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I especially love it when it's the last question and I have no hearts left and it asks for that translation....
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relations is fine but not relationships? seems bit restrictive..wouldnt either be correct?
No, I think that's stretching the definition too far. Mostly because there's a better word for "relationships": Beziehungen
Can anybody kindly tell me the difference between Englisch and englische? I keep losing my hearts!!! Danke.
They are different inflections. See here for an overview: http://is.gd/Dp1kpY (Don't be scared. You're looking for attributive use, positive, no article, plural, nominative)
Thank you for answering my question so quickly. It looks so intimidating but I can try.
That's an intimidating wall of tables. Any same person would run screaming. I prefer these rules: http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/adjektivendungenexpl.html (they're still complex, but learnable).
Thank you! That is the first time I feel something akin to "the possibility of understanding all this." Whether it will happen or not still remains to be seen...
Englisch with a "capital E" is a noun, "englische" is an adjective (attributive).
Ich habe englische Verbindungen. I translate: I've english ties, i think that is correct, but i lost a heart.
I thought 'I have English acquaintances' should be correct? I've reported it but would just like to know if I am wrong
Although "acquaintance" can refer to the connection between people, it's usually meant to refer to the person themselves. Verbingung strictly refers to the connection. You can see some other words that better translate from "acquaintance" here: http://www.dict.cc/?s=acquaintance
Was sind die Unterschiede zwischen "Beziehung, Verhältnis, Zusammenhang, und Verbindung"?
In German you don't capitalize adjectives that denote nationality.
It's in the Oxford English Dictionary as a variant in the "connection" entry.
Thanks. It says chiefly British but since there are no Brits kicking up a fuss, I'm guessing it must not be common.
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You are right, it is very uncommon in Britain, and I suspect most Brits (I am one) would never use it, or believe it was a misspelling. Only common use I can think of is the specialised one used of mainly nonconformist church groupings. We talk of the Methodist Connexion
Could someone please define the root words in Verbindungen? And maybe Verbraucher as well? I get them mixed up.
I can't but my (uninformed) guess with Verbindungen would be 'ver' meaning 'for' and 'bindung' being similar to the English word 'binding' (tying together).
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Verbindung (connection) <- verbinden (to join, combine) <- ver + binden(to bond, to knot)
Verbraucher (consumer) <- verbrauchen (to consume) <- ver + brauchen (to need)
Why is "relationships" not acceptable? That's how Verbindung was introduced in a previous lesson. Other language learning websites (memrise) define Verbindung in a dating/marriage context. So which is it? Because I wouldn't refer to a dating couple by saying "They're in a connection".
The first best translates to relationships and the second to connections (which is a more general term).
Told me that relatives was wrong and then the correct answer was relations?
