nach and sonst Flashcards

1
Q

The four points of the compass
East, West, South, and North

not in any direction

A

der Osten
der Westen
der Süden
der Norden

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2
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the four directions of a compass which are adverbs by the way
eastwards, westwards, southwards and northwards
or east, west, south, north

as directions to somewhere

A

nach Osten
nach Westen
nach Süden
nach Norden

der Osten, der Westen, Der Norden, der Süden
südlich, nördlich, westlich, östlich southern, northern, western, eastern

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3
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in English can mean go in a direction to a place
what is the preposition used for going to places, countries, points of compass

A

nach dative

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4
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say informally turn left

A

bieg nach links ab

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5
Q

say It is 3 minutes after five

A

Es ist drei Minuten nach fünf Uhr

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6
Q

say Please after you

A

Bitte nach dir

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7
Q

say in my opinion

in accordance with or according to when referencing some source

A

meiner Meinung nach

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8
Q

here is a way to say “still i.e. doing something” you could say “immer noch” but there is another way
say “ I am still tired “

A

nach wie vor
Ich bin nach wie vor müde.
or
Ich bin immer noch müde.

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9
Q

to go home is

A

gehen nach Hause

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10
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say Hans is going to take the dog outside.
Hans goes outside with the dog.

note that outside must have a direction in German

A

Hans wird den Hund nach draußen bringen.
Hans geht mit dem Hund nach draußen.

English implies direction and doesn’t use nach

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11
Q

to smell like

translate
When Klaus got home, he smelled like alcohol and cigarettes.
conjugate the verb to smell

A

Als Klau nach Hause gekommt ist, hat er nach Alkohol und Zigaretten gerochen.

riechen riecht roch gerochen to smell or even reek

die Zigarette, der Alkohol

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12
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else or otherwise used in questions
wer sonst?
wie sonst?
sonst nach Fragen?
Sonst noch etwas?
sonst niemand.
sonst nichts

A

sonst
who else?
how else?
any more questions?
want something else?
no one else
nothing else

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13
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usual (when used with other words)

the same as usual
later than usual
better than usual

worse than usual

sonst goes with compound phrases

when used singly a better choice is the adv for usual, customary or typical

A

sonst
genau wie sonst
später als sonst
besser als sonst

schelchter als sonst

Notice german makes distinction as in english when camparisons are equal

exactly as usual is genau selbe means the same, could even use ganz wie sonst totally as usual.
Üblich is used instead as a single word

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14
Q

otherwise
how are things otherwise?
Otherwise he is quite nice

A

sonst
wie geht’s sonst?
Sonst ist er ganz nett

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15
Q

say according to principles of free enterprise

principles is plural of der Grundsatz, free enterprise is die freien Wirtschaft

A

nach den Grundsätzen der freien Wirtschaft

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16
Q

Say

on the principal that…

A

Nach dem Grundsatz, dass …

17
Q

Nothing is free

A

Nichts ist umsonst

18
Q

It was a waste of time

or it was for nothing

A

Es war eine Zeitverschwendung.

19
Q

to get something for free

I got the earphones for free.

A

Ich habe die Kopfhörer umsonst bekommen

etwas umsonst bekommen