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"You do not have to leave right away."
Translation:Du musst nicht sofort gehen.
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In English there is a difference between "you must not" and "you don't have to". Can that distinction be conveyed in German as well?
"You must not" is "du darfst nicht".
"You don't have to" is "du musst nicht"
Ihr müsst nicht sofort gehen- was marked wrong. I think it should be reported, am I right?
Same here. Can`t understand why. There is no way I can tell if it is Ihr or Du from the original sentence
Just tried it, "Ihr müsst nicht sofort gehen" is not accepted. Reported it too.
No further action necessary. It's in the database. But may take some time to become active.
Thank you, I thought your comment "added now" meant it was updated and active. Will try the sentence again later.
"verlassen" is a transitive verb, i.e. it can't be used without an object.
"to leave someone /something" is "jemanden /etwas verlassen".
But just "to leave" is "weggehen" or simnply "gehen".
Report it - click the little flag and choose "my answer should have been accepted".
Negate the modal verb "müssen" with "nicht" first to make "don't have to". Sie "don't have to" sofort gehen. Else it will become Sie "do have to" sofort "not" gehen.
Should "Sie müssen sofort nicht gehen" be acceptable?
No. Your sentence tells someone that they have to do something immediately, and the thing they have to do immediately is "not go".
That is, Sie müssen sofort + nicht gehen = "You must immediately" + "not go".
An extremely odd thing to say and certainly not the same meaning as the original sentence.
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Because "verlassen" is a transitive verb, meaning it needs a direct object. "Gehen", on the other hand, is an intransitive verb, which does not need a direct object. This sentence does not have an object, therefore only "gehen" can be used.
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"Du musst gerade nicht gehen" would be used, if you wanted to imply that under the current circumstances the person does not have to leave (e.g. if there is a storm outside), but if the situation changes, this might change as well. "Du musst nicht sofort gehen" means "you don't have to leave right at this instance"
»Du musst nicht sofort weggehen.«,
»Du musst nicht sofort weg.«,
»Du musst nicht sofort gehen.«
are all equally correct. Please report it.
Abfahren is ok, report it please. But sometimes revision may take a couple of years :) But one day certainly :))) So I advice to use gehen next time :))
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"Abfahren" is pretty much only used in the context of a train. That means, if a train is leaving you can use "abfahren", but only in this context. The word leave can be translated in many ways like "verlassen" (exit something), "gehen" or "weggehen" (literally to walk away by foot, but it is commonly used in a more general sense like "to go away").
"Du musst nicht gerade jetzt gehen." is rejected (May 10, 2019). Does this not mean the same thing? I learned "gerade jetzt" from GermanPod101 to mean "right away"/"right now".
"Ihr müsst nicht sofort gehen" was rejected. I think it's correct so I flagged it
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She does not have to eat it: “Sie muss nicht es essen” – marked wrong, should be “Sie muss es nicht essen” You do not have to leave right away: “Du muss sofort nicht gehen” – marked wrong, should be “Du musst nicht sofort gehen” What are the rules for the placement of nicht, because I don’t understand the difference
If "nicht" negates the complete sentence, it comes at the end of the sentence, only followed by infinitives, participles and second parts of split verbs. That's the case in "Sie muss es nicht essen".
If only a specific part of the sentence is negated, "nicht" stands directly in front of this part. This is the case in the second example. The sentence does not say that you don't need to leave at all, it only says that this need not be the case immediately. So the "sofort" is negated, resulting in "Du musst nicht sofort gehen".
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As a native speaker, I have to partially agree with you. But in this context, I have to say, that there is no way to negate the whole sentence by just reordering it. The only way to negate the whole meaning that comes to my mind would be to use something like "Du musst überhaupt nicht gehen" or to turn it around completely "Du kannst auch hier bleiben"
Can "lassen" not be used in the sense of "to leave a place" (but only to leave something alone, etc.)? I submitted, "Du musst nicht gerade lassen", but it was marked wrong.
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No "lassen" is best translated by "let" or "to leave something be" in the meaning of "don't do it"
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"Sie brauchen nicht zu gehen" -- which I learned in my first German course is the proper negation of Müssen -- is not accepted. This translation seems more like "You must not go right away." (as in, it would be deadly to leave at this time, but not if the person waits for a bit.)
"Sie brauchen nicht zu gehen" should be ok. But "Sie müssen nicht gehen" is correct as well. It is not the translation of "You must not leave" would be "Sie dürfen nicht gehen".
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I believe you need a 'zu': Du brauchst sofort nicht zu gehen.
When negating muessen with brauchen, you need a 'zu'
Ich muss gehen. --> Ich brauchen nicht zu gehen.
Ich muss spielen --> Ich brauche nicht zu spielen.
HOWEVER, I don't think Duolingo accepts that. They want 'musst nicht'
The thing about the "zu" is korrekt. "brauchen" needs it, in contrast to "müssen".
But you used several wrong forms and word orders. Your examples should be:
"Su brauchst nich sofort zu gehen"
"Ich brauche nicht zu gehen".
But it is used less frequently than "müssen".
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Vielen Dank fuer die Erklaerung. Ich haette es wissen sollen. Ich wusste es frueher, aber wahrscheinlich hatte ich es vergessen.
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Just a short addendum: "Su brauchst nich sofort zu gehen" is of course a typo. It should be Du brauchst nicht sofort zu gehen
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"Du brauchst nicht sofort zu gehen" is fine in spoken language and many german dialects, but it is rather informal. Usually you would use "Du musst nicht sofort gehen" or "Sie müssen nicht sofort gehen" (if you are dealing with a stranger).
Still having trouble with nicht placement.
You do not have to leave now -> Du musst jetzt nicht gehen.
But
You do not have to leave right away -> Du musst nicht sofort gehen.
Jetzt and sofort both indicate time. Why is "Du musst sofort nicht gehen" marked wrong?
When you want to negate the complete sentence, the usual pisition of "nicht" is at the end of the sentence, but before any infinitives, participles and second pafrts of split verbs.
So "Du musst (jetzt) nicht gehen" (You don't have to leave (now)") is the negation of "Du musst (jetzt) gehen" ("You have to leave (now)").
But in German you have another option that has a different meaning: putting the "nicht" in front of any part of the sentence (except for the verb) negates just this part.
So "Du musst nicht jetzt gehen" (in English also "You don't have to leave now"but maybe with more emhasis on the word "now") means something like: "you might have to leave, but not now". In your second example ("right away") this is certainly what was intended.
Yes, that doesn't make much sense. "to leave" can have different meanings in English. One of those is "to go away". This is "gehen" or "weggehen in German".
Another one is "to leave something out". This is "lassen" in German. But it doesn't fit in this context.
I've tried this one, and it didn't pass "Du musst nicht jetzt weggehen" Is that sentence grammatically correct?
It is a grammatically correct sentence, but it has a slightly different meaning.
In "Du musst jetzt nicht weggehen" the "nicht" stands in the usual position to negate the complete sentence, so it is the opposite of "Du musst jetzt weggehen", thus meaning "It is not the case that you have to leave now".
In "Du musst nicht jetzt weggehen" the "nicht" only negates the "jetzt" ("now"). So it means "It may well be the case that you might have to leave, but definitely not now".
Is anyone able to explain why sometimes the nicht goes directly after the modal verb and sometimes it goes at the end of the sentence just before the infinitive?
The rule where to put the "nicht" is definitely not "after the modal verb", that is only coincidence.
There are two different positions for the "nicht":
1.) if you negate the complete sentence (same as negating the verb), "nicht" goes to the "end of the mid-field", i.e. to the end of the sentence, potentially followed only by certain elements like infinitives, participles, second parts of separable verbs and predicative complements.
2.) If you want to negate only a specific element, then the "nicht" comes immediately before this element.
The second is the case here. You are not negating that you have to leave at all, but negate only the "right away". So the "nicht" comes dierectly before the "sofort".
I said "Du musst nicht sofort verlassen" and it was marked wrong. What's wrong with using verlassen?
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"Verlassen" is a transitive verb, and needs an object. For example, "dich verlassen" or "die Wohnung verlassen". The sentence in question does not have an object, so you should use "gehen".
In some exercises, "don't have to" is given as the mussen .... nicht form, and here it is mussen nicht ... . How do I tell where to put the nicht to negate the "must" or the modal verb? I've gotten so confused that I'm just guessing it in every exercise and getting it wrong. Can someone please explain what the two forms I mentioned above mean?
"verlassen" is a transitive verb, it needs a direct object ("to leave something"). If there is no such object, you can't use this word.
You should always quote the complete sentence, so we can see what might be the reason why it was not accepted.
If you speak of "fortgehen" as a replacement of "gehen": You could use this in principle, but it is not particularly common. It sounds a little declamatory or archaic.
What about "Du brauchst nicht sofort gehen" (you don't need to go right away)? Not literal enough? According to duden it is a synonym for müssen and I actually use it quite often in this way, so I was wondering if that's acceptable.
I don't know whether it is accepted, but "brauchen" is indeed an alternative. But "brauchen" uses a different construction in correct Standard German. It is "Du brauchst nicht sofort zu gehen".
