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How many millions of vs How many million of
Google Search shows that English-speaking people don't ask questions this way)
The expression occurs as a part of indirect questions mostly on context.reverso.net or similar websites.
However, it is a natural question in my language and I saw it in an exercise in a textbook published here. I have the keys, so I have no doubt about the authors' opinion) Nevertheless, I'd like to hear from natives. The whole sentence is "How many million/millions people live in that city?"
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What does 'lalliger' mean?
Kindernamen sind heute deutlich kürzer als früher und klingen immer lalliger.
What does lalliger mean in this sentence? Does it have a positive connotation? Is it 'sweet' or rather 'careless'? Or something else) Because I can't find it in dictionaries, but google somehow translates it, though it does it in different ways)
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Could you suggest 1-2 names for these pets and animals that don't sound awkward in German?
Z.B. Hund - Waldi, Arko, Rox
Feel free to choose as many animals as you like)
Katze
Kater
Hamster
Maus
Papagei
Kanarienvogel
Schildkroete
Kaninchen
Pferd
Kuh
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Simple adjectives to describe pets and other animals
Could you suggest simple short GERMAN adjectives that can be used to describe pets and other animals?
Z.B. gross, klein, stark, lieb
What else? Can schnell, flauschig, lustig be used?
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Materials for kids learning German
Could you recommend any resources for children who have just started learning German, please?
The children aren't very young, 10-11 years old.
What I have in mind is some analog of Gogo's Adventures with English.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeRshSaCw4o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeRshSaCw4o</a>
I'd also appreciate any ideas of games that can be played to memorize and practice new words with almost no grammar learned so far.
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Telling the time in German
I'm interested in the period from the 20th till the 40th minute of an hour.
10.20 - 20 nach 10
Then different sources have different ideas what happens. Some say there's a special situation at 10.25 and 10.35
5 vor halb 11
5 nach halb 11
Some say the whole period from 10.20 till 10.40 exclusively should follow this rule. Or, perhaps, I misunderstood the schemes)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/35/65/ef/3565ef137be1a33fc602006f7870c648.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n81E_4gqVhQ/Tq2giqbByOI/AAAAAAAAANw/4WMg0BKn3Ms/s1600/Uhr+und+Zeit.gif
The questions:
1. Do people say "Es ist zwei/drei/vier vor/nach halb ...." or does it work only with 25 and 35 minutes?
2. How often is that "vor/hach halb..." variant used? Do more or fewer people say "25 nach/vor..." instead? Does it depend on regions?
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Dear native speakers of English, how do you pronounce the words denoting the days of the week?
I'm interested whether you say [dei] or [di] at the end)
I've consulted several dictionaries, they all have [dei]. I've listened to 10+ recordings on forvo.com, there was only one where I doubted whether it is ei or i, in the rest it was clearly ei.
I was taught the ei variant at school myself, but I do remember some textbooks had that [di] transcription in them.
Has the standard pronunciation changed? Is the [di] variant used somewhere now? Has it ever been used? Is it regional or personal preference?
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Do you also feel that German is gaining popularity?)))
Two years ago there were few, no, very few discussions started in German. Now I see them every time I visit italki. There are more questions and notebook entries too.
On our national websites more and more teenagers are asking for help with homework in German))) Several years ago it was taught in very few schools specializing in teaching German.
I'm glad that many people dare to start learning this difficult but beautiful language)
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Dear teachers, if you don't correct all mistakes, how do you sort them?
It's rather easy when teaching children. They acquire vocabulary and grammar step by step, quite slowly and you can correct almost all mistakes. They most often deal either with the material you are studying at the moment or with something that has been already learned.
As for adult learners, their utterances are much more complicated, there are all sorts of mistakes and explaining each of them will take much time. Moreover, I don't find it reasonable if the communication task is solved successfully.
But you should somehow brush up grammar. Does it make sense to study certain grammar issues and correct all (or most) mistakes dealing with those issues as we do with children?
What strategies do you use? Do you somehow sort mistakes into "acceptable" and "unacceptable"? If you do, what are the criteria?
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Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, etc. Corrections and explanations, please)
I’m not surprised he has failed that exam. He has not been working hard recently.
Does Perfect Continuous emphasize duration here? What sounds natural to YOU?
ps I know that PrP & PrPC can be used interchangeably with verbs like live, work, etc. But authors of tests like this have something in mind. I'd like to read their thoughts to be able to explain things to guys preparing for such tests)
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