Baldy Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 I am really struggling with how to differentiate these 2 sentences. Google tells me they are both the same in German... I know that can't be right. So.. Who did Mr Black see? Could be "Wer hat Herr Black gesehen" But according to google translate, "who has seen Mr Black" would be the same sentence. Obviously I am missing something fundamental here, but what? linguaholic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 16 hours ago, Baldy said: I am really struggling with how to differentiate these 2 sentences. Google tells me they are both the same in German... I know that can't be right. So.. Who did Mr Black see? Could be "Wer hat Herr Black gesehen" But according to google translate, "who has seen Mr Black" would be the same sentence. Obviously I am missing something fundamental here, but what? Who did Mr. Black see should be translated as "WEN hat Mr. Black gesehen?, whereas Who has seen Mr Black should be translated as "WER hat Herrn Black gesehen. Hope that helps :=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted February 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2020 Ah right thank you! Is that because Wen is accusative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted February 13, 2020 Report Share Posted February 13, 2020 19 hours ago, Baldy said: Ah right thank you! Is that because Wen is accusative? yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Sorry, last question. Why would it be WER and not "WEM hat Herrn Black gesehen" if this is the dative case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 14 hours ago, Baldy said: Sorry, last question. Why would it be WER and not "WEM hat Herrn Black gesehen" if this is the dative case? well, it is in nominative case. That is why it is not „wem“ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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