Lektion 3X: Die Modalpartikeln

Question 1

flavouring particles

Answer 1

die Abtönungspartikel, -n / die Modalpartikel, -n

Question 2

particle

Answer 2

die Partikel, -n

Question 3

That’s really nice of you.

Answer 3

Das ist aber nett von dir.

(intensifier)

Question 4

Have you got anything against our visit? –Of course not!

Answer 4

Hast du etwas gegen unseren Besuch? –Aber nein!

(intensifier)

Question 5

so

Answer 5

also

Question 6

also

Answer 6

auch

Question 7

list of flavouring particles

Answer 7

Die Modalpartikeln:

• aber
• also
• denn
• doch
• ja
• auch
• eben
• eigentlich
• mal
• nun
• halt
• nur
• shon
• überhaupt
• wohl
• zwar

Question 8

I couldn’t study any more, so I went to bed.

Answer 8

Ich konnte nicht mehr lernen, also ging ich ins Bett.

Question 9

So you’ll help us?

Answer 9

Du wirst uns also helfen?

Question 10

Well, all right – if you want to.

Answer 10

Also, gut – wenn du willst.

Question 11

So/Well, what do you want to do now?

Answer 11

Also was willst du jetzt machen?

Question 12

Well, aren’t you going to come along?

Answer 12

Kommst du denn nicht mit?

(impatience)

Question 13

Well, what did you do the whole time?

Answer 13

Was habt ihr denn die ganze Zeit gemacht?

(surprise)

Question 14

What in the world is going on here?

Answer 14

Was ist denn hier los?

(interest)

Question 15

But that’s crazy (no matter what anyone says)!

Answer 15

Das ist doch Wahnsinn!

(to stress validity)

Question 16

Come on, you know that!

Answer 16

Das weißt du doch!

(to stress validity)

Question 17

So she’s right after all.

Answer 17

Sie hat doch Recht.

(to convey surprise)

Question 18

You can’t really be serious!

Answer 18

Das kann doch nicht dein Ernst sein!

(to express disbelief)

Question 19

Come on, listen!

Answer 19

Hören Sie doch mal zu!

(to intensify a sense of impatience or urgency)

Question 20

You don’t want to come along, do you? –Oh yes, I do!

Answer 20

Du willst wohl nicht mitkommen, oder? –Doch!

(to respond positively to a statement or question with negative implications)

Question 21

Come on, you know what I mean.

Answer 21

Sie wissen ja, was ich meine.

(to express the obviousness of a fact, with a hint of impatience)

Question 22

But I’m (obviously) already doing that!

Answer 22

Das tue ich ja schon!

(to express the obviousness of a fact, with a hint of impatience)

Question 23

Don’t you dare come home too late!

Answer 23

Komm ja (nur) nicht zu spät nach Haus!

(to add a sense of urgency to imperatives; in this meaning it is often followed by nur)

Question 24

Well, there she is!

Answer 24

Das ist sie ja!

(to convey a sense of surprise)

Question 25

That is really hard to believe! / I can hardly believe that!

Answer 25

Das ist ja kaum zu glauben!

(to convey a sense of surprise)

Question 26

just (now/then)

Answer 26

eben / nun

Question 27

actually

Answer 27

eigentlich

Question 28

hey / just

Answer 28

mal

Question 29

really / in fact / at all

Answer 29

halt / nur / schon, überhaupt

Question 30

probably, no doubt, quite likely

Answer 30

wohl

Question 31

to be sure / of course

Answer 31

zwar