questions-2

[mental jetty]

If I want to say, I‘m scared, I should use haben instead if sein right?

[long whale]

Yes, the German equivalent of "I'm scared" is "I have fear" ;)

[mental jetty]

So instead of, Ich bin Angst, it‘s Ich habe Angst?

[long whale]

Exactly.

[fervent kernel]

Why is letter "V" in the word Verb pronounced as V in the English is istead of F in the English?

[long whale]

In loan words, i.e. words which have come to German from another language, V is usually not pronounced as F. :)

[wise pendant]

The v was originally a latin character than was used for /w/ and /u/. As latin pronunciation of /w/ shifted towards /v/, u and v became separate letters.
English than adopted that letter for /v/ as the Roman influence expanded North.
According to wikipedia, f was voiced in certain dialects back in middle high German thus they adopted v as the respective letter for certain words. This made it's way into more or less standardized writing where the voiceless pronunciation dominated however and thus it became to be used for /f/.

The letter w btw was invented as a variant of v, to be used to distinguish various similar pronunciations, like /w/.

[tulip carbon]

@wise pendant @long whale Danke schön!

[fervent kernel]

Ja, danke schoen 🙂

[fervent kernel]

So it is a loan word and the V is pronounced as V in English but the vowel "er" is German style, LoL that is some twist right there.

[long whale]

English and German took "verb[um]" from Latin :)

When German takes a word directly from English -> English pronunciation

[fervent kernel]

I see 👀

[balmy olive]

hallo ,
ich brauche hilfe,
please explain the deutsch "how are you?"

1. wie geht es dir?
2. wie geht es ihnen?

[raw radish]

1. is the informal “dir” you would use with a friend
2. is the formal “Sie” you would use at work or with strangers

[balmy olive]

danke herr seth

[raw radish]

gerne!

“Ihnen” und “Herr” wird großgeschrieben außerdem

[balmy olive]

sorry i didn't get this

[mental jetty]

Why is "Du hast recht" correct than "Du bist recht"?

[raw radish]

“Herr” is a noun, so it has to get capitalized. “Ihnen” as a form of the formal “Sie” is capitalized as well

[balmy olive]

got it

[raw radish]

in German you “have” right instead of “being” right

[mental jetty]

Vielen dank

[raw radish]

kein Problem!

[balmy olive]

ja, vielen dank

🙏🏻

[wise pendant]

You can also be "im Recht". Though it's less common

[thorn zodiac]

"Russland-Experte Sergej Sumlenny, sechs Jahre Leiter der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Kiew, hältdiese Argumente für vorgeschoben."

Having trouble understanding the highlighted part, according to deepl, it means "These arguments are pretextual" but when I try searching up about "verschoben, it doesnt seem to mean that. Any ideas?

[undone verge]

verschieben (p.II verschoben) =/= vorschieben (p.II vorgeschoben)

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

without any context, I would assume it's being used in this sense

[pale dove]

Hallo guten abend. Ich habe eine Frage. Wo benutzt man um...zu und nur zu? Gibt es eigentlich etwas Grund?

[wise pendant]

You can express intention with it

"Ich arbeite, um Geld zu verdienen."
"I work to earn money"

[pale dove]

Kannst du mehr Beispiele geben, deshalb ich echt besser verstehe.

[wise pendant]

Du kannst mehr Beispielsätze lesen, um das besser zu verstehen.
Um flüssig Deutsch sprechen zu können, üben manche Menschen sehr viel.

[pale dove]

Ach so. Vielen Dank

[upbeat thicket]

um zu bedeutet so viel wie in order to

[fervent kernel]

Servus

[tepid saffron]

could someone help with this

Du triffst deine Freundin Emma im Zentrum und sollst mit ihr zusammen einkaufen. Du kannst leider nicht gehen. Schreib deiner Freundin eine SMS:

• Entschuldige dich.
• Schreib, warum du nicht gehen kannst
• Frage nach einem anderen Termin (Tag und Uhrzeit).

Schreib 30-40 Wörter.

[long whale]

Please try to do it yourself, first. We won't do your homework for you. :)

[tepid saffron]

I know im almost done with it can someone help me check if its good

[pale dove]

Richtig gesagt. Versucht du erstmal.

[long whale]

Yes, go ahead. :)

[steel patrol]

leaves server 😂

[raw radish]

F

[granite spade]

Meine Absicht war es, dort in der Bibliothek einfach Zeit zu verbringen und an meiner These zu arbeiten, und dann je nach Bedarf das Archiv für Materialien besuchen.

Do I need another zu before besuchen?

I feel like I do.

[raw radish]

yep

[granite spade]

Danke!

[long whale]

These? Thesis? -> Doktorarbeit ;)

[granite spade]

ah!

good catch

[wise pendant]

Is eine Thesis im englischen nicht eine akademisch wissenschaftliche Arbeit im Allgemeinen?

[granite spade]

Im Allgemeinen sind thesis und dissertation Synonyme, glaube ich.

[mellow nova]

most scientific papers have thesis statements but when speaking about a general thesis that is more often talking about doctoral students

well I guess it doesn't actually have to be scientific

[undone verge]

in germany, you write a bachelorthesis/bachelorarbeit and a masterthesis though. And those are not Doktorarbeiten

[icy flax]

Do you guys agree, @granite spade, @undone verge, @wise pendant, @mellow nova ?? That's what I had in mind from my academic time

Generally, nations whose academic system are based on the British systems of university education use dissertation to refer to the body of work at the end of a undergraduate or masters level degree, and use the word thesis to refer to the body of work produced at the end of a PhD.
Source: https://www.postgrad.com/advice/exams/dissertation-and-theses/difference-between-a-dissertation-and-a-thesis/#:~:text=Generally%2C nations whose academic system,the end of a PhD.

[mellow nova]

I would say it probably depends more on your university 🤷‍♂️ I wouldn't bat an eye at hearing either of them being used for a doctoral. I've never even heard of an undergrad giving either of them but masters are always to my knowledge a thesis not a dissertation

[wise pendant]

I'd say it's the other way around for me. Dissertation is PhD and thesis for BSC and MA

[icy flax]

In Brazil, dissertation = undergrad/master, thesis = doctorate

[wise pendant]

Weird

[surreal garden]

Größe,
Which sentence is correct and why?

Am Mittwoch habe ich Zeit.
Ich habe Zeit am Mittwoch.

[naive linden]

*Grüße :)
The first one is correct, you could also say "Ich habe am Mittwoch Zeit."
But I can't explain why, I'm sorry.

[upbeat thicket]

Both, as long as the Verb is in second place

[surreal garden]

Okay, why do we put "zeit" at the end or do we have a rule of ordering Names in sentence?

[surreal garden]

But there is one bater then the other right?

[surreal garden]

Ich habe am Mittwoch Zeit
Ich habe Zeit am Mittwoch

[upbeat thicket]

The first one sounds more natural

[surreal garden]

And ordering it correctly"natural" comes by time while learning the language right?

[novel jackal]

Check out "Tekamolo" on the Internet

[upbeat thicket]

Yes

[novel jackal]

Germans have a specific way of ordering their sentences that makes you sound more German

[upbeat thicket]

It's like the secret formula of the krabby pattys

[novel jackal]

Nothing is specifically incorrect as long as your verb is in the second position (first for a question, or last if the modal verb takes the second), but there are better ways to order your sentences around

[novel jackal]

Hahahhahaha unfortunately your formula has been discovered by others 😂

[upbeat thicket]

[novel jackal]

Gotta change it now

[icy flax]

comes w time, but the Tekamolo is the natural order, you gonna memorise it either w time or today

[novel jackal]

Don't post that here, but in #corrections

[heady narwhal]

I thought below 300 words can go to questions?

Welp anyway

[peak turret]

Hi i was wondering what are the artikels(or how do you say it) of words Lied, Klasse, Jahr, Hose?

[rare jetty]

das Lied, die Klasse, das Jahr and die Hose

[peak turret]

DANKE

[mellow nova]

You are correct. Also #corrections is, as we can see in #writing-info, not for posting texts whatsoever. @novel jackal

[novel jackal]

I just thought it was above 300 words, because it took up the entire page of questions

But Ig you read the rules very attentively, so sure have fun with that

[mellow nova]

If you can't be bothered to read the rules then why are you attempting to correct others...?

[surreal garden]

I haven't heard anything about "Tekamolo" before I'll check ot out
Thank u all for your help guys!
Ich danke ihnen
@novel jackal @upbeat thicket

[novel jackal]

I just said, I assumed it was over the word limit and I have read the rules, I just didn't study them like my life depended on it

[mellow nova]

You told them to go to corrections, which is not the use for that channel 🤷‍♂️

but now you know better 👍

direct to #writing if over 300

[novel jackal]

Yeah, now I know to let you correct people

[heady narwhal]

welp i reposted it to writing alrdy

[mellow nova]

if that's what you want

[mellow nova]

nbd that's what you were told to do

[novel jackal]

I think I'd prefer it to you constantly being a condescending asshat

[upbeat thicket]

Arschhut haha

[novel jackal]

That in German is just beautifully ridiculous 😂

[half bloom]

can someone send me their playlists of music with only german songs if you have them? i could really use a premade one

[upbeat thicket]

Not really - mostly english songs but you‘ll find some German classics in it:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1NYaS62lw5xLU99VvDDgoX?si=1gIFbcWXRsSH0ndCNnHmJQ

[hoary shard]

Taking this also

[mellow nova]

Look up on spotify things like 'Deutschpop 2022' 'Deutschrock 2022' (whatever genre you like)

there are spotify curated lists with the most popular songs in Germany (German songs)

[half bloom]

found something

thanks ^^

i just discovered that on german keyboard with Alt Gr and 2 and 3 you can make ² and ³

pretty cool

[mellow nova]

ya works on the international us keyboard too

¡²³¤€¼½¾

[half bloom]

not on ours 😔

[fervent kernel]

WAIT GERMAN KEYBOARDS ARE A THING?

[light phoenix]

i don't have a german music playlist - but i can recommend german groups like
Rammstein, Von Wegen Lisbeth, Cro, Fettes Brot, Marteria
pick your poison ^^
the lyrics are very different from each other, very easy or pretty hard - i think it can greatly improve your vocabulary if you get yourself somebody to go over the lyrics with you, too ^^

[fervent kernel]

Ah

Oh ty!

[peak turret]

Hi, what is reflexivpronomen?

[mellow nova]

Ich wasche mich -> mich

[peak turret]

du -> dich?

[mellow nova]

in some verbs yes

it has to be reflexive

ich hasse dich is not reflexive, dich is just the object

the reflexive pronoun has to match the subject

[fervent kernel]

Whats a more idiomatic Translation, gutes Mädchen or braves Mädchen?

[raw radish]

I’d say braves Mädchen

means well-behaved

[long whale]

For "good girl"? Agree with Sethman. Although you'd better be careful with who you say it to. I don't know about English, but in German, it sounds incredibly patronizing/condescending. :)

[fervent kernel]

It's for my pet

Dankeschön

[long whale]

"Braver Hund" ;)

[fervent kernel]

What If my Hund is female

Do German don't pay Attention to animals gender?

[swift bough]

"Hund" isn't a term for only male dogs

[fervent kernel]

But it's a masculine noun

[swift bough]

Plus, the only time I've heard someone say "Hündin" is in a derogatory manner and to mean "bitch"

[fervent kernel]

Why is it used If my Hund is Not masculine

[long whale]

Doesn't matter. It's "Rüde", resp. "Hündin" if you're breeding them, or if somebody asks you. Otherwise it's "der Hund", whatever the gender. :)

[swift bough]

"die Person" is a feminine noun
does that mean that everyone is female?

gender in German almost never equates to social gender

[final marlin]

Könnten Sie auch mal auf meine Frage antworten? 😅

[long whale]

You have? rather surprised and pretty puzzled

[swift bough]

yup

[long whale]

Which would be what? :)

[swift bough]

If you're breeding ok, but when was the last time I talked about dog breeding in German

I don't think I ever have honestly

[final marlin]

Es steht eindeutig in der anderen Kanal. 😅

[long whale]

I think I'd just start laughing out loud if anybody called me that - whatever the intention. :D

[swift bough]

The word is rather rare in general I feel like, regardless of the context it is in

Like we both said already anyway, for general use, it is der Hund

But usually you call your dog by its name anyway and just "come here dog" or something

[long whale]

confused You pinged me and I didn't answer? I can't see it. 🤷

[undone verge]

I have to agree with Delli and add that I don't know much about the british academic system. Dissertation to my American eyes/ears automatically makes me think of a PhD

[celest pollen]

Leider kann ich mich heute nicht mit dir verabreden✅?🔴

[long whale]

Word order: change position of "mich"

Yup, now it's fine.

[shut briar]

Erinnern Sie sich noch daran, als Ihre Mutter Ihnen sagte, dass der Ursprung aller Ihrer Probleme Ihr Telefon ist?

It seems here that your mother said this to you only once

How do I change it to the fact that she repeatedly said it

Simply als to wenn?

[wise pendant]

add an adverb

[long whale]

... dass Ihre Mutter Ihnen immer sagte... ;)

[long whale]

No, that wouldn't work here. :)

[shut briar]

Super! Danke

[shut briar]

Wait you also said dass instead of als

[long whale]

Yup. I also said "als to wenn" would not work. "dass" was my solution. "wie Ihre Mutter Ihnen immer gesagt hat" might also work.

[shut briar]

Ah so both als and wenn would be wrong here

I like wie, it fits my context

[long whale]

Yeah, since "als" is for one-time-occurrences. And to my knowledge "Do you remember whenever your mother..." wouldn't work, either. :)

In English, I mean.

[shut briar]

While i have you here, i found this phrase

Was sagt man dazu!

Would that fit here?

I want to say

What do you know! She was right

[long whale]

Mm... I'd say "Was sagt man dazu!" is more like "You don't say!" "Unbelievable!"

[wise pendant]

It's being (pleasantly) surprised

[long whale]

I'd go for "Stellen Sie sich vor..." or "Sie werden es nicht glauben, aber..." or "Kaum zu glauben, aber..."

@shut briar

[shut briar]

Thanks! I'd go for Kaum zu glauben

[tulip carbon]

Ist ein Lied traditioneller als ein Song? Ist ein Song wie Pop, Rock, und ein Beispiel für ein Lied ist ein Weihnachtslied?

[long whale]

Yes, I think you've summarized it quite nicely. :)

[tulip carbon]

Danke schön!

[fresh yoke]

Hallo zusammen! Ich habe eine Frage: wo ist der Unterschied zwischen die Präpositionen Aus (Dativ) und Vor (Dativ) ? Ich wollte einen Zusammenhang Ausdrücken aber soweit ich weiß, man benutzt Vor (Dativ) für Gefühle und Körperreaktionen. Was ist denn mit Aus (Dativ) ?

[shut briar]

Hello, i'm looking for a translation for to stumble, where the figurative meaning is implied.

[long whale]

"über etwas stolpern" can be used figuratively, for "to accidentally encounter sth", if that's what you mean?

[shut briar]

Oh right, that's what it means too. I actually meant the meaning where you get stuck at a part

I know all of this, but this here is where i stumble

[long whale]

"ins Stocken geraten", "steckenbleiben", "nicht mehr weiterkommen" - ?

[long whale]

I think it's: Ich sah den Einbrecher und begann vor Angst zu zittern/zu schreien -> fear made me shake/scream (bodily reaction) vs. Aus Angst vor seinen Eltern lief er davon (he ran away because he was afraid of his parents) (reason for some action)

[shut briar]

Does straucheln work? I'm not sure if i'm right but stuck and stumble seem different. Stuck is completely dumbfounded what to do now, but stumble is finding it difficult to move forward

[long whale]

I think what you're looking for is "ins Stocken geraten" ("stockender Verkeht" means "stop and go", as opposed to "Stau", where nothing moves anymore). "straucheln" is a rather unusual/literary synonym for "stolpern", and it seems to me it isn't often used figuratively... 🤔

[shut briar]

Right. I wanted to emphasise that even though I'm making the presentation, i'm myself not sure about the solution part of it. And I think you're right. This is what I'll use then

[long whale]

Given the context, I guess you could also use "sich seiner Sache [nicht] [ganz] sicher sein"...?

[shut briar]

I'll stick to the one before. It's tricky to explain why without 2 pages of context 😅

[thorn zodiac]

"Den Passagieren bleibe es dann selber überlassen, ob sie eine Maske an Bord tragen oder eben nicht"

Im having a bit of trouble understanding "bleibe" here. Ive always thought of it as "to stay" but the translate is saying "It is then up to the passengers themselves".

Is there another meaning being used in this context or sth?

Also what meanings do eben have? Ive seen this word used in various contexts and kinda presume its "just" but in this context it also seems not quite right

[long whale]

"jemandem überlassen bleiben" = to be up to someone/to be someone's personal decision: Das bleibt dir überlessen = That's up to you

[thorn zodiac]

Danke

[gritty pilot]

Heute hatte ich Klassenarbeit und ich kann mich an eine Frage erinnern: Schreibe 5 Imperativsätze. Was die Personen machen soll. Ich habe alle Sätzen mit soll geschrieben. z.B: Du sollst den Müll in den Mülleimer werfen. Ist meine Antwort ganz falsch?

[long whale]

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

[gritty pilot]

ok sorry

[abstract bison]

can we use the idom - took a big hit in german in the meaning it lost alot

die Verkäufe haben dadurch einen schweren Schlag erlitten

[thorn zodiac]

I wanna say "I like the challenge it offers/gives me"

my version:(Ich mag die Herausforderung, sie mir bietet.)

but the translator is saying: (Ich mag die Herausforderung, die sie mir bietet)

Which is correct and why?

[abstract bison]

i think the translator one ,
you like the challange , that IT offers you

[narrow pier]

hello

4. Die Familie am ( ) Wochenende auf den Markt ( ).
   a- war .. gehen
   b- hat ... gegangen
   c- ist .. gegangen

which one is correct please?

[thorn zodiac]

Yeah I kinda think so too. What is this grammar topic called, I forgot. (I need to reread this stuff)

[long whale]

Yeah, in German, it needs the relative pronoun (die).

[long whale]

Where's the problem?

[narrow pier]

I sent it

4. Die Familie am ( ) Wochenende auf den Markt ( ).
   a- war .. gehen
   b- hat ... gegangen
   c- ist .. gegangen
   which one is correct please?

[abstract bison]

can we use the idom - took a big hit in german in the meaning it lost alot

die Verkäufe haben dadurch einen schweren Schlag erlitten

[long whale]

relative clauses - Relativsätze

[long whale]

Yes, I saw it, but I'm unsure what to answer. I think it's more often used with people than with things, but it's definitely understandable. 🤷

[narrow pier]

?

[scarlet acorn]

Hallo, ich habe eine Frage. Was ist richtig?

1. ich kaufe lieber online ein als im Kaufhaus.
   Oder
2. ich kaufe lieber online als im Kaufhaus ein.

[long whale]

🤷 To my knowledge, you should be able to solve this on your own. That's why I was asking what exactly the problem was. :)

[long whale]

They're both fine. 2 is what's correct according to the rules, 1 is what you'll hear/see more often. :)

[scarlet acorn]

Dankeschön 😇

[long whale]

Oh - wait! Let me correct myself. We've got a comparison here - that's an exception. So, 2 is what you should go with. :)

(slight brain fart)

[scarlet acorn]

Danke 😁

[narrow pier]

is it (a)

I want to say ( c ) is correct but (ist ) has to be ( sind )

[long whale]

Look, you find out a) the auxiliary needed for "gehen" and b) the Partizip II of "gehen" -> there's your answer. :)

@narrow pier

[narrow pier]

the auxiliary is ( sein ) and gehen ---> ( gegangen )

[long whale]

And you note "die Familie" is always singular in German. ;)

[narrow pier]

that was my confusion, thank youuuu

[long whale]

😹 See? I wanted to know where the problem was.

[narrow pier]

auf den Supermarkt, can you also say ( zum Supermarkt )

[novel jackal]

Well it says auf den Markt

Not Supermarkt

(not the same thing, Markt is a market, and Supermarkt is well a big shop where people buy groceries)

[novel jackal]

.

[narrow pier]

well I meant

that its a place you go to

[long whale]

zum Supermarkt

Not auf den. Ever.

[narrow pier]

like going to mall right?

so never ( zum Markt ) ??

[novel jackal]

But Markt uses auf den, while Supermarkt doesn't

Because they are different things

[long whale]

Markt = open market place (not enclosed). Supermarkt = store (enclosed)

[narrow pier]

Vielen dank für Sie beide

[long whale]

Yeah. Exactly. By using "indem". 🤷

[fallow ledge]

Du kannst sie auflisten, ohne indem nochmal sagen zu müssen

[swift bough]

not at all. Sounds better with indem

btw you only need to say "habe" one time

it may be better to flip the order of them though so that it's like this "indem ich trainiert und gesund gegessen habe," just so that it doesn't sound like "gesund" acts as an adverb for both verbs

[upbeat thicket]

I‘d say: Durch Trainieren und das gesunde Essen habe ich abgenommen.

or

Ich habe abgenommen durch gesundes Essen und Training.

[junior flame]

"Das Kind ist eingeschlafen.", Ist dieser Satz im Passiv oder im Activ?

[raw radish]

das ist Aktiv :)

[long whale]

I can see why you'd think it might be Zustandspassiv. However, einschlafen is an intransitive verb (no direct object possible, you cannot "go somebody to sleep") -> no passive form is possible. :)

[mental jetty]

Ich habe eine Frage.

I was watching something then I saw these three example sentences:

Ich gehe zu Daniel.
Ich gehe zur Arbeit.
Ich gehe zum Bäcker.

I already know that the zu, zur, zum, are „zu + the“. My question is, why does it use the Dative versions of „The“?

[hollow ether]

Because the preposition zu requires the dative

[mental jetty]

So if I want to say I‘m going to the hospital, should I say „Ich gehe zum Krankenhaus“?

[hollow ether]

Ja

[mental jetty]

Thank you

[hollow ether]

There's a graphic with the prepositions and which case they require

I'll see if i can find it and will post it here

The ones in between can be either Akkusativ or Dativ depending on whether there's movement , but that's another topic. Look up "Wechselpräposition"

[mental jetty]

Thank you so much for this 😭💞

[upbeat thicket]

"Indem" may sound better in written form but noone would really say that in spoken German instead using "durch" sounds more natural...

more formal than durch

sure

it does depend on how you wanna lay out the individual parts in the sentence

Durch gesundes Essen und Training habe ich abgenommen.
Ich habe abgenommen durch gesundes Essen und Training.
-> these ones sound more natural; that's something I'd say in spoken German.

Ich habe abgenommen, indem ich gesund gegessen und trainiert habe.
-> sounds more formal; I'd use it in written form

yes, you kinda have to build it different depending on which word you're chosing

Whatever works best for you!

[hardy zinc]

Hi, I'm practicing endings of adjectives. Bitte, prüf:

Das ist der gute Mann
Das ist die gute Frau
Das ist das gute Auto
Das sind die guten Menschen

Ich liebe den guten Mann
Ich liebe die gute Frau
Ich liebe das gute Auto
Ich liebe die guten Menschen

Das gutekommt dem guten Mann
Das gutekommt der guten Frau
Das gutekommt dem guten Auto
Das gutekommt den guten Menschen

Das Auto des guten Mannes
Das Auto der guten Frau
Das Auto des guten Mädchen
Das Auto der guten Menschen

[fervent kernel]

👍

[fervent kernel]

whats the best addjective to say soothing voice, like a child find it's mother's voice soothing

i know the addjektive sanft

ddoes it work?

[hardy zinc]

Bitte, prüft!

Das ist ein guter Mann
Das ist eine gute Frau
Das ist ein gutes Mädchen
Das sind keine guten Menschen

Ich liebe einen guten Mann
Ich liebe eine gute Frau
Ich liebe ein gutes Mädchen
Ich liebe keine guten Menschen

Das gutekommt einem guten Mann
Das gutekommt einer guten Frau
Das gutekommt einem guten Mädchen
Das gutekommt keinen guten Menschen

Das Auto eines guten Mannes
Das Auto einer guten Frau
Das Auto eines guten Mädchen
Das Auto keiner guten Menschen

[half arch]

*Das Gute kommt einem guten Mann/einer guten Frau/etc.

Gute ist nominalisiert

[final marlin]

Gute = Ware??

[half arch]

Etwas gutes

z.B. Glück

[half arch]

und: Das Auto (k)eines guten Menschen

[final marlin]

Menschen ist Plural oder?

[hardy zinc]

wdym? I meant verb gutekommen

did I make up a non-existing word

Ah right, because it's zugutekommen

[half arch]

nein, hier nicht

[final marlin]

Der Mensch und Die Menschen 🤔🤔🤔

[half arch]

then it would be: "Das kommt einem guten Mann zugute."

[half arch]

its something with the cases

[final marlin]

N-Deklination??

[half arch]

Wessen Auto ist es? -- Es ist das Auto des/eines Menschen

[half arch]

idk

[hardy zinc]

oh, alright thanks

[thorn zodiac]

Why does Russland end with an s? Ive seen this many times, on stand alone words but also merged and when I read it, it reminds me of posession but not sure since I assume they would use genitive case?

"Seit dem Einmarsch Russlands in die Ukraine hat sich jedoch die öffentliche Meinung deutlich gewandelt."

[final marlin]

It's Genitiv form. Russlands is basically short for des Russlands.

[thorn zodiac]

ah that makes sense, didnt think about that.
Danke

[final marlin]

Usually I have seen this happening with countries like just writing Deutschlands instead of des Deustchlands.

[thorn zodiac]

yeah I see in words that are merged and now I think about it, if it said des (noun), makes sense

[left drift]

Why is Verletzen in this sentence conjugated as "verletzt" even though it's the second verb?

"Hast du dich verletzt?"

[thorn zodiac]

Its in the perfekt tense. so the conjugation is different.

[left drift]

Ach so

[shut briar]

Sometimes instead of using adjectives zu + verb is used.

anderes ist aus der Distanz sehr viel deutlicher zu erkennen. (Statt erkennbar)

Does anyone know what this is called? I want to read more on it but I don't know what to search for

[mellow nova]

https://chatterbug.com/grammar/german/sein-zu-infinitive Passiversatzformen (I believe? The sentence posted doesn't make much sense to me)

https://deutsch-coach.com/die-passiversatzform-sein-zu-infinitiv/

[shut briar]

Ah i see. Here's the full sentence. Im Nachhinein sehe ich einiges nur noch schemenhaft, anderes ist aus der Distanz sehr viel deutlicher zu erkennen.

[near folio]

Es gibt keinen bestimmten Begriff dafür. Duden bezeichnet es als "sein + zu-Infinitiv".

[eager dust]

Ich will mit euch direkt frei sprechen wer moechte schik mir eine sms

[near folio]

Aber ja, eine von vielen Passiversatzformen.

[shut briar]

Oh it's passive

So i'm guessing there's not much difference between using this or using adjectives

[novel jackal]

Pferd, wie lange lernst du Deutsch?

Ich bin nur neugierig

[near folio]

seit ungefähr 5 Jahren

[novel jackal]

Oh, wow. Sehr toll, danke.

[near folio]

und du?

[novel jackal]

7 Monaten

[near folio]

und du bist schon B2? Beeindruckend

[novel jackal]

Danke dir! Jap, ich wohne jetzt seit November in Deutschland, also hab ich wirklich versucht.

Und ich hätte es früher versucht, aber ich hatte keine Ahnung, dass ich hierher ziehen würde. (practicing my konjuktivs, tbh I am weak in them)

[near folio]

Dann hast du geschummelt. Aber Respekt, dass du das in 7 Monaten hingekriegt hast. Ich weiß nicht mehr, ob ich so schnell wie du war, aber in Deutschland zu wohnen ist auf jeden Fall eine große Hilfe und Motivationsquelle, schnell besser zu werden.

[near folio]

Es gibt tatsächlich einen kleinen Unterschied zwischen den Formen. -bar und -lich können nur eine Möglichkeit ausdrücken, also können ersetzen, während sein + zu-Infinitiv sowohl das Modalverb können als auch die Modalverben müssen und sollen ersetzen kann.

Z.B.: Dieser Satz ist bis morgen zu übersetzen (Dieser Satz muss bis morgen übersetzt werden).

[thorn zodiac]

does the be- prefix mean "to inflict"? Pretty sure its what I read somewhere but I dont see how this works consistently (ex: benutzen vs nutzen)

Im not sure when you would use one over the other, can someone explain?

[long whale]

To my knowledge, the main point is that be- often makes a verb transitive: eine Frage beantworten vs. auf eine Frage antworten. :)

[near folio]

Es macht ein Verb transitiv. Das heißt, das Verb fordert (in diesem Fall) ein Akkusativobjekt. Hier ist große Liste von den Bedeutungen/Nuancen von Präfixen: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/Wortbildung/Inseparables.html

[upbeat thicket]

still there are some exceptions, where the meanings change completely
raten - to guess
beraten - to advise

[long whale]

Unfortunately, rules for prefixed verbs rarely work without exceptions: über etwas schreiben = to write about sth vs. etwas beschreiben = to describe sth (orally or in writing) :)@thorn zodiac

[thorn zodiac]

So the be-verbs require an objective if I’m understanding correctly? (Never heard of transitive until now lol)

[long whale]

a direct object, yes. :)

[thorn zodiac]

Danke alle

[swift bough]

Well, because I didn't consider rewriting both of your sentences, I just chose the version that you wrote that sounded better to me. Lena did say to use "durch" but she also rephrased that sentence, thus she probably also thought that the sentence with indem sounded better, that is, if you weren't able to reword the sentence with durch, which ofc you are able to, so yeah.

And really...indem sounds "formal" to you? Doesn't sound "formal" to me, just sounds like another option 🤷‍♂️ @upbeat thicket I guess it could have to do with preference or dialectal influences too. I haven't spent that much time in Bavaria.

[long whale]

Also, Nominalstil, i.e. using lots of nouns is stylistically not the best choice in German -> indem ;)

@fervent kernel

[upbeat thicket]

Maybe it‘s a regional thing, but I‘d chose durch over indem in spoken German - whereas in written language it‘s really just a personal preference 😁👍🏻

[swift bough]

I will say sometimes when I was in Bavaria I noticed them using that quite a lot because it's faster than the alternative. Like a notable example is "Danke fürs Fahren" instead of "Danke dass du mich gefahren hast"

[swift bough]

alles klar

[upbeat thicket]

Sounds pretty accurate

[swift bough]

Ofc you're also definitely correct since that was your native instinct; I was just trying to rationalize why that sounds better for you. Regional differences are also as good as infinite as far as I'm concerned 👍

[novel jackal]

Hahahahhaa 😂 tut mir leid, aber danke dir. Ich hoffe, dass ich mein Deutsch bald verbessern kann

[upbeat thicket]

Yeah true, in that instance there is not a most correct way or as one could say:
viele Wege führen nach Rom

[swift bough]

echt schöne Redewendung

[mellow nova]

It's only 'viele' in German? it's 'all' in English lol

[half arch]

i know it as "Alle wege führen nach rom"

[mellow nova]

o okay

[upbeat thicket]

You can say both. „Viele“ means many / „Alle“ means every/all.

[mellow nova]

I know the meanings that's why i asked was weird it was so similar but different

I don't think i've heard someone say 'many' in english

in this context obv

[quiet iron]

Anytime I try to play a video game in the German language I end up switching it back to English because, I fear I won’t be able to understand the game, and end up switching it back to English. Any one else deal with this before and found a solution? Edit: not fear I won’t understand the game, but fear that I’m wasting my time because I’m not actively looking up every word and just skipping words I don’t understand in hopes that next time I encounter the word, it will make sense in the context.

[long meadow]

hmm maybe look up the words u dont know then

but immersing urself into a language with games, books etc wont help much if u have to look up every single word haha

but if its a few words every now and then just look them up?

[mellow nova]

try playing non story based games in german first ig

[plain umbra]

It depends on your preferences. You don't have to look up every single word - just look up ones that stick out to you as something you want to know.

Alternative to playing a game: watch a Let's Play series on YouTube in German. By doing that, you can pause and replay sections to review.
Popular option: Play games which you can look up the text as many times as you want, or which the language is repetitive. Stuff like Minecraft, The Sims, etc. The text is always there, you can read it whenever you want instead of being forced to follow it as part of the story.
Difficulty: Different games have different language complexity. Consider whether you can play a game with simpler language so you don't have to learn as much new vocab at once.
How much language is used: Some games are really text-heavy or have a lot of dialogue, whereas some only have snippets of dialogue at certain points. Consider if playing a game with less text/dialogue will make it easier for you.

[latent wadi]

I knew Alptraum and Albtraum

But now there is Alpdruck ??

[upbeat thicket]

Seems like this one has a more specific origin i.e. the pressure of the „Alb“ (a creature from folk tales) sitting on top of your chest at night and creating an eerie feeling - but the word itself seems to be a synonym for „Albtraum“
I‘ve never heard or seen it used so it might be quite rare. Albtraum/Alptraum are the most common translations for nightmare

[latent wadi]

okii 😂

[hardy zinc]

Stimmt es, dass ihr Präteritum mehr als Perfekt für "haben" benutzt?

z. B. "Ich hatte ein Auto" over "Ich habe ein Auto gehabt"

[half arch]

ich hatte > ich habe gehabt

[mellow nova]

regional

[upbeat thicket]

Im Dialekt benutze ich nur das Perfekt von „haben“, weil es im Bairischen gar keine Präteritumform von „haben“ gibt.
In der gesprochenen Standardsprache benutze ich „hatte“ - das ist kürzer und praktischer 😸👍🏻
Definitiv ein regionales Ding.

[hardy zinc]

Hmm, aber "hätte" ist Präteritum nicht, oder? Es heißt "I would have" und nicht gleich als "hatte"? Ich bin konfus

[upbeat thicket]

Ja meine ich haha
Hab aus Versehen die Version mit „ä“ getippt 😹

[fervent kernel]

Was ist deepL, und ist es besser als Google Translate?

[potent cloud]

Deepl is a translator. And yes it is way more accurate than google translate. At least in my experience for German to English and vice-versa, I haven't tried it for other languages.

[mental jetty]

Which word is better to use as „scary“?

Gruselig
Beängstigend
Erschreckend
Unheimlich

Another question: What are the direct meanings of these words? Are some more leaning to ‚terrifying‘, or one is more about ‚dreadful‘, or some other stuff?

[raw radish]

beängstigend can be anything anxiety-inducing

[upbeat thicket]

gruselig would be the most commonly used imo
but the other ones are great synonyms too 😸👍🏻

[late cedar]

Hallo, ich habe eine frage. Ist woher Akkusativ oder Dativ?

[upbeat thicket]

Dativ

[unkempt juniper]

Datvi

Wo ist Akkusativ

[late cedar]

Und Wohin?

[unkempt juniper]

Ich glaub

Ich hab ein Fehler gemacht

💀

[upbeat thicket]

aus und von würdest du in dem Fall als Präpositionen für die Antwort auf „Woher …“ benutzen.

[unkempt juniper]

Wo ist dativ

Ah

[upbeat thicket]

Akkusativ

[unkempt juniper]

Was heißt

Kannst bleiben wo der Pfeffer wächst @upbeat thicket

[late cedar]

Vielen Dank!

[upbeat thicket]

Warum bist du so zu mir 😔

[unkempt juniper]

LOL

Ich meine

Was heißt

Das

[upbeat thicket]

Dass ich mich verziehen soll aight 😿

[unkempt juniper]

Oha

Kannst bleiben wo der Pfeffer wächst

[raw radish]

nicht streiten, meine Freunde 🤝

[unkempt juniper]

Du kannst auch bleiben wo der Pfeffer wächst

[half arch]

vorbildlich unterwegs

[raw radish]

Kuro-kuuuuun

[upbeat thicket]

Wo wachsen eigentlich Pfefferbäume

Frage für einen Freund

[unkempt juniper]

Bayern

[raw radish]

asien

[unkempt juniper]

China, brazil, sri lanka

Da so

[upbeat thicket]

Ich verdamme dich dazu eine Dönerbox zu essen

[half arch]

*pommdöner

[unkempt juniper]

Dönerbox

[raw radish]

nur die Box

[unkempt juniper]

Handtasche

[mental jetty]

Are these sentences correct?

Ich finde es gruselig. = I find it scary.
Ich hatte einen gruseligen Albtraum. = I had a scary nightmare.

[half arch]

yes, they are

[mental jetty]

Thank you

[viral jolt]

bleiben wo der Pfeffer wächst. is this an idiom?

[upbeat thicket]

Yeah - it is used when you‘re angry at someone and wish them to go and stay away from you to never see them with your own eyes again

@unkempt juniper

[viral jolt]

sounds pretty harmless tho

i like peppers

[unkempt juniper]

lena

[upbeat thicket]

Ach bleib doch da, wo der Pfeffer wächst

[unkempt juniper]

du kannst bleiben wo der pfeffer wächst

[unkempt juniper]

its really harmful

i feel deeply hurt by it

[upbeat thicket]

Das macht Aua in meinem Herzen

[delicate tiger]

it's not about harm, it's about distance, peeper grows really really far away

[fervent kernel]

Ist das sowas wie: Auf nie mehr Wiedersehen?

[upbeat thicket]

Eher sowas wie: Geh mir aus den Augen / Verzieh dich

[fervent kernel]

achso ok

[upbeat thicket]

Aber ja es hat auch die Bedeutung von „für immer“

[fervent kernel]

"Du bist für mich gestorben"

[viral jolt]

oh.. okay now makes a bit more sense

[fervent kernel]

What would a sentence like “ Preparing your desktop. “ be in German

[upbeat thicket]

1. in which context
2. that is not a complete sentence

[final marlin]

Was bedeutet "in der Lage zu sein"? Ich würde zu diesem Thema einen genauer Erklärung mit Beispielen erhalten. Danke

Ich habe versucht, im DWDS nach diesem Thema zu suchen, aber ohne Erfolg. ☹️

[upbeat thicket]

es bedeutet „to be able to“

[shut briar]

So if I am understanding correctly, They both have one meaning in common, but sein + zu infinitive can also be a " these sentences are to be translated by tomorrow" And i just have to guess from context

[upbeat thicket]

Also zum Beispiel:
Weil ich einen Führerschein habe, bin ich in der Lage ein Auto zu fahren.

der Infinitiv ist: in der Lage sein etwas zu tun

[final marlin]

Ich habe die Aufnahme noch nicht hochgeladen, weil ich nicht in der Lage war, dies zu tun. Klingt das gut?

[shut briar]

Thanks, i also wanted to know this.

[upbeat thicket]

Ja so kannst du das ausdrücken!

[shut briar]

It's not too formal or too informal right?

[upbeat thicket]

Yeah it‘s neutral

[final marlin]

Also, z.b) Wegen der schlechten Internetverbindung war ich nicht in der Lage, euer Unterricht zu nehmen.

[upbeat thicket]

Also, z.b) Wegen der schlechten Internetverbindung war ich nicht in der Lage euer am Unterricht teilzunehmen.

😸👍🏻

[final marlin]

Gute Ausrede. Ich mag das.

[upbeat thicket]

Wegen der schlechten Internetverbindung bin ich leider nicht in der Lage meine Kamera anzuschalten.

[pure walrus]

What does "Sich wenden an" mean?

[upbeat thicket]

to turn to sb. in the sense of to address or to contact sb.

[pure walrus]

Thanks!

[celest pollen]

__Context Haben Sie noch einen Wunsch? __
Nein. Ich möchte bezahlen
Nein. Ich würde gerne bezahlen
Because I know for sure the hätte is out because it's just for “things” ✅ ❌ ?

[undone verge]

no context...but the first one should be fine

the second one would mean the same thing if you added 'gern(e)' after würde

[fervent kernel]

Like you would find on your desktop screen

[upbeat thicket]

I still can't give you an accurate translation, because that's not a complete sentence.
Do you wanna write a key point list or ... ?
You need to provide more context, because 1:1 translation doesn't work here.

[viral jolt]

it hurts me to think that
es tut mir weh, es zu denken
is that how you'd say it in german? deepL suggested it

[long meadow]

yeah

[near folio]

korrekt, Kontext ist König

[ancient pulsar]

How would you say I noticed him running? I would use gemerkt, but somehow bemerkt is shown on deepl and gtranslate

[upbeat thicket]

gemerkt = to have memorised [merken]
bemerkt = to have noticed / observed in a visual sense [bemerken]
-> Ich habe ihn rennen bemerkt or Ich bemerkte, wie er rannte

[ancient pulsar]

wait how so?

[upbeat thicket]

what do you mean

[ancient pulsar]

merken is also noticing

[upbeat thicket]

i put the infinitive in brackets for you

[fervent kernel]

bemerkte' would be past tense :)

[upbeat thicket]

note : bemerkt & gemerkt are the past participles

[ancient pulsar]

but it is perfekt here

[upbeat thicket]

perfekt is a past tense

[ancient pulsar]

oh right i thought he said past simple

[upbeat thicket]

yeah "bemerkte" would be the preterite 1st person singular form

[ancient pulsar]

yes, ik but I noticed she was touching my arm

wouldnot we use merken here (gemerkt)

[fervent kernel]

gemerkt doesnt imply noticing

[upbeat thicket]

sich merken is just memorising mentally

[mellow nova]

merken isn't memorizing

sich merken is memorize

just merken can be to realize/notice

Dwds: "etw. gefühlsmäßig, beobachtend wahrnehmen, bemerken"

[fervent kernel]

but then you say merkte*

and not gemerkt

[upbeat thicket]

merken = to notice
sich merken = to remember / memorize
bemerken = to notice, but also to observe (more focus on the visual aspect)

[ancient pulsar]

idk, i am seeing native german explaining it on youtube

gemerkt - noticed

[fervent kernel]

depends on how you phrase it

I was saying this using your sentence as reference

[long whale]

I'd say it's highly context-dependent. I think if you saw somebody running, you'd say "habe... bemerkt". If you used "habe... gemerkt", I'd say it's more like "I sensed him running" (as if you weren't able to see him at the time, but heard him breathing/heard his footsteps) - but maybe other native speakers would disagree?

[fervent kernel]

totally agree

[long whale]

Most natural is probably "verbessern". Depending on context, there's also "steigern" or "optimieren". For this kind of thing, DWDS usually works best: https://www.dwds.de/wb/verbessern

[ancient pulsar]

that really helped

thank you

thank you all

[long whale]

Well, if you're talking about performance, you can avoid this faint taste of "was meh before but got better" by saying "weiter verbessert/gesteigert". If you're talking about knowledge, you could use "erweitert". Without context... 🤷

[wide nebula]

hallo leute, ich habe eine Frage. Was ist abitur auf English???

[upbeat thicket]

Wahrscheinlich am ehesten Vergleichbar mit den A-Levels.
Beachte, dass man so kultur- und länderspezifische Dinge meistens nicht 1:1 übersetzen kann.
Das Abitur ist der höchste deutsche Sekundarschulabschluss, der dir das Studieren an Universitäten und Hochschulen ermöglicht.

[wide nebula]

Danke sehr

[wide nebula]

Danke schön

[charred fog]

How would you say you 'used to do' something?

[ancient pulsar]

so about no direct object passive sentences, is this a correct usage
Hey, are you coming to the party? Es wird getrunken.

[long whale]

German does have a verb for this (etwas zu tun pflegen), but since it's pretty much obsolete, better use an adverb or two, like "immer" or "früher immer". :)

[long whale]

You've got the right idea, and it's correct, grammar-wise, yes. :)

[coarse sparrow]

Hello what is different between

1. Er hat dieses Buch nicht lesen können
2. Er kann dieses Buch nicht gelesen haben

[long whale]

1st one doesn't work. :)

[coarse sparrow]

ahh mistake, then how about modified one?

[long whale]

Can you try to translate them?

[coarse sparrow]

I guess

He wasn't able to read this book
He couldn't have read this book?

[long whale]

I'd have said "He can't have read the book" for 2. And yes, that's pretty much it. Please note that the 1st would not normally be used in Standard German, it would be "Er konnte das Buch nicht lesen" :)

[coarse sparrow]

I got it thank you

[undone verge]

in german there's only one tense for this, right?

i.e. there's no way of making 'er kann das Buch nicht gelesen haben' more past or more present?

[long whale]

Why not? Er konnte das Buch nicht gelesen haben

[undone verge]

so you can do it

wait...the first one is different

er kann das buch nicht gelesen haben vs. er konnte das buch nicht gelesen haben (both of these work)

[long whale]

Sure. Although I imagine "Er konnte das Buch nicht gelesen haben" would only occur in a story/book about the past, I don't think we'd use it in conversation.

[long whale]

Yes, of course.

[undone verge]

okay. Confusing because in english (at least American english) we would almost always say 'he couldn't have read the book'

he can't have read the book sounds british, but 'tense-wise' in everyday conversation there is no difference

[long whale]

Mm, I see.

[plain inlet]

Related question: can i instead say “er hätte das Buch nicht lesen können” and still make sense?

[undone verge]

that means something like 'he wouldn't have been able to read the book'

[plain inlet]

I see, hmm I’m still unable to figure out the difference in meaning between the two versions.

(If there’s one)

[long whale]

Mm, I'd say at least in this particular case, the difference, if any, is minimal. 🤔 Let's imagine you said "X read this book". X is dead, the book is written in the Arabic script which I happen to know X couldn't read. So, whether I say "X can't/couldn't have read the book - X kann/konnte das Buch nicht gelesen haben" or "X wouldn't have been able to read the book - X hätte das Buch nicht lesen können" amounts to the same thing, doesn't it?

@plain inlet@undone verge

[plain inlet]

I agree, yeah

[undone verge]

yeah, make sense

[shy spindle]

how do u say when u want to say that the view was nice?

[wise pendant]

View in that context would be Aussicht. So you can use that together wih an adjective of your choice, e.g. schön, prächtig, malerisch, beeindruckend etc.

Depending on further context

[stone delta]

What is the difference between the pronunciation of Stadt, Staat and statt?

[wise pendant]

Stadt, statt ->/ʃtɐt/ (short a)
Staat -> /ʃtä:t/ (long a)

[stone delta]

hmm, so in speech, Stadt or statt has to be inferred from context

[long whale]

Is there really an "ä" in the IPA of "Staat"?

[wise pendant]

In IPA it refers to a central a, not to be confused with the letter ä in German which is ɛ in IPA

[long whale]

Not too difficult, since one's a noun, the other is either a conjunction or a preposition. :)

[upbeat thicket]

Staat: [ʃtaːt] - das habe ich bei Wiktionary gefunden

[wise pendant]

yeah, one usually writes a as a shorthand, but ä would be more accurate

[long whale]

Ah, I see.

[upbeat thicket]

interessant

[wise pendant]

ä is in a way a variant of a, specified as being more central. So in a way a is not wrong, just not considering how central the vowel actually is in German

[upbeat thicket]

Fun fact - im bairischen Dialekt werden Staat und Stadt gleich ausgesprochen

[wise pendant]

In the same way as ü in German is often transcribed as y, while it is actually more central. Kind of even closer to ʉ. So it might be written as ÿ

IPA transcription can get extremely complicated once you try to describe the very nuances

since with t in German we actually mean tʰ since we aspirate our consonants

This might be the most accurate ['ʃt̬ʰäːt]

[thorn zodiac]

Are you studying linguistics? Only way for this IPA knowledge to make sense to me lol

[wise pendant]

More or less just a hobby of mine

[thorn zodiac]

achso

[wise pendant]

Since the vowel quality changes with longer or shorter vowels, we could actually just pronounce every vowel short and just distinguish through quality

[fervent kernel]

.

[zealous gorge]

When do you use "Ich heiße (Your name)" as opposed to "Mein name ist (Your name)"?

[peak ravine]

they're interchangeable afaik. Ich heiße is just "I'm called"

[zealous gorge]

Ok thanks!

Is the prefix "ge-" used in the past only or are there other times you use it?

[peak ravine]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ge-#German this should explain all possible ways it's used

[night dagger]

fwiw I’ve heard „ich bin …“ more often than any other form (ich heiße …, mein Name ist …, usw)

or sometimes people just say their name and smile as they are shaking your hand - not uncommon

[zealous gorge]

Ok good to know

[zealous gorge]

Thanks!

[peak ravine]

In regards to all the other constructions, you really don't need to learn how it's used.

[zealous gorge]

Ok this has been worring me a bit

Ist, and isst

Both (at least to me) sound the same but mean two very different things

And I've seen/thougt of them in some contexts that could be well rather confusing

[night dagger]

So do read and red

[zealous gorge]

For example "Er ist eine Kekse" "Er isst eine Kekse"

[mellow nova]

what context would that be confusing

[night dagger]

„Isst das“ - eat that
„Das ist Essen“ - that is food

[mellow nova]

do you mean einen Käse..? I'm pretty sure they're not saying he's cheese so

[zealous gorge]

Oh I misst a K sorry

[mellow nova]

well he's not cookies either

[zealous gorge]

Not usually something you'd hear but I can personally see it in some kind of comedy

[mellow nova]

I mean idk this seems like a rare thing to worry about lol

[night dagger]

if you ever have a doubt in your mind about the difference between two words - it‘s prudent to first check an online dictionary. more times than not, your doubt or concern will be resolved after 2 minutes of looking.

if you still have trouble understanding after that, someone here can help you, but those situations will be few and far between if you’re using a few different dictionaries

[zealous gorge]

Well maybe in a more morbid sense "Er ist ein Mann" Or "Er isst ein Mann"

[mellow nova]

Er ist ein Mann
Er isst einen Mann

but still you might hear that 1 time in your life if ever

[zealous gorge]

Ok thanks! I know it's a really stupid concern just been bothering me for a littel

[upbeat thicket]

In 99% of the time it is clear from the context if it‘s either isst or ist

[last bolt]

How do i say
I spend time on apps like..
Ich verbringe Zeit mit Apps wie...
Or should i use auf instead of mit

[upbeat thicket]

Ich verbringe Zeit auf

[last bolt]

Is mit wrong

Or just doesnt sound good

[upbeat thicket]

mit would be used with people or activies such as reading, etc.

[last bolt]

Oh ok

Danke

[cinder oak]

Hallo,
I read that it is

Der Tisch ist einen Meter groß
and not
Der Tisch ist ein Meter groß
and I don't really understand why the accusative is used here, so now I'm starting to doubt myself every time I try to use the verb sein

[mellow nova]

sein doesn't automatically mean nominative in all situations:
https://german.stackexchange.com/questions/8675/case-in-expressions-of-measurement

@cinder oak

[cinder oak]

Thanks, I think it cleared it up

[river bridge]

I'm currently using Duolingo, which I know isn't good, but what is a good program to learn German?

[viral jolt]

Seedlang is ganz besser

Duolingo doesn't teach more than words.. it's great if you want to just learn words for a specific scenario. but for a language with intricate grammatical nuances like German, something that at least acknowledges the presence of grammar is really needed — which seedlang does a decent job at

[night dagger]

a Schritte Plus Book + the free app that comes with it

[wise pendant]

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 .

[wise pendant]

I use Anki

For simply drilling words and phrases it's wonderful

[night dagger]

Me too - there’s also Busuu or whatever

[river bridge]

I'll make to try those, thank you!

[last bolt]

Can i use sport in german to mean sports in english

Or does sport exclusively mean exercise

[glossy marsh]

Yes.

[last bolt]

Do i have to use plural of sport

[swift bough]

Sport is already plural in German

[last bolt]

Ah ok

[swift bough]

when you ask someone "treibst du Sport" for example it means "do you play sports" or "do you exercise"

[last bolt]

Whats the difference between
Benutzen /verwenden /gebrauchen

[undone verge]

benutzen and verwenden are pretty exchangeable afaik...gebrauchen also means to use

I would say they're all relatively exchangeable in many sentences. You'll learn slight differences in context/idiomatic usages over time by reading or hearing more german. But attempting to differentiate them purely by 'meaning' may be a lost cause.

[last bolt]

Dankeschön

[undone verge]

Keinding

[novel jackal]

Do you write that together in your dialect?

[upbeat thicket]

The correct spelling is kein Ding

[novel jackal]

Yeah, I know that's why I asked

[undone verge]

I am making a tongue in cheek joke about the improper spelling of 'Dankeschön' which is not one word either 😛

[fresh yoke]

Wäre es nicht anbieten, Aufgaben für andere überzunehmen ?

[undone verge]

this use of 'übernehmen' is not separable and thus the zu does not show up in the middle

see the two separate entries at duden for more info. 🙂 some apparently separable verbs have a separable and an inseparable version with different meanings 😄

[fresh yoke]

XDDDDD

How stressful.

@undone verge Could you please send me a Youtube video about that topic?

[narrow pier]

ich habe die Ganzen Tag mit meiner Freundin verbracht .

Meine Mutter ist sehr höflich auf meinen Geschwestern aber streng auf mich ( my mother is very polite toward my other siblings but very strict for me) deepl translated "toward me" as " zu mir "

are these sentences correct

?

[wintry geode]

Ich habe den ganzen Tag mit meiner Freundin verbracht.
Meine Mutter ist sehr höflich gegenüber meinen Geschwistern aber streng zu mir.

[narrow pier]

so gegenüber in this context means( toward them in compared with me )

[wintry geode]

you can replace it with zu
Sie ist höflich zu meinen Geschwistern

[narrow pier]

thank you

[vague pebble]

gegenüber generally means toward [...] (without any comparison with you)

[celest pollen]

Ich weiß nicht, ob ich dir vertrauen kann. Du musst mir das versprechen, dass du für niemand mein geheim sagst❌ ✅

[rare jetty]

Do you mean Geheimnis?

[celest pollen]

ye

[rare jetty]

1st sentence is fine, 2nd of would then be: "Du musst mir versprechen, dass du niemandem mein Geheimnis verrätst/weitererzählst"

[celest pollen]

so "geheim" is secret but :
"Ich werde es im Geheimen machen'

[rare jetty]

Geheim is the adjective

[long whale]

"das Geheime" = nominalized adjective ;)

[novel jackal]

Aaaa but Germans also do it all the time, so you are doing this... I get it, keep on XD

[narrow pier]

hi guys , (ich bin glücklich weil ich einen humorvollen Vater habe ) I am asking about the declensions I used, are they correct

[long whale]

Yes.

[narrow pier]

yesss

[narrow pier]

danke

[celest pollen]

Ich erinnere dir an, dass wir haben eine Mülle um bringen zu raus
✅ ❌

[minor lodge]

Can you give me a list of irregular verbs in german ?
I am an A1 student .danke

[long whale]

I'm quite, quite sure you wouldn't want a list of all the irregular German verbs. :) I'd suggest looking at a list of A1 vocab, or googling "irregular German verbs A1" or something. :)

[long whale]

This... this... Just to give you an idea of what this looks like, think "I remind of to you, that we have an garbager for to bring out of"

[novel jackal]

The very apparent frustration growing from the moment Susana had to translate this 😂

[narrow pier]

ich erinnere dich daran , dass wir eine Müll um zu raus bringen haben

I wanted to correct it, is it right??

[novel jackal]

Well as you can see

Errinern doesn't go with dative

As Susana has pointed out by translating the start of that sentence in very very broken English

Oop, now you miss "an"

But also, it isn't actually "an", but "daran"

😂

[narrow pier]

I thought it would not need it

[novel jackal]

Some German verbs just make no sense without a preposition

[narrow pier]

that makes much moresense

[novel jackal]

I remind myself, that... might work in English
I remind myself to that, that... is how it works in German though

[novel jackal]

Well German is a very structured language so, even though technically saying
"ich erinnere mich an, dass..." would work, in German we use "daran" to insinuate that there is gonna be a concept introduced later to which "da-" refers to (lile bringing out trash)

Same as you would say "Ich habe Angst davor, dass..." and then the concept of what

[novel jackal]

I remind yourself (you), that we a garbage for (in order to) out bring have?

So try to make that second part of the sentence work now

Hint: your gender is wrong, take a look at the case after you get the right gender and see rausbringen more as a together concept

(.... um, zu...) in German means in order to, so I really wouldn't use it there

Unless you wanted to say
"I remind you, that in order to go out, we have to bring out the trash. "

[narrow pier]

ich erinnere dich daran , dass wir den Müll rausbringen haben

( I can not correct it now )

[novel jackal]

I would rather use a definite

Cuz I assume you know which trash you are talking about

[narrow pier]

and rausbringen ( I dont find it in dictionaries )

that sentence now looks wierd

even in english

[novel jackal]

Well yeah because I would assume you want to say have to

And that isn't accomplished by "haben" XD

[narrow pier]

okay ( I remind you that we have trash, that needs to be taken out ) with inntonation, you can mean it in a way , that you tell the other person to do it, even though you did not mention his name ( but I have to use passive in german , which I have not learned yet )

[novel jackal]

Well I would suggest starting there then

Passive is actually not very complicated contrary to believes

You would just talk about trash and use it as a passive subject
Der Müll muss rausbringen werden. The trash has to be taken out.

[novel jackal]

But the way that the original sentence was formed makes no sense at all

And you can't really tell that the passive was meant to be used there...

[narrow pier]

yeah, I realized that, when I tried to correct it

[novel jackal]

"Ich erinnere dich daran, dass der Müll rausbringen werden muss." Is how I would form that sentence, if you would like it to be passive in the second part
I remind you to that, that the garbage taken out be has to. "

But I assume that that's also just plain wrong XD

[raw radish]

“Ich erinnere dich daran, dass der Müll rausgebracht werden muss.” it still sounds rather stiff, but at least it’s grammatically correct

[novel jackal]

Aha, yea I was indeed thinking of putting rausbringen into the past participle

Btw would you rather use entsorgen here

[narrow pier]

so passive was not used here?

[novel jackal]

I was thinking maybe saying

[novel jackal]

Yes it is

The second part

[raw radish]

“der Müll rausgebracht/entsorgt” is passive

[novel jackal]

"Ich erinnere dich daran, dass der Müll entsorgt werden muss."

Is that alright and slightly idiomatic at least?

[raw radish]

just like in “the trash has to be taken out”

[novel jackal]

So entsorgt - > rausgebracht

[raw radish]

etwas entsorgen = to dispose of something

[novel jackal]

Aha

Das macht Sinn

Danke dir

[raw radish]

[narrow pier]

so der Müll does not change to ( den Müll ) ?4

[novel jackal]

Ofc not, it is a passive subject in nominative

What? Who? Is taken out

[narrow pier]

ohhhh

[raw radish]

“Ich erinnere dich, dass du den Müll rausbringen musst”. If it was in active, it would have to be “den Müll”

[novel jackal]

Yeah and this is a lot better in active

Otherwise it comes out so condescending XD

I remind you, that the trash has to be taken out.

Not by you or sth

Just a reminder 😂

[raw radish]

by the way, in spoken language you would probably just say “Der Müll muss noch rausgebracht werden” ☝️

[novel jackal]

I can just hear someone mom's voice there

[raw radish]

oder “du musst noch den Müll rausbringen”

[novel jackal]

The trash still has to be taken out

I like that emoji

[raw radish]

[novel jackal]

Thank you

[raw radish]

np XD

[novel jackal]

Ich fühle mich jetzt validiert 😂

If you say this

[narrow pier]

thanks guys

[raw radish]

sure

[hardy zinc]

Ist das korrekt "Denn wusste er nicht davon, dass wo er war."? Ich weiß nicht, ob ich "nicht" vor oder hinter "davon" stellen sollte

[delicate tiger]

"Denn er wusste nicht, wo er war"

[hardy zinc]

I wanted to use "wissen von" 😅

maybe there's a better example of usage?

I just want to understand the right use of grammatic

[long whale]

No, this wouldn't work. You're looking for something like "... denn er wusste nichts davon" = "... since he didn't know about it"

[hardy zinc]

okay... but why does it not work?

What I mean is "then he wasn't aware of where he was"

[hardy zinc]

oh and btw shouldn't we put the verb second?

Or "denn" is not really part of the grammatical sentence?

[left crown]

not really, so the verb is in second place

"Ich wusste nicht davon" can only used as an absolute phrase and can‘t be specified.

[shy spindle]

is balcony ”Austritt” or just ”Balkon”?

[left crown]

Normally just Balkon

[shy spindle]

okay thanks

[hardy zinc]

How do you say "I'm not aware of that ... "?

like I thought you can always do "verb + da + prepision, dass ..."

[left crown]

ich weiß nichts von ...

[hardy zinc]

and how do you do Nebensatz then?

"I'm not aware of that something does something blabla "

[left crown]

Ich weiß nichts davon, dass irgendwas irgendwas macht

[undone verge]

@hardy zinc the problem wasn't the da- compound but rather that the phrase has to be 'nichts' not 'nicht'

[hardy zinc]

ahhhhhhhhh aight

Is it just a common saying?

Can you not negate "weiß" in this context?

[left crown]

if you mean leave it out, then not i g

[hardy zinc]

Leave what out?

Like "Ich weiß nicht davon, dass ..."

[left crown]

It should be nichts

[hardy zinc]

alright.. I'm just trying to understand why

[left crown]

I don't think there is a real reason.

at least i'm not aware of one

[hardy zinc]

So that's just a common saying/phrase?

How would you say "I make him do something"?

[undone verge]

Ich zwinge ihn dazu, etwas zu machen. (as an example, there's surely more than one way to express forcing someone to something)

for translations, deepL is usually not a bad resource

[hardy zinc]

alright... so regularly it would be "Ich zwinge ihn zu seiner Aufgabe", for instnace?

[hardy zinc]

anyway thanks ig I expressed what I wanted XD

[thorn zodiac]

can someone explain the worden/geworden thing? I kinda understand it but I need a simpler kind of explanation

[undone verge]

worden is only used in passive construction (sie sind gegessen worden = they were eaten).
geworden is the past participle of 'werden' (to become): ich bin größer geworden = I got bigger.

[thorn zodiac]

Danke

[plain inlet]

Hello! I just wanted to know if the “double infinitive” rule applies to movement verbs like gehen in perfect tense. For example,

1. Ich gehe einkaufen - present
2. Ich bin einkaufen gegangen/ich bin einkaufen gehen - which one of the two is right grammatically?
   In case of modal verbs, for example, wollen - ich habe einkaufen gehört wollen (instead of gewollt) would have been the right choice, as per my understanding, i want to know if the same logic applies to movement verbs as well.
   Also what would be right choice when the verb is part of a subordinate clause?
3. Ich dachte, dass du schon schlafen gehen wärst/bist
4. Ich dachte, dass du schon schlafen gegangen wärst/bist
5. Ich dachte, dass du schon wärst/bist schlafen gehen
6. Ich dachte, dass du schon wärst/bist schlafen gegangen
   Or is it actually some other variant that i haven’t mentioned above?

[mellow nova]

has nothing to do with movement verbs

some verbs act like modal verbs

including lassen gehen brauchen etc

Modalverbähnliche Verben

[plain inlet]

I see! So “ich bin einkaufen gegangen” remains the correct version?
And “dass du schon schlafen gegangen wärst” - the right subordinate clause counterpart?

[mellow nova]

https://deutschegrammatik20.de/spezielle-verben/modalverben/die-modalverben-einfuehrung/

[plain inlet]

So
dass du schon wärst schlafen gehen?
Sorry for all the pings, just want to make sure that i don’t learn things that aren’t quite right, right from the get go 😅
And
Ich bin einschlagen gehen - is the right main clause version?
Also I’ve got one more question. Do you happen to know the difference between wärst and bist in the subordinate clause example i gave. I believe I’ve seen both versions but don’t know the difference between the two, if there’s any at all, in the first place

[mellow nova]

Ich bin einkaufen gegangen
Ich dachte, dass du schon schlafen gegangen wärst (I was mistaken on this, it's only if they're both in normal infinitive form)

wärst vs bist is konjunktiv 2 vs perfekt

you can leave hören helfen lassen sehen and brauchen in infinitive when being used as a modal-verb

[plain inlet]

Thanks! I feel like I’ve managed to untangle a part of it within my head. I guess i should try to include this in my sentences and see where i go from there.
Thanks again

Although they’ve mentioned just “haben” i take it that we can replace it with “sein” as required

[narrow pier]

Ich denke dass die beste Zeit am Nachmittag um 14 Uhr ist. Und wir können mit dem Bus fahren, weil wir eine Gruppe sind und er ist bequemerer. In dem Bus könnten wir Musik hören und viel spaß haben ( instead of the " wir können mit dem Bus fahren, weil wir eine Gruppe sind" I wanted to say : I think going with the bus the most suitable choice for a group and we can listen to music and have fun ,

is it okay to translate this sentence in german or would it be wierd ( I think the choice of going with the bus for a group is the most convenient because then we can .....)

[long whale]

Nachmittag; "zudem mehr bequem" - please reconsider. In German, the comparative for adjectives doesn't work with "mehr/more". Plus, this is not a clause, not a sentence - what is it doing in there?; "spielen" does not mean "to listen to". Otherwise it's okay. Please note capitalization of nouns and after a full stop is not optional. :)

@narrow pier

[narrow pier]

I edited it and the ( zudem mehr bequem ) i wanted to say ( sine we are a group, its more comfortable to go with a bus )

[narrow pier]

I wanted to say like to play some music , but its wrong it seems, what did I use thats only used for a clause?

[long whale]

Please check the form of "more comfortable". The "weil" also refers to the bus being more comfortable -> word order needs to be in accordance. Otherwise, it's now fine.

[nimble viper]

Was watching a video on YouTube where the guy was talking in German, and he said "Du kannst dich verbessern in dieser Akademie." Got me thinking... I've seen this irregularity a few times now in both online and spoken German. Is this considered umgangsprachlich, or might Germans of all ages and from all backgrounds say this sentence ike this? Instead of Du kannst dich in dieser Akademie verbessern. bzw.

[upbeat thicket]

It occurs in the Umgangssprache when trying to piece the sentence together and adding more bits at the end to make it more detailed or complete. In contrast to writing, you can't adjust the sentence structure in spoken German and just like that, it is very possible that the grammar rules aren't 100% obeyed at anytime. Technically it is wrong but in very long sentences it is normal that you can get confused and switch up the order of the verb etc.

[nimble viper]

What was particular to this situation is that he said this sentence as the first one after a short break from speaking (had time to consider)

As if this sentence structure would be his preference here

[upbeat thicket]

But I think this kind of mistake is being adopted more and more into the Umgangssprache

[upbeat thicket]

Well then idk - it's just wrong

[nimble viper]

lol, was a German soccer player in England, so perhaps they have become a bit slack with less interaction with the language

[upbeat thicket]

Maybe it's like using the Dative for possession instead of Genitive - technically it's incorrect but people tend to use it more often lately

[nimble viper]

I love Genetive I won't fail you

[upbeat thicket]

Yeah so maybe he's just using English sentence structure with German words

[hardy zinc]

How would you say "Let's have it tomorrow" (referring to a lesson)?

[tranquil flower]

Lass uns ihn (der Unterricht) morgen haben.
Lass uns sie (die Lektion) morgen haben.
Machen wir ihn/sie morgen. -DeepL

I'm a beginner, so not sure. @upbeat thicket Könntest du bitte das überprüfen/ korrigieren?

[hardy zinc]

well yeah I did check deepl and google translate, but I wanted to hear an answer from someone who really speaks

and it's not urgent, not really needed to ping anyone, but thanks for trying to help 🙂

[half arch]

@tranquil flower 's answer is fine

(In my opinion)

[upbeat thicket]

Machen wir die Lektion morgen!
or a more natural sentence:
Lasst uns das morgen besprechen. (Let‘s discuss that tomorrow)

[hardy zinc]

Alright thanks

[near folio]

Das heißt Ausklammerung und kommt ab und zu vor. Siehe:

[bold bronze]

Wie ist es, „Bis wann arbeitest du heute? Ich muss später ins Supermarkt gehen, willst du zusammen gehen? Ich muss für die Woche Mittagessen und Hafermilch kaufen, und wir können auch Abendessen kaufen, wenn du hast Lust“

[half arch]

Es ist gut! Aber es ist "in den Supermarkt".
Und im letzten Satz "..., wenn du Lust hast."

[celest pollen]

Tom wird sehr erstaunt sein, wenn wird sein Auto alle Benzine verbrauchen✅ ❌?

[upbeat thicket]

What are you trying to say?

[celest pollen]

Tom will be very surprised when his car uses up all the petrol

[upbeat thicket]

Tom wird sehr erstaunt sein, wenn sein Auto das ganze Benzin verbraucht hat.

[bold bronze]

Danke, und… warum ist es, „wenn du Lust hast“?

[undone verge]

subordinate clauses mean the conjugated verb goes all the way to the end

[bold bronze]

Danke 👍

[narrow pier]

I looked at this table then decided, so idk why its wrong, also sein is nominativ, so it would not change

[mellow nova]

you didn't use any of the options on the chart

[narrow pier]

what?? sorry I am just confused,

I used bequemerer

from that table

[narrow pier]

what do you mean??

[upbeat thicket]

the comparative of „bequem“ is bequemer

[mellow nova]

no you didn't you said mehr bequem both times and ig Susana didn't see you edited it

[long whale]

Look, the base form of the adjective is "bequem": Der Bus ist bequem. In comparative: Der Bus ist bequemer (als der Zug). If you use it with a noun, it's "Ein bequemer Bus" (a comfortable bus), "Ein bequemerer Bus" (a more comfortable bus)

[narrow pier]

but why is it bequemerer on that table

[narrow pier]

oh okay thanks, but whaty is it written as bequemerer in that table, I know that bequemer is correct

?

[long whale]

Because the forms in the table are the ones supposed to be used with a noun. (See my post above)

[narrow pier]

Ich Verstehe dich gut

[last bolt]

I went to the doctor for the allergy treatment.
The german of the above sentence in deepl.com is
Ich ging zum Artz,um die Allergie zu behandeln
My qurstion is
Why cant it simply be
Ich ging zum Artz für die Allergie-Behandlung?

[wise pendant]

*Ar__zt__,__ __um

[raw radish]

geht auch, klingt aber beides etwas unnatürlich

[last bolt]

Then whats the natural better version ?

[wise pendant]

What do you do that exercise for btw?

[last bolt]

Diary writing every day

[wise pendant]

Oh ok, do you do that for every sentence?

Asking if that sounds natural I mean

[last bolt]

I mean i try to improve

Thats the whole purpose of why i am writing diary entries in german

[raw radish]

in spoken or informal deutsch you would probably use Perfekt instead of Präteritum. “Ich bin zum Arzt gegangen, um meine Allergie zu behandeln”

[wise pendant]

Do you think by trying to formulate a natural sentence over and over again, you will learn to formulate a natural sentence?

[last bolt]

Ehmm i dont get what you mean

[wise pendant]

Isn't that what you try to do?

[last bolt]

Kind of yeah

[wise pendant]

And do you always know if your sentence is natural or not?

[last bolt]

I check it out in deepl.com but sometimes im in doubt

[wise pendant]

Do you think a painter will learn to be able to draw a specific human, without a human model, picture etc to practice with?

[last bolt]

Yeah your right

[wise pendant]

Your best bet is reading reading reading or listening. And then when writing just write what comes to your mind. With every time you read there will be more and more natural expressions manifesting in your brain.

If you try to write or speak without enough basis to work on your brain might even try to fill gaps with other languages, thus making your output more and more unnatural! So keep that in mind

Writing is a late stage practice when learning a language, since you need a solid basis for it, unless you just copy directly from natives, which you could do

Same applies to speaking

in theory

[last bolt]

Hmm thanks

[charred fog]

my friend told me once that his German friend said that young people just use "der" for everything. I've never encountered anything like that, so is it true or no?

[final marlin]

@upbeat thicket Der Lehrerin Lena. Ich begrüße dir einen schönen Tag.

[upbeat thicket]

Bei so einer Frage möchte ich direkt wieder schlafen gehen

[charred harbor]

Das sollte wahrscheinlich ein Witz sein lol

[thorn zodiac]

"ich hätte gerne ein Stück Himbeerkuchen dazu"

In this sentence what does dazu mean? Translator says "with it" but dictionary says "to it", "for it" etc.

[wise pendant]

"with it" would be the best translation I'd say

[thorn zodiac]

does it always mean this or only in this scenario?

[mellow nova]

I would translate it as 'in addition' or 'alongside it'

[mellow nova]

not always, obviously you can use it like any other da compound i.e 'Eine Meinung dazu haben' - to have an opinion about that

[thorn zodiac]

Would darüber work in this scenario because thats the one I automatically would want to use

[long whale]

No, it depends on the preposition required by the verb. :)

[mellow nova]

I don't really know when to use Meinung zu/von/über (if there is a difference) tbh I think von is only for people but that's mainly just a guess

[undone verge]

I haven't really heard Meinung über, more Meinung zu

[wise pendant]

über is not used with Meinung. von only used like "opinion of the girl" "Meinung von dem Mädchen" like who expresses that opinion

Correction: "Meinung über" gibt es, kommt aber seltener vor

[fervent kernel]

Any accountants here?

I want to know if the term Wertminderungstest is used to say Impairment-Test or it's better to use the english term.

[delicate tiger]

Wiki says "Werthaltigkeitstest"

[icy flax]

Wenn man jemandem die Gefühle äußert, und dieser jemand so krass und verständlich entgegenkommt, nennt man es "Validierung"? Auf Portugiesisch würde man sagen "die Gefühle wurden berechtigt/validiert/angenommen"

[raw radish]

ich würde das auch so sagen. Vielleicht auch “Bestätigung”

[long whale]

You mean "Wenn man jemandem gegenüber die Gefühle äußert und dieser Jemand einem verständnisvoll begegnet"? As far as I can see, you could call that "Validation", but I'd rather go with Seth's choice. :)

[icy flax]

Danke, @raw radish und @long whale!

Kann das Verb ,,entgegenkommen" mit dem selben Sinn vom Adjektiv ,,entgegenkommend" ||hilfreich, gefällig, konziliant|| verwendet werden?
Dieses Adjektiv hab ich in einem Witz mal gehört, der so ging:
A: Wer sind die nettesten Fahrer?
B: Die Geisterfahrer! Sie sind so entgegenkommend.

[raw radish]

yep :)

[slate oasis]

Ich kümmere mich um meine Familie oder Ich kümmere mir um meine Familie

[icy flax]

Bitte bitte, wie genau? Vielleicht so?

1. diese Arbeit kommt seinen Neigungen sehr entgegen
2. du kommst mir freundlich entgegen
3. Meine Gefühle gegenüber meiner Freundin kommt ihr [gerne] entgegen
   Wäre ein Adjektiv nötig, oder nops, weil entgegenkommen im Allgemein positiv ist?

[left drift]

Was ist der unterschied zwischen "aufwachen" und "aufstehen"? Wann kann ich entweder benutzen?

[upbeat thicket]

aufwachen = to wake up
aufstehen = to get out of bed / to stand up

[left drift]

Ach so. Ergibt Sinn, vielen dank

[icy flax]

Was für Deutsch sprechen sie hier? Klingt etwas anders für meine Ohren
https://youtu.be/DaamHxp0Tdg?t=371

[half arch]

Wen genau meinst du in dem Video?

[icy flax]

die die in Video sind. Die Kriminellen und der Polizist. Was der Polizist sagt kann ich schon etwas verstehen, aber die Männer murmeln einfach. Trotzdem scheint Rezo (der Youtuber) alle zu verstehen.

[delicate tiger]

Norddeutscher/Hamburger Akzent

[half arch]

^

[icy flax]

Mehr zu Ende dieses Videos gibt es dieses andere hier: https://youtu.be/DaamHxp0Tdg?t=498, das ich auch nur schwer verstehen kann

Versteht ihr beide mühelos das was sie sagen?

[half arch]

Ja, schon :)

[delicate tiger]

"Asi"

[icy flax]

Gott... :/ ich schaue mir diese Videos von Rezo genau deswegen. Ist die Quelle, die ich hab, dieses Asi-Deutsch zu lernen. Hättet ihr Tipps für mich wie ich es besser verstehen kann?

[half arch]

Vielleicht mit Untertitel? Falls einer verfügbar ist

[icy flax]

Ich weiß viele Konsonanten werden verschluckt und das Schwierigste ist es zu wissen, welche Sätze/Wörter zur Kontext passen. Ich glaub ihr kriegt die Bedeutung nur hin weil sie wissen was in jeder Situation zu sagn ist

[half arch]

Stimmt wahrscheinlich

[icy flax]

kennt ihr apropos den Namen dieser Komödie-Serie, @delicate tiger ?
https://youtu.be/DaamHxp0Tdg?t=498

[icy flax]

Gefunden! Auf Streife!

[midnight flume]

hi,
can someone explain me pls why in this sencence "trinken" means "get" and not "drink"?
können sie mir sagen, wie man schnell einen kaffee trinken kann?

[novel jackal]

It doesn't 😂

[midnight flume]

so its actually asking how to drink a coffee fast?

[novel jackal]

Yes

[midnight flume]

i had to chose if it was "wo" or "wie"

and i chose wo but it said it was wrong

[novel jackal]

And why did this make you think "trinken" was get?

[midnight flume]

i translated it

[novel jackal]

With what?

[midnight flume]

google : (

[novel jackal]

Well google just made it into an every day phrase a person would say in English

Don't always take translations one to one XD

English and German are rarely 1:1 like that

[midnight flume]

anyways i'm glad that trinken doesnt have other meanings in other situations

and thank you : )

[novel jackal]

Nope, some verbs do, some nouns do

But not trinken, not as far as I can think

[swift bough]

you can also use it to mean "drinking alcohol" in a somewhat general sense

[fossil ferry]

Anyone able to help me put German nouns to some stuff i own?

Its okay if not! They are fairly niche!
To help with this, i'll also be providing the English version if the word!

[lucid frigate]

German nouns to stuff you own?

How so?

also we both are level A LOL

gut hilfe

[mellow nova]

Have you tried a translator? Or german english dictionary?

[fossil ferry]

I did! I'm just wanting to be certain its something that people actually use ( the word that is)

[lucid frigate]

you're something that people use?

[mellow nova]

Well most people in DE are currently in school/work so might be a bit. You could always just Google image the results you got and see if it corresponds to what you're describing though

[fossil ferry]

Yeah, and honestly I was planning on not getting a response at all.

World does float around me n all that

[mellow nova]

try asking again in like 8 hours if you still need an answer

most ppl will be home by then

[long whale]

It's what dictionaries, translators - deepl.com - and google images were invented for. ;)

[wise pendant]

What are we talking about?

[wise pendant]

Most people yes, but the hardliners are still there

[fossil ferry]

Multi track mixer

Im a bit too overwhelmed to text much more atm

[wise pendant]

A song mixer?

[fossil ferry]

Yeah! Will a photo help?

[wise pendant]

Mehrspuriges Mischpult maybe

[fossil ferry]

Checky fun i'll admit

[wise pendant]

I'm not so firm on music terminology

[novel jackal]

Where do you come from, English isn't your native language, is it?

[heavy viper]

what does "Hemmes mathematische Rätsel" mean? What is 'hemmes' i can't find anything on the internet?

[proven sphinx]

Hemme is a name. Apparently, the guy who created these riddles is called Heinrich Hemme.

Hemme's mathematical riddles.

[heavy viper]

oh actually i was thinking about a name but couldnt find the man. so i thoguht is was an adjective

thank you

[proven sphinx]

He seems to be a very prolific author of these kinds of books.

[fossil ferry]

English is my native language, im horrible at it.

[calm walrus]

hello

[wise pendant]

I guess I can feel better about my English now 😅

[novel jackal]

Nice to meet you

[fossil ferry]

Guten tag. I just woke up.

[ember roost]

Hallo, ich wollte was fragen und zwar ich muss einen Text in Sinnabschnitte gliedern. Ich habe den ersten Abschnitt schon gefunden aber weiß nicht, ob ich mich richtig ausgedrückt habe. „Der erste Abschnitt umfasst die Zeilen 1 bis 20.“ Ist dieser Satz grammatikalisch richtig?

[novel prism]

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

:small_blue_diamond: DACH

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:small_blue_diamond: Dative

Aliases: Dativ

:small_blue_diamond: doch

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[merry python]

@novel prism #botchannel?

[novel prism]

arhhh ja, tut mir leid ich habe das nie gesehen

[sudden cloud]

*Dann sagt ihre Mutter, dass sie Amalia nicht zu dem Arzt schicken sollen hätte. *"schicken" or "geschickt" and why?

[raw radish]

*hätte schicken sollen

can’t explain but sounds natural

[night dagger]

it's similar when you say "das hätte ich sagen sollen".

[long whale]

Double infinitive with modals again, Seth. Apparently you didn't read the link, after all. 😄

[raw radish]

noooooo I forgor

[thorn warren]

Hey guys, how do you say
Liebe Grüße an Samuel.
Auf wiedersehen.
Bis irgendwann mal wieder in english?

[long whale]

Please try yourself, first. If you'd just like a translation, try deepl.com - like google translate, only better/more accurate. :)

[thorn warren]

Oh mb, so i wrote this down:
Sleep well.
Kind regards to Simone.
Have a good flight.
Until sometime again.
See you again.

But since i assume those are sayings, translaters dont get them accuratly most of the time.

[long whale]

But there are a few more sentences in English than in German...? Can you identify those which correspond to the German ones? :)

[thorn warren]

Oh, yeah i didnt send them because i felt safe with my answers for them.
I wrote down.
Schlaf gut for Sleep well
Auf wiedersehen for See you again
and Guten Flug for Have a good flight because i learned that colloquially, one does not say, habe einen guten Flug right? 😮

[long whale]

Yes, you're right about the flight. "Auf Wiedersehen" literally means "To seeing [each other] again", but would usually translate to "Goodbye" :)

[thorn warren]

Ohh okay. Thank you very much 🙂

[fervent kernel]

have a nice day,could someone explain me how there is a indefinite article before a plural noun and what does "er aß ich einen apfel" mean

[storm cairn]

"er aß ich einen apfel" means "he ate an apple", "einem" means "one of". in this case it's one of his friends

[fervent kernel]

why there is "ich" there

[delicate tiger]

Typo in the task: Er-> Erst (probably, nonsensical as written)

[storm cairn]

oh yeah I got confused by that

[fervent kernel]

i didn't understand why there is two subject

[storm cairn]

There isn't, just a confusing typo

[fervent kernel]

oh got it now,thanks

[tight shale]

hi Leute, My question is what is the deference between Erwachsene | Erwachsener. It is pointed in dictionary so I was curious if is it just adjective or something else?

[loud scarab]

Erwachsene is female

Erwachsener is male

[tight shale]

ok so when someone says this I know that he is talkig about female/male adult?

[loud scarab]

yes

[tight shale]

ok thanks!

[loud scarab]

Kein problem

[short cove]

I'm trying to create a german character with a name that means something like "To save nature" or smth. Hes a protector of a forest.
does "Holzretter" work? i used google translate 😅

[undone verge]

maybe Waldschützer if it doesn't matter to you that it sounds cringe

holzretter means wood saver

[short cove]

yhhh