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| shadowzoid Groupie United States Joined 5625 days ago 76 posts - 85 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 1 of 11 10 May 2009 at 11:58pm | IP Logged | |||||
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um wie viel Uhr Sie sein hier?
I want to say At what time will you be here? im just guessing. how would I say my phrase correctly? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6851 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 11 11 May 2009 at 1:23am | IP Logged | |||||
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I'd say: "Um wieviehl Uhr sind sie hier?" (just use the present tense)
Natives may say it differently. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Paramecium Tetraglot Groupie Germany Joined 5654 days ago 46 posts - 59 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Russian Studies: Japanese | Message 3 of 11 11 May 2009 at 8:52am | IP Logged | |||||
Yes there are of course much possibilities: * Um wie viel Uhr sind sie hier? * Wann sind sie hier? * Um wie viel Uhr werden sie hier sein? * Um welche Uhrzeit sind sie hier? ... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| shadowzoid Groupie United States Joined 5625 days ago 76 posts - 85 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 4 of 11 11 May 2009 at 8:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
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dont i need to make the tense future?
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| Paramecium Tetraglot Groupie Germany Joined 5654 days ago 46 posts - 59 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Russian Studies: Japanese | Message 5 of 11 11 May 2009 at 11:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
No you don't need to. By the way "Um wie viel Uhr werden sie hier sein? " is future tense. Just usually natives prefer the more short and easy way. So mostly something like "Wann sind sie hier?" or "Um wie viel Uhr sind sie hier?" is used. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6851 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 11 12 May 2009 at 1:37am | IP Logged | |||||
Present tense (or continous) is used for the "near" future in many languages, including English (When does the store open? The plane departs at 9.15. I'm going to France this summer. and so on). A big no-no is to make assumptions based on how your native language works. EDIT: Quote added for clarification. Edited by jeff_lindqvist on 12 May 2009 at 4:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Paramecium Tetraglot Groupie Germany Joined 5654 days ago 46 posts - 59 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Russian Studies: Japanese | Message 7 of 11 12 May 2009 at 9:13am | IP Logged | |||||
I don't make assumptions. You will find your explanation maybe in grammar books for foreign students. But normally Germans don't use a form with "werden/wird" very often cause it sounds kind of artificial. But here a small quote:
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| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6851 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 11 12 May 2009 at 4:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Paramecium - my post was intended for shadowzoid, and an answer to the question "dont i need to make the tense future?".
Sorry for that. I'd better edit my prevoius post. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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