Topic: German

"The water is bad."

Translation:Das Wasser ist schlecht.

March 12, 2013

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/calypso15

    Can you say "Das Wasser ist gut nicht"?

    March 12, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/wataya

      No, the word order is wrong: 'Das Wasser ist nicht gut' - but this is not a valid translation of the English sentence.

      March 12, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/calypso15

        Okay, thanks. Are they roughly equivalent like they are in English?

        March 12, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/wataya

          Yes, it's the same as in English.

          March 12, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/Corwyn8

            I'm a teensy bit peeved that getting the form of the counts against you when testing out. As a former teacher of mine said, it's like when people mix up your/you're. It's still a perfectly understandable sentence

            November 2, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/8NC31

              Can I use böse or wertlos to replace schlecht? or there are some differences …

              March 23, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/mizinamo
              Mod

                böse is more explicitly "evil" while schlecht may merely be "bad". böse can also mean "angry".

                wertlos means "worthless".

                August 18, 2017
                https://www.duolingo.com/zirkul
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