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> cry mich ein river That should be "cry mir ein river". You want the dative case, because you are requesting that the river be cried for you.
by jdmichal 7y ago
> cry mich ein river
That should be "cry mir ein river". You want the dative case, because you are requesting that the river be cried for you.
- ginko 7y ago"cry mir einen river" since river is masculine
- klipt 7y ago"People called Romanes, they go, the house?"
- DonHopkins 7y agoRight. Now don't do it again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gNdGHsEIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3gNdGHsEIk
- jdmichal 7y agoI mean, sure Fluss is masculine... But it seems like borrowed English nouns generally end up masculine also. So sure, why not!
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- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y agoThank you for that. I haven't used German since HS so I am a little rusty. I can still order a beer though. With that said, I picked that particular version of the phrase from zero punctuation. I did not intend for it to be grammatically correct.
- jdmichal 7y agoNo worries... It's been almost 15 years for myself. Even when I was much better, I used to describe myself as competent enough to get into trouble, but not back out again.