Breakdown of Das stimmt, die Stadt ist sehr alt.
sein
to be
sehr
very
alt
old
die Stadt
the city
Das stimmt
that's right, that's true
Questions & Answers about Das stimmt, die Stadt ist sehr alt.
Why do we use stimmt instead of ist richtig for "is right"?
You can actually use both! Das ist richtig translates directly to "That is right." However, Das stimmt is extremely common in everyday German. It uses the verb stimmen, which means "to be correct."
How do you pronounce the "St" in Stadt?
In German, when "s" and "t" appear together at the beginning of a word, they make a "sht" sound. So Stadt is pronounced like "shtat".
Does the adjective alt need an ending here since die Stadt is a feminine noun?
No, because alt comes after the verb ist (is). In German, adjectives only get special endings when they are placed directly in front of a noun, like in die alte Stadt (the old city). When they just describe the noun after the verb, they stay in their basic form.
I thought "state" was the translation for Stadt?
That is a very common mix-up! die Stadt means "the city" or "the town". The German word for "state" (like a nation or a US state) is der Staat. They look and sound similar, but mean different things.
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