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Walking is not the same as running. Then how do germans differ them if both of them is laufen?
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"laufen" can be "run" or "walk". "Ich gehe laufen/joggen." - " I go jogging."; "Ich fahre nicht zur Schule, sondern laufe." - "I don't drive (/go by tram/bus) to school but I walk."
Until now I always thought "laufen" means to run and "zu Fuß gehen" means to walk. Could we use zu Fuß gehen in this sentence instead of laufen ?
Usually, I try not o go to the "slow paced" pronunciation, but this time it was impossible. Is this sentence well pronounced?
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Well yes, it sounds clear. But that's after having seen the sentence in print and also what you get on the comment section is not the same-in my opinion-as what you get on the exercise. IOW I'm no great help. Perhaps the "dem" was swallowed but again after "mit" I was expecting it. As you can see from my previous post I got it wrong the first time and had a huge mistake. I don't know how long ago that was. Sorry.
Thanks! I still think I wouldn't be able to identify that particular sound sequence in speech. It sounds something like "Er läuft midüman" to me. But perhaps after some more train, I will be able to completely identify the correct meaning for that.
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i wrote "leuft" got a "pay attention to umlaut" message and no hearts confiscated!!! I'm going to report it for the sake of efficiency.
