Nein, ich doch nicht ! (German Edition)
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I don't see a difference between ''although'' and ''though'' in this sentence, just that ''although'' sounds more appropriate. It has multiple uses, one of them can't be really translated into English, it has a similar meaning as ''but'' or ''even'' and it put into sentence with it or is translated as ''but'' or ''even''. It emphasises your statement but it can be left out.
Das sieht doch ein Blinder! Da stimmt doch etwas nicht.
The possible uses of doch have been answered several times on this page. Amazon Rapids Fun stories for kids on the go. All of these compounds are early Late Modern High German neologisms. In this sentence, they would mean pretty much the same thing. LauraKrenz 15 6 4 3.
The second use is a short positive answer to a negative statement or question. Er ist nicht klein. We had a complete lecture on use of Doch. For Chilean Spanish speakers.. I found that the best translation for Doch, at least in this sentence, is: The order is subject verb object, generally. However, if you start a sentence with the object, the next word must be the verb order would then be object verb subject. The number of words themselves is irrelevant. Also "doch" is an adverb in this case, so it is not counted as a subject or object.
It seems there are two versions on DL of this statement. For this one, "Doch das ist nicht richtig", "But that is not right" was accepted. However it was not accepted for "Das ist doch nicht richtig". That was "That is not right. I thought that someone would have to say "Das ist nicht richtig," and you could say "Doch das ist richtig. Both my German dictionary and my pocket translater interpret " doch" as "yet" and it wasn't accepted.
My German dictionary considers "aber" as the word "but". However, is important to remember that German uses 'doch' much more frequently than English uses 'though' and in other situations you'll go wrong trying to translate it as such. Doch means that someone is confirming the manner for example spielst du nicht the other says Doch ich spiele gut. I had "Doch das ist nicht richtig" and "das ist doch nicht richtig" and for both I got "That is not correct" as correct. But I still don't understand what it means.
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I put "but this is wrong" and got corrected by duolingo. It said "but this is incorrect.
Negation -nicht and kein
I thought doch was a response to a negative question or statement meaning "of course" is this right? The possible uses of doch have been answered several times on this page. Your question can not be answered with a simple yes or no. Read the several good explanations of the meaning of doch already posted and then post any lingering confusion you might still have. Im confused about this how it is possible ,im albanian im learning in one deutsch course when we was learning something about this "Doch" in albanian means , i mean not just in albanian but the meaning its yes yes or in Albanian "popo" and here i get something else.
I was thinking how it can happent in every sentence some words change all the meaning. Rather than getting everybody to post their answers to your question all over again, perhaps you could just read them and then post whatever doubts you might have.
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The way this is said does not imply the meaning or explanation in the statement and is somewhat misleading, thoughts? I think we use doch just in negative question. Hast du kein auto? My german teacher said that doch is only use to answer yes to a negative question. So I translated doch as yes. Why is "No, that is not right" not accepted? In an example like this, "no" typically means "on the contrary".
Is it something such a "maar toch" in dutch? I would like to have something that I can compare it with. There is a word in Hebrew, probably taken from Yiddish which has close ties to German that is parallel to "doch" - davka or dafka. Used very much like doch and with no real translation into other languages. Why "Doch dass ist nicht richtig" is incorrect? Why "das" is correct and "dass" is not correct here?
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In terms of grammar: I'm not sure why he was down voted. I'm wondering the same thing or would it be "Doch, dass nicht richtig ist"? Certain conjunctions, such as "doch" here, may take a "zero position" in the sentence:. Accordingly, the positions in this example are 0 doch 1 das 2 ist As for the position of "nicht", sometimes it comes after the verb, and sometimes it moves around:.
Then it would be a question as to whether " it is right". The intent is to say "it is not right" with emphasis Your word order changes it to a question.
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I was commenting on the English words specifically. Not sure what words are accepted or not for "richtig", or why. I imagine "true" could work in some contexts, but perhaps it's not considered quite a direct enough translation in the absence of any clarifying context. I mean, this fits very contextually " but of course" itself varies in meaning based on tone and context , but in practical usage, it fits quite nicely with many common uses of "doch".
Other times it can translate to "though" which is interestingly the English cognate of "doch". It is not "but;" it affirms the statement. Perhaps Duo wants a coordinating conjunction instead of a subordinating conjunction. According to what we learned so far, "sondern" is the word when we are going to say something in contrast with what someone has mentioned. Am I missing something?? Doch das ist nicht richtig, sondern dies. Stick with coordinating conjunctions for this sentence: I'm not sure if "it" is accepted here in place of "that". I assume you are talking about doch?
Alors usually corresponds to also or dann in German. For example, to say "Yes, I am", "Yes, it is" or to say "yes", "on the contrary". It is only rarely used to say "but", but you can. There's not much difference between "but" and "yet" in this context, but in any event, a comment on this page from a year ago says "yet that is not right" is accepted.
That comment shows a comma after "yet", but punctuation doesn't usually matter to Duo. Can someone please explain me the difference between Doch, Sondern, and Aber I am really confused. Doch, is a disagreement to a negative question. If you are asked 'Are you not coming to the party? Ich komme zur Party aber ich werde nicht lang bleiben.
I am coming to the party but will not stay long. PeaceJoyPancakes 25 13 13 11 9. Its meanings are set out here, a couple of them with examples: JewishPolyglot 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. Eric 25 3 Skarnin 7 2 2 2. Skydancer3 15 14 14 13 9 6 5 4 2 2 2 What if you'd use "aber" instead of "doch" in your example? Would thatbe the same?
ChloeDolan 9 6 3 3 3. Yes, if you want it to mean that. One place it is frequently used is countering a negative, but not exclusively. Verarcadia 16 9 3. Can someone tell me the usage difference between "doch" and "aber"? DorotaJarosz 11 11 11 10 2. Fortunately, the answer is almost certainly no. The short answer is no. Why didn't I ask him? Neutrum Nein Neutrum neuter n. Context sentences for "Nein". Example sentences from external sources for "Nein" not checked by the Langenscheidt editorial team.
Well, Mr Kuhne, I can assure you that this is not the case. No, no, that won't do. Our approach should be different. President, I do not feel that you are my president. The first and principled answer must surely be no. Comment I think in this case, it would be something like: No, there are no kangaroos in Africa. I saw them myself! Comment in the context in which you describe,yes! Comment This already has been discussed ad nauseam. Take a look at the archive first! Comment Trocco's definiton is more accurate. He has already rejected my suggestion I made above. You can take a donkey to a well, but you cannot make him drink.
Comment trocco's "they're" is IMHO certainly wrong. No one has mentioned the use of "so" BE and "too" AE in this context. Ich hab im Archiv keinen Thread gefunden, der genau diese Bedeutung von doch beinhaltet. Translation Are Do not! Comment There are no kangaroos in Africa. Comment Sorry, that should of course have been "did did did did and did" I've been hearing it wrong all these years.