Unit 8

Question 1

Translate: What is wrong with you?
highlight “wrong” and modal particle usage in questions.

Answer 1

Was ist denn mit dir los?
denn as a model particle is only used in questions
to give the speaker some room to express a mood tonally.
You can make it sound annoyed, surprised, curious, angry, etc.
effectively making the sentence more casual additional flavoring
los sein is idiomatic. it has many different meanings in spoken German.

Question 2

Translate: While Gogo is out, Katie is freezing in the apartment.
Highlight “out” and “freezing”

Answer 2

Während Gogo unterwegs ist, friert Katie in der Wohnung.
This use of während is as a conjunction.

Question 3

to cuddle with someone
Translate: Gogo cuddled with Bobbie because the room was cold.

Answer 3

kuscheln mit jemandem reg. verb
Gogo hat mit Bobbie gekuschelt, weil das Zimmer kalt war.

Question 4

to talk about something
Translate: I don’t want to talk about it.

Answer 4

über etwas reden.
Ich will nicht darüber reden.

Question 5

Translate: Then he just simply disappeared.
Highlighting “simply” and “disappear”

Answer 5

Dann ist er einfach verschwunden.
verschwinden, verschwand, ist verschwunden, subj. II verschwände

Question 6

Translate: But he will show up again.
Highlighting “will show up” and “again”

Answer 6

Aber er taucht schon wieder auf.
If I say “Er taucht wieder auf” in English it is “But he shows up again”
If I add “schon” to the sentence it becomes “But he will turn up again.”

Question 7

Translate: I have had it! or I have had enough!

Answer 7

Mir’s reicht! This is idiomatic eine Redewendung
reichen is reg. verb
and encompasses a group of similar yet different english meanings:
hand, reach, be enough, pass, suffice, be sufficient, do, go from to, hand to, last, pass to, range, range from to, serve, stretch, vary from to, extend, adequate, be adequate

Question 8

Translate: I can’t do it
a sentence with the same verb but with the addition of a noun:
The heating doesn’t work

Answer 8

Es geht nicht.
Die Heizung geht nicht.

Question 9

Translate: I am really getting fed up!
Highlighting “really” and “fed up”

Answer 9

Ich habe langsam die Nase voll!
without langsam it translates as “I am fed up”
von etwas die Nase voll haben : to be fed up with something
langsam can mean gradually or slowly but surely. as well as slowly,
die Nase voll haben is idiomatic

Question 10

more denn usage as modal particle
Translate: What is the matter?
Why is that?

Answer 10

Was gibt es denn?
Warum denn das?
Denn is used here to express the attitude of the speaker. This has the effect of toning down the pressure behind the question.
Like what is it then? or Why do you say that then?

Question 11

expressing the passive voice with modal verbs
Translate: The lightbulb needs to be changed.
Translate: Katie said that the lightbulb needs to be changed.

Answer 11

Die Glühbirne muss gewechselt werden.
Katie hat gesagt, dass die Glühbirne gewechselt werden muss.

Question 12

Ach, Ihr Name ist also Sauer?
Translate: Well that fits so really well!
Highlight is on the use of a modal particle used to emphasize and slang for really well.

Answer 12

Na, das passt ja (1) richtig gut!
Ja is a modal particle 1) speaker & listener having the same opinion, similar to as we both know. mark in a statement that some is as an established reality. 2) shows surprise affirm, emphasize

richtig means right, something stated true, morally good, and finally slang total real meaning sehr viel.

Question 13

Ach, Ihr Name ist Sauer? Das passt ja richtig gut.
Translate: Because I am really mad!
highlights another way of saying “because” and another way of saying really and a slang word for mad.

Answer 13

Ich bin nämlich echt sauer!
echt means real, genuine, authentic but has slang useage such as echt gut and echt schlecht. really good and really bad
nämlich means namely, actually, but also means “because” as adverb. It goes after the verb but is in 1st place in English.
sauer adj means sour or bitter in taste but slang it means mad.

Question 14

to count on something
Die Heizung muss repariert werden.
Wie lange dauert das?
Translate : Well you (formal) must count on one or two days.
Highlight on “well” and “count on”

Answer 14

Na ja, ein oder zwei Tage müssen Sie rechnen.
reg. verb with different uses
1. calculate (math)
2. pay off (something you tried to do to get something else)
3. count on or rely on (someone, something) (mit jmdm oder etwas)
4. to expect something

Question 15

Translate: That is not OK. I want my money back.
Highlight “to get something back”

Answer 15

Das geht so nicht. Ich will mein Geld zurückhaben.

Question 16

when “if” means “whether or not”
Translate: I will check if I can still find something vacant for you somewhere.
Highlight “check”, “if”, “vacant” is “etwas Freies” , “somewhere”

Answer 16

Ich schaue mal nach, ob ich noch irgendwo etwas Freies für Sie finde.
Mal means once but here is used to add casual relaxed vib to the statement.
nachschauen is slang for ansehen “go and see” or “take a look”
If “if” can be translated to “whether or not” then use “ob”

Question 17

When “about” means “regarding or because of something”
Translate: Hey Bobby don’t say anything about the bed, OK?
Highlight : there is another use of modal particle, and the translation “not … anything” as “nothing”

Answer 17

Hey, Bobby, sag aber nichts wegen dem Bett, OK?
wegen requires genitive case but in spoken German dative case can be used.

Question 18

Translate: I am very dissatisfied with your service.
Highlight “dissatisfied” and “service”

Answer 18

Ich bin sehr unzufrieden mit Ihrem Service.
der Service

Question 19

to be disappointed or to disappoint
Your vacation apartment has disappointed me very much.

Answer 19

Ihre Ferienwohnung hat mich sehr enttäuscht.
enttäuschen, enttäuschte, enttäuscht

Question 20

indignant or shocked or disgusted
Translate: I am indignant at how run down this place is!
to be run down is “heruntergekommen sein”

Answer 20

Ich bin empört, wie heruntergekommen dieser Ort ist.

Question 21

to be annoyed about something
Translate: I am annoyed about the traffic jam.

Answer 21

über etwas verärgert sein
Ich bin verärgert über den Stau.

Question 22

Translate: I want you to reimburse us.

Answer 22

to reimburse or compensate
entschädigen
Ich will, dass Sie uns entschädigen

Question 23

to refund something
Translate: I would like you to refund me for the costs.
Highlights another way of saying “would like (mögen)” (hint: in English like and want are the same) and the verb “refund”

Answer 23

Ich wünsche mir, dass Sie mir die Kosten zurückerstatten.

Question 24

the noun “repayment”
the noun “accommodation costs”

Answer 24

die Rückzahlung
Unterkunftskosten this is plural form
die Kost however means food!

Question 25

to demand something from someone
I demand compensation from you.

Answer 25

von jmdm etwas verlangen
Ich verlange von Ihnen eine Entschädigung.

Question 26

to find out, discover or ascertain something
Translate: When we arrived, we had to find out unfortunately that a few things did not work well or even were broken.

Answer 26

Als wir angekommen sind, mussten wir leider feststellen, dass einige Dinge nicht so gut funktionierten oder sogar kaputt waren.

Question 27

the verb to break or get broken or stop working

Answer 27

kaputtgehen aux. v. sein
ging kaputt, gang kaputt, ist kaputtgegangen

Question 28

Translate: We slept so badly last night because of the cold.

Answer 28

Letze Nacht haben wir so schlect wegen der Kälte geschlafen.

Question 29

2 informal verbs based on the root “schauen” and their formal substitute verbs
to check and to look at

Answer 29

nachschauen - nachsehen
anschauen - ansehen

Question 30

Translate: During your stay, you can use the sauna in the hotel.

Answer 30

Während Ihres Aufenthalts können Sie in der Hotel die Sauna benutzen/nutzen.

Question 31

Translate: It would be nice, if….
Translate: It would be nice if you would write a positive review for us despite the inconvenience.

Answer 31

Es wäre schön, wenn…
Es wäre schön, wenn Sie trotz der Unannehmlichkeiten für uns eine positive Bewertung schreiben würden.
Note: Unannehmlichkeiten is used in plural and means trouble, inconvenience

Question 32

Translate: I will check that.

Answer 32

Ich werde das prüfen.

Question 33

What is the effect of using “aber” as a modal particle in a statement.

Answer 33

It adds emphasis to a statement.

Question 34

what the adverb for nothing, none or not….anything
Translate: Bobbi don’t say anything about the bed.

Answer 34

nichts
Bobbi sag aber nichts wegen dem Bett.

Question 35

Translate: But of course! (with a modal)

Answer 35

Aber ja!

Question 36

Translate: That was really tasty. (with a modal)

Answer 36

Das hat aber geschmeckt.

Question 37

Translate: It is really quite late. (with a modal)
highlight on “quite” as well

Answer 37

Es ist aber ziemlich spät.