Thanks for making these great videos. One request - can we have a podcasts in spotify also so that we can just put our earphone while travelling and learn German. I have watched many learning German youtube channels but this is the best I found. Great way of explaination with examples.
Hi, thank your for these lessons! I just came from watching the video for Adjectival Nouns and it seems there is some overlap with this lesson. On 2:44 for the example " Ich habe ein neues Spielzeug. Ich spiele oft damit" could I write it as " Ich habe ein neues Spielzeug. Ich spiele oft mit dem Neuen" ? thanks for your input on this!
You could, theoretically, but it would mean ‘I have a new toy and I often play with the new one’ It would be more likely to say something along the lines of: ‘Ich habe viele Spielzeuge und ich spiele oft mit dem Neuen’ (I have lots of toys and I often play with the new one) Hope that helps!
Correct me if I’m wrong for thinking about this wrong but I feel like one could rationalize by the da words being similar to a contraction of das + a preposition, so for example damit would be literally it with
Hi , mr feerguson good evening. I have a question, so the word ABWASCHEN to do the disches/wash something. Why when saying er hat nie ABGEWASCHEN instead of ER SIE ES ABGEWASCHT
Hi, it’s the past participle of ‘a was hen’ and it ends in ‘-en’ because ‘waschen’ (and therefore ‘abwaschen’) is a strong verb. Learn about those here: ua-cam.com/video/EvBMV9fTI_k/v-deo.html Hope it helps!
Just a quick question. Du spinnst, die riesigen shorts passen papa nicht. Doesnt this translate to, the huge shorts dont fit dad. Instead of they wont fit dad?
@@HerrFerguson that is a good point. But can you say like: papa will die shorts nicht passen. So it doesnt have to be derived from context.thank you for the replies they help a lot.
Interesting example! Actually with animate objects (people, animals, etc.) we’d use ‘him’ or ‘her’, so: ‚Ich habe eine Katze und ich schlafe mit ihr’ It would work for ‘I have a bed and my cat sleeps on it!’ ‚Ich habe ein Bett und meine Katze schläft darauf!‘
In this case you’d use a relative clause because you don’t ‘believe IN’ a secret, but rather just ‘believe’ it (glauben with an accusative case object): Ich habe ein Geheimnis, das niemand glauben würde I hope that makes sense?
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Thanks for making these great videos. One request - can we have a podcasts in spotify also so that we can just put our earphone while travelling and learn German. I have watched many learning German youtube channels but this is the best I found. Great way of explaination with examples.
That’s a cool idea! 🤔
I had never considered a podcast, but it’s something I’d love to explore!
Hi, thank your for these lessons!
I just came from watching the video for Adjectival Nouns and it seems there is some overlap with this lesson. On 2:44 for the example " Ich habe ein neues Spielzeug. Ich spiele oft damit" could I write it as " Ich habe ein neues Spielzeug. Ich spiele oft mit dem Neuen" ? thanks for your input on this!
You could, theoretically, but it would mean ‘I have a new toy and I often play with the new one’
It would be more likely to say something along the lines of:
‘Ich habe viele Spielzeuge und ich spiele oft mit dem Neuen’
(I have lots of toys and I often play with the new one)
Hope that helps!
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Correct me if I’m wrong for thinking about this wrong but I feel like one could rationalize by the da words being similar to a contraction of das + a preposition, so for example damit would be literally it with
That seems pretty reasonable and is probably how it did originate!
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Hi , mr feerguson good evening.
I have a question, so the word ABWASCHEN to do the disches/wash something.
Why when saying er hat nie ABGEWASCHEN instead of ER SIE ES ABGEWASCHT
Hi, it’s the past participle of ‘a was hen’ and it ends in ‘-en’ because ‘waschen’ (and therefore ‘abwaschen’) is a strong verb.
Learn about those here:
ua-cam.com/video/EvBMV9fTI_k/v-deo.html
Hope it helps!
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Just a quick question.
Du spinnst, die riesigen shorts passen papa nicht.
Doesnt this translate to, the huge shorts dont fit dad.
Instead of they wont fit dad?
Either / or! The context will make all the difference. If dad has tried them on already, they don’t fit. If not, you’re saying they won’t
@@HerrFerguson that is a good point.
But can you say like: papa will die shorts nicht passen. So it doesnt have to be derived from context.thank you for the replies they help a lot.
@darklight5316 “Papa will…” = Dad wants to…
You’d say ‘Die Shorts werden Papa nicht passen’ (The shorts will not fit Dad)
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Ich habe eine Katze.Ich schlafe an damit
Interesting example!
Actually with animate objects (people, animals, etc.) we’d use ‘him’ or ‘her’, so:
‚Ich habe eine Katze und ich schlafe mit ihr’
It would work for ‘I have a bed and my cat sleeps on it!’
‚Ich habe ein Bett und meine Katze schläft darauf!‘
ich habe ein Geheimnis niemand daran glauben würde? oder ich habe ein Geheimnis woran niemand glauben würde?
In this case you’d use a relative clause because you don’t ‘believe IN’ a secret, but rather just ‘believe’ it (glauben with an accusative case object):
Ich habe ein Geheimnis, das niemand glauben würde
I hope that makes sense?
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