"But you have an idea, don't you?"

Translation: Aber du hast eine Ahnung, oder nicht?

[amir2121]

I believe using only "oder" is more idiomic than "oder nicht"

[DonFeidner]

True! You get a lingot from me for knowing that.

[Dalingo8]

I've put it without oder, and it accepted - "Aber du hast eine Ahnung, nicht?"

[AmirEF]

Interesting. I wonder what other variant works. So far "..., oder nicht","..., oder", "..., nicht wahr", "..., nicht" were accepted

[Wayne____]

It is, and it's accepted, but it was never taught. It's used widely enough that it should have been covered.

[yovalshamir]

Warum "du hast eine idee, oder?" wird nicht akzeptiert?

[a_ae_f]

Hast du 'Aber' geschrieben?

Ich denke, mit 'Aber' ist dein Satz eine mögliche Übersetzung.

Außerdem: 'idea' kann 'die Ahnung' oder 'die Idee' bedeuten. Aber 'die Ahnung' und 'die Idee' sind keine Synonyme im Deutschen. Und das Idiom 'no idea' heißt 'keine Ahnung' auf Deutsch. Vielleicht ist das der Grund, aus dem dein Satz nicht akzeptiert wurde.

[Conquista_Dora]

why isn't the verb on the 2nd position? i have learned so far that the verb is either on 2nd position or at the end of a sentence.

[envythenight]

Aber is one of the conjunctions that doesn't "take up" first position, i.e. it's treated as though it's not there. So for example you say, "Ich mag Tennis aber ich hasse Badminton" and NOT "ich mag Tennis aber hasse ich Badminton". There are in fact a few other conjunctions like this, some of which will be familiar to you, and you can remember them with ADUSO: Aber, Denn, Und, Sondern, Oder. Note that "denn" in this conjunctive form is rather rare, so you shouldn't need to worry so much about that, and I also don't tend to see "sondern" used with a verb, so again, not too many worries about that.

Examples:

Ich bin hungrig aber ich habe keine Zeit etwas zu essen.

Ich bin hungrig und ich habe Durst.

Ich esse einen Apfel oder ich trinke Orangensaft

[Bruere06]

Aber du hast eine Ahnung. Nicht wahr??

[DonFeidner]

Of course. That is also correct. For that I will give you a lingot.

[chrismoorew]

Du hast doch eine Ahnung, oder? - shouldn't that be acceptable?

[GoreGrindGeek]

Should be.

But, to be honest, throughout my 4 years in Germany, I have never heard anyone say "eine Ahnung" to begin with.

[rlamborn]

What would a typical German speaker say?

[Dennis532954]

Aber du hast eine Ahnung, nicht wahr? sounded right to me, but Duo didn't agree.

[colgav]

nicht wahr instead of oder nicht is now accepted 7/12/19

[Ajna]

Does in this sentence "Anhung" refers to something specific ("but you have an idea/but you know about what we were discussing") and/or can also mean a more generic idea (as in "but you have a new idea you want to present/discuss")?

[TomTheChemist]

"Die Ahnung" only has the meaning of "knowing what is going on". A more generic idea as you describe it would better be expressed by "die Idee" or "der Einfall".

[Ajna]

Perfect, thanks!

[Oemerich]

'Aber eine Ahnung/Idee hast du, oder nicht / nicht wahr?' should definitely also be accepted.

[rose173982]

Oder nicht or not

[Martin536115]

Not "genau" apparently.

[Jeffrey452569]

I've reported this at least once before. Please fix this. Your answer here is OK but there are better ones that are not accepted.

[Jrgen792736]

Also würde ", or not" auch ok sein?

[AndrewFors225063]

Anhung=Clue.. Idea= Hinweis or Idee...???

[pier4r]

"Aber du hast eine Idee, stimmt es?"

Warum ist das falsch?

[JSavageIII]

"Aber du hast eine Ahnung, nicht war?" is wrong, but apparently it's correct based on other comments, and the hint when you hover over "don't you" is "nicht war". Reported 1/13/21.

[HsnAi]

The answer Du hast aber keine Ahnung... Should be accepted too

[rlamborn]

"keine Ahnung"? - Wouldn't that be "no idea" rather than "an idea"?

[DougObujen]

I used 'nicht wahr', too, but I never gotta lingot, (and I neva gotta dinna), as Red Buttons would say!