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| Rout Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5654 days ago 326 posts - 417 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish Studies: Hindi | Message 9 of 11 13 May 2009 at 12:48am | IP Logged |
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So in other words.. (I guess these are the closest possible equivalents; rough equivalents)
(The way I would say it in German cause it's shorter.) Um wie viel Uhr sind Sie hier? (at) What time are you going to be here? or add the auxiliary to imply future intent (the way I would say it in English cause it's shorter) Um wie viel Uhr werden Sie hier sein? (at) What time will you be here? The difference is more clear in other examples but basically one shows affirmation and the other shows intent. There are probably dozens of way to say it but you will get used to the nuances later. =) (BTW, why are you studying English, aren't you a native speaker.. ? =P) EDIT: Typo Edited by Rout on 13 May 2009 at 7:42pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Amaki Tetraglot Newbie Japan Joined 5616 days ago 3 posts - 4 votes Speaks: Japanese*, English, German, Danish | Message 10 of 11 13 May 2009 at 5:51pm | IP Logged |
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The initail S of the second person [zi:] must be always capital letter ("Sie").
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| Rout Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5654 days ago 326 posts - 417 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish Studies: Hindi | Message 11 of 11 13 May 2009 at 7:42pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks, I was tired. =P
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