Topic: German

"Sie lädt was?"

Translation:She is loading what?

November 7, 2017

10 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Matthew709516
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    What about …"what is she charging"?

    September 24, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/Flannery65
    • 11

    Any one have a suggestion, as I also want to know.

    November 8, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/Ann390834

      Why is "What is she uploading?" wrong?

      November 7, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/biertopf

        "laden" without prefix usually does not mean "upload".
        "To upload" is "hochladen" in German. "To download" is "herunterladen" or short "runterladen".

        November 7, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/PushythePirate1
        • 973

        Thank you. I was wondering why it wasn't 'downloading'. LOL

        November 23, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/_fenelon

          Why can't i translate it to "what are you loading?" ?

          December 1, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/JessicaEye

            Because lädt is for third person singular. You would have to use laden with the formal Sie (was laden Sie/Sie laden was?) or lädst with du (was lädst du/du lädst was?)

            March 5, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/Wonderboy6

              couldn't it also be 'what is it loading' when the 'sie' is referring to 'die seite'?

              June 5, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/SunGalaxia
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              • 105

              Colloquially, couldn't this also mean, "She's loading something?"

              April 30, 2019
              https://www.duolingo.com/steevjoem

                So this question can be asked as "Sie 'verb' was?" and "Was 'verb' sie?". It is a new information to me. Is there a difference in it being informal and formal?

                June 27, 2019
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