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- "Nein, es ist jemand anderes."
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I think it would be more correct to keep it in the nominative case: "Es ist ich, nicht du" i.e. "It is I, not you [who is the source of the problem]"
Rather, it would be "Es ist mich, nicht dich", since "it" is the direct subject and "I" or "me" is the indirect subject.
'ist' is not transitive, so I'm pretty sure that the objects on both sides of the verb are in nominative case ('es ist ich, nicht du') as AndreRhineDavis suggests.
There are no objects in a predicative sentence. "A = B" A is a noun (phrase) and B is either a noun (phrase) or an adjective. That is why both parts are in nominative case.
OK, it is the nominative, but other than that, all of these answers are wrong. You can either say "Ich bin es" or "Das bin ich." Either way, the verb functions differently than expected for this type of sentence — it's bin, not ist. (I am looking at it in a German textbook right now.)
Luckily I can make up with a girlfriend in German now too, it is: "Ja, es ist niemand anderes."
Can someone please explain to me the usage of jemand, jeder, jedes, jede.. And please someone make a comment in this post http://duolingo.com/#/comment/372485
thank you!!! :))
Jemand means "someone", while jeder, jedes and jede means "every..[something]". In this last case, the ending corresponds to the gender of the following noun, for example "jeder Mann", "jedes Kind" and "jede Frau" (every man, every child and every woman).
Right, but isn't it also true that "jeder" can also stand by itself (i.e. without a following noun), in which case it means "everyone"?
Yes, I think you are correct. When "jeder" stands by itself without a noun it means "everyone". Thanks for pointing it out!
Because the adjectives also take an ending many times. In this case, it is the accusative case without an article anderen (m), andere (f) anderes (n) and andere (pl).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_declension#Attributive_adjectives
Is it accusative case? I thought "jemand anderes" was predicative because of the verb Sein
I think I confused myself. There are all forms on the big table: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anderer#German
Well, 'jemand anders' is used colloquially, but it's still grammatically wrong as terowth said.
We do not know, whether it is a man or a women and you can also say "It is a girl.".
'es' means it. "He is someone else" would be translated as "Er ist jemand anderer"
So it seem this question still hasn't been answered. Again, why is it -es and not -er or -e for that matter? Can someone please enlighten us? Thanks.
If I wanted to say "No, it is not someone else" I would add the word 'nicht', but I am unsure as to where to place it. IE, would it be "Nein, es ist NICHT jemand anderes." or Nein, es ist jemand anderes NICHT." or does it make any difference at all?
Why anderes, while the original word is "andere"? Is it because jemand is neutral?
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Studying abroad in France, subconsciously write "non" instead of "no", whole answer wrong. Sigh.
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I just made the same mistake again while reviewing... Duo's gotta work on its correcting.
why not THAT is someone else - as well? would that be, das ist jemand....? In which case, is it that these two are not ever interchangeable?
You would have to say what it is that is possessed. "Nein, es ist jemand anderes Auto." or you would use "gehören". "Nein, es gehört jemand anderem."
This got me too! I got away with it because Duolingo thought it was a spelling mistake (phew) but I didn't get it. Thanks kyky - I didn't realise that there is no acceptable shortened way in German like there is in English (where the thing that is possessed is implicit). Sounds like a potential Blackadder sketch: Is that your horse? No, that is someone else's horse... usw.
I have wrote: "It is someone other". But it is not correct. :( I think, "anderes" is "other". No? :)
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If you say "someone else" you can not mean neutral. I saw with someone else. Who was it? The dog?
Damn it. I spaced out and subconsciously translated it literally as "no, is it someone else". ><
Can "anderes" be used in all of the same type of situations as the English word "else?" By that I mean does "anderes" directly translate to "else," or is it just similar and only applicable in some of the same situations, and would it be applicable to some situations in German that would not be fitting for "else" in English? Was that word soup? I tried to be quite clear.
Why is ti "es ist jemand anderes" instead of "es ist jemand andere". This "andere" really confuses me.
Shouldn't it be "jemand/niemand anders" instead of "jemand/niemand anderes"? If not, why?
