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- "Sie hat ein Haustier."
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I caught that too - German is neat that way. Just smush two words together and boom! Another word
It is same in Swedish which is "husdjur". Many words and little grammar is borrowed by German to Swedish language. Also in both Swedish and German have words for many animal which contains two words in the same way.
This was my first time seeing "Haustier" and I didn't think of pet so I typed house animal. It counted me wrong...
Well, "house animal" is the literal translation, but you don't say so in English.
In single words "st" is pronounced "sht". However, this is a composite noun made of two clearly separate words which have their own distinct pronunciation. I've never heard "Hauschtier" in nearly 20 years in Germany. Neither have I heard Glaschtisch, Felschturm, etc.
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I believe in some parts of Germany they say a lot of Sh instead of s I heard. ;) The speaker has a dialect. :) How nice!
Well, it's correct in the sense that "oi fink" is a correct pronunciation of "I think" because that's what some native speakers say.
It's not something for a learner to emulate unless they want to live in an area where people talk like that, though -- for that, a more "general" accent is best, rather than a regional one.
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I guess yes You may use this dialect as well but I guess the normal "s" version is more common. :)
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No, Hau-sch-tier is never correct in german, even in Dialects were "st" is almost always pronounced "scht", like in my own - bavarian!
It is because two separate words have been combined to a single one but in German the pronounciation never "melts" together like a liaison in French for example.
Pronunciation is wrong, even for South Germany. The engine for pronunciation does not recognize that this word is composed of two words. In South Germany you can pronounce st as you hear it, but not if the s and t belong to different words. There is only one region, swabonia, where s may be always pronounced sch, but that is not swabonian dialect... Husband of poster lived there for >10 years.
Because in English we say the person (she) and there is quite a few conjugations for the verb 'to have' and in this case it is 'has': She has a pet.
Etymologically speaking, tier and deer are closely related and come from the same word. (English being a Germanic language 1000+ years ago). Scandinavian languages have "djur/dyr", which also means animal (in general) like German tier. For some reason, in English the word became more specific to apply to only one specific type of animal, while in other Germanic languages it became more general to include all animals.
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Is "She has a house animal" correct, given the fact that Haus means house and Tier means animal?
It's comprehensible in English, but not the usual way to say it. I like "house animal" though :)
Why is haustier starting in capital form? Only feminine words start with capital lettera but why is Haustier capitalized?
It is not correct that only feminine words start with a capital letter. In German every noun is capitalized. Please make it a habit to read the "Tips and notes". Such things are explained there in the very beginning.
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Another stupid computerized pronunciation. Other language courses have human native speakers making the recordings, why not German?
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How come "She's a pet" turns out correct? It's it valid to use "has" like that, under any condition?
Hey this German compound word "Haustier", in English we omit Haus and just go with the "tier"animal (meaning pet) Lol??!! I thought it should have been put " house pet" and not just "pet"
"pet" doesn't mean "animal", but "something/someone you pet".
So this is an etymologically very different approach than the German "Haustier".
You can -- and seeing both "pet" and "animal" in the suggestions, it seemed logical to assume that was what Duo wanted.
Since "Tier" is neuter, so is "Haustier". It is "das Haustier" and "ein Haustier".
Wow Duolingo i think i can learn German very fast because ur teaching lessons are very good
"She has a house pet" is accepted for this, but when asked for the translation for "das Haustier" the answer of "the house pet" is not accepted. Is there a reason or is this a glitch?
Why is she has a pet 'sie hat ein haustier', but she has a dog is 'sie hat einen hund'.
I understand using einen rather than ein for accusative, like specifically the dog/a dog - but is there a reason it is not the same for pet eg: 'sie hat einen haustier'?
The word "Hund" is masculine. "einen" is accusative singular masculine.
"Tier", and thus also "Haustier", is neuter. Accusative singular neuter is "ein".
Sie hat = she has Sie haben = she have when it ends with 't' you know you're talking about one person. When it's 'en', it's multiple people.
Also, out of curiousity, how tf did u make it this far? lmao
