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Apr 27 |
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Why are “vier” and the beginning of “vierzehn” not pronounced the same? Something to explore is also that a German "r" within a word tends to roll the tongue more than at the end of a word, and the shift in pronunciation of "vierzehn" is almost like trying to roll the tongue quickly. German historically has a strong emphasis on rolling the tongue with an "r". |
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Apr 20 |
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How to translate Perfekt into English Good and proper translations rely heavily on context. Sometimes one language may state something in the present which would be translated in the past or future tense in another language. Context dictates the proper answer. It's difficult to come up with too many hard and fast rules that won't have exceptions anyway. Just a side note. ;-) |
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Apr 1 |
answered | What does “stackenblochen” mean? |
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Mar 15 |
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translation of a line from the german version of “We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line” Welcome to GL&U, Jane Doe! The English translation on that page is terrible. Maybe it fits the music or something. I'd say "up until" would better translate the "bis zu(m)" construction. |
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Mar 13 |
answered | die Worte vs die Wörter |
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Feb 15 |
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“Ich zieh … und wünsch mir …”: what is the subject? I edited the answer to reflect this |
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Feb 15 |
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“Ich zieh … und wünsch mir …”: what is the subject? Clarification of forms |
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Feb 15 |
answered | “Ich zieh … und wünsch mir …”: what is the subject? |
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Jan 24 |
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Is “Sie brauchen nicht das Geld” a correct sentence Welcome to GL&U! It's a grammatically correct sentence. Perhaps you could elaborate on the functional meaning you're trying to get. That affects whether that sentence appropriately applies. |
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Jan 16 |
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German flash cards with pictures and no English? You might want to check with a German catalogue company like Bertelsmann and order German children's items, etc. Materials intended for anything other than German only will have the other language on them. That's kind of the point. |
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Jan 5 |
answered | Forming compound sentence using 'and' and 'because' |
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Dec 30 |
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Past participle of haben "Weg-" is a separable prefix. That's why it's different than "ver-". |
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Dec 29 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 9 |
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Usage of “let me know” in Letter writing "Empfunden" is the past participle of "empfinden". And since you asked for other ways of saying it, you can also say "Bitte geben Sie mir Bescheid..." (written) or "Bitte sagen Sie mir Bescheid..." (spoken) for "Please let me know..." or "Please inform me..." |
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Dec 7 |
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How to translate “being a”? Just for clarification, German does have a Gerund form by making the verb a neuter noun: "sein" ("be") to "das Sein" ("the action of being something or existing"), just for the example here. |
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Nov 24 |
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What is the meaning of “Abkettrand”? Clarification |
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Nov 24 |
answered | What is the meaning of “Abkettrand”? |
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Nov 22 |
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Difference between “antworten” and “beantworten” Welcome to GL&U! |
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Nov 22 |
answered | Difference between “antworten” and “beantworten” |
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Nov 14 |
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Why is 'Guten Tag' accusative? A nice effort, but I'm not sure this answer addresses the actual question about wishing someone a good day. An object receiving action (being wished to someone) must be in the accusative here. |
