Topic: German

"Welcher Mann? - Dieser Mann!"

Translation:Which man? - This man!

January 10, 2018

14 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Holsen4

    What's up with the punctuation?

    May 12, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/5UPER_50NIC

      I would guess that there are two people speaking.

      May 18, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Booismydog

        the man by the killers starts playing in the background

        January 10, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MichonGira

          Why is it it welcher instead of welchen?

          June 2, 2019
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Lhynard

            Why is there a hyphen? Is this normal for German?

            June 10, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Yradnegel

              No it's just part of the sentence, as far as I'm aware the hyphen is used mostly the same in German as it is in English.

              July 2, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Lhynard

                What I mean is that a hyphen is not used this way in printed English. It would be incorrect.

                July 2, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ZuMako8_Momo
                • 8

                I think the hyphen is used to signify that another person is speaking. When I've read novels in Portuguese, dialogue is not indicated by quotation marks as in English, but with long hyphens at the beginning of a new paragraph. This might also be the case in German.

                —Welcher Mann?

                —Dieser Mann!

                September 11, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DerekSimms
                • 17

                Incidently, they have put a hyphen and it should actually be a dash. Just thought I'd toss that in...

                April 16, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Stephen83116
                • 213

                The voice translation does not match what is being said. After Welcher Mann, it says something that sounds like 'needles' I just took a guess and got it wrong. This should be corrected...

                March 20, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JCR76404
                • 797

                Yes, is it pronouncing the "-" ?

                April 7, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ChickenRunner02
                • 28

                Which man? - Haman המן

                August 18, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/SabaTanare
                • 1812

                Das habe ich genau geschriben. Das System felt.

                March 8, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/SabaTanare
                • 1812

                Entschuldigung, ich sehe jetzt.

                March 8, 2019
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