301 Answered Questions for the topic German
German
07/24/19
Nominative or dative?
How does one describe one's self? When does one use nominative and when dative?
Which one is correct?
>Ich bin glücklich.
>Mir ist glücklich.
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German
07/24/19
Why the “dass” when comparing statements with “als dass”?
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German
07/21/19
What are the past forms of the verb in “Klarheit schaffen”?
In the phrase _Klarheit schaffen_, translated as _clarify_, what are the past forms of the verb _schaffen_? Are these _schuf_, _geschaffen_ or _schaffte_, _geschafft_?
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German
07/21/19
When can one create a "zusammengesetzes Nomen"? When should one use genitive or prepositions instead?
Long words is one of my favorite features in German. Is there a criterion, *"eine grammatische Empfehlung!*, to know when we can put nouns together?
I'm not talking about creating significant...
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German
07/20/19
Translating "He hurts her more than she does to him."?
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German
07/20/19
How can I understand "mit am besten"?
Or more generally: mit + superlative.
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German
07/19/19
How to translate the german word "Motiv" (= Beweggrund)?
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German
07/19/19
When to use possessive pronouns vs. dative pronoun + definite article?
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German
07/19/19
Precise terms for "Sachebene", "Implikationsebene" and "Textebene"?
To begin with, I just "invented" these three expressions, maybe an example helps:
*"Er erledigte seinen Auftrag und entsorgte seine Waffe. Dann stieg er in seinen Wagen. Er fuhr davon."*
1. So...
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07/17/19
How would one translate Hamlet's soliloquy, "To be, or not to be....."
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German
07/17/19
What is the role of "dr-" at the beginning of certain adverbs?
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German
07/17/19
How to use mitfeiern?
I came across this phrase
>Schade, dass wir nicht mitfeiern können
which means
>Shame we can’t be there to celebrate with you
but I couldn’t find more examples of these word. I...
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German
07/17/19
Explaining case and usage of "Richtung"?
Just curious. How would you explain to someone the proper use and appropriate case of *Richtung* as a directional indicator, in simple terms? whether showing movement or simple location or...
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German
07/15/19
Possessive pronoun, how to use them as "Stellvertreter" vs. "Begleiter"?
I am learning about *Possessivpronomen* few days now, but there is one thing confusing me.
When I am looking at the table, I see *Begleiter* possessive pronouns and *Stellvertreter* possessiv...
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German
07/12/19
Is it wrong not to use Konjunktiv I (K1) in indirect speech?
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German
07/12/19
Where should we put the verb when we have two coordinated objects?
Is the following sentence grammatically correct? It sounds ok to my ear; but on second thought, I'm not really sure whether it's not missing a verb for the second long main clause.
> [...]...
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German
07/11/19
Use of "ja" in a sentence?
In the following sentence:
> Na gut, dann kann ich ja ab sofort auf Deutsch schreiben.
Why is *ja* used? What's its function?
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German
07/11/19
Is the sentence “Sie betonte jedoch, die Geldpolitik folge keinem vorgegebenem Kurs” correct?
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German
07/11/19
Is there one word for fat gotten from stress eating (Kummerspeck) in English?
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German
07/11/19
What grammar form is "Es muss gemacht worden sein"?
I thought the following sentence was *Perfekt Passive mit Modalverb (PPmMV)*:
> Es muss gemacht worden sein.
But I just found a book which says that "PPmMV" is:
> Es hat gemacht werden...
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