Topic: German

"Do not eat!"

Translation:Iss nicht!

November 16, 2017

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Robbydud

    you can also say Essen Sie nicht it is also accepted

    December 8, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/S.Andrei

      Let me ask this: from another exercise we translate "eat and drink" to "esst..." but now is "iss". Can someone explain why there are 2 versions?

      November 16, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Max.Em
      • 521

      Iss nicht is singular, esst nicht is plural.

      November 16, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/az_p
      Mod

        (And both should be accepted here because it's not clear in English if we are talking to one or more people.)

        November 16, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/b3ddobson
        • 10

        I think Essen Sie nicht and Nicht essen sound right but I got a no go on nicht essen.

        March 11, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LItalia4
        Plus
        • 968

        Could one alternatively say "nicht essen!" (On the model of nicht rauchen)?

        December 26, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/WarrenBrow3
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        • 386

        Imperative form puts the verb first. Just guessing, but "nicht rauchen" may be a shortened version of a statement, "Man dürfte hier nicht rauchen" rather than a command, which would be "Rauch nicht".

        January 2, 2019
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