With or without "um"?
Hello everyone!
How do you write the following sentence correctly?
"Do you have time to look after our child?"
or
Do you have time to look after our child?"
Thanks for your help!
Hello everyone!
How do you write the following sentence correctly?
"Do you have time to look after our child?"
or
Do you have time to look after our child?"
Thanks for your help!
Hello! I wrote a new short poem about the river. How would you rate this poem? Thank you. I was born on the great river, where every little bird pleases the ears. Where blue water flows forever, never forget how beautiful it is! Here you don’t notice any seasons, for this splendor will accompany them….
You can't make me believe (that…).
What comma placement rule applies to the first comma before "hoffe ich" in the following example? Is this really a mandatory comma? “For the future, I hope that the state, as in the last argument […]
Could the third "than" be omitted here? This book is understood as both a fairy tale and a novel.
Hello Horch300679
What for (to)
around what? to do? Um… ontofit
Yes, with “um” 🙂 is correct, but the other is not wrong.
Um is a preposition, adverb or conjunction
Um… 9 am I going (preposition)
Um… the 800€ will cost it (Adverb: around ≅ approximate)
Can you come? around care for the children? (Conjunction)
In my opinion, it cannot be missing here “um” a meaning similar to “so that”. It’s a justification.
To watch = so you can watch
LG
Thank you.
Both sentences make a final statement and are correct, whereby the version appears somewhat overcorrectioned with ‘um’.
Without ‘um’ it is more tangible and more economic. Language economics is the most important driver for language change!
It’ll be all over the world. It’s not wrong, but without is the better German.
Um.
Both of them.