"Du liest wohl!"

Translation: You seem to be reading!

[helenvee]

My word for word translation of "Du liest wohl." as "You read well." was accepted but I don't understand how the alternative above can be.

[wataya]

These are two different meanings of the word 'wohl' (It has many). In one case it's an adverb, in the other a particle. See here for the 'seem to' meaning: http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/wohl_vermutlich_doch and here for the 'well' meaning: http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/wohl_gut_besser_durchaus

[dnovinc]

The links you have provided don't work anymore.

[wataya]

Duden seems to have done something to their site. I can't find them anymore. Probably a bug. Pons also gives some usage examples: http://is.gd/juTecu

[Zchbaniel25]

Fine link. Pons No.5 (wohl=vermutlich) is the one and only meaning of "Du liest wohl?" = "I suppose you are reading?" - a sentence that would come in with a question mark more often than not. For saying "You read well" the word "wohl" does not work - you have to use "gut" instead: "Du liest gut" - DL should not accept "You read well" as a translation of "Du liest wohl" - that's just completely wrong.

[phle]

Thats what I was gonna ask. How come it is not "Du liest gut". So it is!!

[helenvee]

Ah thank you.

[philster043]

Thanks, wataya!

[robertmuil]

I have most often heard this use of wohl to be an assertion following a negative claim and here would have the emphasis on 'liest', something like:
"Ich habe keine freie Zeit mehr."
"Du liest wohl!"

Is this wrong?

[kpelle27]

So is "wohl" here functioning kind of like "gern" would?

[German4me22]

In Adverbs 3,I was marked wrong for answering "You can say that well" for - "Das kannst man wohl sagen" DL gave an answer of "You can say that again" Have I missed something?