As Someone Learning German, I Know This Painlemmy.tfimage sabreW4K3 ( @sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf ) Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 11 months ago message-square51fedilinkarrow-up1572
arrow-up1572imageAs Someone Learning German, I Know This Painlemmy.tf sabreW4K3 ( @sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf ) Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 11 months ago message-square51fedilink
minus-square ElmarsonTheThird ( @ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.de ) linkfedilink4•11 months agoThere’s more shenanigans with “umfahren” and “umfahren”, where Intonation matters. One means “drive around”, the other “run over”.
minus-square Tvkan ( @Tvkan@feddit.de ) linkfedilink6•11 months agoAlso one is a strong and one is a weak verb, meaning that in certain cases, one will be split apart: Ich umfahre jemanden: I drive around someone. Ich fahre jemanden um: I run someone over.
There’s more shenanigans with “umfahren” and “umfahren”, where Intonation matters. One means “drive around”, the other “run over”.
Also one is a strong and one is a weak verb, meaning that in certain cases, one will be split apart:
Ich umfahre jemanden: I drive around someone.
Ich fahre jemanden um: I run someone over.