"Der Mann trinkt Wasser."

Translation: The man drinks water.

[languagelearn21]

"trinkt" translates to both "is drinking" and "drinks"?

[WolfStriker1]

Yes, German doesn't have a progressive present tense ("is drinking") like English, so trinkt does double duty and means "is drinking" and "drinks." To emphasize the fact that the action is happening right now, you have to use an adverb, like "gerade."

[TheDyslexicPoet]

I believe so.

[LuzeCrossz]

Ou, Arcanum Obscura (looking at your avatar) :)

[family_chat69]

some words have kind of double meanings ;)

[Xzoctic]

;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

[madibelll]

what is the difference between das and der?

[karlchen123]

they are both definite articles, but der is used for masculine nouns and das for neuter in nominative case that means when the noun is the subject of the sentence.

[celisabelll]

OMG thank you!

[jim.bond.7]

Ikr... Maybe Das is for "things" and Der is for living thing

[dhondeamit]

Das is for neuter nouns and nouns that end with chen whereas Der is for masculine nouns.

[family_chat69]

some German words have double meanings

[Xzoctic]

;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

[sholeh.7]

I put the german translation...

[GalaXyRoVer]

Could someone explain the difference between trinkt/trinkst? (If I spelled wrong you know what I'm talking about)

[WolfStriker1]

They are both conjugated forms of the verb "trinken." The difference between them is what form goes with which subject:

ich trinke
du trinkst
er/sie/es trinkt
wir trinken
ihr trinkt
Sie/sie trinken

[paolobekas]

Im confused, is the word "Der" pronounced "deaya"(like see ya) or "De" ?

[ErikdeWit]

To me 'Der' sounds like 'dear'

[AndrewVanA1]

Can one say, 'die Männer trinken Wasser?'

[Griffin.Patrick]

I did “That husband is drinking water.” instead.

[IsabelleNe13]

Why is the mic not working

[jailbird.]

Maybe you don't have a mic plugged in or maybe your computer malfunctioned.

[Stephano777]

This made me spit on my phone :(

[jailbird.]

I literally leave my computer sopping wet after a DuoLingo lesson. :(:(:(

[bilge170884]

Are simple present and present continious tense smilar in german? This is soooo gooood

[family_chat69]

I don't like those questions where you have to listen and then write it down.

[Xzoctic]

Too bad you have to do them. It is part of the course.

[wyy825]

S

[Alina363921]

It's a hard one

[arsenal849429]

I said it correctly,but it said it was wrong!!

[blacksun10]

What exacly have you said?

[jailbird.]

I hate the questions where you have to speak to the computer! Everyone in the room stops and stares at you like a butt-faced idiot! AAARRRGH

[fareha58]

Der Mann trinket wasser

[PaulNakis]

Whats the past tense for a guy drinking water?

[mirzeta1]

From the third one I finally got it :-)