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What does "vor" mean?
What does vor in for example Viertel vor eins mean? Is it before, or is it to?
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Es + sind for time
I came across this case, which isn't an "unpersönliches Es" because you can't omit it when changing the sentence structure.
Mit dem Auto sind es nur 15 Minuten nach Innsbruck.
What's the ...
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Question regarding Präsens (repeated condtions)
In German and also in English people use Präsens to express something that happens regularly right?
I have seen something like:
"Wir helfen anderen Menschen, die alles verloren haben."
but I ...
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Difference between “inzwischen” and “jetzt”?
Are there any differences between inzwischen and jetzt?
For example, when I say:
Ich bin vorher krank, aber jetzt nicht.
Ich bin vorher krank, aber inzwischen nicht.
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In February, what does Oktober d.J. mean?
I saw the following phrase in an article, written in this year:
Oktober d.J.
Because the full form of d.J. is dieses Jahres, would that mean October 2016?
If I wanted to mean October 2015, can I ...
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Meaning of "vier Jahre lang"
Das Museum wurde vier Jahre lang umgebaut.
I have these two possible translations, but I am not sure, which is correct:
The museum was rebuilt four years ago.
The museum has been rebuilt since four ...
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