Question | Answer |
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eleven | elf |
part eleven | Teil elf |
happy | froh |
The little man is happy again. | Der kleine Mann ist wieder froh. |
The beautiful woman likes him. | Die schöne Frau mag ihn. |
even | sogar |
He even knows her name now. | Er kennt jetzt sogar ihren Namen. der Name- the name ihr Name - her name e.g Ihr Name ist schön. - Her name is beautiful. acc. (as object of a verb) den Namen - the name ihren Namen - her name e.g. Er kennt ihren Namen. - He knows her name. |
Her name is Gabriele. | Sie heißt Gabriele. = Ihr Name ist Gabriele. |
What a beautiful name ! | Was für ein schöner Name ! |
They drink coffee together. | Sie trinken zusammen Kaffee. |
They talk and talk... (they talk forever) | Sie reden und reden... |
to tell a story / to narrate | erzählen |
to tell a story | eine Geschichte erzählen |
to tell to each other | sich erzählen |
They have a lot to tell to each other. | Sie haben sich viel zu erzählen. |
afterwards | danach |
Afterwards they go to eat pizza. | Danach gehen sie Pizza essen. |
there is /exists | es gibt PLEASE avoid generally translating there is with 'es gibt' !!!! It works only in some particular cases.
Absolute No-gos are:
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a small pizza shop | eine kleine Pizzeria |
italian | italienisch |
an Italian pizza shop | eine italienische Pizzeria |
the side street | die Nebenstraße a small street as opposed to 'main road' (Hauptstraße) |
in the side street | in der Nebenstraße |
There is a little Italian pizza shop in the side street. | Es gibt eine kleine, italienische Pizzeria in der Nebenstraße. |
the light | das Licht |
the candle | die Kerze |
(the) candle light | (das) Kerzenlicht Do you remember my sermon about theFugen-n?
feminine words ending in 'e' take 'n' in a Combo. e.g. die Kerze |
by candle light | bei Kerzenlicht |
there | dort |
They are sitting there by candlelight | Sie sitzen dort bei Kerzenlicht. |
romantic | romantisch |
It is romantic. | Es ist romantisch. |
A man plays music. | Ein Mann spielt Musik. |
the accordeon | das Akkordeon |
He plays accordeon. | Er spielt Akkordeon. |
The music is romantic. | Die Musik ist romantisch. |
he sings | er singt |
happiness /luck | das Glück |
Believe in happiness. | Glaub an das Glück. |
to fly | fliegen |
to fly away | davonfliegen |
it flies away | es fliegt davon |
otherwise | denn sonst |
otherwise it flies away | denn sonst fliegt es davon |
Believe in happiness otherwise it flies away | Glaub an das Glück, denn sonst fliegt es davon. |
He sings: "Accorde- accorde- accordeon, believe in happiness, otherwise it flies away." | Er singt: "Akkorde-, Akkorde-, Akkordeon. Glaub an das Glück, denn sonst fliegt es davon." https://youtu.be/ZtMPRpV-Zpg |
to dance | tanzen |
The little man asks the beautiful woman if she would like to dance. | Der kleine Mann fragt die schöne Frau, ob sie tanzen möchte. |
if | ob |
She would like to dance. | Sie möchte gern tanzen. gern means something like gladly but often in expressions it translates to to enjoy doing sthg |
She likes dancing. | Sie tanzt gern. |
She dances with the little man. | Sie tanzt mit dem kleinen Mann. |
It is so romantic. | Es ist so romantisch. |
the whole night | die ganze Nacht |
He would love to dance the whole night with her. | Er möchte am liebsten die ganze Nacht mit ihr tanzen. |
or | oder |
or still better (or he would like still more) | oder noch lieber |
to kiss | küssen |
He wants to kiss her. | Er möchte sie küssen. |
Or still better: He wants to kiss her. | Oder noch lieber: Er möchte sie küssen. |
He doesn't dare to. | Er traut sich nicht. |
Not yet. | Noch nicht. |
to react | reagieren |
upon this /on this /(to this) | darauf |
how | wie |
How will she react? | Wie wird sie reagieren? |
How will Gabriele react upon (to) this? | Wie wird Gabriele darauf reagieren? |
would | würde |
How would Gabriele react to this? | Wie würde Gabriele darauf reagieren? |
He doesn't know Gabriele would react to that. | Er weiß nicht, wie Gabriele darauf reagieren würde. |
to please | gefallen She likes it. So: it pleases her. Es gefällt ihr. |
Would she like it ? (Would it please her?) | Würde es ihr gefallen? |
maybe | vielleicht |
Or maybe not? | Vielleicht auch nicht? |
to dream | träumen |
one / a man / woman/ a person | man And this is our fourth singular 3rd person pronoun. I told there would be one more... er - he sie - she es - it man - people in general/ a person / a man / a woman / one/ everybody... In French there is 'on'. However German does not use this pronoun as much as the French speakers do. Actually be careful with it. Don't replace 'ich' with man. It sounds very bad, like not wanting to take responsibility... 'Man' is used for general rules: You have to it this way. You can't do that. One cannot smoke here. ... Let me warn French speakers again: A sentence like: On va à la piscine. cannot be translated as: Man geht ins Schwimmbad. The French sentence means: We go to the swimming pool. The German would mean: Everyone goes to the swimming pool/ Normal people go to the swimming pool and if you don't go to the swimming pool you are breaking an unwritten law of society. |
one is allowed to / a man is allowed to /everyone is allowed to | man darf |
But a man is allowed to dream... | Aber träumen darf man... |
the little man dreams | der kleine Mann träumt |
to dream of (it) | davon träumen |
And the little man dreams of kissing Gabriele. | Und der kleine Mann träumt davon, Gabriele zu küssen. |
towards home | nachhause He goes home.- Er geht nachhause. |
the way | der Weg |
the way home | der Nachhauseweg |
on the way home | auf dem Nachhauseweg |
to hold | halten |
he holds | er hält |
her hand | ihre Hand |
He holds her hand. | Er hält ihre Hand |
On the way home he holds her hand. | Auf dem Nachhauseweg hält er ihre Hand Since we put a determination of time (when does he hold her hand? auf dem Nachhauseweg) before our Subject Verb block (er hält), this block turns around into Verb Subject (hält er). |
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