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"Er hat dich geprüft und er ist zufrieden mit dir."
Translation:He has tested you and he is satisfied with you.
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I don't see why it is difficult. Sure, it takes longer to spell but it isn't like it's a big problem.
It's not difficult, it just sounds redundant and awkward in English too say it like that.
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Auch im Deutschen würden wir das "mit dir" weglassen, aber ich schrieb dennoch "with you" because I was a little afraid to lose a heart.
That's another possibility. If Duolingo does not accept it, you should report it.
Word order isn't as important in german as it is in english, so both solutions are correct.
Ok, so because this has understandably received some criticism, I thought I would explain what I meant when I wrote that. In English you generally have the word order subject - verb - object. In German however, you don't have to use the subject - verb - object word order. In German the rule is: The verb in the main clause is always in the second position. Therefore correct translations would be:
... und er ist zufrieden mit dir.
... und mit dir ist er zufrieden.
... und er ist mit dir zufrieden.
... und zufrieden ist er mit dir.
If you are using an auxiliary verb (e.g. in future tense: werde ... sein), the auxiliary verb goes into second position while the (main) verb is placed at the end of the clause. In subordinate clauses the verb (and the auxiliary verb) are placed at the end of the clause.
You can find additional rules and examples here: http://www.learn-german-language-online.com/german-word-order.html
This website has a really in depth explanation of how word order works in German: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/WordOrder/WordOrder.html
That must be a joke, as if there is a language, where the word order is critical to the point of surgical precision, this is sure to be German, otherwise they wouldn't be producing such nice cars. To me English looks way too indiscriminate for that matter.
In English I can simplify this sentence by removing the repeated subject like this: He has tested you and is satisfied with you. In German, is it correct to do the same: Er hat dich geprüft und ist zufrieden mit dir.
No, it's fine the way it is. Both parts of the sentence ("er hat dich geprüft" and "er ist zufrieden mit dir") have nothing in them that would cause the "ist" to be at the end and "und" doesn't change that. If the sentence used a subordinating conjunction (one that makes verbs move to the end), it would though: "Er hat gesagt, dass er mit dir zufrieden ist."
No, "He had you checked ..." translates to "Er hat dich (über)prüfen lassen ..."
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On my Android phone I can only see one line at a time of the answer I type. Make the buttons smaller, and expand the answer region.
Er ist mit dir zufrieden ...er ist zufrieden mit dir..ist .beides richtig .oder ??
Isn't the neutral order of the 2nd part ''er ist mit dir zufrieden''? Predicative (or verb complement) should come to the end (or better, to stick with the verb as in ''zufrieden sein'').
I guess it should be, based on the rules. But, still, both versions are equally fine in practical language use.
That would have to be something like "Er hat es dir bewiesen, dass er mit dir zufrieden ist." The original German sentence doesn't have "that" in it like your translation does, "prüfen" doesn't mean "to prove," and even if it did, the original sentence has "dich" and not "dir" which would be needed for your translation.
