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"It looks like my grandmother's house."
Translation:Es sieht aus wie das Haus meiner Großmutter.
April 21, 2013
11 Comments
omergold
238
I guess that the rest of the phrase is just too long to keep sieht and aus intuitively connected. German speakers aren't thatcrazy.
kth437
537
What function does "aus" perform here? It has appeared as a function in other constructions in German that I haven't completely grasped. Does it have to do with 'sieht' being 'looks' instead of 'sees' in this example? (Es sieht = it sees vs Es sieht aus = it looks or it appears?)
The verb is "aussehen". "aus" is a separable prefix.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~german/Grammatik/Wortbildung/Separables.html
kth437
537
AHH- viele danke! The link describing separable verb prefixes is enormously helpful! I appreciate this.