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In German, you "direct" attention at something or "gift" attention to someone.
by WA 1y ago
In German, you "direct" attention at something or "gift" attention to someone.
- lisper 1y agoWhat German phrase did you have in mind? Because the idiomatic translation of "to pay attention" is "aufpassen", which literally translates to something like "pass on" or "fit on".
- epaga 1y ago"jemandem Aufmerksamkeit schenken", "Aufmerksamkeit auf etwas richten"
- fainpul 1y agoYou can't rip apart that word into "auf" and "passen" and then individually translate them literally. The result seems nonsensical. I would say "aufpassen" is literally "be attentive" / "be watchful". Edit: "to pay attention" is literally "Aufmerksamkeit zollen"
- lisper 1y ago> You can't rip apart that word into "auf" and "passen" and then individually translate them literally. Sure, just like you can't separate "pay attention". Both are idiomatic. But you can separate "aufpassen" into "Paß auf". (For the benefit of non-German lurkers, "Paß auf" is a command to pay attention.)
- camdroidw 1y agoReplying to your powershell comment from 30d back-- you won't use aliases, you'd type g-ci <tab> for get-ChildItem
- 1718627440 1y agoI would translate "aufpassen" more with "to attend" or "to watch over". The literal analogue to "pass on" or "fit on" is "anpassen"; "auf" generally means "over", "on/to the top of".
- layer8 1y agoIn German, you “give eight”. ;)
- throw-qqqqq 1y agoThis made me laugh :D!