questions-2

[dense obsidian]

or Fahrradfahren

[fervent kernel]

Thank you

[dense obsidian]

some also say "Radeln", but that is more umgangssprache.

[half bloom]

does Betonung mean both emphasis on a syllable in a word and a stress on something you want to specify in general?

[celest pollen]

Schwester, möchtest du Reis zum Abendessen?

For a long time I can't "learn" where a particular conjunction fits

Why exactly in this sentence there has to be "zum abendessen" and not, for example, „Für”

"Zu" is translated into English as "at, to"
And No doesn't fit me to add it there
Any ideas how to deal with this?

[celest pollen]

Btw Here „zu” is used as „Temporal Praposition” ?

[dense obsidian]

i think it has to do with "zu" requiring dativ and "für" requiring akkusativ. you could also say "Möchtest du Reis für das Abendessen?" which would be grammatically correct.

[half falcon]

"Ich habe den großen Leuten mein Meisterwerk gezeigt und sie gefragt, ob ihnen meine Zeichnung Angst mache."

why does it say "mache" and not "macht"?

[pure oriole]

Mache ist weil du den Konjunktiv benutzt.

[ancient pulsar]

Just think about it, all the images you can...
I am interested in the first part.
How do you say that?
I have Bedenke das einfach; Denke einfach darüber nach

[potent cloud]

Maybe sth like, stell dir das vor ''imagine that''

[covert moon]

Stell dir vor ...

[upbeat sigil]

What does "Ich bin's" mean?

[covert moon]

It's me

It's a me, Mario 🕹️

@upbeat sigil

[upbeat sigil]

Danke 😊

[ancient pulsar]

I know sich vorstellen, but there gotta be smth related to what i wanted to know

[dense obsidian]

ausmalen?

[grizzled bridge]

when does stunde becomes stunden?

[dense obsidian]

"Er hätte sich im Traum nicht ausmalen können, dass er eines Tages Millionär sein würde."

[dense obsidian]

stunde = singular, stunden=plural

[serene lodge]

Exactly, when you use "In einer Stunde..." - "Stunde" here means "hour". "In zwei Stunden" -> "In 2 hours" it is the plural

[grizzled bridge]

oh bet

and when do you know that zur is the instead of to?

[dense obsidian]

i dont understand

[grizzled bridge]

asin

sometimes zur means "the"

and sometimes it means "to"

but when exactly does is it become 'the" or "to"

asin in what context

[final marlin]

Aber ich will mir lieber "Luigi" heißen.

[delicate tiger]

that's something you have to learn by context, no two languages map 1-1

[ancient pulsar]

is this related to my question?

[grizzled bridge]

wdym?

[ancient pulsar]

zur doesn't just mean the

zu is a preposition, and r is for short der, which is for feminine definite article in dative form

so it is combination of zu der

so zur can't just mean the

[narrow pier]

Hi, in this sentence ( Wie wär's, wenn du heute mal den Müll rausbringst statt Memes zu machen ) so my question is, statt = stattdessen, ir are they different,,,

[proven sphinx]

Yes, they very much are. "statt" is a preposition or conjunction, and "stattdessen" is an adverb, so they're used differently.

Du könntest den Müll rausbringen. Stattdessen machst du aber Memes.
Du könntest den Müll rausbringen, statt Memes zu machen.

"stattdessen" occurs at the start of a sentence, but "statt" connects two different parts of a sentence (as a conjunction) or it occurs before a noun as a preposition.

"statt" and "anstatt" are the same thing, though.

Statt des Geldes gab sie ihm ihren Schmuck. (statt = preposition)
(An)statt ihm Geld zu geben, gab sie ihm ihren Schmuck. (statt/anstatt = conjunction)
Sie gab ihm kein Geld. Stattdessen gab sie ihm ihren Schmuck. (stattdessen = adverb)

It's all a matter of how you phrase it.

[fervent kernel]

faq den

[stoic mauve]

FAQ not found. Try >explain all.

[fervent kernel]

explain all

[stoic mauve]

See a listed FAQ with >faq [name]

:small_blue_diamond: absentive

Aliases: absentiv

:small_blue_diamond: Accusative

Aliases: Akkusativ

:small_blue_diamond: Adjective Declension

Aliases: adjective endings, Adjektivdeklination

:small_blue_diamond: Anki

Aliases: flashcards

:small_blue_diamond: beginner 2

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:small_blue_diamond: Beide vs. Beides

Aliases: Beides vs. Beide, Beides, Beide

:small_blue_diamond: Best way to learn German

Aliases: learn fast, learn German fast, learn efficiently, best way to learn, fastest way to learn, most efficient way to learn

:small_blue_diamond: birthdays

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:small_blue_diamond: Cases

Aliases: case, grammatical case

:small_blue_diamond: CEFR levels

Aliases: lvl, CEFR, cerf

:small_blue_diamond: conjugation

Aliases: praesens, präsens, present tense, verbs, verb conjugation, Konjugation

:small_blue_diamond: Contractions

Aliases: Verschmelzung, vom, Schmelzwort

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: doch

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[fervent kernel]

faq Dativ

[stoic mauve]

When do I use the dative case?

The dative case has a great number of usages, many of which are idiomatic, but is mainly used:

- to mark the indirect object of many transitive verbs (the indirect objectis that which receives the result of an action)

Ich habe dir ein Bier gekauft.
Sie gibt dem Mann das Buch.
Er zeigte ihm seinen Führerschein.

- to mark the object of some transitive verbs:

Dir fehlen die richtigen Materialien.
Es fällt mir bestimmt gleich wieder ein.
Das gefällt ihr gar nicht.

- after some prepositions:

Ich komme aus den USA.
Komm mit mir.
Ich lerne seit vielen Jahren Deutsch.

The following prepositions are always followed by the dative case:

aus, außer, bei, gegenüber, mit, nach, seit, von, zu

- after two-way prepositions when they do not indicate movement:

Das Bild hängt jetzt an der Wand.
Er joggt im Wald. (he is jogging in the woods)
Sie steht vor mir.

- to show possession, mainly of clothing or body parts:

Ich habe mir in die Finger geschnitten.
Er hat ihr die Nase gebrochen.
Die Mütze fiel mir vom Kopf.

- with many adjectives:

Ich war mir nicht sicher.
Ist dir kalt? (See >ex impersonal verbs for why there is no subject here.)
Er ist seinem Bruder sehr ähnlich.

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[narrow pier]

Thank you, that was really helpful

[hardy zinc]

Ich habe eine Frage.
Was heißt "Schnur – (Transport) (plötzlich) reißen" in Englisch? Ich habe diese Hausaufgabe, aber ich verstehe nicht es

[delicate tiger]

hast du ein anderes Beispiel?

wie kommst du denn da drauf?

[vague pebble]

ah lol schnur oops xD

haha

[hardy zinc]

oh

[vague pebble]

hmm schnur would be much thinner sorry

[hardy zinc]

With this sentence? No. I should build a sentence out of it, that's the task

[vague pebble]

so maybe more like a string you would use to tie a bunch of newspapers and it suddenly breaks apart during transport

[delicate tiger]

Man kann da zwar einen Satz draus bilden, aber keinen der sinnvoll wäre

[vague pebble]

Jap

[potent cloud]

What does the task say, exactly?

Do you have to use a tense?

[hardy zinc]

Yes, Perfekt

lemme show the task

[potent cloud]

Okay, from what I understand, I think you need to say something along the lines of, ''The string suddenly ripped during transport''

[hardy zinc]

Hmm

"Schnur ist entlang Transport plötzlich gerissen" ?

[modern orchid]

nicht "entlang"

[potent cloud]

Also, add the definite article of Schnur 😉

[hardy zinc]

"Die Schnur ist während Transport plötzlich gerissen"?

[modern orchid]

almost

[hardy zinc]

If it's Genetiv of Transport then I'm :reeee:

[potent cloud]

während goes with genitiv, yes

[final marlin]

Während des Transports ist Schnur plötzlich gerissen. maybe........

[potent cloud]

I would definitely add ''die'' ^

[hardy zinc]

Is it "Transports" or "Transportes"?

[final marlin]

It is the Genitiv Struktur. You add an extra "s" or rarely "es" to the noun.

[hardy zinc]

So how do you know which one?

s or es?

[potent cloud]

Both are correct, but you will see it as Transports, mostly

[hardy zinc]

The dict says "Transport(e)s"

Ah okay

[final marlin]

Experience.

mostly it is "s" though.

[swift bough]

usually, only words that have a single syllable get -es

otherwise it is only s

[hardy zinc]

Thanks, Leute

[swift bough]

in words with a single syllable it's pretty much obligatory otherwise it sounds weird af

although there are always exceptions to the rule

like with Bau

des Baus

it would not be des Baues

probably because it ends with a vowel

[potent cloud]

duden has it like des Bau(e)s

[swift bough]

Well like in my 2 Business German courses I have taken, whenever this has come up, it has always been des Baus

[potent cloud]

hm..I can understand it can be pretty uncommon, but still not incorrect then 🤷‍♀️

[swift bough]

so for me it sounds like

a bit strange

because i am used to it ig

yes but

imo it's most important to know what is the most common

[potent cloud]

Agreed

[swift bough]

but actually also

i have never heard of it as des Baues before so i did genuinely think it was wrong

but that is interesting to know...ah yes, another useless fact to add to my collection

[final marlin]

literally CURSED

[swift bough]

https://tenor.com/V08G.gif

[potent cloud]

It's a surprise tool that will help us later

[modern orchid]

to answer the question above: https://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/sprachratgeber/Genitiv-auf-s-oder-es

[grizzled bridge]

when does you become "dich" $ "dir"

[fervent kernel]

Check out dative and accusative pronouns

[grizzled bridge]

bet

[covert moon]

german has 4 cases - pronoun (personal) for 2nd person singular:
1st - du
2nd - deiner
3rd - dir
4th - dich

[steel patrol]

Is there a difference between "geeignet" and "tauglich"?

[swift bough]

idk what you mean by deiner? that means "your", not "you", like du dich dir do

[mellow nova]

that's how germans are taught ig 🤷‍♂️ i've seen many natives say that

it is the 'genitive' version of du in a way I guess

I wouldn't call it that but

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[undone verge]

that is true. deiner as a genitive personal pronoun is to be differentiated from deiner dat. fem. (or genitiv plural/fem) 'dein'.

https://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/Nouns/genitive.html

[mellow nova]

interesting never seen these before

but it says germans think it sounds dumb anyway so maybe that would be why 🤔

[swift bough]

ah, I see what is meant now

That is not how non-natives are really taught

Also, genitive is the last case I learned, not the second, lol

It feels so backwards to teach it second but to natives it makes no difference

[mellow nova]

idk if it's a US thing or just a foreign language thing but yeah we were definitely nom>acc>dat>gen

but I know germans have a strict nom>gen>dat>acc order

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[long whale]

But Delli, wher e does it say we think they're dumb? 😹

[mellow nova]

I would call stilted english pretty dumb

👀

[long whale]

But isn't it always a matter of personal preference? Some people may think they're stilted, others may think having more alternatives makes a language richer. :)

You may not actually use "serendipitous" much, but isn't it nice it exists?

[mellow nova]

from a linguistic/literary standpoint yeah, i suppose, but if someone actually spoke using words like that it would be a bit, as dartmouth put it, stilted imo

[covert moon]

it can be a personal pronoun, a possessive pronoun, a reflexive pronoun, ...

it depends on the use-case and she just stated "du dich dir" what am I supposed to do with it?

[long whale]

Did this get answered? Not really, except "tauglich" is about 10 times less common. (This may be a personal thing, but when I hear "tauglich", I mostly think of "fit to serve as a soldier".) :)

[steel patrol]

All right! I saw it while reading some German jokes that were quite heavily dependent on wordplay (can't remember or find the actual joke now though, I went through quite a few), "tauglich" was the very last word and since it turned up such a simple translation when looking it up, I thought I just didn't get the 'other' meaning of the word and simply moved on a little disappointed. :(

But thank you as always, dear Susana!

[long whale]

Yes, it's a pity you don't remember the joke. And you're very welcome, as always. :)

[hardy zinc]

Tag! Bitte, check the correctness:
11. Warum seid ihr aus der letzten Station ausgestiegen?
12. Welches Kind hat die rotte Mütze aufgehabt?
13. Autoverkehr hat in den letzten Jahre zugenommen.
14. Während des Transports ist die Schnur plötzlich gerissen.
15. Bei Brand haben mehrere wichtig Akten verbrannt.

[long whale]

11 would translate back to "Why did you get out of the last station?"

[hardy zinc]

Eh yeah, that's what I intended to say, but I'm not sure that's what the tutor had in mind 😅

Lemme show the task

[long whale]

13 - traffic requires the def. article. And you need to decide whether it was year or years.

[hardy zinc]

Task for 11:

? ihr – (warum) aussteigen – letzte, Station

[mellow nova]

maybe you mean: Warum seid ihr an der letzten Station ausgestiegen?

[long whale]

Please look at this closely: 11 would translate back to "Why did you get out of the last station?"

[long whale]

I'm sure they did. I was trying to lead them to it, though. :)

[hardy zinc]

I have no idea what that sentence is even suppsoed to mean

[long whale]

Well, you get *off at a station, right?

[mellow nova]

oh mb

tbf I'm not sure if you can really lead to 'an' with this situation. Without knowing it beforehand it makes no sense to me as to why we use an 😔

[hardy zinc]

Makes sense. I just thought that there are multiple meanings one can think of

[long whale]

Yeah, probably. They might have checked though. (What's the emoticon for "never mind, don't worry"?)

Anyway, please check 13: #questions-2 message

@hardy zinc

[mellow nova]

um... i don't know, ? 😆

[hardy zinc]

Yeah, working on that

[long whale]

Check spelling of "red". 15 - Please check the appropriate auxiliary for "verbrennen" (it's pretty much the same problem as with "hängen", remember that one?)

[ornate shuttle]

Hallo Leute
Weise/Methode/Art/Modus/Manier usw..

Wie wird jedes Wort davon verwendet?

Z.b. sind diese Sätze korrekt?
Was sind die Arten und Weisen, die du zum Deutschlernen verwendest?

Was sind die Methoden, die du zum Deutschlernen anwendest?

[hardy zinc]

I checked that one, but according to https://konjugator.reverso.net/konjugation-deutsch-verb-verbrennen.html it is haben...

oh wait, is it the same as in diff by meanings?

[long whale]

ich verbrenne etwas -> ich habe etwas verbrannt. etwas verbrennt -> etwas ist verbrannt

[hardy zinc]

Oh I see

Makes sense actually

Wait is it even perfect?

[long whale]

Check plural of "Art" :)

[hardy zinc]

Like in English it'd be "It is burnt"?

mb not

[long whale]

No, it would be "it burnt (down)"

[long whale]

Technically, it's called Zustandspassiv (stative passive)

[ornate shuttle]

Okay,aber ich wollte wissen: sind diese wörter Synonyme und gleich von Anwendung?

[long whale]

Well, don't use "Manier", as it's pretty much obsolete (not used anymore). :)

It's only used in plural these days: die Manieren = manners, as in die Tischmanieren = table manners :)

[ornate shuttle]

Schon gut! Danke wieder🙏🏽

[long whale]

And no, they are not really synonyms. "die Methode" = method, technique vs. "die Art und Weise" = the way (in which something is said/done, e.g. quickly, intelligently, friendly)

[hardy zinc]

Kannst du mir erklären daweil, dass wir "an" hier benutzen?

[mellow nova]

no I don't believe I can ^ 😅

[hardy zinc]

[mellow nova]

In my eyes prepositions are just something you learn the specific cases of use 🤷‍♂️ maybe there's a better way someone knows but I am unfortunately not the person to ask

[harsh fox]

what does etwas mean literally?

[mellow nova]

something

[harsh fox]

and bisschen mean little write?

[covert moon]

could also be a quantity like "a little bit of xx"

[harsh fox]

right*

Ich spreche etwas Deutsch oder Ich Spreche bisschen Deutsch?

or they can both be used since they have similar meaning

[covert moon]

"Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch"

[harsh fox]

oh

[covert moon]

both is fine though

[harsh fox]

oke, danke

[hardy zinc]

Please, check:
11. Warum seid ihr an der letzten Station ausgestiegen?
12. Welches Kind hat die rote Mütze aufgehabt?
13. Der Autoverkehr hat in den letzten Jahre zugenommen.
14. Während des Transports ist die Schnur plötzlich gerissen.
15. Bei Brand sind mehrere wichtig Akten verbrannt.

[long whale]

Years are still not right in 13. 15 the fire still requires the def. article and the ending for "important" is missing. :)

[hardy zinc]

Right...
13. Der Autoverkehr hat in den letzten Jahr zugenommen.
15. Bei dem Brand sind mehrere wichtige Akten verbrannt.

[long whale]

Let's try again, okay? Did you want to say "over the last year" or "over the last years"? Whichever you choose, it must be in Dativ. And what happens to nouns in Dativ plural? If you wanted to say "over the last years"?

15 is now correct. :)

[hardy zinc]

Year. Again, I didn't do declension of nouns, my tutor says it's too early. Guess.. let's skip it for now

[hardy zinc]

Thanks

[mellow nova]

you are aware it's not 'der Jahr' right

[hardy zinc]

Oh, oops. I guess I was doing "years" for the article and adjective, but then a single form of noun. Should be "in dem letzten Jahr[...]"

[mellow nova]

if you wanted a singular year, yes

[hardy zinc]

Yeah

(btw that's how it should've been even if it was der Jahr)

[mellow nova]

although 'in dem' does something specific

[mellow nova]

yeah but some people get confused with in + dativ/akkusativ, it was the only thing I could figure out that you might have done 😅

[icy flax]

Yesterday I was to reply them geeignet and tauglich were synonyms but forgot. Gut dass du Adleraugen hast, Susana!

Regarding your answer, could tauglich be the word the army would use to recruit new soldiers back then?

Also, is it the one word older people would use to refer to a young boy who's always up to help and do hark work, meaning "strong/good shape"?

"Was für ein tauglicher Jung bist du, ne? Komm, ich hab eine Aufgabe für dich."

[half falcon]

is there any specific situation where I would use specifically "daraufhin" instead of any other conjunction?

[mellow nova]

daraufhin = danach with an additional causal implication

[long whale]

Yes to the 1st, 100% no to the 2nd. :)

Unless it's some weird regional thing I've never come across? 😳 But definitely not in Standard German.

[fervent kernel]

kann jemand hier mir helfen, um eine Bewerbungsschreiben zu korrigieren ?

[potent cloud]

Falls es mehr als 300 Wörter umfasst, dann gehört das zu #writing

[fervent kernel]

Ich weiße , aber sie enthalt meine persönliche daten

[potent cloud]

Dann versteck sie auf jeden Fall, dies ist ein öffentlicher Server.

[junior quest]

Bedeuten diese 2 Sätze dasselbe?
Die Argumente der Frau waren widerlegbar.
Die Argumente der Frau konnten widerlegt werden.

[half bloom]

is this sentence correct

ich habe Kopfschmerzen wegen war ich gestern auf einem Party

[ancient pulsar]

Aus Sicht meiner...

is it common to omit der here from Sicht?

[mellow nova]

wegen does not introduce a clause

you use it in combination with a noun i.e Ich habe Kopfschmerzen wegen meines Sturzes.

you could formulate your sentence using deswegen, but you would have to change the order. Wanna try again?

[half bloom]

gerne

ich habe Kopfschmerzen wegen gesterner Party
ich habe Kopfschmerzen deswegen war ich gestern auf einer Party

[mellow nova]

try flipping the sentence

were you at the party yesterday because of the headache? or do you have the headache because you were at the party

[mellow nova]

are you sure you didn't hear 'Aussicht'

[half bloom]

so my sentence kinda has time traveling

[mellow nova]

😂 yeah in a way

[half bloom]

ich war gestern auf einer Party, deswegen habe ich Kopfschmerzen

[mellow nova]

perfekt

[potent cloud]

Wouldn't they need a definite article in the wegen sentence?

[ancient pulsar]

well i read it from subtitles, and 2 translators also show the same result

[mellow nova]

I didn't even see the wegen sentence oops

yes it needs 'der' and 'gesternen' is not a word

[potent cloud]

Also that would be gestrig, or?

Yup

[mellow nova]

It's helpful when you ask a question to give the context of the sentence rather than just 2 or 3 words picked from the middle

[half bloom]

so

actually before i try again

what case goes with wegen

[potent cloud]

Genitiv

[half bloom]

crazy

[ancient pulsar]

From an environmental standpoint from a community standpoint

[half bloom]

ich habe Kopfschmerzen, wegen der gestrige Party

?

[ancient pulsar]

*n

[potent cloud]

Well almost..

[ancient pulsar]

i should not have told that

[half bloom]

gestrigen?

[potent cloud]

At least @half bloom , do you understand why it is gestrigen?

[half bloom]

no

[potent cloud]

Hm.. it is declination of an adjective when there's a definite article before it..

Wait a second

[half bloom]

guess its not the same as in nominative

[potent cloud]

see the genitiv

makes sense now?

[half bloom]

yeah

last try

ich habe Kopfschmerzen, wegen der gestrigen Party

[potent cloud]

No comma

[mellow nova]

||no comma but otherwise good||

[potent cloud]

yup

haha

[half bloom]

gut genug

[potent cloud]

As Delli said above, you can introduce a clause with wegen, so no comma

cannot

omg do I need a second coffee?

[half bloom]

cannot hurt

last question

what does wohl oder über mean

[potent cloud]

you mean all three of them? wohl, oder, über

ahh no

Do you mean wohl oder übel* ?

[half bloom]

as a phrase

[half bloom]

could be

[potent cloud]

''for better or worse''

[half bloom]

thanks

[ancient pulsar]

bruh i gave you the translation websites

[cunning orchid]

does the use of 'wegen' require the verb to go to the end of the sentence like 'weil'?

[long whale]

wegen is a prepostion (because of), not a conjunction.

[cunning orchid]

so it doesn't affect word order like 'weil' does?

[long whale]

How could it? As I said, it is a preposition. :)

[half bloom]

does das ist nicht dein Bier mean thats none of your business

[steel patrol]

Maybe it's a Sprichwort that I'm not aware of, but literally this means "that's not your beer". 😆

[mellow nova]

https://de.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/nicht_jemandes_Bier_sein

https://www.redensarten-index.de/mobil/#suchbegriff=~~Das ist dein %2F nicht mein Bier!&bool=relevanz&sp0=rart_ou

[steel patrol]

Achso

[modern orchid]

yes

you can also say das ist nicht mein Brot

[wide nebula]

Hallo leute ich habe eine Frage , ist dieser Satz korrect "Wenn jeder einer von uns Zeit hast" == when each one of us have the Time ???

[modern orchid]

why hast?

[wide nebula]

because of Jeder

[modern orchid]

Ich habe, du hast, er sie es hat

Jeder ist "er sie es"

[wide nebula]

wie kann ich "when each one of us have the Time" auf Deutsch sagen

[modern orchid]

Wenn jeder von uns Zeit hat

[long whale]

Please don't post the same question in various channels. People may not realize your question has already been answered -> waste of time and effort. :)

[wide nebula]

Danke schon ich muss ein Text schneller schreiben

[wide nebula]

Danke Sehr

[little topaz]

Wie dicht ist das Netz an Geldautomaten?-> what is the effect of having 'an' here?

[blazing vault]

Gemeint ist wahrscheinlich: am (an dem) (Singular) bzw. an den (plural) Geldautomaten. oder?

[long whale]

In this particular case, "an" is like English "of". (Usually won't work, though.) :)

[thorn zodiac]

|| schnauze du Fucker ||
Spoilered because its very rude but I got a genuine question.

I was wondering how schnauzen means "shut up" (what the translator says it means) but on the dictionary it means like to nuzzle, to snap. Does schnauzen always mean to shut up or is it just an alternate meaning?

[modern orchid]

Ive never heard schnauzen in that context

it always means shut up i guess

[wise pendant]

Schnauze is a noun and it means mouth.
It's short for:
(Halt die) Schnauze

[modern orchid]

or talk back

[covert moon]

schnauze is mainly used in combination with a animals 🐶

but yes, it also means shut up

[proven sphinx]

Yeah, which is why it's used as an insult when used with people.

[modern orchid]

yes

[proven sphinx]

Same with how "fressen" is normally used for animals, but if it's used for a person, it implies that they're eating very messily like an animal.

That's also where "Fresse" comes from, another not so nice word for "mouth".

Halt den Mund/Halt die Fresse/Halt die Schnauze/Halt die Klappe.

They all mean "shut up".

I'd say "Halt die Fresse" is the rudest one.

[thorn zodiac]

Danke for the help all

[covert moon]

||schnauze||

just kidding 😄

[devout fjord]

"Ich wohne in Leipzig, Deutsch zustudieren"

is that in order

hahaha thank you for the feedback

[covert moon]

"Ich wohne in Leipzig um Deutsch zu studieren"
uuups, sorry 👇 😬

[noble yacht]

The version you had before was better with one detail ^^ you need to write 'zu studieren'. Also, you need to add 'um', do you have an idea?-

^

[devout fjord]

do i have an idea about what?

[noble yacht]

Where to put the 'um', but the answer is already above

[thorn zodiac]

😳

[devout fjord]

oh u see thank you

[noble yacht]

Youre welcome- ^^

[devout fjord]

oh i see*

is that a clunky way of expressing that idea? is there a more natural way to translate "i am here in leipzig to study german"

[delicate tiger]

(unless you are studying Germanistik at a university "studieren"->"lernen")

[devout fjord]

i'm with an Intensivsprachkurs under the university of leipzig

does that count

[swift bough]

she specifically asked for the word you though, not "your", "yours", or "of yours"

plus the way that non-natives learn about this is different I think so it just made no sense to me to put that into the same category as those other words

I would have had the word deiner in different categories

[devout fjord]

not a degree program or credit course but i will be certified through B2 level german

[magic venture]

wow congrats

[devout fjord]

thanks! it's pretty neat here

i'll use learnen just in case

[charred fog]

which one is correct:
'Man kann eine Jacke tragen, wenn man zu kalt ist.'
'Man kann eine Jacke tragen, wenn ihm zu kalt ist.'

[mellow nova]

Man kann eine Jacke tragen, wenn es einem zu kalt ist

[charred fog]

what the fuck

[mellow nova]

man can't be declined

you use einer

[charred fog]

what does declined mean

[charred fog]

ok if it was in nominative could you use man? what about accusative?

[potent cloud]

Please do not post the same question in both channels, it can waste someone's time if they do not see it has been answered already

When someone can, they will correct you/help you

[mellow nova]

yes you use man, you cannot replace man with 'er' unlike pronouns like jemand/niemand which you can replace with er (or its respective correct declined version)

and like i said, you use 'einer' so 😅 what's the accusative of einer

[charred fog]

ok thanks

[hardy zinc]

Kann jemand bitte erklären, warum "Tag" aus "Wir haben den ganzen Tag gearbeitet" den Akkusativ Kasus hat?

[mellow nova]

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/Zeit/Time.html

"Some Rules for Adverbial Time Phrases"

[hardy zinc]

Danke!

Can I omit "den"?

Ganzen Tag haben wir gearbeitet

[mellow nova]

no because you're talking about a specific day

[hardy zinc]

What exactly does "Ganzen" mean here? I think I'm not getting a little bit

[mellow nova]

whole (or maybe 'entire')

it's not literal though

same thing in english

[hardy zinc]

yeah, I see, but why can't you say so, but you can say "Nächste Woche mache ich das"?

[mellow nova]

I see you're russian so I get your confusion here but unfortunately I can't help you

coming from a language that does have articles

it just seems intuitive to me

I don't really know why we don't use 'die' in 'nächste Woche' or 'den' in 'letzten Dienstag'

[hardy zinc]

well I know English but it's still unintuitive for me

[mellow nova]

well yeah I see you know english 😅 but your native language molds your brain in a way

[hardy zinc]

Like we say "I worked for the whole day" or "I've worked all day long"

[mellow nova]

and you grew up without articles (right? russian doesn't have der or ein)

[covert moon]

this describes a period of time. last tuesday / next week does not

[hardy zinc]

ah

[covert moon]

and you would ask "how long did u work on it?" -> "the whole day" / den ganzen tag

[mellow nova]

oh look there actually is a rule

well somewhat of a rule

doesn't make sense when paired with some prepositions like 'an'

[hardy zinc]

Makes sense, thanks. So
"Nächste Woche mache ich das" is "I'll do it next week"
"Ich mache das die ganze Woche" is "I've been doing it for the whole week"
right?

nice

[covert moon]

you have an example?

[mellow nova]

literally any time you use an
Am Montag werde ich wieder an der Uni sein - that's not a time period but a point in time

[slim yew]

what is the additional das for

[mellow nova]

first das - subject
2nd das - object

they translated it more idiomatically than literally, of course. literally would be 'That is exactly that, which we are now experiencing'

One way just sounds better in english and the other in german 🤷‍♂️

[covert moon]

... an der Uni -> it's a location

[mellow nova]

an dem Montag*

(obviously am Montag but to show it's a definite article)

[covert moon]

yeah, it's not a period, it's a specific time

[mellow nova]

yer that's all I was trying to say

that an is a little exception to that rule 🧐

[hardy zinc]

Please, check (I'm very unsure about nommer sieben)
The task was to fullfill the Hilfsverb and Perfekt form

1. Die kleine Heike ist gestern mit ihrer Schwester nach Dülmen gekommen
2. Am Wochenende haben wir unsere Fruende in Bielefeld besucht
3. Der Tischler hat letzten Monat insgesamt 166 Stunden gearbeitet
4. Unsere Mannschaft hat schon wieder ihr Heimspiel verloren
5. Mein Chef hat mich heute Morgen schon um 5:30 Uhr telefoniert
6. In Spanien haben wir fast jeden Tag Paella getrunken
7. Unser Ewald hat der Trude von nebenan einen Liebesbrief gesetzt
8. Auf der Party haben die Gäste 15 Fässer Bier getrunken
9. Um wie viel Uhr bist du gestern eigentlich nach Hause gefahren?
10. Wer hat denn schon wieder das Licht ausgemacht?

[long whale]

5: telefonieren doesn't work like "to phone", i.e. you can phone someone (direct object), but you can not jemanden telefonieren. Perhaps check a dictionary? 6: Check your prompts, the sentence is correct, grammar-wise, but it's just like saying "I drank some pizza last night". Paella is a dish, you can't drink it. 7: Please show me your prompts. Something wrong here. (setzen + Brief doesn't work)

[hardy zinc]

oh it's a dish lol

the prompt was to distirbute verbs from a list over these sentences and make them Perfekt

sec

Here's the list: anrufen, aufräumen, ausmachen, arbeiten, besuchen, essen, fahren, fernsehen, frieren, kommen,
schreiben, setzen, telefonieren, trinken, verlieren, werfen.

5. Not sure i understand. Like "Ich telefoniere dich" is ok, but "Ich habe dich telefoniert" is not?

[long whale]

Okay. So, now you know which verb to choose for Paella, right?

[hardy zinc]

gegessen yeah

[long whale]

5: No. telefonieren NEVER takes a direct object.

There's a synonym for telefonieren in the list which DOES take a direct object.

[hardy zinc]

... anrufen?

[long whale]

Exactly.

[hardy zinc]

[long whale]

Do you understand the thing with the direct object?

[hardy zinc]

well ig "telefonieren" just means to have a call

[long whale]

No. It's like... Think of a verb like "to talk". You can never say I talked him It must always be "I talked to him", right?

[hardy zinc]

yeah

Is it prepositional?

[long whale]

Yeah. And the construction required by the verb telefonieren is "mit jemandem telefonieren"

[hardy zinc]

Nice

So "Ich habe mit dir telefoniert"

[long whale]

Correct, yes.

[hardy zinc]

nice

[long whale]

That is stuff you need to learn how to check, and unfortunately, it must be learnt by heart. :)

[hardy zinc]

fair

And could you give a tip about number 7? I think I need something like "to leave"

[long whale]

Do you know what "der Brief" means?

[hardy zinc]

Yeah

Our Ewald left a letter next to Trude's door or something like that

[long whale]

But honeybun! What do you usually do with a letter? Or an email?

[hardy zinc]

🤔

read? burn? send? receive?

[long whale]

They grow on trees? They drop from the sky?

[hardy zinc]

oh, write?

[long whale]

Full points!

[hardy zinc]

XD

5. Mein Chef hat mich heute Morgen schon um 5:30 Uhr angerufen
6. In Spanien haben wir fast jeden Tag Paella gegessen
7. Unser Ewald hat der Trude von nebenan einen Liebesbrief geschrieben

[long whale]

💐

[hardy zinc]

Danke!

Kannst du über nommer sieben ein bisshen erklären? Why do we use "der" before "Trude"?

Trude is a name, right?

[long whale]

Yeah, it is. And the reason must be that your teacher learnt their German in the Southern, South-Western part of Germany. Or they had a teacher from there or something. Because putting the def. article before a name is a regional/dialectal thing.

[hardy zinc]

Yeah, he's from the South of Germany 🤔

[long whale]

It's not done in Standard German, try to remember that. :)

[hardy zinc]

Makse sense, thanks

And how do I interpret "Trude von nebenan"?

From Google translate its meaning is something like "Next to Trude's door", but I want a bit deeper understanding

[long whale]

It just means from next door. Only German's turned "next door" into an adverb. 🤷

[hardy zinc]

Why do we need "von" there?

What does it "connect"/conjugate?

[long whale]

As I said "from next-door"

[hardy zinc]

Ah

Ahhhhhh

[long whale]

Just be happy you don't need to decline it. ;)

[hardy zinc]

So it's not actually "Next to Trude's door", it's actually "To Trude from next door"?

nice, thanks

[mellow nova]

next door is an adverb

[long whale]

Something wrong with what I said, Delli?

[mellow nova]

nothing important, it's just an adverb in both languages

[long whale]

It is? Not prep. + noun?

[mellow nova]

or also an adjective in english

[mellow nova]

it's much more common in english for adverbials to be multiple words but yeah it's treated as a single unit

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/next-door

[long whale]

I see. Thanks. :)

[hardy zinc]

Please, check. The task is to form a perfekt tense and use personal pronouns when possible (bc I need to practice Kasus of pronouns). The prompt is in the screenshot

1. Er hat ihr ihn gegeben
2. Im Urlaub habe ich immer an sie gedacht
3. Sie haben in Wald das versteckte Geld gefunden
4. Warum hast du ihnen angelogen?
5. Leider ist mir er mißlungen
6. Sie hat das Geld aus ihr genommen
7. Sie haben die ganze Nacht gesoffen
8. Er ist sich ihn geschnitten
9. Hat sie sie gewaschen?
10. Sie haben sich täglich um es gestritten

[long whale]

1: Check order of pronouns

13: typo; also, you could say "They found it in the forest" 4: Check construction required for "anlügen" (Dat or Akk? Correct pronoun?) 5: Check order of pronouns 8: Check auxiliary for "schneiden"

Once you're done, remind me to explain about 10, okay?

[hardy zinc]

Does it not correspond to the order of nouns in the initial statement?

Like "Der Chef gibt [to who - to her - ihr] [gibt what? - him - ihn]"

[long whale]

No, unfortunately not.

Er gibt ihn ihr.

[hardy zinc]

Hmm

Is there some rules about it?

[long whale]

Akk before Dat when 2 pronouns

[hardy zinc]

But Dat before Akk in all other cases?

[long whale]

You've got a choice for that. Ich gebe meiner Mutter den Brief and Ich gebe den Brief meiner Mutter are both correct, with the 1st one being the default one. You haven't got a choice for the order of the pronouns, though. :)

[hardy zinc]

I see

[hardy zinc]

For 4th, my logic was the following: "deinen" could be either Akk form of singular Lehrer or Dativ form of plural Lehrer, so I assumed the letter. What would be a good place to check what kasus a verb needs?

[long whale]

Uh - check table. No "either or" is possible here. :)

[hardy zinc]

What table?

I mean, "deinen" alone, without context, is either Akk of single Maskuline or Dat of plural

[mellow nova]

dative plural nouns do something

that would tell you that it's not dative plural

[hardy zinc]

I didn't do declension of nouns yet

So um, what would be a good source where I could see the Kasus of object of a verb?

[mellow nova]

a dictionary

[hardy zinc]

Which one, there's a million of them and I can't find the one with all the info

[long whale]

Well, which one do you usually use? Link to it, I'll tell you how to find the info, okay?

[hardy zinc]

Many of them are in German and I don't know it well enough to be comfortable with it

[hardy zinc]

I use de.wiktionary, dwds.de, dict.cc and google translate (and konjugator reverso.net)

[long whale]

Okay, check dict.cc for anlügen, okay? I mean, open the page, please. :)

Got it?

[hardy zinc]

dict.cc and google translate are translating ones though, right

Should I translate anlügen to EN?

[long whale]

No, I want to tell you how to find the info you need.

https://www.dict.cc/?s=anlügen

[hardy zinc]

Okay

[long whale]

See the 1st line? It says "to lie to sb" for English, right?

[hardy zinc]

yes

[long whale]

And it says "jdn. anlügen" for German, right?

[hardy zinc]

right

[long whale]

See the blue "jdn."?

[hardy zinc]

yes

[long whale]

That's short for "jemanden" = Akkusativ

[hardy zinc]

._.

Nice

geben gives "etw"

Is it etwas?

ah wait

"jdm etw"

Something to someone

[long whale]

Exactly! Well done!

[hardy zinc]

cool danke

Ok so

Fixed those. What about 10?

[long whale]

Right. So... If you had to 2 men fighting about a woman, then Sie streiten sich um sie would be perfectly correct.

However, German does that thing, where, when it's about things, objects, it doesn't like "Preposition + pronoun", okay?

[hardy zinc]

hmm

would das work?

[long whale]

German replaces "prepostionen + pronun" with da[r]+pronoun

They're called da-compounds, or "da"-words

da + um -> darum

[hardy zinc]

Oh, I know that you use it for combined sentences, like ".... darum, dass ..."

[long whale]

(The R just gets inserted for pronunciation purposes, because vowel + vowel = 🤢 )

[hardy zinc]

hmm

I see

[long whale]

Yeah.

Es geht um das, dass wir nicht zur Party fahren wollen -> Es geht darum, dass wir nicht zur Party fahren wollen

Same principle. ;)

[narrow pier]

euch helft mir?? or euch helft ich? or werden ihr helft mir ?

[long whale]

"jemandem helfen" -> jemand hilft jemandem

The sentence needs a subject. And the subject ist in which case?

[narrow pier]

i wanted to say will you help me

the subject has to be nominativ

[narrow pier]

so werden ihr helfet mir is correct because here the subject is nominativ

???

[undone verge]

you need to conjugate 'werden' for 'ihr' and helfen remains infinitive.

[mint pewter]

Hi guys I’m looking for a partner for c1 exam where should i write it?

[undone verge]

definitely in every channel

[mint pewter]

Is there anyone?

[hardy zinc]

Okay so this time I'm practicing questions plus perfekt. See the screenshot for the prompt.

One problem is that from what I understood, I need to ask about underlined words, but nothing is underlined, so for each example I made two questions.

Please, correct!

1. Wer hat seiner Freundin einen Ring geschenkt?
2. Wem hat Heiner einen Ring geschenkt?
3. Wer hat nicht dem Lehrer die Frage beantwortet?
4. Wem hat Ludwig nicht die Frage beantwortet?
5. Wer hat das ganze Wochenende ferngesehen?
6. Was hat die Familie das ganze Wochenende gemacht?
7. Wer hat täglich von sieben Uhr bis achtzehn Uhr gearbeitet?
8. Wie lange haben sie täglich gearbeitet?
9. Wer hat dem Politiker Geld angeboten?
10. Was hat der Mann dem Politiker angeboten?
11. Was ist fünf and fünfzig Meter tief gewesen?
12. Wie tief ist der Brunner gewesen?
13. Wer hat auf den Tischen getanzt?
14. Wo haben die Mädchen getanzt?
15. Woher ist der Mitarbeiter gekommen?
16. Was ist aus der Türkei gekommen?
17. Wem ist es besser gegangen?
18. Wer hat sehr gut ausgesehen?
19. Wie gut hat die Sekretärin ausgesehen?

[long whale]

Looks fine, minor spelling errors apart. :)

Numbers are written as 1 word: fünfundfünfzig

[hardy zinc]

oh I see

Nice

Thanks. You're very helpful

[plain inlet]

Hello!
A: You still haven’t done it, have you?
B: as a matter of fact, i have, yes.
Can one say “doch, habe ich schon” to sort of convey the same idea in German? Or is a verb like “machen” (habe ich schon gemacht) obligatory here?
I ask this because it’s quite common in German to elide verbs when they’re, so as to say, evident. “Kannst du Deutsch (sprechen)?” I wasn’t sure if the same applies to my case here.
in short, what’s the best way of saying this in German?

[undone verge]

'doch, habe ich schon' seems like a very nice and natural way of expressing it. And you don't need the machen, it can stay out and is implied.

[plain inlet]

Ah thanks! It definitely feels good when you get confirmation from someone more experienced with the language!

[narrow pier]

werdet ihr helfen mir

[undone verge]

almost there! Now just change the places of 'helfen' and 'mir'

[narrow pier]

werdet ihr mir helfen?

[undone verge]

in german, the non-conjugated verb hops to the very end of the sentence

[narrow pier]

that was hard

[narrow pier]

thank you

[mellow nova]

can you use werden like that? in english it's obviously more like saying 'can/could'

[undone verge]

I wasn't really looking at the meaning of the sentence, just the grammar of what they tried to write out the first time. 'werdet ihr mir helfen' to me would mean 'will you help me' (in the future)

not really a sentence I hear often, though, no.

[mellow nova]

yes I just think it's important to look at it from the perspective of a beginner, in which I think they translated it literally rather than using the 'correct' verb

[mellow nova]

so anyway all that to say: usually you use 'könnt/könntet'

[undone verge]

did they even say what they wanted to say in english? I just saw 'werden ihr helfet mir'

[narrow pier]

i wanted to say

will you help me

[mellow nova]

they said 'will you help me'

[narrow pier]

the you being plural

[undone verge]

do you mean right now?

[narrow pier]

well i wanted to know for right now and in the future ( like how to do both of them )

[undone verge]

just go with Delli's recommendation then

'can you help me' sounds more natural in both languages 😄

[mellow nova]

will you help me sounds perfectly fine in english but will is a dumb verb so doesn't translate right

[undone verge]

I can only really imagine saying it with a huff at someone who left me standing with a heavy piece of furniture to check their phone

[narrow pier]

well, you could translate it according to how germans experess it

[mellow nova]

telling a story "So that's my problem, will you help me [with it]?"

[mellow nova]

I gave you the correct verb a couple messages up, I pinged you in it

:)

[narrow pier]

I imagine that sentence will be used quite often like( wont you help me )

[long whale]

Well, just with kannst/könnt I'd see this as "are you the right person/people to ask?"

[narrow pier]

könnt ihr mir helfen, oder , könnt ihr mir nicht helfen??

[mellow nova]

^check above. This is asking if they are able to help you (which is fine in most contexts to me, but maybe that's not agreed upon). The 'polite' form would be 'Könntet ihr mir helfen?'

[long whale]

Würdet ihr mir bitte helfen? is another polite way to ask. :)

[undone verge]

and 'werdet ihr mir helfen'?

[narrow pier]

thats so easy ( jk ) i thought i got the hang of it , but 😆 ,

[long whale]

As you said, that's kind of a weird/unidiomatic question. 🤷

[ornate shuttle]

Es ist doch richtig, oder?

Gleich von Bedeutung sein
@long whale

[narrow pier]

i dont think i will be saying that politely, like i am angry at that point, can i say that sentence like that( wont you give me a hand or help me )

[long whale]

"von Bedeutung sein" = to be important

So - no. :)

[mellow nova]

it's not 'won't' it's 'Would you please help me?'

[ornate shuttle]

Es ist dann falsch, wenn ich sage
Tun und machen sind gleich von Bedeutung. Und ich meine damit= die gleiche Bedeutung haben

[mellow nova]

i imagine it depends on your tone of voice just like in english 🤷‍♂️ it's definitetly not impolite though by itself

quite the opposite

[undone verge]

Yeah, I guess. But it's still low-key kinda hard for me to detect when forming the future with werden sounds odd. So I'm now racking my brain trying to think about how one would ask if someone would help them in the future.
is the only way with 'können + time statement'? (könnt ihr mir am Freitag helfen?)

[long whale]

Yeah, sie haben die gleiche Bedeutung = sie bedeuten das gleiche :)

[narrow pier]

what if you dont wanna be polite with someone

[ornate shuttle]

Danke

[mellow nova]

when would you be asking someone to help you in the (non-hypothetical) future?

[long whale]

Mm... I'd say so. Because if you think about it, asking for help is always for the future, isn't it? Whether in the next second or 2 years from now?

[narrow pier]

the future one is wierd in every language

[undone verge]

yeah, that makes sense.

[mellow nova]

maybe something like "Wirst du mir bei meinem Umzug helfen?"

to mean 'will you be helping me'

pesky tenses

[long whale]

Nothing wrong there, grammar-wise. Just... I wouldn't say that. 🤷

[undone verge]

even in english 'will you help me' is kinda implicitly future.

[mellow nova]

i mean at that point everything is future

because no one can respond to you immediately

[undone verge]

well no. If I ask you if you like lollipops that isn't future. You do or you don't here and now.

[mellow nova]

it is future

it's 10 seconds after you ask

[undone verge]

but it's not a question about what you 'will do'

it doesn't have to do with the time they answer you but with the question itself

[long whale]

It's... I can't see myself asking another person for help using "werden". I can see myself asking "Und? Wirst du ihm helfen?" as in "Yeah, so, he told you he had this problem. And do you have the intention of helping him? Are you planning on helping him?"

[undone verge]

oh god I'm going to not be able to speak even english if I keep looking at the word will T_T

[mellow nova]

'Will' has the (leftover from old germanic ancestor of wollen) meaning of "expressing desire, consent, willingness" etc

so I truly just don't agree with that

[long whale]

Agree with what?

[mellow nova]

the 'will you help me' = future

[narrow pier]

did you guys agree on a sentence??

[mellow nova]

oh yeah we're just babbling, your sentences were fine earlier

[undone verge]

oh no doubt the sentence is with 'können' in german

this is just the rabbit hole of confusion with will want werden future desire

a testament to the human soul, if you will

[mellow nova]

like i said: will is a dumb verb

[long whale]

Mm. To me, it has the same "flavour" of plans/intention/willingness in German and in English.

[mellow nova]

it adapted the futurity meaning but it is a relative of 'wollen', not 'werden'

and does still share nearly the exact same definition as wollen (plus other definitions of course)

easier to see in older english i.e 'If you will it' = If you want

[narrow pier]

so i have to use können and raise my voice to show i am angry??, and i think even though i am not good at future or any thing , but isnt toning the sentence going to help that its future, ( if you cant form it with future verbs )

[undone verge]

yeah just sound annoyed. Add a sarcastic 'bitte' in there. German sounds angry anyway so you're already halfway there

[mellow nova]

Won't you help me would be 'Wollt ihr mir nicht helfen?' (surprisingly relevant to the "will" conversation we just had)

[narrow pier]

okay this reply wins

i am imaging ist in my head

[long whale]

Not sure whether you're aware of it, but there's also this angry German interjection "Dem/Dir werd ich helfen!" (a bit like "I'll tell him/you what's what!") And it's never Dem/Dir helfe ich

[narrow pier]

and i think ( ihr helft mir ) is used when you giving jobs to people ( you help me )

[mellow nova]

good to know 🧐

[mellow nova]

no, it's not a command

that is a simple observation of what is happening

You are helping me.

[narrow pier]

das macht Sinn

[delicate tiger]

that's regional/dialectal, I would never use that

[modern orchid]

I would. But its like very aggressive

[long whale]

Interesting. DWDS notes it's umgangssprachlich, scherzhaft, übertragen, but doesn't mark it as landschaftlich. 🤔

[red swan]

😄

im doing some homework on the stream channel, if anybody wants to join (help) me, you're more than welcome

[marsh surge]

Hi everyone! Could someone explain me what "Samma, geht's noch" means? geht's noch is kinda "are you crazy?", right? And what is "Samma"? Short for Sag mal?

[hollow ether]

Samma is colloquial but it does mean that in Germany

Apparently it means "sagen wir" in Austria

[marsh surge]

Thank you!☺️

[modern orchid]

Samma wird wenn eigentlich immer nur als "Sag mal" verwendet. In österreichischen Dialekten würde man eher "sogma mol" = "Sagen wir mal" (Lets say) verwenden, was sowieso kaum jemand versteht

[junior flame]

Wie sagt man auf Deutsch "You must have seen it."

[modern orchid]

Das musst du gesehen haben

oder Den musst du gesehen haben, if you are referring to a movie

der Film

Oder Den muss man gesehen haben

depends on multiple things

[final marlin]

Was ist der Dauer von "vor einiger Zeit" ? Von einem Minute bis einem Tag?

Z.b) Vermuten Sie Bitte, das ich vor eine Stunde eine Folge einer Serie gesehen habe. Dann kann ich zu meinem Freunde sagen, dass "ich habe sie vor einiger Zeit gesehen" ?

[long whale]

It's as vague as "some time ago".

[long whale]

No. You'd say "Ich habe sie gerade (just) gesehen" or "ich habe sie [erst] vor einer halben Stunde gesehen" (only half an hour ago)

[half falcon]

"Ich war also gezwungen, einen anderen Beruf zu wählen, und lernte fliegen. Ich bin überall in der Welt herumgeflogen, und die Geografie hat mir dabei wirklich gute Dienste geleistet."

what does "dabei" mean in that phrase?

[long whale]

It refers to the previous part of the sentence: "with this", i.e. geography helped him to fly to lots of places. :)

[half falcon]

thanks, mate

[fervent hollow]

Ist dieser Satz grammatikalisch richtig? "In der eintrittszentrum bin ich ganz allein"

[dense obsidian]

nein

[fervent hollow]

Verdammt

[fervent kernel]

It would need to be "dem"

[dense obsidian]

https://www.das-akademie.de/en/akkusativ-and-dativ-wo-and-wohin/

[fervent hollow]

Ach

Danke

[modern orchid]

Außerdem ist Eintrittszentrum kein Wort

[silent stratus]

You could also use "im" instead of "in dem"

[steel patrol]

How formal is the word "unternehmen" as a verb? Judging by the example sentences DeepL has provided me with it very much seems like it can just be used as a synonym for "to do", like "tun/machen" would be in any other situation. But because of the noun that I already associate it with I can't help but think of it as an elevated version, at the very least.

[mellow nova]

it's more of a translation/synonym of 'to undertake' (i know, surprising). How i've seen unternehmen used seems like just how you would see 'undertake' used, to do something that was usually planned

[steel patrol]

That's an easy connection to make (now that you pointed it out, lol). I shall attach it to that exact meaning then, thank you.

[narrow pier]

hi, whats the difference between ( der Becher und die Tasse )

[modern orchid]

Becher is something made of plastic, usually for kids
Tasse is something made of glass or porcelain etc., usually for adults to drink tea or coffee

[narrow pier]

i understad very clearly now

thank you

[upper lynx]

Hmm, is is used differently here in northern germany. We most often call small, wide cups(like teacups) "Tasse" and large, high cups(like coffee mugs) "Becher". Becher can be made from any Material. Tassen always have a handle, Becher might.

[narrow pier]

[narrow pier]

did you mean to say Tasse always has a handle or is Tassen and Tasse different

i think its plural, sorry

[modern orchid]

Ihr sagt zu sowas Becher??

[clear kraken]

Tassen are separated by Becher with the fact, that they have a handle as you use Tassen mostly for hot beverages

[modern orchid]

Becher can have handles as well

[clear kraken]

But for understanding purposes I would say Becher don’t have a handle. (I know the exceptions, but as it’s known „die Ausnahme bestätigt die Regel“ 😉)

[modern orchid]

well its the material for me

[upper lynx]

Some do, yes. Could also call it Tasse, though.

Ikea calls it Becher too https://www.ikea.com/de/de/p/faergklar-becher-mattiert-gruen-40478189/

[modern orchid]

hm, würde ich nie so verwenden, aber scheint mit der Region verbunden zu sein

und weiter weg von Norddeutschland als ich kann man kaum leben

[upper lynx]

Ich denke das ist hier so 50:50, einer sagt Kaffeetasse, der andere Kaffeebecher.

[upper lynx]

But yes, Tassen always have a handle, I don't think you'd ever call anything without a handle a Tasse. And Tassen is plural.

[narrow pier]

thankss

[clear kraken]

Es is aber schön zu sehen wie IKEA in einem Artikel beide Bezeichnungen nutzt

[upper lynx]

Kommt hier schonmal vor das jemand nach einem Becher für seine morgendliche Tasse Kaffee fragt.

I think a lot of the time people use either one here.

[potent cloud]

Luckily in dwds it is really clear apparently

[upper lynx]

I'd agree with that definition.

[narrow pier]

does Konkret and einmalige mean unique, in the context of using ( der, die , das )

[potent cloud]

Yes, but it is funny to see Tasse, being described as 'becherförmig'

[narrow pier]

i think i interrupted sorry

[upper lynx]

Well, some Tassen are becherförmig, like the two posted earlier, and some are schalenförmig, like small teacups

[potent cloud]

No of course not, no worries, it is a public server after all

[upper lynx]

Konkret means specific and einmalig means unique, basically

So konkret und einmalig would mean specific and unique

[narrow pier]

makes sense 👍

[half bloom]

ich teile meine Meinungen mit den Brüder nicht

is the word order correct

[undone verge]

it's difficult to say if the word order is correct when the sentence has other problems. Would you mind saying what you mean to express in English?

[half bloom]

i dont share my opinions with my brothers

[undone verge]

do you mean that you don't tell them your opinions? Or that you don't have the same opinion as them?

1. Ich teile meinen Brüdern meine Meinungen nicht mit.
2. Ich teile die Meinungen meiner Brüder nicht.
   respectively

[long whale]

In case you're interested, Meinung is mostly used in singular (nothing really wrong with the plural, just a bit uncommon), therefore, I'd rather use Ansichten. :)

(E.g. "unterschiedlicher/geteilter Meinung sein" = to have different opinions)

[half bloom]

that i dont tell them

when talking about water that you drink, is there a plural

[undone verge]

no

[mellow nova]

only when talking about different types of waters

[mellow nova]

your name should be Kroatische Kartoffel btw

[long whale]

die Wasser, die ich trinke die verschiedenen Arten von Wasser, die ich trinke

[mellow nova]

die Wässer would be also correct

[long whale]

"die Wasser" only works like in English: the waters of the Nile

[half bloom]

oh yeah

thanks

[mellow nova]

die Wasser is for emphatic

[long whale]

Delli, of course you can say it, since it does have a plural, but I don't think there's a German alive who'd say die Wasser, die ich trinke Seriously. :)

[mellow nova]

example sentence taken from de.wiktionary.com : teure und preiswerte Wässer

[mellow nova]

never said they would say 'die Wasser' 🤷‍♂️

[long whale]

And I was very much surprised to see "die Wässer" is even a word. :D

[mellow nova]

fundamental block of words like Gewässer and Abwässer

[long whale]

Delli, trust me on this: it's not a word I've ever seen written. (Or heard spoken.)

As opposed to "die Wasser [des Rheins/der Donau]" :)

[mellow nova]

they are different words with different meanings yes

[mental furnace]

Hallo Leute. „Melden Sie sich bitte bei mir in kürzesten Zeit nach Möglichkeit“. Wirkt dieser Satz für formale Briefe?

[delicate tiger]

"Um kurzfristige/zeitnahe Rückmeldung wird gebeten"

[agile summit]

heyo, quick question, someone took away something of mine from the kitchen and im trying to write a note saying "why did you take it away, please put it back" or somethin. which verb would you use for take in this case? genommen? entfernen maybe? what do you think would sound natural?

[undone verge]

not entfernen, that sounds more like deleting something

[agile summit]

i was just gona go for genommen but i feel like it doesnt sound right

weggenommen? lul

[undone verge]

I would lean towards weggenommen

[agile summit]

ooo

timing

thanks!!

[undone verge]

but I am not the most idiomatic speaker in the world so maybe a native has a better idea

[agile summit]

i am idiotmatic

[covert moon]

depends on the time, but yes, "(weg) nehmen" would be correct

yeah, "entfernen" is more likely to be permanent i'd say

[long whale]

I'd just say "Warum ist X nicht mehr in der Küche? Bitte bring ihn/sie/es zurück" :)

[stone vault]

Hallo, gibt's jemanden, der Vorkenntnisse mit Fallen hat, sich gut ausgekannt damit und Online ist?

[long whale]

What do you want to know? :)

[stone vault]

Specifically the genetive and dative case 🙂

[left drift]

Ich habe ein Frage. In dieses Satz ist "lieber" ein Adjektive?

[long whale]

No. "lieber" doesn't get declined: liebere/r/s -> it's an adverb

[stone vault]

Lieber ist von "lieb" aber?

lieb, lieber, am liebsten

[long whale]

How about checking the faq for Dativ and Genitv first? Unless you have a specific question? :)

[stone vault]

I do indeed

Take the following example

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Mit allem Respekt

[left drift]

Danke

[long whale]

Yes...? What about those? @stone vault

[stone vault]

I am coming to the question, hold up

My question in particular is the adjectives' endings

Oh nvm

I found out the reason

[modern orchid]

its plural

[stone vault]

It's to do with the original form

[stone vault]

Yup

I'd however like to get back to the question Lucais asked, and base a question on that myself.

Your reply, you said that "lieber" can't be declined.. but it's a declination itself. A comparative adjective from "lieb"

In that sense, is it an adverb, or an adjective?

I do get that it's describing the verb in the sentence

but it is also declined in the sense of lieb, lieber, am liebsten

[long whale]

Mm... it's called adverbieller Komparativ. It's also the comparative of "gern".

[stone vault]

Got you. It's an adverb as a whole

Aight Susana, appreciate it.

Peace out

[left drift]

Eine andere Frage. Ist dieses Satz richtig?

"Nein, Ihr lest lieber Romane"

I'm trying to say "No, they (plural) prefer reading novels"

Oh wait I just realised that Ihr is second person plural not 3rd person. Never mind

[fervent kernel]

Nein , die lesen lieber Romane If u dont Talk to the ones who are reading

[normal canyon]

Yep, u need a nominativ in the sentence

[fervent kernel]

What you wrote is more Like No you (Plural) are reading novels

[left drift]

Ja das ist wahr. Danke

[left drift]

Danke

[fervent kernel]

Räumen deine Freunde mit die Hütte auf? Nein , die lesen Romane - Are your Friends cleaning up the cabin? No they are reading Novels. For example

Ich will ,dass du mir hilfst aber du liest lieber Romane... I want you to Help me but you prefer Reading novels

they = Die. You(plural) = ihr

[long whale]

"mit etwas aufräumen" = to do away with sth. "etwas (Akkusativ) aufräumen" = to clean up, in the sense of putting things (back) where they belong.

[fervent kernel]

not mit etwas aufräumen just etwas aufräumen

[stone vault]

to clean up and (sort) away = aufräumen
to clean up and (sort) away (with - usually a tool/something) = aufräumen mit

Ich räume mein Zimmer mit einem Staubsauger auf.
Ich räume mein Zimmer auf

corresponds to:

I clean up my room with a vacuum cleaner.
I clean up my room.

[stone vault]

@long whale is something wrong with my previous examples?

[long whale]

See 2 here: https://www.dwds.de/wb/aufräumen

ein Zimmer mit einem Staubsauger aufräumen :)

[stone vault]

Was soll es dann?

[long whale]

"aufräumen" doesn't mean "to clean", it means putting stuff you have lying around back to where it belongs: picking up toys from the floor, putting books on shelves, folding clothes and putting them away - that kind of thing. :)

Making rooms look neat, perhaps?

[stone vault]

Yea, you can say so

In that sense, you're right. Nothing but a vacuum cleaner came to my mind at that time. It is nevertheless correct. Replace vacuum cleaner with something like.. mit gelangweiltem Willen instead of "mit einem Staubsauger"

Now, let me jump back to Dative and Genetive cases.. I have been looking through them and observing.. didn't find much a difference in both, except the rules in which endings affect nouns/articles/pronouns and adjectives.

Let me go through it one more time and I'll get back with you on it

[covert moon]

"tidy up" is more like "aufräumen"

[stone vault]

Yea, agreed

[wooden dagger]

Are there any Germans who use the greeting “Hoi” or is that almost exclusively in Dutch?

I guess a follow up for that question is: Is “moin” something used specific at a time of day, like morning?

[fervent kernel]

I haven't heard of hoi so I guess it's a Dutch thing, maybe people living near the Netherlands know that expression, we do say ahoi tho, that's more of a stereotypical word for the context of ships and water.

[clear kraken]

„Moin“ is commonly used in the northern parts. Some might say, moin is the go to welcome phrase throughout the day. A more southern expression would be „Servus“

[wooden dagger]

It could also be related to the Czech greeting Ahoj (which I love so much)

That clears a lot of things up, thank you both

[delicate tiger]

I sometimes use "Oi/Hoi", but it's not common (near Dutch border)

[rough furnace]

Hi guys could you check if I made any mistakes writing my short text?

Obwohl Liechtenstein ein kleines Land ist, hat es immer noch viele Sehenswürdigkeiten. Die bekanntesten sind das Schloss Vaduz, der Dom St. Florin und das Liechtensteinische Landesmuseum. Schloss Vaduz ist ein Schloss in der Nähe der Hauptstadt Vaduz in Liechtenstein. Im Schloss lebt die Fürstenfamilie des Landes. Die Kathedrale St. Florin ist eine große und sehr schöne Kirche. St. Florin ist eine römisch-katholische Kirche. Das Liechtensteinische Landesmuseum ist ein Museum in Vaduz zur Geschichte Liechtensteins.

[worn aspen]

No I can't see any mistakes

[fervent hollow]

Ist dieser Satz Grammatikalisch richtig? Das Mädchen biegt den Löffel mit seinem Gehirn

[undone verge]

although every cell in my body is rebelling against 'mit seinem Gehirn,' it is grammatically correct. You could say seinem or ihrem, though 😄

'verbiegen' seems to be in use for bending spoons

[fervent hollow]

Lol

[half bloom]

does this decide when will i get the word again

on anki

[wise pendant]

Yes

[dusky mango]

https://youtu.be/apO6Fk1Up0k

Someone pls tell me what this song is saying

[undone verge]

timestamp?

[dusky mango]

Like the whole song pls

I have no clue what it’s saying and I can’t even find the lyrics

[rough furnace]

So as I understand there are no mistakes?

[long whale]

"immer noch" = temporal "still". As in: "to this day", "even now". ;)

[half bloom]

is there a german equivalent of "man up"

[mellow nova]

https://www.dict.cc/?s=man+up

[rough furnace]

What could I use that would sound better?

[long whale]

How about trotzdem?

[vestal wagon]

It will sound much better

[fervent hollow]

How would you use reinlassen for a specific location in German?

All the example sentences I get are very vague. Sie wollen mich nicht reinlassen etc

[mellow nova]

https://www.dwds.de/wb/hereinlassen you should always check dwds, there are always good examples there. Afaik you don't use it "in a specific location" because (he)rein is already specific

[undone verge]

I assume you mean something like 'Lass mich ins Bad rein!' (normally it's in+akk+reinlassen)

[long whale]

Mm... I feel Delli is right. I mean, if you're hammering against the door, you wouldn't mention it was the bathroom you wanted to get into, would you? Likewise if you were telling a story "Er wollte ins Haus. Aber ich habe ihn nicht reingelassen." :)

[undone verge]

'ich habe ihn in das Haus nicht reingelassen' sounds pretty normal to me though

how else would you express letting someone into a place?

Ich schaute in die Kiste rein.
similar there, too. Unless I'm just tripping, that is a relatively normal way to say 'I looked into the box' (even though I think technically it should be 'hinein'?)

[long whale]

Yes, I was thinking about this doubling of "in - hinein", and well, you found that example, too. The only thing I can tell you is, I'd usually either say "Lass mich rein" or "Lass mich ins Haus". :)

[undone verge]

for the imperative sure, that makes sense. The rein (or the specific location) is superfluous. But more generally talking about letting someone in somewhere (as in the original example given by @fervent hollow "Sie wollen mich nicht reinlassen"), in + akk specific location + reinlassen. I asked another native just to make sure I wasn't going crazy, and to them as well 'Er lässt mich nicht ins Haus rein' sounded like a normal sentence.

[thorn zodiac]

Wie man sagt auf Deutsch "I will be going soon to my aunties house"?

Ich dachte, dass sagst du "Ich werde bald zu meiner Tante des Haus" aber Deepl sagt nö

(Thanks in advance, I need go to somewhere now)

[long whale]

Verb order is different for Genitiv in German. Literally, it would be "to the house my aunt's"

[mellow nova]

can't zu + person = to their house anyway?

[long whale]

Of course! But since it looks as if OP has a fundamental problem with Genitiv, I thought I'd explain about that. 🤷

[fervent kernel]

Hi
was bedeutet " fielen... brach" ?

[undone verge]

brach = fallow

it means that the areas which were full of plants suddenly, because of dryness, can no longer support that plant life, the stress-tolerant Jakobskreuzkraut can grow there.

[fervent kernel]

Thanks<3<3

[narrow pier]

Hi is this sentence translated right, if not , correct me please ( Do people in Germany have decent life? ) - ( Sind Menschen in Deutschland eing geregeltes Leben haben?)

[covert moon]

Haben Menschen in Deutschland ein geregeltes/ordentliches Leben?

but you might rather say "Führen Menschen in Deutschland ein geregeltes Leben"

[long whale]

I'd say, here: decent = anständig. ordentlich/geregelt = orderly, with a fixed routine

[narrow pier]

So I don't think geregltes makes much sense there, danke

[narrow pier]

Danke

[narrow pier]

Führen, when you search it , doesn't mean to have or things like that, its use is a bit strange such as in this sentence , or in ( Wir führen ein Gespräch )

[long whale]

to lead a life

to lead a good/decent life

[fervent kernel]

is duolingo actually good to learn german (or any language really)?

[long whale]

faq duolingo

[stoic mauve]

Duolingo

Duolingo is a decent resource to start with if you're a complete beginner, but it's neither efficient nor comprehensive!

What Duolingo will teach you about grammar is very limited, and none of the systems they use will help you practise much of it.
You can learn some vocabulary with it, but their method (based on the concept of spaced repetition) doesn't work for everybody, and the way Duolingo teaches is not very effective compared to the amount of time it requires from you.

So, if you find it useful, by all means keep using it, but remember not to fall for its gamification of language learning, and move past it when it stops being beneficial. Ignore the streaks.

In any case, keep in mind that Duolingo is not enough to learn a language, ever.

If you're looking for guidance or alternatives, check out >faq beginner in our #botchannel .

[narrow pier]

👍

[lethal tendon]

in my opinion it can be good to start with, although I don't like it anyway

[fervent kernel]

my sister speaks fluent german but she is too lazy to teach me

which i honestly hate

its like a free teacher but she doesnt want to :/

stupid

[lethal tendon]

lol

not everyone has time though, and not every fluent person can teach well

[narrow pier]

Hi , if you say , ( oh sorry, i have mistaken that word for Fragen ) or ( I have mistaken it for the other white bag) doyou translate it as ( Es tut mir leid, Ich habe das Wort mit Fragen verpasst ) ,. ??

[undone verge]

verwechselt

[narrow pier]

Ohh, in what context verpassen is used

[long whale]

When you miss something because of arriving late, as in "to miss the bus", "to miss the first part of the event"

[narrow pier]

Ich habe den Bus verpasst

[narrow pier]

Thank you

[undone verge]

you should learn up to around B1 or so, then you can ask her to just speak German with you/correct you (much less effort than teaching someone).

[azure brook]

Hallo! Was ist Unterschied zwischen “in” und “nach”. 🤔

“Es war eine große Operation. Aber NACH einigen Tagen ist er schon aufgestanden.” ist es richtig?

[undone verge]

do you have a specific context in mind? They are different prepositions with different (varied!) uses.
in = 'inside', 'into', 'to' + lots of other stuff
nach = 'after', 'according to', 'to' (traveling to countries/cities without articles) + lots

[azure brook]

how about this?

is this right? 😕

[undone verge]

yeah, seems alright. did you write it yourself?

[azure brook]

yes

i mean there was sentence and i had to write it correct way

[fervent kernel]

ye sounds good

[azure brook]

Danke schön 😊

[fervent kernel]

pronounciation isnt hard for me as im albanian, making me pretty flexible with pronounciation, i can pretty much copy any pronounciation

[undone verge]

did you just have to add the preposition?

I don't have a perfect Sprachgefühl, but for me 'schon' would almost sound better directly before 'nach.' Not sure if it really matters though.

ah nvm, I'm thinking of if the sentence were like 'Er ist schon nach einigen Tagen aufgestanden'

[azure brook]

yes

[azure brook]

okay. Once again, thank you 😊🙏

[fervent kernel]

anyone know any good app to learn german?

[upper igloo]

Busuu is a good app

[undone verge]

anki has an app 😄

[narrow pier]

Is there a difference between ( weinen ) and ( schreien) ?

[undone verge]

schreien = yell
weinen = cry (tears)

[stark anchor]

hello when is n-deklination required? i understand the rule, but how do i decide in the sentece if that maskulin word needs it or not?

[undone verge]

faq n declination

[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__.

[stark anchor]

thank you so much. for example while saying the name of the police is "Der Name des Polizist" ok or should i have n-deklination for Polizist? normally i would say yes but here we have genitiv so i am a bit confused

[thorn zodiac]

Meines Haus der Tante? I get it confused which way around it is 🍞

[narrow pier]

Thank you so muchhh

[undone verge]

des Polizisten

[narrow pier]

Whats the joke please, isearched every word and cant understand

Does anybody know great memepages in reddit please?

[delicate tiger]

Das Haus meiner Tante

[junior flame]

What's the difference between
für etw/jdn. halten and
von jdm halten?

[rare jetty]

r/OkBrudiMongo

[clear kraken]

The first halten with etwas/jemanden halten means to hold a thing/person (Ich halte diese Tasse = I‘m holding this cup)
The second halten with von jemanden (etwas) halten means to have an opinion of them (Von dieser Person halte ich sehr viel)

[devout fjord]

ok so i have a question :)

i'm gonna spoiler warning it just in case ppl don't want to see it

alcohol - ||how does one order a shot of vodka/alcohol in german||

[clear kraken]

||ich hätte gerne einen Vodkashot/whatever you like to drink||

[devout fjord]

thanks !!!

is there a difference between haette gern and moechte gern

gern oder gerne?

[clear kraken]

Basically there is none but some say, gern/gerne is more polite

[devout fjord]

right i always use gern/bitte but i was wondering about the verb

[covert moon]

||you can also shorten it and say "Einen Vodkashot bitte."||

[devout fjord]

true!!

[wintry geode]

That second dude's name is "Meister Proper" and therefore a master unlike Anakin

[fervent kernel]

Die Eltern von Monika akzeptieren ihren Berufswunsch nicht, trotzdem ist Monika Malerin geworden
Die Eltern von Monika akzeptieren ihren Berufswunsch nicht , Monika ist trotzdem Malerin geworden
sind die Beiden Sätze richtig?
und sollte "M" von "Monika" nach dem Komma groß geschrieben werden?
ist der erste Satz üblicher oder?

[undone verge]

neither sentence is correct. The conjugated verb needs to be moved to position II.

[fervent kernel]

sorry now they are corrected

[undone verge]

now the 'nicht' is missing 😅

[fervent kernel]

Jetzt sind alle richtig :3

My main focus is on the second part of the sentences

[narrow pier]

Thank so much

[narrow pier]

Thank you

[undone verge]

yeah, now they both look fine.

Monika with capital M is right

[fervent kernel]

thank you

[narrow pier]

hi guys, i find my self very intrigued by jordan petersons speeches, like searching for the vocabulary hes using , so I was wondering if anyone kinda similar exists in Deutscland ,,, if you know, please tell me

[undone verge]

Scobel macht einige interessante und nicht allzu schwierige Youtube Videos. Für gute politische bzw. philosophische Vorträge auf Deutsch empfehle ich TheNokturnalTimes.

[narrow pier]

danke schön

[hardy zinc]

How do you distinguish between "erinnern" with "remind" meaning and "erinnern" with "recall" meaning?

E. g. Ich erinnere dich

Is it "I remind you" or "I recall you"?

[mellow nova]

Ich erinnere dich - I remind you
ich erinnere mich an dich - I remember you

[hardy zinc]

Thanks!

"Geschenke sollen an den Schenkenden erinnern" would be "Gifts should remind about the gift senders", right?

Not sure, is it actually reflexive though? https://www.dict.cc/?s=erinnern

[mellow nova]

Like i showed in my examples it can be or it can not be

[hardy zinc]

Well in your example they differ by meaning

[mellow nova]

yes

[hardy zinc]

Ehhh, the dict mentions both meanings for all combinations

[mellow nova]

w/e

[hardy zinc]

?

ah

Well that's why I'm asking. E. g. first line in the dict:

to remember sb./sth. jdn./etw. erinnern

But also

to remember sich erinnern

And

to remember sb./sth. sich an jdn./etw. erinnern

Something similar with remind

[long whale]

1. You're right, "erinnern" doesn't have to be used reflexively, but in practice, it is. It's unlikely you're going to see it used without the reflexive pronoun. 2. Yes, theoretically, a sentence like "Er erinnert mich an meine Großmutter" could mean both/either "He reminds me that I need to do something for my g., call her, write to her, buy a present, whatever" and "He looks and/or acts like my g., so, he makes me think of her/remember her". In practice, there is always context, though. You won't be confused. :)

[fleet bridge]

What is the differences between ein Paar and wenig

[long whale]

ein Paar = a pair, a couple = exactly 2. ein paar = a few (used with countables): ein paar Äpfel, ein paar Bücher. wenig = little (used with uncountables): wenig Geld, wenig Milch

wenige Bücher = few books; wenige Äpfel = few apples

[fleet bridge]

Thx a lot

Byw

*btw

How about ein wenig?

[mellow nova]

= ein bisschen

[fervent kernel]

Ich denke allmählich kann sich der Herr, die grammatikalisch richtige Anwendungsweise, aus deiner Antwort herauskristallisieren.

[long whale]

Not quite sure whether that's a compliment. 🤔 "sich herauskristallisieren" is usually used impersonally/intransitively: etwas kristallisiert sich heraus, nicht jemand kristallisiert sich etwas heraus :)

https://www.dwds.de/wb/herauskristallisieren

[mellow nova]

can you translate that sentence i don't understand and deepl didn't help

[fervent kernel]

well i just wanted to build a sentence with herauskristallisieren since i haven't mastered the word yet. Would this be possible: Die grammatikalisch richtige Anwendungsweise kristallisiert sich aus deiner Antwort heraus.

[long whale]

If you remove "lässt", yes. :)

[fervent kernel]

ye

Der Schüler muss sich viel Mühe geben um die Kernaussagen des Buches herauszukristallisieren

[long whale]

Look, ehh - is it that you don't understand what transitive/intransitive means?

intransitive = can not be used with a direct object. :)

That is why your sentence doesn't work.

Think of "sich herauskristallisieren" as similar to "to appear, to become evident"

[fervent kernel]

yeah i was just confused about the first definition

[fervent kernel]

yeah that's a good translation

[long whale]

Where is that from? wiktionary?

[fervent kernel]

ye

i mainly use wiktionary because of it's convenience

but for this single word i needed a lot more to fully understand it

Because it can be used to express many different things

Even though it doesn't have many different meanings

[long whale]

Mm... I think I'd rather refer to DWDS. Because... I mean, if you look long enough, you'll find sentences with words used in a way contrary to the way they're usually used. And I think that's what sometimes happens with the examples on wiktionary. :)

@fervent kernel

[fervent kernel]

yeah probably