Is there a more direct translation of "it is your turn"?
I have used "du bist dran" for card games and the like, but is that a good translation in general? For example how would you translate "it is your turn to do the dishes"?
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Du bist dran.
Yes, that's a good translation for a colloquial sentence (the expression dran sein is colloquial for an der Reihe sein).
Your example sentence:
Du bist dran Geschirr zu spülen.
Alternatively:
- Du bist an der Reihe
- Du kommst dran
Du bist an der Reihe Geschirr zu spülen.
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1+1 good answer. In german you shouldn't forget the honorific version: "Sie sind dran" or "Sie sind dran Geschirr zu spülen". Even though it doesn't makes much sense in this example. – Markus Schwalbe May 30 '11 at 13:54
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Für mich ist das die korrekte Übersetzung. Deinen Beispielsatz würde ich folgendermaßen übersetzen:
Du bist dran mit Geschirr spülen.
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2Wird hier "Geschirr spülen" nicht zusammengesetzt als Hauptwort geschrieben, da es mit einer Präposition verwendet wird: "mit [dem] Geschirrspülen"? – splattne May 29 '11 at 15:28
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@splattne das ist so eine gebräuchliche umgangssprachliche Formulierung in D, aber grammatikalisch nicht wirklich korrekt – Pekka supports GoFundMonica May 29 '11 at 15:31
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"Du bist dran" is the best translation in the sense that it covers most cases of "it is your turn".
More close translation would be:
"Du bist am Zug." or "Dein Zug."
but this would not be appropriate for dish-washing. This would apply to games where you actually move something during the turn (think chess) and to situations where the phrase includes a challenge e.g. in a discussion you demolish all arguments of your opponent and then add "now it is your turn".
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2I would translate "Du bist am Zug" with "(It's) your move!" It does indeed have a strong game connotation and will hardly be used outside of that context. – Oliver Giesen Jun 11 '11 at 21:46
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As swegi has pointed out already, Du bist dran is perfectly fine, both for games and in general. "It's your turn to..." can be usually translated as "Du bist dran mit..." (+ dative). If you are looking for alternatives, there's always Du bist an der Reihe.
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Yes.
As regards washing the dishes, I would say:
Du bist mit dem Geschirrspülen dran.
