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- "Rennt das Pferd auch?"
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As far as I can tell from a trawl of the internet, Laufen is used for running in general (and can even be used for walking), Rennen has more of a hint of racing to it. So in this case, Rennt would suggest a horse race, rather than just a horse running round a field.
My translation was "The horse is running too?" Why would this be incorrect?
1958
Because it's not in the form of a question and Duolingo pretty much ignores the presence or lack of presence of a question mark.
That's... strange. That's a rather common way to ask a question in English.
- 1958
It is a currently acceptable way to ask the question but it is not the 'proper' way to ask the question.
"Rennt" was so badly slurred by the voice that I couldn't even guess what the word was.
I've been caught out by so many separable verbs that I'm seeing them round every corner. I spent ages trying to work out what auchrennen could mean before I realised it isn't one!
- 62
Auch means "also" in most cases I've seen. Is that usually a part of separable verbs as well?
This sentence translates into "He runs/races the horse also?" Yet the desired answer is "Is the horse racing too?" Which translates into "Ist das Pferd rennt auch?" What's up?
The "he" in the hints is just there as an example - you need to replace it as necessary with the subject of the sentence. In this case, the only noun or pronoun in there is "das Pferd", so it's that that's doing the running. You would need an "er" in there if "he" was running.
Try and practice saying "Puff" but take out the u and start saying "Pff". Then just add the "air" and the "d" sound. So it sounds like "PFAIRD".
Auch "also" means also according to tiny cards. How is this incorrect if I use it that way insteaf of too?
Why is "does the horse also run?" considered wrong? AFAIK German doesn't have a distinction between present continous tense and present I indefinite tense.
again the fast & slow speakers are saying different words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 585
This is tricky. I just made a mistake with the verb and Duo did not notice. The audio is dreadful, I was trying to work out any verb to fit a horse. Maybe that is why Duo let it pass, unless r is normally pronounced as a variant of w (news to me). And my horse? Erm, ask Duo!
