Pronomen - Questions on words that substitutes for nouns.
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What is the relative position of complements when there's a time adverb?
Imagine that your mother tells you a story often.
What would you say?
Meine Mutter erzählte sie mir oft.
Meine Mutter erzählte oft sie mir.
I know that the temporal complement should go ...
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Hätten Sie am Dienstag zwischen 10-11 etwas Zeit, 'wann'/'wo'/'in der' ich anrufen könnte?
Which relative pronoun do I have to use in the question above?
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The pronoun “derer”
Wiktionary says it's the genitive, plural of "der" (which I thought was "deren"). I'm not only unsure how to use "derer" but also, what does it mean. Duden doesn't say too much either. Can somebody ...
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Possessive pronoun, how to use them as “Stellvertreter” vs. “Begleiter”?
I am learning about Possessivpronomen few days now, but there is one thing confusing me.
When I am looking at the table, I see Begleiter possessive pronouns and Stellvertreter possessiv pronouns.
I ...
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Capitalization of “Von diesen/jenen…”
I was wondering which is correct:
Von diesen/jenen sind drei lustig.
or
Von Diesen/Jenen sind drei lustig.
My intuition tells me that the second one is correct because diesen is the only ...
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Verwendung von “dieser” und “jener”
Ich habe bisher nicht oft „dieser“ und „jener“ sinnvoll verwendet, aber oft gelesen, dass „dieser“ auf zeitlich und räumlich Näheres verweist als „jener“. Dies gilt auch für zeitlich näher Erwähntes ...
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Is “ich” a subject or not
I am working on grammar-related exercises in a book from PONS.
In one assignment, I must find the subject in some piece of text.
I think that in the following sentence, the subject is ich:
Was ...
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When to use the pronoun “es”?
I am not a German native speaker.
I know that in certain situations the pronoun "es" has a different usage
than the English "it", but I am not sure when it should be used and when it shouldn't.
Here ...
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Difference in pronunciation of “Er” vs. “Ihr”
I'm currently learning German with Duolingo. In some of the lessons and daily practices, I have to listen to a recorded voice and type the German words that are spoken.
I seem to continually get ...
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In German, is a company plural or singular?
In American English, I would say "the company...it said" but I know in British English they use the plural as in "the company...they said".
How is this handled in German? Which of these sentences is ...
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Does using the pronouns “sie” and “er” when refering to objects sound odd to native German speakers?
I was going to write the following sentence in an e-mail, but the "sie" sounds odd to me:
Diese Datei ist nicht im Excel-Format, sondern im XML-Format. Bitte
schauen Sie sie an.
so I changed ...
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What does “Sich” mean and how is it used in a sentence? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to use “sich”
I realize this is a pretty basic question, but I can't wrap my head around "Sich".
I know it technically means "self", but how is it used ...
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When is jen- used?
I've learned that dies- can mean this or that, whereas jen- can also mean that.
When should jen- be used in preference to dies-?
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Which is the correct pronoun for “Datei”: “die” or “sie”?
Which one is correct:
Vielen Dank für die Datei. Wir haben die angeschaut.
Or
Vielen Dank für die Datei. Wir haben sie angeschaut.
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How do I decline “jemand” or “niemand”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Beugt man jemand oder niemand mit Endung?
The declension of indefinitve pronouns "jemand" or "niemand" seems not to follow strict rules. I can read all of the following:
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What is the difference between “ist” and “es”?
I am trying to figure out what is the difference between "ist" and "es"? for example in the phrase "Mein Auto ist blau" vs. "Mir geht es gut", can you say "Mir geht ist gut"?
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Book Title Capitalization
At my work we are working on some software involving the capitalization of book titles. Under pronouns it is set to not capitalize, yet "Sie" is always capitalized. I thought pronouns were not ...
