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German book from Tokyo, need help

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adoggie
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16 June 2010 at 3:56am | IP Logged 
“Deutschland” book from Narita Airport

Page 6: 1) Herzlichen Dank für Ihre Hilfe. Why does Ihr have an -e ending?
     2) Einen schönen Tag. Do ein and schoen both follow the same endings patterns?

Page 7: 1) Wie läufts? In what situations can this be used?
     2) Tagchen! Is this appropriate to use with Siezen people?

Page 8: 1) Kann ich Ihnen helfen? Is it Ihnen because helfen is a dative verb?
     2) Jawohl. What situations call for jawohl?
     3) Schreiben Sie es bitte auf. How to distinguish between auf and hier? When is auf used?

Page 9: 1) Darf ich Sie etwas fragen? Why is Sie used and not Ihnen?

Page 12: 1) Lasst uns etwas trinken! Is there another way to say this?
     2) Ich ruf dich an. My book said that this means I will call you, but it doesn't use future tense construction. Is it both present and future? Or is it past?

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16 June 2010 at 6:22pm | IP Logged 
Page 6:
1) Ok so Ihre has an -e ending because Hilfe is feminine
2) in this case yes they do have the same endings (accusative, masculine)

Page 7:
1)It can be used if you're saying like hey whats up, hows it going, what are you doing that kind of thing
2)I'm not familiar with the Siezen people

Page 8:
1)yes it is there are quite a few dative verbs in German.
2)if you need to say YES OF COURSE
3)auf if you're writing on something, hier if you're pointing to something

Page 9:
1)because it's accusative case

Page 12:
1)Not that I know of
2)YES this means I will call you, technically you could say ich werde dich anrufen if you had to use future tense.

Sorry about all of the incomplete sentences, but I'm rushing

Viel Glück!

S_A

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24 June 2010 at 10:42pm | IP Logged 
adoggie wrote:

     2) Tagchen! Is this appropriate to use with Siezen people?

Well, I wouldn't call it inappropriate but it sounds pretty goofy to me.
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Page 12: 1) Lasst uns etwas trinken! Is there another way to say this?
     

Several, actually. The ones that come to mind are:
Gehen wir etwas trinken!
Wollen wir noch ausgehen?
Hat jemand Lust auf ein Bier?
Gehen wir einen heben! (colloquial)
Gehen wir noch in die Kneipe?


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