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The meaning of the German word "schon" | ||
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| Weizenkeim Diglot Groupie GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6107 days ago 70 posts - 72 votes  Speaks: German*, English Studies: Russian | Message 9 of 11 20 June 2009 at 12:50am | IP Logged | ||
Hmmm, now that you mention it... Irgendwie schon. :) Edited by Weizenkeim on 20 June 2009 at 12:51am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Earle Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6318 days ago 276 posts - 276 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Norwegian, Spanish | Message 10 of 11 24 June 2009 at 11:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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It matches up well with the American usage of "already," even the slangy and dialectical meanings...
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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6275 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 11 of 11 02 July 2009 at 3:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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The basic meaning is already but as has been noted, it is also one of a number of particles in German which are hard to translate or master, for foreigners, but give German a lot of its colour and expression. Other particles are mal, doch, ja, nun and probably some others that escape me at the moment.
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