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Siling Wang
Deutsche Frage Ich mache jetzt Hausaufgaben. Was können Sie über eine Person sagen? Falsch: 1) Sie ist elektrisch. 2) Sie gefällt mir sympathisch I want to know what dose "elektrisch" mean here. Is it an adj to describe a person? And.... why 2) is Falsch? Thanks a lot

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"Elektrisch" means "electric" or "electrical", and it's normally only used in its actual physical/technological context. Things can be "elektrisch", for example "elektrische Eisenbahn" (electric train) oder "elektrische Ladung" (electric charge), but people better not be electric ;). Sometimes "elektrisch" is used figuratively and in regards to a person or a relationship - it's usually used to describe some sort of tension. However, you'd really need that in a context in order to interpret it properly. You can't use "sympathisch" with "gefallen". You can either say: "Sie ist sympathisch" or "Ich finde sie sympathisch", or you can say "Sie gefällt mir".

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