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- "Das Kind trinkt Wasser."
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Right now, Let's talk only of the nominative (Nom) cases, So- Der is used for Masculine noun, Die: Feminine noun, Das:Neuter noun, Die: Plural noun
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It says the translation is "the child is drinking water," which I understand. However, I often type things like "The child drinks water," which it tells me is also correct. Is there a way to differentiate these? I'm just curious because in English, those sentences (The child drinks water vs The child is drinking water) convey the same thing but they are slightly different. Does German not make this distinction?
Does German not make this distinction?
No. Both "the child drinks" and "the child is drinking" are translated as "Das Kind trinkt". High German has no continuous aspect:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_and_progressive_aspects#German
No, that would be different all together.
- Das Kind trank Wasser.
- Das Kind hat Wasser getrunken.
I'm not a native speaker though. Here's a link to the verb "trinken" conjugation table, judge for yourself: http://goo.gl/eYmBx0
Hi my freind, is this case same as "the" in Enlisch _ein Kind: a Child _das Kind: the Child
You can view at here: http://www.dict.cc/?s=the http://www.dict.cc/?s=this