German capitalization?

Hello, I have a question about a few sentences: Should the words be capitalized? Because there's a noun signal before them.

The following sentences are:

"I would like to eat something" or "I would like to eat something."

“I want to learn something different” or “I want to learn something different.”

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DerKalif
1 year ago

In the first sentence small, there is no attribute to “something” here; unlike, for example, “I want something warm (for dinner).

The sentence is actually “I want to eat.” The “something” stands here alone and refers to what one wants to eat.

In the second sentence you would theoretically be right, so it says, for example, “I want to learn something beautiful.” However, “other” belongs to four words that are always written. The others would be “many,- little, one-“. So you’re dealing with a special case here.

JMC01
1 year ago

In both cases small.

It would be different:

“I want to get some food.” “I liked the other I could learn better.”

JMC01
1 year ago
Reply to  UserKarina

The number adjective “others” belongs to a group of words that are also written down when they assume the function of a noun. The group also includes ‘many’, ‘less’ and ‘one’. That is why ‘other’ is also written by ‘something’: something else.23.05.2023

https://www.scribbr.de/gross-and-small/small-other-gross-or-small/

Simbacherin1
1 year ago

“its” in the first sentence is a verb. > small.

“something new, something good, something beautiful… but “something else.”