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Since this is an introduction that spans the entirety of the Stack Exchange network, I would just like to say... I love them all!
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Mar 20 |
answered | Relative pronouns: der/die/das vs dass |
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Mar 20 |
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Understanding usage of Wechsel Dative Prepositions @Emanuel I didn't understand that example at all. Why is 'Mai' not in dative? How can time be a direction, even in figurative sense? And if there is a possibility of giving an answer to 'wann' in accusative, why make the rule in the first place? And could you please give me the traslation of the "tanzen" sentence; I am not able to wrap my mind around this concept. |
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Mar 20 |
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What percentage of German masculine nouns are weak nouns? Assuming that 1/3 of all these nouns are masculine (there must be more than that; it has the highest number of nouns in German, no?) there is a weak noun for every other 14 'normal' masculine nouns. Doesn't that make it quite difficult for learners to gobble up all of them?! |
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Mar 19 |
asked | What percentage of German masculine nouns are weak nouns? |
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Mar 18 |
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What is the difference between “scheinbar” and “anscheinend”? No. As an extreme proponent of descriptive grammar, I agree with @RegDwight. If thousands upon thousands of people are doing it "wrong", then we are just seeing a language growing. Meanings change over time; this is one example. Rather, it should be noted that there are multiple meanings to the same word in current usage. |
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Mar 18 |
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Modal verbs: preterite or perfect? Hmm, so it was a faulty observation. Thanks for the input! |
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Mar 17 |
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Modal verbs: preterite or perfect? I am not a native speaker by any means - I am just a beginner - but I have hardly seen perfect modal verbs in real world. That might be my limited experience there, but I noticed it independently a few days back. |
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Mar 15 |
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Can I start to make rudimentary sentences in German after a week worth of exposure to German? Just to complete the circle, it was impossible. I thought I spoke German. But it mostly a pidgin kind of language limited to me only. I myself cannot understand the sentences I wrote back then. :D |
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Mar 15 |
accepted | Was bedeutet 'Giftgeber' auf Deutsch, falls überhaupt? |
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Mar 15 |
accepted | Was genau ist ein Strom (Gewässer)? |
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Mar 15 |
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Was genau ist ein Strom (Gewässer)? Ja ist diese Frage meine größte Dummheit an dieser Seite. Glücklicherweise war die reale Frage sinnvoll. |
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Mar 14 |
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Was genau ist ein Strom (Gewässer)? @Wrzlprmft Ja, ich sehe ich jetzt. Ich schwöre aber, dass es war nicht da wann ich diese Frage gestellt hatte. Deswegen scheint es alle ziemlich sinnlos. :D |
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Mar 14 |
asked | Was genau ist ein Strom (Gewässer)? |
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Mar 13 |
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Reference work on prefixes, suffixes, etc I love the comprehensive way in which question is asked. |
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Mar 12 |
accepted | Wie sage ich “used to do” auf Deutsch? |
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Mar 10 |
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Explanation of the prefix “er” I was always told that I should always and always try to connect the er- verb with the meaning of root verb. The er- one would be specific as well as somehow more fancy. It works. When I am in doubt, I always see where the focus is and depending on it use the verb. It works, I would say, 60% of the time? Though the remaining time I am not even sure the word exists or not. :D |
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Mar 10 |
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Explanation of the prefix “er” How can erwachsen werden be considered in this category, however? |
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Mar 9 |
accepted | Was ist der Unterschied zwischen “Staat” und “Land”? |
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Mar 8 |
asked | Was ist der Unterschied zwischen “Staat” und “Land”? |
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Mar 8 |
asked | Wie sage ich “used to do” auf Deutsch? |
