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| shadowzoid Groupie United States Joined 5523 days ago 76 posts - 85 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 1 of 7 21 May 2009 at 4:00am | IP Logged | ||
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Does Geben Sie mir Euro mean
1. Are you going to give me Euros 2. Do you want to give me Euro which, and which is the other? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| magnus c Newbie United States Joined 5532 days ago 14 posts - 15 votes Speaks: English* | Message 2 of 7 21 May 2009 at 4:45am | IP Logged | ||
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It is number (1) with a question mark, of course. But without it, it's the imperative form: Give me Euro/s.
2. "Wollen Sie mir Euro geben?" Among other possibilities, I believe. Edited by magnus c on 21 May 2009 at 4:49am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LanguageGeek Triglot Senior Member GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5947 days ago 151 posts - 159 votes 4 sounds Speaks: German*, English, Hungarian Studies: French, Russian | Message 3 of 7 21 May 2009 at 8:32am | IP Logged | ||
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Phrased this way it is clearly a request.. but quite rude actually, because it lacks "bitte".
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| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5606 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 4 of 7 23 May 2009 at 10:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm pretty sure that "Geben Sie mir Euro" is grammatically incorrect as well as quite rude.
I think it should be: Geben Sie mir einen Euro, bitte. Geben Sie mir *zwanzig Euro*, bitte. I'm fairly sure it's der Euro, die Euro (pl). Hope that helps somehow. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5606 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 5 of 7 24 May 2009 at 12:54am | IP Logged | ||
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(sigh)
Shadowzoid, if this is from your Pimsleur lessons, the main idea should be to teach you the verb geben and the word order it needs. With a rising intonation on the -ro of Euro it has to be a question. (Sounds odd but might be okay depending on context) With a falling intonation on the -ro is is an order and sounds rude "Give me euro." More than that, because Sie is used it cannot be between close friends or family members between which using the imperative form often is okay. But I digress. However: siezen =/= close friends, family. As you see in this thread, it is quite difficult for people who know German to ignore the fact that they already know about things as cultural context, about how modal verbs are used and especially about all the different possibilities to say basically the same thing. I'd like to ask you something: Do you want, at this point in your studies, get a lot of additional information you can't actually use yet, maybe not even comprehend? Because for most of your questions regarding Pimsleur sentences there might not be an easy clarification. And I know there are many people who might find it confusing, especially when people who speak the language seem to contradict each other because of their assumptions about the context. (By the way, LanguageSponge, the correct word order is either Bitte geben Sie mir (...) or Geben Sie mir bitte (...). Adding bitte at the end of a request sounds as if you'd intended to phrase it as an order and only belatedly remembered to ask nicely.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Weizenkeim Diglot Groupie GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5944 days ago 70 posts - 72 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Russian | Message 6 of 7 24 May 2009 at 10:13am | IP Logged | ||
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I can think of one situation, in which I think: "Geben Sie mir Euro" would be appropriate. If you are at some place where you are about to recieve a larger amount of money, at a bank counter for example and you are asked to chose between different currencies.
Wie soll ich es Ihnen auszahlen? In Dollar, Euro, Yen? (How shall I pay you out?) Then you could say: "Geben Sie mir Euro" "Give me Euro" and it wouldn't be impolite or sound strange at all, because it would not be an order but just a selection of options. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| staf250 Pentaglot Senior Member Belgium emmerick.be Joined 5537 days ago 352 posts - 414 votes Speaks: French, Dutch*, Italian, English, German Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 7 of 7 24 May 2009 at 1:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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