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Particle Examples
Below are some German-English examples of particles. Note the subtle differences in meaning that particles
can sometimes convey. Example: Wir fahren um sechs. (We're leaving at six.) vs. Wir fahren doch um sechs.
(We're leaving at six, you know.) - However, the translation of expressions with particles is often subject to
various interpretations. It involves a bit of Sprachgefühl, or a feeling for the language that comes with
experience.
Below are some German-English examples of particles. Note the subtle differences in meaning that particles
can sometimes convey. Example: Wir fahren um sechs. (We're leaving at six.) vs. Wir fahren doch um sechs.
(We're leaving at six, you know.) - However, the translation of expressions with particles is often subject to
various interpretations. It involves a bit of Sprachgefühl, or a feeling for the language that comes with
experience.
Particles in German
ABER
Deutsch English
Aber ja! But of course!
Das hat aber geschmeckt! That was really tasty!
Es ist aber ziemlich spät. It is really quite late.
Da kannst du aber staunen. You'll be quite amazed.
Das ist aber herrlich! That is really magnificent!
AUCH
Deutsch English
Sie ist sehr schön. - Ja, das ist sie auch. She's beautiful. - Yeah, that she is.
Das wird dir auch nichts nützen. That won't do you any good either.
DENN
Deutsch English
Wie sieht er denn aus? So how does he look?
Was wollen Sie denn? So what is it you want?
Was ist denn los? Whatever can be the matter?
DOCH
Deutsch English
Kommen Sie doch mit! Why don't you come along?
Wir fahren doch um sechs. We're leaving at six, you know.
HALT
Deutsch English
Es ist halt so. That's just the way it is.
Sie ist halt eine Gans. She's just a ninny (and that's that).
Note: halt as a particle tends to be used more in Austria and southern Germany.
JA
Deutsch English
Du bleibst doch eine Weile, ja? You are staying for a while, aren't you?
Das ist ja unerhört! That's outrageous!
Sie mag ja Recht haben. She may well be right.
Sag das ja nicht weiter! Don't you dare pass that on!
MAL
Deutsch English
Könntest du mir mal helfen? Could you just give me a hand?
Es wird nun mal lange dauern. It's just gonna take some time.
NUR
Deutsch English
Kommt nur nicht zu spät! Just don't come too late!
Sie sollen nur kommen! Just let them come!
SCHON
Deutsch English
Gehen Sie schon! Get going!
Schon gut! Okay! / That'll do.
Schon am nächsten Tag starb er. The very next day he died.
ABER
Deutsch English
Aber ja! But of course!
Das hat aber geschmeckt! That was really tasty!
Es ist aber ziemlich spät. It is really quite late.
Da kannst du aber staunen. You'll be quite amazed.
Das ist aber herrlich! That is really magnificent!
AUCH
Deutsch English
Sie ist sehr schön. - Ja, das ist sie auch. She's beautiful. - Yeah, that she is.
Das wird dir auch nichts nützen. That won't do you any good either.
DENN
Deutsch English
Wie sieht er denn aus? So how does he look?
Was wollen Sie denn? So what is it you want?
Was ist denn los? Whatever can be the matter?
DOCH
Deutsch English
Kommen Sie doch mit! Why don't you come along?
Wir fahren doch um sechs. We're leaving at six, you know.
HALT
Deutsch English
Es ist halt so. That's just the way it is.
Sie ist halt eine Gans. She's just a ninny (and that's that).
Note: halt as a particle tends to be used more in Austria and southern Germany.
JA
Deutsch English
Du bleibst doch eine Weile, ja? You are staying for a while, aren't you?
Das ist ja unerhört! That's outrageous!
Sie mag ja Recht haben. She may well be right.
Sag das ja nicht weiter! Don't you dare pass that on!
MAL
Deutsch English
Könntest du mir mal helfen? Could you just give me a hand?
Es wird nun mal lange dauern. It's just gonna take some time.
NUR
Deutsch English
Kommt nur nicht zu spät! Just don't come too late!
Sie sollen nur kommen! Just let them come!
SCHON
Deutsch English
Gehen Sie schon! Get going!
Schon gut! Okay! / That'll do.
Schon am nächsten Tag starb er. The very next day he died.
German Words In The American Language
You may encounter words that are identical in both languages or only
slightly changed (e.g., finger, hand, arm, wind, winter, Schulter-shoulder,
Knie-knee, Mutter-mother, Onkel-uncle, Garten-garden, grün-green,
blau-blue, fein-fine, rot-red). EXPLAIN that these words are identical or
similar because they evolved from a single earlier language. Their
similarity derives from their shared ancestry: the West-Germanic language
family. Words in this group are called cognates (=born together).
We also use words such as Inspiration, Student, Semester, Chance--again
identical in both languages, except for the capitalization in German. Words
in this group are derived from Greek and Latin. And a sentence such as the
following: Mein Vater ist Professor für Chemie und mein Bruder studiert
Physik, Mathematik und Biologie is readily understood.
Most of the words listed below, have become so common in American
English, at least in some areas, that they are now considered part of the
American language.
You may encounter words that are identical in both languages or only
slightly changed (e.g., finger, hand, arm, wind, winter, Schulter-shoulder,
Knie-knee, Mutter-mother, Onkel-uncle, Garten-garden, grün-green,
blau-blue, fein-fine, rot-red). EXPLAIN that these words are identical or
similar because they evolved from a single earlier language. Their
similarity derives from their shared ancestry: the West-Germanic language
family. Words in this group are called cognates (=born together).
We also use words such as Inspiration, Student, Semester, Chance--again
identical in both languages, except for the capitalization in German. Words
in this group are derived from Greek and Latin. And a sentence such as the
following: Mein Vater ist Professor für Chemie und mein Bruder studiert
Physik, Mathematik und Biologie is readily understood.
Most of the words listed below, have become so common in American
English, at least in some areas, that they are now considered part of the
American language.
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Express in German.
1. The mother writes English,
French and Spanish.
2. Do you (s.) write German
and Latin?
3. I play piano and guitar.
4. He is going to bed right
away.
5. We need rain.
6. Is the sentence long?
7. Where are you (pl.) going?
8. Where is the guitar?
9. German is different.
10. Who is intelligent?
11. Why doesn't he ask the
daughter?
12. Why are you (pl.) sad?
13. We are satisfied.
14. Are they hungry now?
1. The mother writes English,
French and Spanish.
2. Do you (s.) write German
and Latin?
3. I play piano and guitar.
4. He is going to bed right
away.
5. We need rain.
6. Is the sentence long?
7. Where are you (pl.) going?
8. Where is the guitar?
9. German is different.
10. Who is intelligent?
11. Why doesn't he ask the
daughter?
12. Why are you (pl.) sad?
13. We are satisfied.
14. Are they hungry now?
| Keep Trying with this exercise, we are sure that it can help you. Step by step we are going add more words to these, so the velocity of passing words will increase. More you practice with these one less difficulty you will have with next. It will help you to prepare your brain to work as he used to do it. It will help you to memorize and learn any thing which you want much faster and more permanent. More you exercise with these, more you realize your power of brain. Then it become some thing really normal and automatics, without you even feel the difference from now to then. Changing will happens to you in such a manner, that you think you were always like that. Which is true, but you didn't know it. |
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