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| hjordis Senior Member United States snapshotsoftheworld. Joined 5186 days ago 209 posts - 264 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 1657 of 3737 22 May 2011 at 7:07pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5567 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 1658 of 3737 22 May 2011 at 10:25pm | IP Logged | |||||||||||
...when you have to point out that, even before the spelling reform, the word "hassen" was spelled "hassen". "Haßen" was never a word, since the ß would imply a long A, though the ß was used in certain conjugations like "du haßt", and the noun was "der Haß". Edited by Levi on 22 May 2011 at 10:28pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5050 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 1660 of 3737 23 May 2011 at 5:24am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Wow...
You know you're a language nerd when you actually got enjoyment out of reading like 7 comments devoted to the ß So haßen isn't correct? but du haßt (you hate) is? Just want to make sure...thanks for clearning that ß business up for me :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5567 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 1661 of 3737 24 May 2011 at 1:58am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Yes. The verb was spelled "hassen" and the conjugation was:
ich hasse du haßt er haßt wir hassen ihr haßt sie hassen past tense: ich haßte, du haßtest... past participle: gehaßt Basically, the "ss" changed to "ß" when it preceded a "t". Edited by Levi on 24 May 2011 at 1:58am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5050 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 1662 of 3737 24 May 2011 at 5:31am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Thanks for clearing that up :)
So why isn't the ß used anymore accept when preceeded by a t? I'm actually kind of fond of the ß. :) Edited by LebensForm on 24 May 2011 at 5:32am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5567 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 1663 of 3737 24 May 2011 at 5:45am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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The ß is only used after long vowels now. Since "hassen" has a short A, none of the forms use the ß anymore (it's now written "du hasst", "ich hasste", "wir haben gehasst", etc.)
It was changed since having an ß after short vowels caused some confusion in pronunciation, since "Haß" (now "Hass") did not rhyme with words like "Spaß" and "Maß", and "haßt" (now "hasst") did not rhyme with words like "aßt" and "maßt". 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||||||||
| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5050 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 1664 of 3737 24 May 2011 at 6:06am | IP Logged | |||||||||||
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Oh ok, interesting to know... thanks!! =)
YKYALN when you have more German songs on your Ipod than English ones... You also know your a language nerd when you get more pleasure out of listening to somewhat outdated German music than listening to your local radio station of the current music everyone seems to know but you. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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