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| MatthewRM Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5395 days ago 15 posts - 15 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 1 of 7 17 February 2010 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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I am running into a bit of trouble understanding this one. It seems to me the pictures are exactly the same ....
One chick is pointing to another chick with flowers. Can someone explain to me why it is said both ways ? ***I had to take the pic down, it was to big.... thanks for the help though guys.*** Edited by MatthewRM on 18 February 2010 at 8:36am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| MatthewRM Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5395 days ago 15 posts - 15 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 2 of 7 17 February 2010 at 6:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks, I got the reply over Skype. That was quick, it is all clear to me now.
In the top one she is saying "You have red flowers" and in the lower one she says "She has red flowers". Thanks for the help GREGORG4000. I guess I did not see that her head was turned just a little and that totaly changed the meaning lol .... Edited by MatthewRM on 17 February 2010 at 6:26pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5584 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 3 of 7 17 February 2010 at 6:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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hat = she/he/it
haben = you (formal) or they have. Remember. sie and Sie are completely different, but both are capitalized at the beginning of a sentence. lowercase "sie" = she or it Uppercase "Sie" = You (formal) or they (depending upon context) Hope it helps. :) (This is part of the reason why I don't like Rosetta Stone:P) Bis spaeter!! -Jordan Edited by datsunking1 on 18 February 2010 at 2:39am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| draoicht Groupie Ireland Joined 6312 days ago 89 posts - 146 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 7 17 February 2010 at 6:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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The pictures are not the same, you have to look at who she is talking to, to figure out what she is saying.
In the first picture she's looking at the other girl so I presume she's saying "you have..." while in the second picture she's looking at the camera i.e. at you, while pointing at the other girl which I take to mean "she has...". I don't speak German but I have used it for Spanish and I do remember being a little confused at this part myself. Edit Already answered above while I was typing (that was quick) Edited by draoicht on 17 February 2010 at 6:33pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5846 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 7 17 February 2010 at 8:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Matthew, the image is too large for this forum, could you please edit your post and make the picture smaller?
Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 17 February 2010 at 8:02pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| MatthewRM Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5395 days ago 15 posts - 15 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 6 of 7 17 February 2010 at 8:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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I cut the image size in half. I hope that works.
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| Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5846 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 7 18 February 2010 at 1:46pm | IP Logged | ||
You could have made it 1/3 or smaller than this, then it would have been OK. I don't know whether the text would have been readable then, though. Let me add my grammatical explanation: 1. Sie hat rote Blumen. (3. person singular) = She has.... 2. Sie haben rote Blumen. (2. person singular) = You (polite form) have... In the first sentence somebody speaks about a third person by using "sie" with a small "s". In the second sentence the woman is addressed directly in the polite form by using "Sie" with a capital "S". Kind regards, Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 18 February 2010 at 1:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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