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| Silvance5 Groupie United States Joined 5500 days ago 86 posts - 118 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, French | Message 1 of 4 13 November 2009 at 2:02am | IP Logged |
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I can't figure out how and when each of these is used. I did a google search for information on it and couldn't find anything at all, and my textbook fails to explain it. Can anyone explain this to me or link me a site that will?
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 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5973 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 4 13 November 2009 at 4:50am | IP Logged |
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Look up interrogative and relative pronouns in the book and maybe something is there.
These are pronouns meaning "who" and "to whom" in different cases, plus one more "wessen" meaning "Whose?" A native speaker could explain it better than I can. Scroll halfway down this page and there are examples: Internet Handbook of German Grammar 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 magister Pro Member United States Joined 6609 days ago 346 posts - 421 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Turkish, Irish Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 4 13 November 2009 at 2:49pm | IP Logged |
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Wer: Who killed that skunk in meramarina's garden?
Here, "wer" or "who" stands for the subject (nominative case). We want to know who did the action of the sentence: the killing. Wen: Whom did meramarina see in her garden? Here, "wen" or "whom" stands for the direct object (accusative case). In this question, we already know the subject: meramarina. She's the one who did the action of the sentence: the seeing. We want to know "whom" (wen) she saw. Wem: To whom did that skunk leave behind a giant stinkbomb? Here, "wem" or "to whom/for whom" stands for the indirect object (dative case). In this question, we already know the subject: the skunk. We already know the direct object: the stinkbomb (the thing left behind). We want to know "to whom" the skunk left the giant stinkbomb. For more information on the skunk itself, see meramarina's language log. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5973 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 4 13 November 2009 at 3:24pm | IP Logged |
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Very funny magister!
So someone is actually reading that thing! Good examples, too! You are making a "teaching moment" out of my language practice! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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