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Is my translation correct?
None of the answers is correct.
Ist deinem Bruder besser jetzt.
is not correct German at all.
Geht es deinem Bruder jetzt besser.
means "is your brother better now" in the sense of "...
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Is my translation correct?
You seem (possibly unconsciously) to try to apply English word-order and partially grammar to German vocabulary. The will seldom work.
In German the verb mandates the respective case:
Mir (dative) ...
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Is my translation correct?
There is a subject in that correct German answer:
Geht es deinem Bruder jetzt besser?
That es is the same kind of dummy subject as in the English phrase It is raining. Who is that it? Nothing. It's ...
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Gottemeitschi is from which German language?
I speak the language, Gottemeitschi means goddaughter. Meitschi is a Term for Mädchen (Girl) commonly and specifically used around Bern. Most Swiss German speakers in northeastern Switzerland would ...
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Gottemeitschi is from which German language?
It looks like that in a Swiss dialect Gottemeitschi actually means goddaughter, although i don't have a reliable source besides a blog page.
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Doktorvater/ Doktormutter
Just to summarize, Doktorvater/Doktormutter is an unofficial old-fashioned term, intended for more informal use (kind of a "cute" way to call your Doctoral Advisor). Students prefer to say ...
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