"Sie lernt mit einem Kaffee."

[4of92000]

"Hey, coffee! Do you think the answer to this algebra problem is -3 times pi?"

[stenoray]

Ich lerne mit Bier.

[ronesz]

Does this mean that she stays up to study with the help of a coffee or is it like coffee was someone she studied with or both?

[kyky]

Both. As in "study with a computer/tutor".

[ronesz]

Thanks.

[PepeSilviaPA]

I think they're talking about me. puts the coffee mug down Ich will diese Sprache lernen!

[Bananabelle20]

I used "einen" instead of "einem" and it told me it was wrong b/c Kaffee is masculine. But according to their chart, the masculine dative would be "einen." "Einem" would be if Kaffee were neutral. Can someone clear up my confusion please?

[cbjj]

What follows after 'mit' is always dative. There are a few other words that force eg. dative. The intro should have more info. So it is mit einem Kaffee and not mit einen Kaffe.

[beckalina]

No, masculine dative is einem. Masc = eineM, fem = eineR, neut = eineM, plur = eineN (remember Mr. Mn)

[kyky]

There is no indefinite plural article.

[beckalina]

My bad! Was following the dem der dem den rule and forgot in changing it to ein that that doesn't work for plural...

[dm8877]

"Learns with a coffee" is my native-American name

[jloris]

Ich auch!

[Legostrike3]

this, this is the secret to life

[Erik_Sadul]

/Why is You learn not correct?

[beckalina]

Look at the verb:
sie lernt = she learns
Sie lernen = you (formal) learn

[helixsqrd]

I was able to translate no problem, but this one should be replaced with something a little more relevant to real world talking....or maybe it something that you...i dunno

[NosAstra]

Yes, I wonder if this sentence would be used in either language like that ever.

[Legostrike3]

i would use it, but more in the terms of me, such as
'ich lernt mit eine kaffee'
i just probably messed up the grammar, but who cares? Ich lernt mit mien kaffee. :)

[volfan873]

Shouldn't it be, "Sie lernt mit EINER Kaffee?" I thought the feminine dative case was an (er) ending rather than (em).

What determines that? Is it the "she" (Sie) in this case, or the "coffee" (Kaffee)?

[beckalina]

Kaffee is masculine. It is the gender of the noun in question (kaffee) that determines its article regardless of the gender of the person who owns it etc. I remember this taking a while to get used to in French. For example, 'her brother' would be 'sein Bruder' using the masculine form of sein because it's determined by the noun Bruder, not the gender of the person whose brother it is.

[volfan873]

Thanks!

[m3.]

The coffee I'm drinking right now isn't helping...

[Cookdj]

aus, bei, mit, nach, aus, bei, mit, nach, seit, von, zu, seit, von, zu, immer mit dem dativ, immer mit dem dativ, den, der, den...