whose girlfriend is it: er hat Tim und seine Freundin eingeladen
Hallo Leute,

wie gezeigt, wessen freundin ist es im satz "er hat Tim und seine Freundin eingeladen"? Tim oder "Er"?
I always get confused when it comes to german pronoun...
Somebody can help?

Thank you,
Magmay

Question

whose girlfriend is it: er hat Tim und seine Freundin eingeladen
Hallo Leute,

wie gezeigt, wessen freundin ist es im satz "er hat Tim und seine Freundin eingeladen"? Tim oder "Er"?
I always get confused when it comes to german pronoun...
Somebody can help?

Thank you,
Magmay

Answer

It's ambiguous, but in this order it means "the girlfriend of Tim" with high probability. Otherwise you're more likely to say "seine Freundin und Tim" (the girlfriend of the one who does the inviting). In the end, such ambiguities are always resolved by context, if they can be resolved at all.

Answer

Ich glaube, sie ist Freundin von Tim. Weil 'seine Freundin' 'Tim' nahe steht.

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