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- "Who? - He!"
"Who? - He!"
Translation:Wer? - Er!
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This exercise opened my eyes; Before I would see 'Wer' and think of 'where'. I found it hard to remember that it was refering to 'who'. Now when I see 'wer' or one of its variants I think of the 'w' sound being attached to 'er' he. Making it a 'what question' in my consciousness. This allows me to quickly see 'wer' and associate it with 'was ist er' or in the gramatically correct variant 'wer ist er?'.
1157
Same!
Now my challenge is I don't know when it ought to be 'wer' or 'wen'.
But to be fair, I also don't know when it ought to be 'who' or 'whom' in English either.
673
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/who-vs-whom-its-not-as-complicated-as-you-might-think/ I used this for Who and Whom
1157
Maybe not.
For example, if the response was longer you can see why it might be 'he':
- "Who ate the pizza?"
- "He ate the pizza."