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| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3882 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes  Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 17 of 126 21 April 2014 at 3:41am | IP Logged | ||
Thanks daegga! I wish my textbooks were as clear!
I do not understand the above. Isnt Bahnhof a fixed place like Hamburg? Why cant I drive to the Bahnhof? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5399 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 18 of 126 21 April 2014 at 10:53am | IP Logged | ||
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Ich fahre nach Hamburg.
Ich fahre nach England. Ich fahre nach Hause. (!) Ich fahre zum Bahnhof. Ich fahre zum Postamt. Ich fahre zu dir. Ich fahre zu meinem Freund. Ich fahre zum Supermarkt. Ich fahre zur Arbeit. Ich fahre zu seinem Haus. (!) I suppose (as a native speaker I do not know any rules) you use "nach" with countries and cities and in the fixed expression "nach Hause", and for all other places and persons "zu". PS. "Nach dem Bahnhof" means also "after the station", i.e. "Nach dem Bahnhof kamen wir am Museum vorbei" (After the station we passed the museum). Edited by Cabaire on 21 April 2014 at 10:54am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3882 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 19 of 126 03 May 2014 at 5:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Cabaire!
Next round of questions :P 10. Sie merkt nicht, wenn sie stört. Does this mean She does not notice when she disturbs; or She does not notice when she is disturbed? How would we express the other sentence in German? 11. I am trying to understand an annotation in my dictionnary: ansehen: sich DAT jdn ansehen. Sie sah sich die Fotos an. What does the Dative annotation refer to? In the example sentence, there is no dative. 12. Ich werde ihn treffen. means I will meet him, or I will hit him? How would we express the other sentence using treffen? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5566 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 20 of 126 03 May 2014 at 6:15am | IP Logged | ||
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first one the other one would be Sie merkt nicht, wenn sie gestört wird and would sound rather nonsensical 11 DAT refers to the sich z.b. Ich sehe mir das mal genau an 12 could mean both, but you'd expect it to mean meet, unless there's a context that makes it very clear that you mean hit 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3882 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 21 of 126 08 May 2014 at 4:18am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Bao!
Another question HTLAL: 13. Frau Schöters Verdienste bleiben uns unvergessen. The translation says "Frau S's accomplishments will not be forgotten by us". Should it not be "Frau S's accomplishments are not forgotten by us". Where did the future come in the books translation? For future, should there not be a werden somewhere? Edited by Gemuse on 08 May 2014 at 4:32am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4644 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 22 of 126 08 May 2014 at 12:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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In German, you can often use the present tense when talking about the future. You could rephrase that sentence saying:
Frau Schröters Verdienste werden uns unvergessen bleiben. It means the same as the sentence you quoted. Edited by Josquin on 08 May 2014 at 12:53pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3882 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 23 of 126 12 May 2014 at 8:22am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Josquin!
Questions for this week. 14: What is the difference between "kleben" and "bekleben" and "aufkleben"? Both seem to mean to stick something onto something? 15. What is the difference between "schicken", "vorschicken" and "abschicken"? All seem to mean to send something off to someone. 16. I was trying to find out from my Lehrerin about the difference between "nutzen" and "benutzen". In the discussion she said "ich benutze das Wörterbuch" is correct but "ich nutze das Wörterbuch" is not. Is she right? I found some discussion on the difference here: http://german.stackexch ange.com/questions/8410/w ord-meaning-to-use-verwenden- anwenden-benutzen-nutzen-gebrauchen And it seems to be that "ich nutze das Wörterbuch" should be correct. Edited by Gemuse on 12 May 2014 at 9:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Maikl Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6025 days ago 121 posts - 145 votes Speaks: German*, Dutch, English, Spanish Studies: Turkish | Message 24 of 126 13 May 2014 at 10:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hallo Jemüse [kölsch]
Duden-Eintrag für "kleben"... bekleben... und aufkleben 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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