Do they capitalize every noun? Like "ein Bier"? Why?
2007-01-30 19:22:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Ye, we do. It is easier to understand the meaning of the word. it facilitates lecture. There are some words that exist as well as noun as verb, so making the difference between the by capitalizing the noun, you understand better.
Some people start to write everything minuscle for exaple in emails. By some it is considered as rude, by others as cool behavior. I'm for capitazing, becuase it makes our language richer.
2007-01-30 19:33:55 · answer #1 · answered by Reeka 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Exactly. Every noun is capitalized. What's weird about that? It's just a rule, nothing more. Like the rule that the first word in a sentence is capitalized, or that names are capitalized; these rules are the same in English, but the noun rule is different. So what?
2007-01-31 10:37:57 · answer #2 · answered by NaturalBornKieler 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Words like Bier, Haus, Auto, Hund... every word which has an "the" in English is capitalize in German.
...I know, my English is very bad, but I'm German.
2007-01-31 03:30:33 · answer #3 · answered by Mary 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we do.
Every word with an article (e.g. ein, eine, der, die, das) is capitalized.
I'm not sure why, but I think it's just easier to recognize which words are nouns and which are verbs in a sentence and so we can understand a text faster.
2007-01-31 15:22:59 · answer #4 · answered by hydro_claude 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they capitalize every noun. Why? Because!
Why do the English capitalize the I (as in I wrote this)?
Habit, convention.
2007-01-31 03:26:12 · answer #5 · answered by katinka hesselink 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yep, every noun, and only nouns (and the first word of a sentence).
So you'll get "Ich spreche Deutsch" (I speak German) but "die deutsche Sprache" (the German language, "deutsche" is an adjective so it's not capitalized.
Don't know why but it makes it easier to teach grammar.
2007-01-31 07:58:32 · answer #6 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
that's just the way it is. i think it makes learning german alot easier. also it makes the language special. i lived in america for 6 years and loved it but, no offense, the english language that is spoken nowadays is boring. it all just solen bits from the latin (this includes french, italian, spanish... all the romanic languages) and bits from german (yes german an english have the same roots.).
2007-01-31 10:39:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do. It's their rule, why is it wierd. I lived in Germany for 10 years, and I think it is wierd not to do it in English.
2007-01-31 03:26:27 · answer #8 · answered by Sanmigsean 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋