| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the street | die Straße |
| in the street | auf der Straße Yes, this is not a typo.
We say 'on the street' and not 'in the street' At least we do so when we talk about the street in general. Auf der Straße sind viele Leute. (There are a lot of people in the street.) Ich bin auf der Straße. (I am in the street.) However when we specify a street, e.g. by giving the street name, we use in in der Friedrichstraße Be careful with wohnen (to live (in a place)/reside Always use 'in' Ich wohne in der Friedrichstraße. - (I live in Friedrich street.) Ich wohne auf der Friedrichstraße. (I am a homeless person staying in Friedrich street. 'auf der Straße wohnen' - means to literally live on top of the street. thinking of it ... I would also not 'auf der Straße essen' :D |
| the people | die Leute |
| they | sie same as the word for 'she' but distinguished from it buy the plural verbform it takes.
Sie ist groß. - She is tall. Sie sind groß. - They are tall. |
| a lot | viel with uncountable words viel Kaffee - a lot of coffee with countable words it takes the plural form viele viele Leute - a lot of people Some words can take either depending on how we look at them. Viel Pizza - a lot of pizza. (e.g. We ate already, but if you want, there is a lot of pizza left...) Viele Pizzas - many pizzas. (e.g. You ordered many pizzas, I can count at least five...) Viel Brot - a lot of bread Viele Brote - many loaves of bread |
| are | sind ich bin - I am du bist - you are er / sie / es ist - he /she /it is sie sind - they are |
| There are many people in the street. | Auf der Straße sind viele Leute. |
| the people/ human beings | die Menschen The words Menschen and Leute are almost synonymous. die Leute is more casual and more frequently used. It describes the people around you, society, neighbours, people in the street, people in general... it could translate as folks, guys... it occurs in expressions as ' What will the people think', 'the rich people' , 'the posh people', 'the people want more money' 'the people are wondering what is coming next', 'the people are waiting'... Menschen refers to human beings. A doctor should not talk about 'Leute'. In general when talking about sick people we would choose 'Menschen'. It is used when opposing man to animals, when talking of the exploits of mankind (the first men to travel to Mars ), when pointing out the weaknesses of men (Sie sind auch nur Menschen. - They also are only human beings /don't expect of them what they cannot do), when talking of disasters or wars were men are afflicted, when outlining that somebody behaves nicely/ is helpful (Endlich mal ein Mensch. - Finally a human being) Also 'Menschen'is the only of the two words with has a singular form. der Mensch - the person |
| the quantity/the amount /the multitude /the crowd | die Menge eine Menge - a lot of eine Menge Menschen - a lot of people die Menschenmenge - the crowd (of people) you could use 'die Menge' alone for 'the crowd' but only if you had already established the picture of many people being crowded in one place in the mind of your audience. die Wassermenge - the quantity/amount of water die Mengenangabe - (the notation of) the quantity |
| the crowd (of people) | die Menschenmenge |
| to push oneself (through a crowd) | sich drängen |
| through + accusative | durch |
| through the crowd | durch die Menschenmenge |
| The little man pushes his way through the crowd. | Der kleine Mann drängt sich durch die Menschenmenge. |
| to be allowed to | dürfen |
| he is not allowed to (+infinitive) | er darf nicht er darf nicht essen - he is not allowed to eat er darf nicht reden - he is not allowed to speak er darf nicht nachhause gehen - he is not allowed to go home |
| late | spät |
| too late | zu spät |
| to be late (lit. to come late) | zu spät kommen |
| He mustn't be late. | Er darf nicht zu spät kommen. |
| He mustn't be late for work. | Er darf nicht zu spät zur Arbeit kommen. |
| suddenly | auf einmal |
| to stop / to remain standing | stehenbleiben = stehen bleiben |
| he stops | er bleibt stehen |
| Suddenly he stops. | Auf einmal bleibt er stehen. |
| to believe | glauben an etwas glauben - to believe in sthg an Gott glauben - to believe in God glauben etwas zu sehen - to believe to see sthg. |
| He believes to see the beautiful woman. | Er glaubt, die schöne Frau zu sehen. |
| It was her, wasn't it? | Das war sie doch, oder? |
| someone else | jemand anders |
| No, that was someone else. | Nein, das war jemand anders. |
| a different woman / another woman | eine andere Frau |
| No, that was another woman. | Nein, das war eine andere Frau. |
| A pity. | Schade |
| to hurry | sich beeilen |
| to have to | müssen |
| he has to | er muß |
| he has to hurry | er muß sich beeilen ich muß mich beeilen - I have to hurry du mußt dich beeilen -you have to hurry er muß sich beeilen - he has to hurry |
| now | jetzt |
| really | wirklich |
| Now he really has to hurry. | Jetzt muß er sich wirklich beeilen. |
| otherwise | sonst |
| otherwise he will be late | sonst kommt er zu spät |
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