GibsonGirl
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I hope there are some Germans online in Interference this morning...as I need your help! I decided to take beginner's German in university because I thought the few similarities between German and one of my native languages, Afrikaans, would make it easier. And of course, German is completely different. I won't even start on the gender of nouns (in Afrikaans, everything is just "die," hehehe, no "das" or "der" to worry about!)
Anyway, I've been having some difficulty with sentence structure. The position of the verbs and the nouns baffles me sometimes (probably because I can't differentiate between verbs and nouns...) and negating sentences is a pain in the bum. I don't feel like showing myself up in class again, so I was wondering if someone could check these sentences for me and let me know if I'm at least somewhere close to the right path? I'll provide the questions from my textbook in bold, followed by my answers, which are more than likely incorrect.
Sind 600 Gramm ein Pfund?
Nein, 600 Gramm sind kein Pfund. 500 Gramm sind ein Pfund.
(This one is definitely wrong. I don't know if "sind" should come before "600 Gramm")
Ein Viertelpfund ist nicht 125 Gramm, oder?
Nein, ein Viertelpfund ist 125 Gramm.
(I don't think I answered completely.)
Ein Kilogramm ist ein halbes Pfund, nicht wahr?
Nein, ein Kilogramm ist kein halbes Pfund. Ein Pfund ist ein halbes Kilogramm.
Danke! Any help would be greatly appreciated. I feel so silly in German class!
Anyway, I've been having some difficulty with sentence structure. The position of the verbs and the nouns baffles me sometimes (probably because I can't differentiate between verbs and nouns...) and negating sentences is a pain in the bum. I don't feel like showing myself up in class again, so I was wondering if someone could check these sentences for me and let me know if I'm at least somewhere close to the right path? I'll provide the questions from my textbook in bold, followed by my answers, which are more than likely incorrect.
Sind 600 Gramm ein Pfund?
Nein, 600 Gramm sind kein Pfund. 500 Gramm sind ein Pfund.
(This one is definitely wrong. I don't know if "sind" should come before "600 Gramm")
Ein Viertelpfund ist nicht 125 Gramm, oder?
Nein, ein Viertelpfund ist 125 Gramm.
(I don't think I answered completely.)
Ein Kilogramm ist ein halbes Pfund, nicht wahr?
Nein, ein Kilogramm ist kein halbes Pfund. Ein Pfund ist ein halbes Kilogramm.
Danke! Any help would be greatly appreciated. I feel so silly in German class!