księżyc - Deutsch

[księżycowy]

Lol hi, David Letterman.

I did that for amusement.

Wie wohnen Sie? (how do you live?) could be a valid question, I suppose, but I doubt that's what they were looking for ('where' is wo, not wie). I think the verb they were looking for was heißen.

That makes a lot more sense. Considering I filled out that exercise in my book months ago, I wonder why I put wohnen there. I obviously didn't catch it as I was typing it here.

*Sie (sie would mean 'they')

I was typing a bit carelessly.
Same with the other typos.

#2-3 in b don't really make sense in this context; they want you to pick kinds of literature that are not mentioned in the answers.

That's what I get for doing that exercise quickly! Unlike most of the other exercises I posted, I hadn't done this one yet, so I did it quickly as I was typing up my post.


I'll try it again today. (At least 2 & 3 in b anyway )

[księżycowy]

#2-3 in b don't really make sense in this context; they want you to pick kinds of literature that are not mentioned in the answers.

That's what I get for doing that exercise quickly! Unlike most of the other exercises I posted, I hadn't done this one yet, so I did it quickly as I was typing up my post.


I'll try it again today. (At least 2 & 3 in b anyway )

I thank you for not telling me why, because it gave me the chance to understand the problem myself. And, yes, I am being sincere.

Lieber was the issue. So, here's my redo for b2 &3:
2. Liest du gerne Biographie?
3. Lest ihr gerne Liebesroman?

And while we're at it, is the difference between gern and gerne the same as, for example, mein and meine?

[kevin]

gern and gerne are interchangeable.

Lieber was the issue. So, here's my redo for b2 &3:
2. Liest du gerne Biographie?
3. Lest ihr gerne Liebesroman?

You need the plural "Biographien" and "Liebesromane" there. (Or if you do use the singular even though it's a bit unusual, you'd need an indefinite article at least.)

[księżycowy]

gern and gerne are interchangeable.

Interesting.

How's this:
2. Liest du gerne Biographien?
3. Lest ihr gerne Liebesromane?


Continuing on with the exercises from Kapitel 1:

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Er ist ein Student. Er studiert Journalistik in Berlin. Seine Muttersprache ist Deutsch und spricht er gut Frazösisch und Englisch. Er spielt sehr gut Tennis und liest gern Romane.

[księżycowy]

Only a few more left!

C1

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1. studiert
2. wohnt
3. du
4. kommen
5. ist

C3

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Going from the top down:
heißen
ist
kommen
komme
wohne
wohnen
wohne
studieren
studiere
sprechen
spreche

[księżycowy]

C5

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a)
1. spricht
2. sprechen
3. sprecht
4. spricht [or would this be (sie) sprechen?)
5. spricht
6. sprechen

b)
1. lese
2. liest
3. liest
4. liest
5. liest
6. lesen

c)
1. arbeiten
2. arbeiten
3. arbeitet
4. arbeitest
5. arbeitet
6. arbeite

d)
1. bin
2. ist
3. ist
4. sind
5. seid
6. bist

C7

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1. Kommt Miguel aus Spanien?
2. Kerstin spricht Französisch und Englisch.
3. Ich lerne jetzt Deutch.
4. Woher kommst du?
5. Was sind Sie von Beruf?
6. Wir wohnen in Berlin.
7. Giovanni arbeitet als Journalist.
8. Spielst du gern Fußball?
9. Marie hört gern Musik.
10. Hört ihr auch gern Musik?
11. Peter sammelt Briefmarken.
12. Er liest nicht gern Liebesromane.
13. Liest du gern Liebesromane?
14. Spielt ihr gern Tischtennis?
15. Wir studieren Medizin in München.

[księżycowy]

And last one I'm posting!

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1. Ihr
2.deine
3. deine
4. meine
5. dein
6. seine
7. ihre
8. mein
9. Ihre
10. seine
11. Ihr
12. ihre
13. meine
14. deine

[h34]

Continuing on with the exercises from Kapitel 1:

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Er ist (ein) Student. Er studiert Journalistik in Berlin. Seine Muttersprache ist Deutsch und er spricht er gut Französisch und Englisch. Er spielt sehr gut Tennis und liest gern Romane.

Er ist Student sounds a bit more natural without the article (likewise, job titles tend to be used without an article, e.g.: Sie ist Lehrerin).

... und er spricht … (main clause structure)

[księżycowy]

Danke!

[księżycowy]

I think for my listening and speaking practice, I'm going to start going through the series Deutsch - Warum Nicht? by DW. The more I listen to and speak the language the better, and while there are some opportunities in my textbook to do so, I want more.

Edit: Actually, since a while back I had bought Pimsleur German I, I might as well use that instead.

[księżycowy]

Moving on to Kapitel 2 this week!

[vijayjohn]

C3

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Going from the top down:
heißen
ist
kommen
komme
wohne
wohnen
wohne
studieren
studiere
sprechen
spreche

You skipped the _______ Sie in Frankfurt? part.

4. spricht [or would this be (sie) sprechen?)

Yes, it's sprechen. Same problem here:

3. liest

Should be lesen for the same reason: plural subject (person A and person B are reading...)

[księżycowy]

You skipped the _______ Sie in Frankfurt? part.

There were so many forms of wohnen in a row, it was hard to keep track. Wohnen Sie in Frankfurt?

Yes, it's sprechen. Same problem here [...]
Should be lesen for the same reason: plural subject (person A and person B are reading...)

I guess I'm thinking back to my Irish, and how plural nouns can take the third person singular verb form.

[vijayjohn]

I think Turkish is kind of like that, too.

Good luck with Kapitel 2!

[księżycowy]

So, one of the dialogues goes like this:

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I'm puzzling over what mal means. I mean, I get that she's going to ask Paul, but I would still like to know what mal means in this context. The glossary is of little help, as it simply defines it as an "expletive" word. (I'm pretty sure it's not the type of expletive I'm thinking of. )

I did try looking it up in other sources, but I'm still not sure I get what it means.

[Car]

So, one of the dialogues goes like this:
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I'm puzzling over what mal means. I mean, I get that she's going to ask Paul, but I would still like to know what mal means in this context. The glossary is of little help, as it simply defines it as an "expletive" word. (I'm pretty sure it's not the type of expletive I'm thinking of. )

I did try looking it up in other sources, but I'm still not sure I get what it means.

Honestly, it just is difficult to translate. Just look at the examples here to see why:
https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/mal

[kevin]

I think it's usually called a modal particle. They are hard to translate and are often left out when translating into English because they just give some connotation to a sentence without changing its meaning too much. It's probably a matter of immersion and just getting a feeling for when to use them.

Wikipedia has a list of them with explanations and examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_modal_particles

[księżycowy]

Well, that completely demystifies it.

Danke!

[linguoboy]

One of my first introductions to mal was in advertisements for Deutsche Post that said "Schreib mal wieder!" I asked my German friends why the "mal" and they explained that "Schreib wieder!" sounds like a command and "mal" softens it into more of a request. That use of mal, to soften imperatives, is probably the most straightforward of its uses. (Cf. denn in questions.)

[langmon]

Well, that completely demystifies it.

Danke!

The mystery may be gone. But "mal" still could chase you for the rest of your life even . It is Way Too High Freq.

Another use ("deviating" from the literal meaning) is found in the following example.

"Es gibt jetzt eine leckere neue Pizza mit Spaghetti, Aubergine und Kartoffeln!!!"
"Ich werde es mal probieren."

Semi-literal translation: "I will try it some (other) time".

But some/many saying this particular sentence really mean, "No, thank you. Not interested. Although not wanting to sound impolite either".

And as for the first sentence, well ... some people just might comment on it anyway. But Pizza mit Nudeln definitely is being sold.