"What do you think of his songs?"

Translation: Wie findest du seine Lieder?

[RedAngel666]

Hi KjayJ,

you need the right german preposition for your sentence. You wrote in the polite form so you have to capitalise the pronoun.

Wie denken Sie über seine Lieder.

Regards Angel

[Rusmir123]

OK. How about "Wie denkst du über seine Lieder?"? Because it was marked wrong.

[RedAngel666]

Hi Rusmir,

I'm not totally sure. If you talk about duolingo maybe it is because of "wie"

I'm not a teacher for german (I just speak this language^^) but I would say "Wie denkst du über seine Lieder." is more colloquial. Try "Was denkst du über seine Lieder." This should be accepted.

best regards Angel

[Pa_Ro]

It was not accepted 18.08.2018

[zirkul]

Nor on 01.09.2018. Reported.

[Windwyrm]

Still not accepted March 27, 2020.

[Gransview]

Not today!

[Cipher139000]

This is now accepted as of 8/25/20. Thank you for the recommendation.

[KjayJ]

Thanks Angel. I obviously still have a lot to learn.

[RedAngel666]

Hi KjayJ,

you're welcome. German is not easy to learn. The main thing is you have fun.

Regards Angel

[rabberish]

"Was denkst du von seinen Liedern" was rejected - why? - and "Was hältst du von seinen Liedern" was provided by Duo. "Halten" is not given as a translation of "think", nor is "think" given as a translation of "halten" in either of the two dictionaries I consulted.zcx

[coto.i]

Would any of these work: "Was (or Wie?) denkst du von seinen Lieder?"? Thanks.

[Matthias1414]

"Was denkst du von seinen Liedern?" and "Wie denkst du von seinen Liedern?" are both colloquial but work fine
However, please note the -n for the Akkusativ plural in this case.

[WquDT]

why akkusativ with dative von preposition? Isn't this dative plural?

[KjayJ]

'Was denken sie die seine Lieder'. Please tell me just how wrong I am and why.

[Matthias1414]

"Was denken sie über seine Lieder" would be correct. Denken + prep. über/an, hier "über". "Seine" (his) is a possesive and already implies "die": die (the) + von ihm (of him) = seine (his)

[Leigh4d]

"Was denkst du an seine Lieder" is wrong too?

[RosettaY]

I wrote: "Wie findest du seine Songs? (copy and paste) and that was not accepted. I should write "Lieder". A "Song" is an often used expression in the German language, the word stands in the Duden and belongs to the Goethe certificate B1. I have reported it for addition.

[IndaImmega]

What am I saying if I start with, "Was meinst du...."?

[Matthias1414]

"Was meinst Du über seine Lieder" would be correct, but sounds strange to my German ears. Better use "Was hältst Du von.../ denkst Du von...".

[WquDT]

Was meinst du ? means “what do you mean”? in English.

[Bekir978479]

Wie haeltst du von seiner Liedern ist OK. Aber warum nicht Wie denktst du über seine Lieder?

[mizinamo]

Wie hältst du von seiner Liedern is wrong.

Was hältst du von seinen Liedern is possible.

Wie denktst du über seine Lieder is also wrong.

[Brass0]

What about "Was denkst du über seine Lieder." Thank you.

[daytona6man]

Was denkst du seine lieder?

[deactivated user]

There are too many grammatical niceties in this particular lesson. Duo should concentrate our attention on a few salient points.