Präpositionen in Relativsätze: „worin“ oder „in denen“; „wodurch“ oder „durch das“, etc. Hallo, Meine Frage ist, wie weiß man, wenn im Bau eines Relativsatzes die "wo- + Präposition"-Form oder die "Präposition + Artikel"-Form benutzt werden soll? Zum Beispiel, was ist im Folgenden richtig? 1. Auf den Regalen stehen einige Bücher, (worin oder in denen?) mein Name steht. 2. Diese Methode ist das beste, (wodurch oder durch die?) man die falschen Ergebnisse von den richtigen unterscheiden kann. 3. Ich weiß nicht, (worüber oder über dem) sie gesprochen haben. Danke schön für alle Hilfe, Ben

Deutsche Wörter für "Nein" Hallo, Oft bedauere ich, dass ich so wenige Wörter auf Deutsch für "Nein" kenne. Insbesondere würde ich gerne Wörter lernen, die das "Nein" betonen. Auf Englisch gibt's eine reiche Auswahl, z.B., "Not at all", "No way", "Hell no", etc. Wenn jemand, mir ähnliche Wörter beibringen kann, wäre das super. Tschau

Englisch-Deutsch Übersetzung Hi, There is a strange class of sentences in English that I don't know how to translate into German. They all have to do with cases in which the object of the sentence has some form of a verb attached to it. For example, "I've only heard him play once." I don't hear just him, but rather "his playing," though in English we wouldn't phrase it this way. "Yesterday I saw him running on the field." The object is not "him" alone but him in the act of running. If anyone has advice on how to translate these sentences please let me know.

Translating the construction "is/are + to be + past participle" into German Hello I was reading a text with the following sentence: "Ergänzende Abdrucke von Gedichten Heinles sind auch im Anhang von Benjamins Gesammelten Schriften zu finden." The grammar seems somewhat strange to me as an English speaker, but from the context I can guess that the translation would be something like, "Supplementary editions of Heinle's poems are also to be found in the addenda of Benjamin's collected writings." What seems notable is the substitution of "sind... zu finden" for "are to be found". Intuitively, I would assume that "are to be found" is translated as "werden gefunden sein". But some other rule seems to be at work here. I am wondering (1) whether anyone knows a name for this construction, and (2) whether it can be freely extended to other cases. For example, "Many landscape paintings are to be seen in the next room." --> "Viele Landschaften sind im nächsten Zimmer zu sehen." or "The outcome remains to be seen." --> "Das Ergebnis bleibt zu sehen." Vielen Dank

translating the english present participle into german Hi, I am often confused by how to translate the English present participle into German. It seems that the present participle has a more restricted use in German than in English. From what I can tell it is mostly used as an adjective, for example "Der spannende Film" (the exciting film). That is clear enough, but then there are sentences such as, "Sitting here, I haven't a care in the world." or "He fell over after he stopped holding the rail." I'm guessing it would be incorrect to substitute the German present participle here, but I'm not sure the correct translation. My closest guess is that you use the infinitive instead. For example, I found the following sentences in a book I'm reading: ‚Plötzlich hatte mich ein Herr vom Podium aus in der Mitte des Saales sitzen gesehen.’ ‚Ich blieb aber sitzen.‘ The infinitive form "sitzen" seems to function here as the English present participle. Can anyone confirm this or elaborate on the difference here? Thank you very much

definite article as pronoun? Hi, I'm reading an essay that has the following sentences, "Aber ich habe auch viele Freunde im Ausland. Gegen die könnte ich sowieso nicht kämpfen." It seems strange to me that he writes "Gegen die..." instead of writing "Gegen sie...". I've seen people do this a lot, substituting the definite article for the pronoun. So I'm wondering: in what contexts is this appropriate? Does it have any significant difference in connotation if I use "die" instead of "sie"? Are there any situations where "die" would not be a permissible substitute? I'm trying to think of a parallel in English and the closest I can think of is "this". I can say "I like this painting" or, if there's enough context, simply "I like this". They are not exactly the same but at least both can work as either articles or pronouns. I appreciate any help that anyone can give. Thanks in advance.

Question about position of verb in sentence Hi. I'm reading a book with the following sentence: "Behalten habe ich nur Eisenbergs Brief, die Einladung meines Studienfreundes, des jetzigen Wiener Rabbiners, zu einem Treffen in Venedig..." The sentence struck me as unusual because I am used to seeing the verb ("habe") in the second position and the past participle (in this case "behalten") moved to the end of a clause, for example, "Ich habe nur Eisenbergs Brief behalten..." So I'm wondering how common this other verb order is, and whether there are any significant differences in meaning or connotation between the two (for example, maybe one sounds more literary and the other more colloquial). I found this sentence in a literary work, so maybe the author is stretching the language beyond the limits of what"s usually acceptable -- or maybe it is perfectly acceptable, just less common. If you know the answer, please let me know. Thanks a lot for all your help!!