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tarvos
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Message 9 of 12

26 May 2013 at 5:25pm | IP Logged

Ich gehe ins Kino heute sounds to me like you are emphasizing the Kino, not the heute.
But maybe that's just me, but I read that sentence as "ich gehe ins KINO heute".

e) would be very rare, I don't think I'd say that.

However I agree with the other assessments. I actually think word order is less relevant
for emphasis here than tone of voice (and I'd rather use a rising tone on the most
important part of the sentence).
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Message 10 of 12

26 May 2013 at 5:38pm | IP Logged

Jinx wrote:

d) Ich gehe ins Kino heute.

Since "heute" comes at the end of the sentence here – slightly out of the ordinary – that puts a little emphasis on it. So this is a good answer to the question "Are you going to the cinema tomorrow?": "(No,) I'm going to the cinema TODAY."

Here it's a bit different to the English pattern. The emphasis is rather on "ins Kino" here. The answer to "Are you going to the cinema TOMORROW?" (that is, with spoken emphasis on 'tomorrow'), with the object of asking about the time, German: "Gehst du MORGEN ins Kino?" (again, with spoken emphasis) would be rather

"Nein, ich gehe HEUTE ins Kino."

Or even stronger, but less common, more like as part of a silly tit-for-tat argument:

"Nein, HEUTE gehe ich ins Kino."

EDIT: It's about the same what Tarvos just posted, just in other words. Our reponses have crossed.

Edited by Kronos on 26 May 2013 at 5:42pm
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Message 11 of 12

26 May 2013 at 6:02pm | IP Logged

It's the same rule in Dutch, see. Ik ga naar de bioscoop vandaag (emphasis on bioscoop =
Kino).

Ik ga vandaag naar de bioscoop (normal word order).

Vandaag ga ik naar de bioscoop (not tomorrow).

Any other word order would be very weird.

Edited by tarvos on 26 May 2013 at 6:03pm
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Message 12 of 12

29 May 2013 at 4:27am | IP Logged

Thank you all! Very helpful.

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