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- "Ein Mann trinkt Wasser."
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rpavi
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Is the translation "A man drinks water" wrong. How to differentiate "drinks" and "is drinking" for the translation of "trinkt"?
The German sentence means both. There is no continuous aspect in German (is _-ing). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_and_progressive_aspects#German
StefanoV1
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Where are moderators? Please cancel all the previous stupid posts! I want to study German, not to read idiots!
I drink = ich trinke
he drinks = er trinkt
Different endings for different subjects. The verb is conjugate here: http://www.canoo.net/inflection/trinken:V:haben
StefanoV1
2314
Ein=indeterminate article for masculine and neuter nouns. Eine=indeterminate article for feminine nouns. Examples: Ein Mann (M) Ein Kind (N) Eine Frau (F)