German Language Weekly Newsletter - Wednesday, April 29, 2015

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Top new questions this week: zum oder zu einem Kaffee/Tee einladen Is there any difference between der Kaffee/Tee and ein Kaffee/Tee when you want to invite someone for a cup of coffee/tea? Which sentence would you prefer: Darf ich Sie zum Kaffee/Tee einladen? ... articles definite-articles   asked by stillenat 9 votes answered by zork media 11 votes Difference between "vorher" and "vorhin" Can vorher be replaced with vorhin? Wir machen nicht, wie vorhin angesagt... Can we replace here vorher? What is the difference between the two words? differences vocabulary   asked by SyParth 8 votes answered by Uwe 13 votes Warum erfordert „in den Mai tanzen" „sein" als Hilfsverb? Normalerweise hat das Verb tanzen als Hilfsverb haben. Das ändert sich wenn man in den Mai tanzt, oder? Wenn ja: wieso? Oder vielleicht geht beides? Ob es um einen Regionalismus geht, weiß ich ... grammar single-word-request perfect-tense   asked by c.p. 7 votes answered by Hubert Schölnast 9 votes Why is the stress of lebendig on the second syllable? The pronunciation of lebendig lies on the second syllable, which does not follow the stress rules. It has no suffix that would change stress from the root word (that is, -ig), nor such a prefix (the ... pronunciation stress   asked by ash 7 votes answered by c.p. 9 votes What's with the placement of "aber" here? I was reading a grammar book's lesson on modal auxilaries and came across the following two sentences in a reading exercise (which, I should add, do not directly follow each other). (1) Anna ... grammar word-order conjunctions   asked by Maroon 7 votes answered by Hans Adler 5 votes When do I use Der/Die/Das instead of Er/Sie/Es? I know this has been asked earlier, but in the cases I read through, the answer didn't, in my opinion, be quite about what I was after, as the discussion was mostly about relative pronouns, although ... usage pronouns personal-pronouns   asked by yuho 6 votes answered by Jan 5 votes Warum erstinkt man Lügen? Am Wochenende haben wir Mäxle gespielt (das wohl in anderen Regionen Deutschlands Meier heißt – warum auch immer), und an einer Stelle habe ich einen Viererpasch zurückgewiesen mit den Worten: Das ... word-usage etymology expressions   asked by Jan 5 votes answered by Hubert Schölnast 3 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What is the difference between "in" and "im"? When do you use "im" and when do you use "in"? I'm taking introduction to German, and have seen both of them being used as 'in' in English. EDIT: I don't speak much German, so it would be much ... grammar   asked by alamoot 4 votes answered by Twinkles 9 votes Was ist der Unterschied zwischen einer Sage und einer Legende? Ich habe bisher die Wörter Sage und Legende synonym verwendet. Es gibt zwar Dinge die ich so nenne, und andere Dinge, die ich wieder anders nenne (bspw. würde ich nie die Niebelungenlegende sagen), ... meaning word-usage differences   asked by looper 13 votes answered by user1451340 7 votes

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