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| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5584 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 1 of 10 11 February 2010 at 12:14am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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What is the difference between in/im/dem?
If I wanted to say "We are at the swimmingpool/mall/etc." is it Wir sind in dem Swimmingpool/Einkaufscentrum (is this literally We are IN the pool/IN the mall?) or Wir sind im Swimmingpool/Einkaufscentrum. (I was reading when I came across a sentence that had "im" referring to "at/in" Which one do I use, and what is the difference! Danke Jordan Edited by datsunking1 on 11 February 2010 at 12:19am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5734 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 2 of 10 11 February 2010 at 12:35am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Im is a contraction of 'in dem' ;)
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| Mareike Senior Member Germany Joined 6223 days ago 267 posts - 323 votes Speaks: German* Studies: English, Swedish | Message 3 of 10 11 February 2010 at 12:47am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I think "im" is the short form of "in dem"
There are more of them: am - an dem zum - zu dem aufs - auf das beim - bei dem .... The preposition could change in different cases: on the chair accusative: auf den Stuhl (Wohin soll ich das legen? - Auf den Stuhl.) dativ: auf dem Stuhl (Wo liegt das Kissen? - Auf dem Stuhl.) I've a question, because my English isn't very good. I always think that "at" means "bei", I would translate "I'm at the swimmingpool" - "Ich bin am Schwimmbecken" (So not in the water, only standing there and waiting for something ....) And "I'm in the swimmingpool" - "Ich bin im Schwimmbecken" (I'm actually in the water) Is it wrong? 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5734 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 4 of 10 11 February 2010 at 12:52am | IP Logged | ||||||||
And don't be surprised to hear "aufn" and "aufm" in colloquial speech either ;)
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| IronFist Senior Member United States Joined 6436 days ago 663 posts - 941 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 5 of 10 11 February 2010 at 1:39am | IP Logged | ||||||||
What about "ins"? I've heard blah blah "...ins Gesicht" in Rammstein songs before. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5734 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 6 of 10 11 February 2010 at 1:54am | IP Logged | ||||||||
"In das". Good taste in music! ;) 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 7 of 10 11 February 2010 at 3:57am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Is that sarcastic? A lot of what rammstein writes has TERRIBLE lyrics. :D Thank you for your help though! What's the difference between bei and an dem? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Pyx Diglot Senior Member China Joined 5734 days ago 670 posts - 892 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 8 of 10 11 February 2010 at 4:35am | IP Logged | ||||||||
No, I meant it, I like Rammstein a lot :D Some of their lyrics are pretty good, imho. I always get goosebumps when listening to "Klavier", for example :)
Oh.. good question. I have no idea o_O If I make it more concrete, for example "Ich bin am Klavier" vs "Ich bin beim Klavier", then I'd say "am Klavier" means you're really close to it, probably playing it. "Beim Klavier" would mean the general vicinity. But that's really just a guess derived from that one example... Edited by Pyx on 11 February 2010 at 4:36am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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