"Gehen Sie weg vom Wasser!"

Translation: Get away from the water!

[thelund]

The way "weg" is pronounced here is a little odd. There is a clear difference in pronunciation between "Weg" (road/way) and "weg" (away), while (road/way) is pronounced correctly (away) should be pronounced more like "wäk" or something like that!

[AndreasWitnstein]

It's not just a little odd. It's wrong. Please report it.

[izzitty]

i reported it too. :/

[Omarfredite]

the Adverb "weg" is definitely pronouced different than the noun "Weg".

adv: w (long a) g

Noun: W (long e) g

At least this is my perception

[AndreasWitnstein]

The adverb ‘weg’=“away” should be pronounced with a short lax vowel [vɛk]. The noun ‘Weg’=“way” should be pronounced with a long tense vowel [veːk].

[CallMeAnja]

Methinks there is a Kraken :)

[matt2224]

Why isn't weg at the end of the sentence here?

[PhiBli]

You could say that too... it's just a different accentuation :)

[AndreasWitnstein]

Specifically, ‘weg vom Wasser’ focuses on the water, while ‘vom Wasser weg’ focuses on getting away.

[igb]

Move away from the water?

[thelund]

or "Go away from the water"

[SebasNiedziela]

But the request is more polite than that: "Gehen Sie" = more like "please, go away..."?

[CallMeAnja]

No, it just uses the formal you, as far as I am aware.

[AndreasWitnstein]

That would be ‘Bitte gehen Sie…’ or ‘Gehen Sie bitte…’.

[leweskiddy]

Warum Dativ und nicht Akk, denn ist aus Bewegung erschließen.

[AndreasWitnstein]

‘von’ always takes the dative — as do ‘aus’, ‘außer’, ‘bei’, ‘mit’, ‘nach’, ‘seit’, and ‘zu’.

[leweskiddy]

Yes, of course it does, excuse a moments stupidity!