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| lingoleng Senior Member Germany Joined 5298 days ago 605 posts - 1290 votes  | Message 17 of 22 16 March 2014 at 5:42pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Where do the Eier come from? Von xxx Where do I buy the Eier? Bei xxx (alternative for the first one: From Where do I want to buy the Eier?) Edited by lingoleng on 16 March 2014 at 6:20pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4082 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 18 of 22 22 March 2014 at 5:22pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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We have:
Ich esse eine Wurst, dazu trinke ich eine cola. Here "zu" is being used as "with" and "da" prefix is referring to Wurst, Is the following sentence legal: Ich trinke eine Cola zu eine Wurst. or Zu eine Wurst trinke ich eine Cola. Edited by Gemuse on 22 March 2014 at 5:22pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4844 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 19 of 22 22 March 2014 at 5:55pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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The sentence is correct, but after "zu" we need the dative:
Ich trinke eine Cola zu einer Wurst. Zu einer Wurst trinke ich eine Cola. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4082 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 20 of 22 22 March 2014 at 10:36pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Thanks Josquin. I realized the dative thing right after I posted, but I was away from
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| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 4082 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 21 of 22 05 April 2014 at 7:44am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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1. Sie sieht gerne Filme, um auf andere Gedanken zu kommen.
Does this mean "she gladly sees a film in order to get different ideas"? 2. Der Chef verspricht mir immer wieder mehr Geld. Dem kann man gar nichts mehr glauben. Why is it Dative Dem in the second sentence? I would have expeted Den. 3. Er hat zu viele Probleme mit seinem Geschäft. Dem ist er einfach nicht mehr gewachsen. Why is it Dative Dem in the second sentence? I would have expected "Das" (akk). 4. Er läuft zu seiner Freundin. Er läuft mit seiner Freundin. Is there any difference in meaning between the two sentences? Edited by Gemuse on 05 April 2014 at 7:47am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5320 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 22 of 22 05 April 2014 at 9:24am | IP Logged | ||||||||
No, "gerne" is used to express "to love/enjoy doing sth."
The Dative is used, because "glauben" und "gewachsen" require it. For more information see the Rektion wikipedia page.
Er läuft zu seiner Freundin. = He's running to his girlfriend. Er läuft mit seiner Freundin. = He's running with his girlfriend. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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