gehören und bestehen Flashcards

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Translate: The goats belong to-are one of - your tasks.

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Die Ziegen gehört zu deinen Aufgaben.

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Translate: The house belongs to him.

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Das Haus gehört ihm.

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Translate:That is off the point.

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Das gehört nicht zum Thema.

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4
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Translate: That does not go here.

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Das gehört nicht hierher.

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5
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Translate: The book goes in the bookcase.

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Das Buch gehört ins Regal.

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Translate: I should be in bed.

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Ich gehöre ins Bett.

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Translate: It is one of your duties.

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Es gehört zu deinen Pflichten.

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belongs to as extended to mean take a lot of something

Translate: This work requires/takes a lot of concentration.

calls for, or takes a lot of

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Zu dieser Arbeit gehört viel Konzentration.

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to be right or proper
Translate: Behave yourself properly.

reflexive, verb impersonal to be right or proper

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Benimm dich, wie es sich gehört.

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Translate: That takes courage.

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Dazu gehört Mut.
Das erfordert Mut.
der Mut, kein pl.
Tapferkeit

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Translate: Exercise and healthy eating are part of a healthy lifestyle.

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Bewegung und gesunde Ernährung gehören zu eine gesunden Lebensweise.

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the verb used to say passing a test
Translate: I did not pass the exam.
I passed the exam with ease.

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bestehen
Ich habe die Prüfung nicht bestanden.
Ich habe die Prüfung mit Leichtigkeit bestanden.

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to be (not sein) used to express a connection that exists between things think (there exists)
Translate: On this question, however, there is clarity.
There’s a danger of the fire spreading.
There are no doubts about his skill.

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bestehen
Über diese Frage besteht jedoch Klarheit.
Es besteht die Gefahr, dass sich das Feuer ausbreitet.
Es bestehen keine Zweifel an seinen Fähigkeiten.

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to consist of
Translate: The comedy consists of 3 acts.
The building is made out of concrete.

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bestehen aus
Die Komödie besteht aus drei Akten.
Das Gebäude besteht aus Beton.

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15
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to consist in. but this technical definition fails to translate as such more like be
Translate: What is the meaning of life? Think of what does the meaning of life consist in?
The problem is that…

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bestehen in
Worin besteht der Sinn des Lebens.
Das Problem besteht darin, dass…

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to exist
Translate: Some companies exist only on paper.

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bestehen
Einige Firmen bestehen nur auf dem Papier.

17
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Translate: The danger remains.

this uses two verbs to mean persist or remain

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Die Gefahr bleibt bestehen.

the verb is beiben bestehen, it is formell and blieben is conjugated bestehen is not!
Die verhandelten Bedingungen sollen bestehen bleiben.
The negotiated conditions shall remain.

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To insist on something
Translate: He insists on going swimming in this cold weather.
He insists on his right to self defence.

self defence is Selbstverteidigung

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bestehen auf
Er besteht darauf, bei diesem kalten Wetter swimmen zu gehen.
Er besteht auf seinem Recht auf Selbstverteidigung.

19
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example of belongs to translated as is one of …

Possibly Seebühl am Bühlsee is one of those places, which are only known to those people, whom one has asked?

from the double lotties Das doppelte Lottchen

helper die Ortschaft = place , locality
ausgerechnet also is used
other words for possibly are wahrscheinlich, eventuell, möglicherweise, and vielleicht

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Womöglich gehört Seebühl am Bühlsee zu den Ortschaften, die ausgerechnet nur jene Leute kennen, die man nicht fragt?

womöglich = possibly
Ausgerechnet: precedes the word or phrase to accentuate it as in ausgerechnet du! You of all people!

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It’s not done

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Das gehört sich nicht