"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) :)

[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.

[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?'

[bilge170884]

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

[Griffin.Patrick]

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

[PaulNakis]

Whats the past tense for a guy drinking water?