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| bio | website | arthaey.com |
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| location | Seattle, WA | |
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| visits | member for | 2 years |
| seen | Jan 15 at 23:33 | |
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Feb 13 |
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Difference between “ziemlich” & “ganz” @HendrikVogt Can you explain the difference? I'm clearly missing out on the joke here. :) |
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Feb 8 |
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Difference between “ziemlich” & “ganz” I accept that fine distinctions of usage like this can't have a simple, definitive answer that's true in all cases. But seeing all these examples can help me build up an idea of what connotations are associated with each and use that as a rule of thumb. |
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Feb 8 |
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Looking for translation of “Tanzverbot ” The word Prohibition (capitalized) by itself refers to the alcohol ban, yes. But you can talk of prohibitions of other things. The word sounds somewhat formal, but it fits in the context of governmental regulations or religious rules. |
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Feb 7 |
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What is the gender distribution of nouns in the German language? Distribution of cases would be interesting. I'd expect mostly nominative & accusative, a smaller amount of dative, and very little genitive (especially in spoken or informal contexts). |
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Feb 7 |
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What is the gender distribution of nouns in the German language? Won't counting only articles get you misleading data, because die is used for all plurals, der can be masculine nominative or feminine dative/genitive, and dem and des can be either masculine or neuter? |
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Feb 7 |
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Difference between “ziemlich” & “ganz” Danke für die Situationsbeispiele! Sie machen die Unterschiede klar. |
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Jan 24 |
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How to distinguish between a female friend and a girlfriend? @KonradRudolph The ambiguity doesn't necessarily exist in English. You would just say "friend", since English nouns don't have gender like German ones. Also, stress is different between "girlfriend" and "girl friend" -- see the canonical example of "blackbird" vs "black bird", eg at englishplus.com/grammar/00000310.htm |
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Jun 10 |
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R's: Trilled R, Uvular Fricative R, and Uvular Trill R I studied linguistics in college; I can't help myself. ;) |
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Jun 10 |
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R's: Trilled R, Uvular Fricative R, and Uvular Trill R Thanks for the detailed anwser! I think I'll keep working at the uvular R and not worry too much if it's a trill more often than it's a fricative for now. :) |
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Jun 8 |
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Where is exactly the position of “nicht” in the sentence? @Debilski: Can you add that link as an actual answer, instead of just a comment? |
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Jun 2 |
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Bedeutungsunterschied zwischen “hätte machen sollen” and “sollte gemacht haben” There's a new (2011) edition of Modern German Grammar available. (Or get the 2009 edition in Kindle format for only $14, vs $40 for the paperback! I may just buy it now... :)) |
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Jun 2 |
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Übungen zum Lesen der Kurrentschrift Here's a direct link to the leseübungen on the first site @p2thei suggestions. |
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May 27 |
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Singular verb for plural subject Usage is different between UK and US English. In the UK, they tend to say the family are or England are because it's a group of people. In the US, we tend to say the family is or America is because the nouns are grammatically singular. It sounds like German is more like American English in this regard. |
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May 27 |
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How can I learn noun genders better? @Markus I was suggesting that the plural form is another thing that one must "just memorize," and students might as well do that at the same time they memorize the noun's gender. For example: das Buch, die Bücher |
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May 24 |
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How can I learn noun genders better? In addition to studying the article along with the noun, you should probably also include the plural form on your flashcards (or however you're studying). |
