"Thank you!"
Translation:Danke schön!
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I had "select all that are correct", with "danke euch", "danke ihnen", and "danke dir". Which of these would be used most commonly, like at a grocery store or talking to a waiter?
Dir - One guy Euch - many guys Ihnen - Thank you, sir/madam. (respectful - this is a common thing in many Indo-European languages: plural and respectful singular are the same)
Yes, thats absolutely right.. Was easy for me to understand, having known Tamil and Hindi where the same rule applies
Actually, neither. Just say Danke schön, most people in Germany just say that.
Danke, Danke schön and Danke sehr are grades of being thankful in German.. Likewise Bitte, Bitte schön and Bitte sehr.
I thought "ihnen" meant "them". I'm guessing there's a difference between "ihnen" and "Ihnen" kind of like "sie" and "Sie"?
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Yes. The formal/respectful second-person pronouns are identical to the third-person plural, except that you capitalize them. They follow the same rules for verb conjugation as well. That's why Sie sind willkommen. is ambiguous: it means both "They are welcome" and "You, sir/madam, are welcome."
Vielen Dank it means thank you but thank you means Danke and when you press the discussion button it shows danke schön and sometime the app can tell wrong but maybe it is just another word on thank you
If the answer is "veilen dank", why is this the first time that the word "veilen" has been introduced?
I got a list of words to choose from. Instead of having "danke" in the selections, it had "dank". If you select "dank" it is marked wrong. I had to activate the keyboard and type the answer.
I tought "Danke!"/"Danke schön!" was sufficient... In what situations would you say "Ich danke dir!" ?
Germans use this phrase quite often in my opinion. However, it has no form of politeness, which is why it is only used with friends or people you know well. If you wanted to say it politely you would have to say "Ich danke Ihnen." (Thank you.)
Mujhe yeh samajh nhi aaya Thank you ka meaning german language nain danke hota hai but yeh toh danje schön hai please samajhado
Vielen danke doesnt show up when i tap on the english words...instead is shows danke shon...however it marks me wrong and says the correct answer is vielen danke....how does vielen translate?
I've always consideted "Vielen dank" to mean "Many thanks", which is also used, if less commonly, in English.
what does Vielen mean because I had translate "thank you" and I chose just dank but it said i had to choose vielen dank??
Instead of saying "Danke schön" means "Thank you" wouldn't it be better to present it as it is.. "Thank you beautiful"? When i get to the higher units, what other mistranslations will duo be teaching me?
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If Duolingo marked you wrong on that one, it's probably just because the word is "Dankeschön," not "danke shon." The umlaut is very important, because "schon" means "already" and "schön" means "pretty."
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So ist dankeschön correct or not for this sentence? Because it was marked incorrect just curious?
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"Dir" is the object form of "du" (singular and informal) whereas "sie" (uncapitalized) means "she" and "Sie" means "you" (formal). So there is a mismatch.
