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I'm perplexed by this and never heard of it (I'm not a native german speaker). How would you then say "the man bites the dog"?
by iamsaitam 3y ago
I'm perplexed by this and never heard of it (I'm not a native german speaker). How would you then say "the man bites the dog"?
- Beijinger 3y agoThe man bites the dog (my example): Der Mann beisst den Hund. Den Hund beisst der Mann. The dog bites the man: Der Hund beisst den Mann. Den Mann beisst der Hund. This is an easy example because inflections are not really important here. Nouns can change and indicate things like ownership. Chair/ House - Stuhl / Haus for example. Der Stuhl des Hauses. Haus changes to Hauses, indicating an ownership.
- MaKey 3y agoThe most common way to translate this would be: Der Mann beißt den Hund. This emphasizes that the man bites the dog. (Who bites the dog? The man.) The other possible translation would be: Den Hund beißt der Mann. This emphasizes that the man bit the dog. (Whom does the man bite? The dog.)