form. 1 and 2 are informal, they tell more than one person to do the action (1) or just one (2), 3 is formal. I don't know why Eurem is written in upper case. Sometimes they also write Dein, or Du, but not exactly sure why that is.

[vapid glade]

Purely out of politeness. As someone else said "Eure" is used like the "Your" in "Your Majesty/Eure Majestät"

[ivory loom]

I mean, if someone refers to me as Du (so capitalized) I would feel that I’m being accused of something rather than anything else XD

[swift bough]

When I got a scholarship from a Goethe club the letter used Du (I mention this cuz it’s like one of the only times I’ve ever seen it) it’s like an inbetween of Sie and du, nobody is mad at you lol

[wise pendant]

This ^

[near folio]

Im geschrieben Deutsch ist es nicht unüblich, du und seine Variante großzuschrieben. Meine älteren Kollegen schreiben es fast immer groß, sie haben es wahrscheinlich so in der Schule gelernt. Irgendwann wurde wohl die "Regel" geändert oder man wurde beim Texten faul und hat das du klein gelassen.

[drowsy citrus]

what will you choose ?

die post kommt seit vielen jahren nur einmal ...
tagelang
täglich
im Tag
der Tag

[karmic monolith]

I would say "Am Tag"

[drowsy citrus]

yeah me too , but the answer only have these

im so confused

[kind garnet]

täglich

[rain kernel]

Pro tag 💩

[hollow parcel]

täglich

[drowsy citrus]

can u tell me why ... i dont understand

[long whale]

What is it you don't understand? "tagelang" means "for days on end", and the others don't make any sense/are incorrect -> täglich/daily is your answer. :)

And yes, "once daily" is probably not something you'd say in English - except perhaps for some medicine/drug you're taking? But then, a literal translation doesn't always make sense. :)

[autumn hare]

Hallo alle!

Ich sann ob man "frucht tragen" sagen kann. Meint das als ob "glücken"?!

[vapid glade]

"Früchte tragen" means that you get a profit/reward out of something

Or that it succeeds in general

[autumn hare]

Ah! That's what I searched for! Danke!!

[odd dawn]

"Am besten, wir wärmen die Reste auf."

"Am besten wärmen wir die Reste auf."

Are both okay?

[long whale]

Only 2 is correct (although you may sometimes hear 1 in colloquial spoken German). :)

[odd dawn]

Oh! That makes sense! Danke. :')

[fallen rain]

Hie there, I need some help regarding to a grammar question I have. I've listed some sentences below that have highlighted artikels, I want to know what determines the artikel in each sentence. As an example to the first one, why does it has to be den?

Er ist jemand, den ich kenne.
Das ist das Haus, das ich gekauft habe.
Das ist das Bier, das ich mag.
Ist das die größte Wohnung, die Sie haben?
Er hat die dinge, die du braucht.

[long whale]

For relative clauses, you look at the verb in the relative clause, e.g. "kennen". What construction does it require? Akkusativ. Then, you look at the noun/thing it refers to. Which is "[der] jemand", i.e. masc. singular -> den

[fallen rain]

Thank you so much, this was really helpful!

[valid vapor]

how to learn german faster 2021 updated PLEASSEEE 😩😩

[fallen galleon]

Practice a lot

[shut briar]

Danke, dass du dasselbe/das gleiche getan hast

Welches ist besser?

[solemn flicker]

Why do you desire to learn it faster? 😄

[long whale]

In theory, probably: das gleiche/Gleiche. Because in theory, when you've got das Gleiche, you've got 2 identical things. When you've got dasselbe, there is only 1 thing. In practice, we don't differentiate. :)

[neon geyser]

It doesn't really matter, but I'd say Danke, dass du das gleiche getan hast

[long whale]

Again, in theory: Er trägt seit einer Woche dasselbe Hemd -> he stinks, because he's been wearing the same shirt every day for a week. Er trägt immer das gleiche Hemd -> he owns lots of identical shirts. :)

[shut briar]

That's a funny thing to make a difference in. It makes sense there's not one in practice

For context, my friend's taken a break, and i have too. So thanks for doing the same thing as he is

[shut briar]

What's the opposite of leider if you want to express the opposite of this sentiment

Ich habe leider keine Zeit

[long whale]

How about looking up "fortunately"? Or did I misunderstand your question?

[shut briar]

No no you didn't, i was just going to write something more but someone came in

I know there's zum Glück and a couple more big words, but i have never heard something said like this, and i wanted to know what was the natural way to go

[long whale]

Yeah, that would work nicely. :)

[limber ember]

HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE?

[neon geyser]

Tschüss/Bis Bald/Auf Wiedersehen

[vapid glade]

Tschau

[brisk bloom]

Einen schönen Tag/Abend noch

[slender cloud]

How do I know which "the" to use for this sentence "der Frau, der mann"

[scenic drift]

well it's certainly not der Frau unless there's some other context that's missing

you have to use the correct word according to the gender of the word

die Frau but der Mann

[slender cloud]

hm

Can it be "das frau" or "das mann"?

[scenic drift]

no.

[slender cloud]

Ok, so die is for female and der is for male

[scenic drift]

counterpoint: das Mädchen

if you mean the gender of the thing being referred to.

(Mädchen = girl)

[slender cloud]

So Kind's are das

[scenic drift]

there's not really much rules around the genders. you just need to memorize the gender of each noun when you learn the noun.

[slender cloud]

yeah true

im still confused around "das" though. What gender word is this for

[scenic drift]

neuter

[fervent kernel]

die frau and der mann

[sly ferry]

neuter

[slender cloud]

s children get das

[sly ferry]

mikey

[fervent kernel]

neuter?

whats neuter

[sly ferry]

neutrum

[scenic drift]

die = feminine,
der = masculine,
das = neuter

syrooo i was just typing that

[fervent kernel]

yep

[scenic drift]

[fervent kernel]

das is just for other stuff

lol

for everything else

[sly ferry]

no, it's not that easy 😅

[slender cloud]

i wish it was...

[fervent kernel]

Das Kind

Die kinder

[slender cloud]

oooh i get it now

[scenic drift]

that's plural, which is something else as well.

[fervent kernel]

holy how got damn difficult is my language hahah

[fervent kernel]

ik

[slender cloud]

Das is like refering to a group or a thing without a gender

[fervent kernel]

i never thought about it

[fervent kernel]

yea

[slender cloud]

so you had a group of boys and girls and then its a das

[sly ferry]

no

[scenic drift]

no

don't read too much into it

[sly ferry]

grammatical gender is not related to a persons gender

[scenic drift]

in fact i would just call them 'noun classes' rather than 'noun gender'

a chair is der Stuhl, but there's nothing particularly masculine about chairs. it's just that it's a der word in german.

[fervent kernel]

@sly ferry imagine these peoples would have to learn "gendern" HAHAHAHA

[slender cloud]

hmm

[fervent kernel]

holy crap

[slender cloud]

yeah this makes more sense now

i wanted to learn german in school but the schools over here in australia only teach Japanese and Italian

[fervent kernel]

yep

oof

italian is nice

[slender cloud]

yeah i chose italian

[scenic drift]

japanese seems like a good opportunity. fairly rarely taught over here.

does italian not have noun genders too?

[slender cloud]

i tried japanese... its got 3 alphabets each with 40+ letters

[slender cloud]

Yeah

[whole portal]

Why not use the term that already exists? Genus.

[scenic drift]

i mean, noun class is one of the terms you can use here 🤷‍♂️

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_class)

[shut briar]

I found out today that passion in german is Leidenschaft

Is german saying passion is too painful and equals suffering

[hollow parcel]

xD

[long whale]

If that helps you to remember the word - fine. But trust me, when we hear/read "Leidenschaft" we don't think of suffering. :)

You don't think of tiny, blood-sucking bugs when you hear "ticks over nicely", do you?

[swift bough]

No, not unless it was „ticks over nicely grilled steak“

[spring socket]

Or a tick-meat stew

[knotty spire]

So I came across
Lass es- Leave it
Lass mich - Let me.
Could someone help me understand the use case of Lass in both the scenarios?

[scenic drift]

they're both imperative forms of the same verb "lassen". but that verb has multiple meanings - in your case "lass es" is meaning 3, "lass mich' is meaning 1.

[knotty spire]

Oh ok , doesnt it get confusing while learning? OR do the other parts of speech around Lassen make it clear as what it means?

[scenic drift]

you'll encounter lots of examples of words where there's more than one meaning. that's just part of learning a new language 😉

you'll generally be able to work it out from context.

it's like how "leave" has loads of meanings in english.

[knotty spire]

Ah yes, thanks for your time 🙂

[lucid sluice]

Can some1 help

[rustic fern]

Is Genitiv

Wessen Worten

[lucid sluice]

But if it’s genitiv why isn’t it des Dozentes? In genitiv we add either -s or -es

[rustic fern]

I don't think is just -s or -es, maybe a Native can explain it better

[lucid sluice]

Apparently the Genitiv is Dozenten

[charred harbor]

It's like Bär

[plain umbra]

faq weak nouns

[stoic mauve]

Weak Nouns

Weak nouns are called this way because they receive the same endings as adjectives inflected with weak endings. They take an additional ending -n in every case except nominative singular. This is also known as N-Declension and affects almost exclusively masculine nouns.

Nominativ: der Junge, die Junge__n__
Genitiv: des Junge__n__, der Junge__n__
Dativ: dem Junge__n__, den Junge__n__
Akkusativ: den Junge__n__, die Junge__n__

Some nouns end with a suffix -en to make the pronunciation easier:
der Mensch, den Mensch__en__

‼ Das Herz is the only non-masculine (neuter) noun with N-Declension❣

So how do we recognize these nouns? We can divide them into 3 big groups:

1. nouns of Greek and Latin origin,
2. nouns ending with -e (most of these refer to people or animals),
3. other random German nouns (Mensch, Herr, Student, Nachbar, Prinz etc.)

Another way to divide the groups could be:

1. nouns denoting male beings in general (der Bauer, der Knabe, der Herr, der Junge, der Kunde etc.)
2. nouns indicating nationality or religious affiliation (der Chinese, der Russe, der Türke, der Jude, der Katholik, der Protestant)
3. nouns designating male beings and ending in the foreign suffixes (-ant, -arch, -ast, -ege, -ent, -ist, -oge, -om, -oph, -ot: der Kollege, der Student, der Psychologe, der Polizist, der Philosoph)

‼ der Käse and words ending with -ee aren’t weak nouns.

Genitive of Weak Nouns
You might have noticed from the examples above that weak nouns don’t have the additional -s in genitive like other masculine nouns.
Some exceptions are das Herz and nouns of group 3 that don’t refer to people nor animals (Name, Wille, Glaube, Buchstabe etc.), which take both the -n and -s endings.
Example: der Name, des Name__ns__.

[charred harbor]

Or Junge, I suppose

[plain umbra]

@lucid sluice

[lucid sluice]

Ty

Pretty crazy my teacher hasn’t covered this at all

[fervent kernel]

How can you say off-site Student in German

I mean a Student that moves to another state to study

[vapid glade]

Auslandsstudent/in

[fervent kernel]

But even if it moves in the same country?

For example from berlin to bremen

[vapid glade]

Usually we don't differentiate them in that case

You could say "Er/Sie studiert in einer anderen Stadt"

[fervent kernel]

Thank you!

[steel patrol]

Is "ehrgeizig" the right word for "ambitious"? I, for some reason, thought that ambizios/ambiziös was a real word and would work just fine, but I see now that's not quite right, so thank God for that. 😆

[foggy prairie]

Yes

[fervent kernel]

the word "ambitioniert" exists though

[steel patrol]

All right! But I take it that ehrgeizig is more common?

[fervent kernel]

yes

[foggy prairie]

yes

[steel patrol]

Thanks guys 👌

[ancient pulsar]

auf etwas ankommen, so i just learned that this term means - depend on, as in it depends on xxx - Es kommt aufs Medikament an.. My question is, in what context is this used, what are the cases when it doesn't sound right? And if there are some other parts that I have not asked, then please tell me those too.

[next python]

"Ich möchte ein Kaffee, bitte." grammar true?

?

[steel patrol]

"Ich hätte gern(e) einen Kaffee."

[next python]

I am trying to use Modalverb

[icy flax]

sort of. Because "Kaffee" is suffering the action of being wanted by you (Ich), it must be in Akkusativ. Instead of "ein Kaffee", it becomes "einen Kaffee", just like blitzarnio513 wrote. Blitzarnio showed you an alternative to "möchten", "etw. gern(e) haben". Maybe it's a bit more of an advanced topic, but the verb is in the conjuntive form "hättte" with hints at good manners. You can use both "ich hätte gern + sth" or "ich möchte + sth".

[next python]

Oh. Well I am just A1 level

but thanks

I am noting it down

I was creating a list of modalverbs

damn this server amazing

[icy flax]

you can add a verb at the end to get the feeling of the modals. Basically, they stay conjugated in the second position and the verb goes to the end in the infinitive form:

Ich möchte einen Kaffee trinken.
Ich möchte einen Kuchen essen.
Ich möchte die Stadt sehen.

[next python]

I just learned that we use Möchten with akk

[next python]

May I take screenshot?

[icy flax]

People usually stick to the general idea of "if the thing suffers the action, the thing goes to akkusativ", "if the thing does the action, the thing stays in nominativ".

[icy flax]

Yeap!

[fervent kernel]

Hello! May I ask a question please?

[next python]

Do you agree with them?

[foggy prairie]

just ask the question

[fervent kernel]

Thank you

If I have a compound sentence with a verb + modal verb in the second half, the second part has pronoun first and then verb and modal verb at the end, yes?

[icy flax]

But for some verbs it's not so clear with these ideas and we just learn them by heart, like "helfen". When you help someone, you help "to someone" in German. And because of that it needs Dativ. It's weird, right? "helfen" is like "to provide help to someone". Pretty interesting.

Ich helfe dir {right!}
Ich helfe dich {wrong!}

[next python]

Ooo

A new thing I learned just now

well goodnight all

thank you @icy flax

[icy flax]

You're welcome! Good night!

[next python]

good night

[long whale]

It is a real word (although not in use/obsolete). You just didn't get the spelling right: https://www.dwds.de/wb/ambitiös ;)

[long whale]

This seems quite abstract. Have you got an example sentence, by any chance? :)

[fervent kernel]

Der Junge hat seiner Mutter gesagt, dass er Kartoffeln essen mochte

I tested it around with google translate and it seems to hold true

[steel patrol]

Ah, shoot! 😅 I'm quite happy with my new word now (ehrgeizig), but thanks anyways! 😁 👍

[delicate tiger]

mochte -> möchte

[fervent kernel]

thank you

[small solstice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKcoECJcY4M&ab_channel=suidui
hey, would someone help me with interpreting this first sentence?

"Das muss mein Kr____? einfach aushalten..."

[long whale]

Körper. Not "Kr" :)

[small solstice]

Ahhh i see

Danke schön! 😁

[fallen stratus]

what is "it looks like" in german? and how can we use it

[limpid canopy]

aussehen. Er sieht aus, wie ein Clown

Oder es sieht aus, wie es regnen wird.

[fallow ledge]

here i would say es sieht nach regen aus

[limpid canopy]

Ah, I haven't seen that phrase before

[fallow ledge]

nach is used rather than wie as its like a trait i guess, its not being used as a simile like in your clown example

[limpid canopy]

I'll have to remember that

[fallow ledge]

sorry i cant explain the difference better, im still getting used to it myself

[swift bough]

@fallow ledge „es sieht aus wie“ describes something which looks really similar to something else or something which reminds you of something else. When you use it with „nach“, instead you are saying it looks exactly like this.

This is why you don’t say „es sieht wie Spaß aus“ because you’d be saying that something else reminds you of the concept of fun instead of just saying it looks exactly like fun.

Also why you wouldn’t say „klingt wie Spaß“ and rather „klingt nach Spaß“

[long whale]

Ehh... Don't want to spoil the fun (ich will euch den Spaß nicht verderben), but it's usually "etwas macht jemandem Spaß". That's why there isn't really a literal translation for "It looks like fun". You'd need to say "Es sieht [so] aus, als ob es den Leuten Spaß macht/als ob die Leute sich gut unterhalten/amüsieren" :)

[acoustic breach]

Guten Tag
Eine Frage

Auf Englisch: you must be very good
Wie sagt man das auf Deutsch?

Du müsstest sehr gut sein?

Ich weiß, dass "Du musst sehr gut sein" bedeutet "you have to be very good", man darf nicht schlecht sein

[long whale]

No. That would mean "You would have to be very good". It's either "musst" or we'd use an adverb, as in "Du bist bestimmt sehr gut" :)

[acoustic breach]

Ach so. Danke!

[long whale]

*du musst

[fervent kernel]

Könnten Sie mir eine eingescannte Kopie des Zertifikats anfertigen?

Ist anfertigen in diesem Zusammenhang richtig/höflich?

[faint dew]

[random shell]

moin Leute, ich brauch Hilfe..
„Deshalb erwarte ich von Ihnen, dass Sie mir die gleiche Dinge geben, wie in Ihrem Inserat stehen.“
schon richtig? vielen dank~ ❤️

[shut briar]

Aah, so i guess it's one of those words that have evolved in meaning. It'll be tricky to not think of suffering when using this word for now...i guess i have to hear it a lot in context

[shut briar]

Hahaha, i get what you mean but you have to give another example because i have never heard of this phrase

[icy flax]

if it servers anything, I also did not and I find it somewhat weird because if a thing is making little progress, why would it be regarded "nicely"?! Nicely making little progress?
tick over - "If a business, job, or system is ticking over, it continues to work but makes little progress"

[icy flax]

Maybe you could stretch that from suffering to passion, love; after all is there anything more cliché than relating suffering to love?
Also, Vin, look the images google spit out when I search "Leidenschaft":

(pay especial attention to the top right corner one 😭)

[lone ocean]

Hallo Leute ich habe eine Frage
Wenn man hin und her gerissen benutzt
Z.b wann wir diese Satz sagen

[long whale]

When you're in doubt, when there are pros and cons and you don't know what to do. :)

[icy flax]

*Wann benutzt man ,,hin und hergerissen"?

Every time I see a funny sentence, I try checking whether it is not a saying in this site. Pretty good it is, can only recommend (:

https://www.redensarten-index.de/mobil/#suchbegriff=~~hin und hergerissen sein&sp0=rart_ou

[lone ocean]

Oh danke schon

[long whale]

Please note: wenn = when/if; wann = when/at what time :)

[lone ocean]

Ja ja ich soll sie korrigieren

[steel patio]

Whats the difference between nachmittags and Nachmittag (capital or non capital)

eg should i say 'Ich gehe nachmittags nach Hause' or 'Ich gehe am Nachmittag nach Hause'?

[gleaming sedge]

nachmittags means on afternoons (every afternoon)

am Nachmittag means that you are going home in the afternoon, somewhere between present and in the future.

[steel patio]

ahh thank you

[gleaming sedge]

[acoustic breach]

Hallo
Will a person name remain the same for Nominativ, Akkusativ and dativ? (I know there will be an extra "s" for genitiv)

For Example:
Mir wurde eine Blume von Müller gegeben
Kelvin wurde eine Blume von Müller gegeben?

[acoustic breach]

Is it correct?

[willow socket]

yeah

if you use an article before the name, then it changes according to case, but outside of possession the name just stays as is

[acoustic breach]

Vielen Dank!

[steady basin]

Dave: Hallo Hiskia
Hiskia: Hallo Dave
Dave: Möchten Sie bei Google Meet chatten?
Hiskia: Komm schon, ich bin auch frei

Nach einer Weile in Google Meet (das heißt nach einer Weile in Google Meet)

Dave: Hiskia, ich möchte wissen, was deine Eltern gemacht haben
Hezekiah: Meine Mutter ist Chinesischlehrerin und mein Vater ist Büroangestellter
Dave: okay
Hiskia: Wenn Sie Dave wären, was waren die Berufe Ihrer Eltern?
Dave: Mein Vater ist Büroangestellter und meine Mutter ist Hausfrau

is it correct?

[willow socket]

It is confusing...

[long whale]

No. There are various issues. Among others, you can't mix formal (Sie) and informal (du). :)

[willow socket]

I want to know what you parents did
then she says in present tense what her parents do for a career.
She says to Dave 'if you were Dave', what were the careers of your parents.
Then Dave answers what his parents do.

[long whale]

And why say "If you were Dave", if the other person is Dave?

"du bist frei" = you're not a prisoner; you are a free agent

[steady basin]

Both are he brw

Btw

[steady basin]

I dont understand this one

[steady basin]

Which sentence.

?*

Sorry i just learned

So i dont know

That much

[willow socket]

basically, the conversation seems like it's people asking about their parents' careers.
'was machen sie beruflich/was sind sie von Beruf' are normal ways to ask this in the present tense, assuming the parents aren't dead or retired.

'Hiskia: Wenn Sie Dave wären, was waren die Berufe Ihrer Eltern?'
This doesn't make sense. You would not say to me in a conversation 'if you were you...' Dave is already Dave.

[steady basin]

I used translate in some word

Cause i dont know the things

[willow socket]

if you just started learning, you should focus on more simple constructions using phrases that you have learned in lessons or from books or from reading/hearing. Not just translating word-to-word.

this route won't bring you very far, as you can't really understand the mistakes you're inevitably making

[steady basin]

He was supposed to say "what about your parents, what do they do for work?"

[willow socket]

Wie ist es mit deinen Eltern? Was machen sie beruflich?

for translations: DeepL
it will be much more accurate than google (I assume you used)

[steady basin]

You are correct

[steady basin]

Ooo okay thank you

Dave: Hizkia was sind sie von Beruf?
Hizkia : Meine Mutter ist Mandarin-Lehrerin und mein Vater ist Büroangestellter
Dave: okay
Hizkia : Wie ist es mit deinen Eltern? Was machen sie beruflich?
Dave: Mein Vater ist Büroangestellter und meine Mutter ist Hausfrau
Hizkia: ooouuu..

Like that?

[willow socket]

that looks way better to me

wait haha, one thing

Dave has just asked Hizkia what Hizkia does for a living (kinda). He needs to ask what her parents do.

zum Beispiel: Hizkia, was sind deine Eltern von Beruf?

[steady basin]

Allright

Thank you very much

[sour bone]

hi I would need help with my sentences, to see if they are correct!
Ich bringe meiner Freundin eine Katze.
Ich danke den Lehrer und die Lehrerin.
Darf ich eine Flasche Wasser kaufen bitte?
Ich läde meine Mutter und meinen Vater ein.
Ich erinnere meinen ersten und dritten Geburtstagen.
Ich erkläre meinem Bruder seine Hausaufgaben.
Ich erlaube meinen Hund zu laufen.

I am very sorry if there is too many errors, I mostly really did these without knowing at all how to do it and just guessing

ah shoot should this be in writing? if so I can just delete it and put it there!

[delicate tiger]

"Ich bringe meiner Freundin eine Katze.", "Ich erkläre meinem Bruder seine Hausaufgaben." ✅ ; others ❌

[sour bone]

could you tell me what's wrong in them please? I need to have them ready and memorised for tomorrow so it would help to know how to correct them!

[left jay]

Hey folks, I think I'm at a stage in German where I want to start forming sentences with my vocabulary, but I'm struggling with putting things together in the correct order etc. Throughout the day, I'm just thinking of random sentences and trying to translate them into German in my head and then checking to see if I got it right but its hard to check online. So over the next few days, I'm gonna be posting some of my sentences and hopefully some of you lovely people wouldn't mind checking them for me, that would be amazing ❤️

For instance, today, I wanted to say to someone "I would like to work in Austria next year", in my head, I translated "Ich möchte nächstes Jahr in Österreich arbeiten", would this be correct? 🙂

[long whale]

Yes. :)

[left jay]

danke 😄

[left jay]

If you dont mind my asking, could you also say "nächstes Jahr möchte ich in Österreich arbeiten"?

[long whale]

You're welcome. BTW, talking to yourself is an amazingly effective way of learning a language. ;)

[long whale]

No, I don't mind, and yes, you could. German is V2 - the important thing is the verb position. In theory, anything can be in Pos. 1. :)

(In practice it tends to be either the subject, time (if any, it will be either in Pos 1 or Pos 3) or place. :)

[left jay]

Thank you, what about "nächstes Jahr ich möchte..." it sounds incorrect in my head but I don't know why its grammatically incorrect

[long whale]

See above: V2 means the [conjugated] verb must be in Pos. 2 in a main clause. (We don't say "It must be the 2nd word", because of course, you couldn't separate something like "nächstes Jahr"), see?

@left jay

So, nächstes Jahr ich möchte is impossible, because...? ;)

[left jay]

Because that would mean the verb isnt in V2?

[long whale]

Exactly. 💐

[left jay]

Thank you, you're amazing 😩

[left jay]

I'm trying to translate any of my internal thoughts into German as crazy as that sounds ahah, eg, if I'm thinking "Oh, i want to get food", I'll force myself to translate it haha

[long whale]

As I said, it's an excellent method if you can keep it up. (I once met somebody who'd got himself practically to fluency that way, without ever talking to anyone in RL - although I'd say that's a bit unusual.)

[swift bough]

The only issue I see with that is how did he know he was actually saying it right

The whole time

[long whale]

Obviously, it wasn't the only thing he did to learn German - it's just that he'd never actually talked to anyone before (or so he said, but it seems unlikely he was lying). 🤷

[swift bough]

Why would he even choose to learn that way

I mean, specifically not talking to anyone

[long whale]

Terminal nerd? 🤷

Didn't seem very... sociable, anyway.

[swift bough]

[left jay]

Its definitely tiring haha, that's amazing, hopefully it'll help me as I'll need to learn A LOT in the next few months haha.

[left jay]

tbf its very useful for me, I'm from Northern Ireland so there's very few German people I can talk to apart from a few Austrian friends on snapchat

[swift bough]

I'm not saying you shouldn't use this method, I use(d) it too. I just think it's silly to try to be fluent by talking to literally only yourself who isn't even native.

I'm American myself but I talk to quite a few people online in only German to the point where it would feel almost awkward to switch to English

It's very useful to talk to natives

[fallow ledge]

I didn’t know any natives for like 2yrs while learning with who i could have a conversation , so used videos and self conversation. Also people are so stressful, its still a valid method

[swift bough]

What do you mean people are so stressful? Not if you talk to the right people..

[fallow ledge]

🤷‍♀️ donno i get anxiety when i dont know someone and german just made that about 1000 times worse

It takes a while to overcome

[swift bough]

I'm introverted myself but I wouldn't generalise everyone as being stressful

[fervent kernel]

When do you use "kaputt" and when you you use "zerbrochen", they both translate to "broken" right

[plain umbra]

Zerbrochen is specifically used for stuff like glass, etc. that breaks into a lot of pieces, as far as I know.

Kaputt is more general but I don't know exactly what contexts work or don't work for it.

[mossy sleet]

is "es ist mir egal" as impollite as "i don't care"?

[swift bough]

I feel like „I don’t care“ doesn’t always have to be impolite, it’s context dependent. That being said you can definitely use it in German at any time where you would use it in English.

Like if someone asked you which kind of food you want and you said you don’t care, I wouldn’t even interpret that as rude, it’s just giving the other person permission to make a decision on their own.

[long whale]

What Basementality said is correct: you can only use "zerbrochen" if there are splinters of some sort. You don't have to, though. You can use "kaputt" for everything, with "kaputt machen" if you break something and "kaputt gehen" if something breaks [down] of its own accord. :)

[solid hull]

tbh I'd prefer "it doesn't matter" over "I don't care". The latter just sounds a bit rude in a situation like that one, but maybe it's just me (and the fact that I service man(and woman)children)

[swift bough]

Nobody who I’m close to would ever interpret it as rude though in a situation like that, unless I had some moody ass tone

[solid hull]

idk, in my experience whenever they say it, they always have an attitude lol

[swift bough]

Not in mine

Sometimes it’s even in the form of a question, „do you care where we go to eat“

[solid hull]

it's interesting because when they opt for "It doesn't matter" or "whichever/whatever is easiest", they are polite and nice

oh that's fine

i mean when there are options already presented

[swift bough]

To me it just isn’t always rude

[solid hull]

yeah not always but a good majority of the time it can be. But meh

[long whale]

If we're talking grown-ups, I'd prefer the other person to say "Es ist mir egal" (meaning: I have no preference) over "Es ist unwichtig/Es spielt keine Rolle" (doesn't matter). I'd feel they were telling me my question was unnecessary/I shouldn't even have asked. 🤷

[solid hull]

i do agree with what u said tho, about the german equivalent

[charred harbor]

It strikes me as pretty rude

I mean you’re not considering how the other person’s going to feel at all

[fervent kernel]

How do I know the difference between "tomorrow" and "morning" in German? They are both translated to "Morgen"

For example: "Morgen liest du Buch"

How do I know if that's "You read book tomorrow" or "you read book in the morning"?

[whole portal]

am Morgen/morgens

[fervent kernel]

which is which?

[fervent kernel]

They both mean "in the morning"

so how would "tomorrow" looks like?

[whole portal]

Morgen

[long whale]

"Morgen liest du ein Buch" (tomorrow) vs. "Morgens/am Morgen liest du ein Buch" (in the morning) Please note "morgen" (without preposition/article) and "morgens" don't get capitalized, except in your/my example they are at the beginning of the sentence. :)

And if you're interested: "tomorrow morning" is "morgen früh" :)

[fervent kernel]

[remote thicket]

does the phrase "Wir haben nach Berlin gefahren" work?

[wintry geode]

Wir sind nach Berlin gefahren.

[clear marsh]

Hallo I have a question
Is there any difference between "Mach's gut" and "Pass auf dich auf"?

[brisk bloom]

Not really, but Pass auf dich auf is what you say to people who are a bit closer to you.

[clear marsh]

Oh got it
Thanks a lot!

[remote thicket]

oh yeah thanks i forgot about that rule!

[swift bough]

Context, tone of voice, and even the person you’re talking to can make it not rude.

I hear and say it all of the time in a not rude way, like it or not. It just depends.

It probably comes from the inverse: „Do you care if we blah blah blah…“ which is really almost never a rude question. If you then say „I don’t care“ in response to such a question, it isn’t rude. Heck the question doesn’t even have to start with „do you care if..“, it could start with „do you have a preference as to“, and it still isn’t rude.

[fervent veldt]

Why not auf dem Sofa? There is no movement involved so it should be dative, right?

[willow socket]

there is movement involved in both of these.

sich (hin)setzen = the act of sitting down onto something
sitzen = sitting on something
ich sitze auf dem Sofa. (I am sitting on the sofa.)
Ich setze mich auf das Sofa. (I 'sit myself down' onto the sofa)

[fervent veldt]

So why doesn't it take sein for past tense?

[willow socket]

nothing with a direct object can have sein as its helping verb in perfekt

the akkusative reflexive pronoun kinda acts like that

[dusty pendant]

i'm really bad at german but i do wanna ask what this is

[willow socket]

ich habe mich auf das Sofa hingesetzt.

ich (nominative) --> mich (accusative) --> mir (dative)

[dusty pendant]

ohhh

wait what's a reflexive pronoun?

[willow socket]

a reflexive pronoun is used with reflexive verbs. The verb takes on a specific meaning....some examples:
sich um etw. bewerben (apply)
sich an etw. erinnern (remember)
sich hinsetzen (sit oneself down)
sich ausziehen (get undressed)
Etc

[dusty pendant]

OHH i didn't know what a reflexive verb was

we have that in serbian i just didn't know the term

handy that it's "sich" because in serbian it's also an s word
easy to remember that way
thank you :)!

[willow socket]

the reflexive pronoun is either dative or accusative. When there is already an accusative object, then the reflexive pronoun is dative.
z.B. 'Ich kämme mir die Haare'
'Ich ziehe mich an'

[dusty pendant]

is there such a thing as a dative object?

[willow socket]

'sich' is only for some. It changes according to the subject 🙂
ich -- mich/mir
du -- dich/dir
ihr -- euch/euch
er/sie/es -- sich/sich
Sie/sie -- sich/sich
wir -- uns/uns

[dusty pendant]

ohhhhh
so the reflexive verb changes depending on the face?

uh

subject

whatever the term

PERSON

[willow socket]

yeah

[dusty pendant]

of course it does

thank you very much!

that clears up what uns is

i was confused about it

[dusty pendant]

by the way, is it always accusative UNLESS there's an accusative object?

[willow socket]

hmmmmmmm....my brain isn't really on the level to think of every possibility I know right now. But my gut says 'no.'

The only example I can think of is 'sich(dat) vorstellen) which means to imagine something.
'ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, in Europa zu wohnen'

[dusty pendant]

hm

well that seems like one of those "it's weird so don't worry about it" language things

but thank you for the help! :)

[swift bough]

Pretty sure there’s also still like a dummy accusative object „Ich kann es mir nicht vorstellen“, because you can also just imagine an object „kannst du dir das Auto vorstellen“

[willow socket]

yeah, it is somehow implied, because you would need the dass-clause or the object.
'Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen' doesn't really work standalone

[long whale]

Well, there are Dativ verbs, and then you get sentences like "Er hat mir geschrieben" and "Er hat mir geholfen". These verbs are not reflexive, of course, but you do get the Dativ pronoun without a direct object, if that helps. :)

[zealous wren]

Hi Guys
I am new here! I am a brand designer. I am currently working on the fictional German brand of eco-bags and i need your help
Can I say: Indem Sie sich für uns entscheiden, entscheiden Sie sich für eine bessere Zukunft für unseren Planeten.
(I've never studied German)
I want to say: "By choosing us, you are choosing a better future for our planet."

[long whale]

Please don't post the same question in more than one channel. :)

[zealous wren]

Nobody replies

[long whale]

Yeah well, it's awkward in more than 1 sense. For one thing, this server is for helping people to learn German, it's not a free translation service. For another, having 3 times "für" in one sentence is a bit... unwieldy. :)

[zealous wren]

Man I know. but is it a huge problem for u? I am looking for a natives

[fervent kernel]

Yes, i think thats exactly what you can say. @zealous wren

[jagged gyro]

u should say the best die beste zukunft that looks more confident

[zealous wren]

Thanks

[alpine iris]

einem monat war ich in germany should I use am here or should I use Im

[storm cairn]

Ich war einen Monat in Deutschland

[swift bough]

He/she asked the same question in #questions which I also answered with this same exact sentence

Speaking of which, you don’t need to post your question in multiple channels @alpine iris

[alpine iris]

Soryy

[swift bough]

It’s fine, just for future reference 😄
Also, if your question doesn’t get answered, you are allowed to just repost it.

[alpine iris]

👍

[storm cairn]

Hahaha

[lime crater]

So im a bit slow can someone explain how its like "ich spiele nie schach" but i english it translates too "i never play chess" why is the spiele first? instead of nie? thats worded so badly im sorry

[fierce idol]

German is a V2 language, which basically means that you always (with the exception of some questions, some sub clauses and some other stuff) have to put the verb at the 2nd position of the sentence @lime crater

Other than that it's pretty flexible (in the following changes of what is being emphasised are included):

Not only
"Ich spiele nie Schach", but also
"Nie spiele ich Schach" and
"Schach spiele ich nie" are legit German sentences

as in grammatical. Just make sure to put the ("finite", so the conjugated one that is not a participle) verb at the 2nd position in regards to the parts of speech

Was that understandable so far?

[lime crater]

Uhh yeah, it makes since. thank you that litteraly helps so much

[fierce idol]

leg 🦵
You're welcome!

[lime crater]

leg was mis-type somehow🚶‍♂️

[fierce idol]

Happens

[gleaming sedge]

[lime crater]

so doulingo id kind if bad been teaching meanings of words but is this right?

Kommst aus - (you/i) come from
kommst - come?
aus - from?

[plain umbra]

Sort of.

to come = kommen
I come from = Ich komme aus
You come from = Du kommst aus

Woher kommst du? = Where are you from?

[lime crater]

alright thank youu

[charred harbor]

In other words, "kommst" is a pair of "du"

It's not used with I

[icy flax]

I've seen a YouTuber saying "wie kann man so lost sein?!". Isn't there a way to say it in German?
"verloren sein" sounds weird. I think it is only for concrete things, right?

all I could come up with was "wie kann man so keine Ahnung/keinen Plan haben?!"

[long whale]

I guess the people who say it feel there are different shades of meaning to "ahnungslos/planlos" - or they're just too lazy to think of a corresponding German expression. Or they feel it's "cool" to use the English word. Search me. :D

[narrow canopy]

I'd say it's just some kind of slang. The younger the people are, the more they integrate English words into their everyday language

[icy flax]

Sooo... how would you all phrase a ,,how can one be SO lost?!" in German?
I like to read your versions because it always sound super natural and I often learn new words with it. ☺️
(And thanks for the input on Denglisch)
@long whale @narrow canopy @unreal mango

[narrow canopy]

I guess I'd say: " Wie kann man nur so gedankenverloren sein?" (if I had to switch lost for a german equivalent) But I think I would say: "Der denkt ja nicht von 12 bis Mittag!"

Or something like that

[icy flax]

uhul! Neue Redensart (: Danki, Razzpel!

[narrow canopy]

Gerne 🙂

[rigid agate]

Hallo ,

' Das ist der Grund, warum ich dir mein Geburtsort Mersin, die eine Stadt im mittelmeer, zeigen möchte. '
Ist dieser Satz richtig,oder ? ich möchte relativsätze machen

[delicate tiger]

"..., eine Stadt am Mittelmeer,..."

[spring socket]

why is it 'Verbessern Ihrer Aussprache' instead of 'Verbessern Ihre Aussprache' when Aussprache is feminine?

[rigid agate]

Vielen Dank 😊

[icy flax]

bc it's used in Genitiv.
"The Improving (of your) [formal] Pronunciation"

[spring socket]

Oh, makes sense - thanks!

I've also drafted this message to send to a German teacher to make me more confident in my pronunciation, I'd greatly appreciate any hints as to whether it's okay or not; Ich möchte gern an einer Ihrer Trial Lessons teilnehmen, damit ich meine Aussprache verbessern kann. Obwohl ich Deutsch ziemlich gut verstehen kann, finde ich es schwierig, meine Gedanken klar auszudrücken, ohne zu zögern. Ich freue mich auf Ihre Antwort.

[delicate tiger]

"damit ich meine Aussprache verbessern kann" nicht falsch, aber schöner: "um meine Aussprache zu verbessern"

[fervent veldt]

is this preposition correct?

[mossy fjord]

Ja

[mossy fjord]

Ist richtig

Oder

Was isz nochmal muskatnuss

Warte

Häh was ist muskatnuss

[fervent veldt]

what is von then?

[lucid sluice]

Might be me but doesn’t
„Ich möchte gern an einer Ihrer Trial Lessons teilnehmen“
Not sound a bit weird. Or is this correct?

[mossy fjord]

Its correct bro

But what is trial lessons

[lucid sluice]

Thought it wad ihren

[fallow ledge]

Assuming lesson is feminine, its correct

An + dativ/feminine
an einer

• plural Genitive with Ihrer

An einer Ihrer Lessons

[lucid sluice]

Ah I thought plural

So ihren

Mb

[spring socket]

Thank you Directing!

[fallow ledge]

Tip regarding this, typically when the subject stays the same across the clauses um zu can be a better option

[spring socket]

Noted Grüwü 📝

[fallow ledge]

I mean you can use both but damit is definitely better when the subject changes and you can’t use um zu

[mossy fjord]

Gibzs hier auch latein?

[glossy marsh]

This is the wrong place.

[plush pelican]

So, seemingly most of the time, when you talk about something and then refer back to it later with a pronoun, you're supposed to use the pronoun of the corresponding grammatical gender: "Der Hund nimmt den Ball. Er ist schlau." But apparently sometimes, you don't match up the gender like that?

For example, I wrote about something where I said, "Der Name klingt seltsam, oder? Ich weiß nicht, ob er ein echter Name ist, oder nicht."
And then I was corrected, saying there I should use 'es.'

My question: when are the exceptions for when you don't match the pronoun with the grammatical gender of the thing being referenced?

[limpid canopy]

I feel like you were correct in using er because that is the grammatical gender of Name. But there may be some rule like you mentioned that I'm not familiar with, so I hope a native speaker can clarify it for us.

[storm cairn]

https://deutschegrammatik20.de/das-substantiv-nomen/artikelwoerter-als-pronomen/

Siehe Unbestimmte Artikel => Beispiel Akkusativ

[plush pelican]

Do you mean the sentences where they're all just "es gibt"?

[storm cairn]

Yeah, but I'm confused myself right now 😅

[plush pelican]

Yeah, that's not the same--they still refer to "einen Arzt" within the answer sentence, or "einen"

so "es" isn't being used to refer to the doctor there

There, it's just a placeholder as part of a set phrase meaning "There exists"

[lone sedge]

Ich würde auch "Ich weiß nicht, ob das/es ein echter Name ist, oder nicht" sagen. Ich weiß nur nicht warum...

[plush pelican]

Bist du Muttersprachler/in?

[lone sedge]

Ja

[storm cairn]

"Ich weiß nicht, ob das ein echter Name ist" klingt aber schonmal besser

[plush pelican]

interessant...

I'm going to use my last resort: I'm going to check Hammer's German Grammar O_o

[lone sedge]

If you find something that explains it, please let us know!

[plush pelican]

I think this is it?

"Es can refer to:"

[storm cairn]

Ich glaub das ist es nicht

[plush pelican]

well fuck me then

The second example? "Ist Jürgen ein guter Schwimmer? Ja er ist es."?

[storm cairn]

Ich glaub es hat irgendwas mit Passiv zu tun

[storm cairn]

"es" bezieht sich auf "ein guter Schwimmer"

Ich geh jetzt aber schlafen, ich schau morgen nochmal

[plush pelican]

Der gute Schwimmer ist stark. Er schwimmt schnell?

Gute Nacht

[storm cairn]

Danke

[lone sedge]

Das sieht nicht schlecht aus.

[plush pelican]

So seemingly that rule is, "Given two clauses where something is introduced in the first clause: when the following clause uses sein or werden as the verb, you can optionally use 'es' instead of a pronoun with the expected gender."

[lone sedge]

It seems to work with "to be" yes. If you want to check that you can also try to say it the same in English. Just disregard the preceding sentence and try if "that" works. "That is an old woman." But that are just my own thoughts in search of an explanation. No guaranty!

[plush pelican]

The problem is 'that' means so many things in English

[lone sedge]

Thinking about that... it should always work that way, doesn't it?

[plush pelican]

I always got confused with Relativsätze that used something other than 'dass', because in English it's still just 'that'

"He is a boy that plays baseball."

Er ist ein Junge, der Baseball spielt.

I ended up always writing, "Er ist ein junge, dass Baseball spielt"

[storm cairn]

I can't sleep without answers

[plush pelican]

^

[storm cairn]

Ja, das sieht gut aus

Aber ich glaub das funktioniert nur mit dem verb "sein"

[plush pelican]

It says sein OR werden

[lone sedge]

Ja, das denke ich auch. "werden" ist auch "sein", nur in der Zukunft.

[plush pelican]

Seine Mutter lebt noch. Es wird älter.

[storm cairn]

Genau

[fallow ledge]

Einmal hab ich so einen Satz geschrieben, und viele dachten dass hier es besser klingt

Er schnitt sich in den Finger und es (der Finger) blutet sehr

[plush pelican]

I think that's more to do with another situation Hammer describes

Maybe this?

[lone sedge]

Bei euren Fragen überlege ich mir wirklich, ob ich einen gelben Namen will, oder nicht.

[fallow ledge]

Ja vielleicht, in dem Fall würde „er“ sich so anhören als blutet das Subjekt im vorherigen Satz nicht der Finger

[plush pelican]

lol

[storm cairn]

Ich zweifle immer wieder ob ich wirklich Deutsch kann xD

[lone sedge]

Wir denken einfach nicht darüber nach.

[storm cairn]

Ja

[lone sedge]

Angela macht [das Holen der Brötchen] schon. It refers to the activity, so "es" is correct.

[fallow ledge]

Keine Sorge, diese Art Fragen sind eher grammatikalisch gedacht. Muttersprachler haben son Sprachgefühl, das wir als lernende nicht haben, wir müssen halt alles analysieren und Regeln auswendig lernen und so also lieben wir Regeln lol ich könnte übrigens gars nichts über meine Muttersprache erklären

[plush pelican]

@fallow ledge I have a different potential answer now

[fallow ledge]

For the finger one, it think its just a case of avoiding ambiguity

[lone sedge]

Als ich Englisch gelernt habe, sagte man mir auch ständig, dass ich viel mehr verstehe, als ein Muttersprachler. Das scheint also ganz normal zu sein. <- look, a "dass" and a "das"!

[plush pelican]

The way my brother explained it was that it was similar to someone being neurotypical versus autistic, and having to deal with social situations. A neurotypical person simply has an instinct towards how to navigate social situations, whereas someone who is autistic must learn rules of conduct explicitly.

[lime crater]

whats the difference between "Spiele" "Spielst" and "Spielt"

[gleaming sedge]

Conjugation

[limpid canopy]

different conjugations of the verb spielen. In German, the endings of verbs change based on the subject.
Ich spiel-e (I play)
Du spiel -st(you play)
Er/sie/es spiel -t (he/she/it plays)
For most verbs, this is the pattern. There are some exceptions. Just google conjugation German, and you should find resources

[gleaming sedge]

• -t

[plain umbra]

This may help too.

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]

@lime crater

[gleaming sedge]

Bot lessons

[acoustic breach]

Hello, i would like to clarify about "weit weg" and "weit entfernt"

Es ist weit weg von Deutschland
Es ist weit entfernt von Deutschland

Are they correct? Did I place the "weg" and "entfernt" correctly?

[narrow canopy]

yeah

[unreal sand]

Hallo. Eine Frage.

Im Gegensatz zu mir, ist sie ganz ruhig.
Im Gegensatz zu mir, sie ist ganz ruhig.

Welche Wortstellung ist korekt?

[narrow canopy]

Im Gegensatz zu mir, ist sie ganz ruhig.

[unreal sand]

Danke:-)

[solid hull]

Im Gegensatz zu mir, sie ist ganz ruhig
Im Gegensatz zu mir ist sie ganz ruhig

Comma makes a difference

[gentle seal]

Hiii

Just started learning about haben

Why would you say ich habe Hunger instead of ich bin Hunger?

[scenic drift]

becuase that's just how german works? 😉

"Ich habe Durst", "Ich habe Hunger"