2007-06-26 23:20:01 · 6 answers · asked by TH, CB + part of SJ family ☆ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
For example does Wilkommen im hotel mean Welcome to the hotel?
2007-06-26 23:35:26 · update #1
Also what are the three words for the in german,i forgot I know there is die and das but what is the other?
2007-06-26 23:45:00 · update #2
No, generally not. You picked the one case where it can be translated so, but that has to do with the construction of "welcome" in English. Please DON'T ever think that you can have one single translation for a preposition in any language. Usage is widely different, and what's correct in one case may be wrong in another.
"Im" is short for "in dem", which always means a place, never a direction.
The dative case in connection with some prepositions always means a place, the accusative "in deN" can sometimes be translated as "to", like in "Wir gehen in den Zoo"= "We go to the zoo", because that denotes direction.
The three articles are:"der" - male, "die" -female, "das" - neuter
2007-06-27 02:52:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
whoaa....you have asked such a question that needs a full grammar lession to understand ....although i am trying here to make you unnderstand very shortly......
"im" in german really does correspond to "in" in English.....but sometimes "in" in german also have the meaning of "in" in English......it varies from case to case......
if you want to understand the reason behind that you have to go through a one hour lecture on german grammar starting from the beginning......which, I think, is a painful option for you if you are not a die hard language enthusiast....
2007-06-27 06:27:50 · answer #2 · answered by Max P 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
im is a contraction, like "you're". im is a contraction for "in dem" and it can mean "in" most of the time. To conjugate verbs in German is something else. But to answer your question, yes.
2007-06-27 06:31:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
you really picked the best example.
Others have already correctly answered the "in dem" = "im" story and also about articles.
What I wanted to add is that exactly the phrase "welcome to..." is one that gives German speakers problems (OK - at least Austrians like me) - they often say "Welcome in ...."
2007-06-27 10:46:08 · answer #4 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. im in german means in the (but only in 3rd nameform)
it is used when describing a motion generally. but i would mostlikely translate it with into in most cases.
'im' is a conjunction of 'in dem'
2007-06-27 06:31:59 · answer #5 · answered by mrzwink 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
"im" means "in dem", so translated into English, it's "in the"
it's used in the "Dativ" form.
Example:
Wo bist du??
Ich bin in dem Hof ---> Ich bin im Hof.
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Addition:
Articles:
Nomenativ:
der (maskulin)
die (femenin)
das (neutral)
die (Plural)
Akusativ:
den (maskulin)
die (femenin)
das (neutral)
die (Plural)
Dativ:
dem (maskulin)
die (femenin)
dem (neutral)
den (Plural)
Genetiv:
des (maskulin)
der (femenin)
des (neutral)
der (plural)
Nomenativ is the "normal" form.
2007-06-27 06:36:24 · answer #6 · answered by Stratomanssy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋