asking about weather using 'Was'
The English statement 'How is the weather today?' is translated to 'Wie ist das Wetter heute?'.
We can ask the same question using 'What' in English by 'What is the weather like today?'
How can we say the same thing using 'Was' in German? I mean using literal translation.
Is 'Was ist das Wetter so wie heute?' correct? I think because ' ... sein so wie A ' means ' ... is like A' it sounds probable.
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The English statement 'How is the weather today?' is translated to 'Wie ist das Wetter heute?'.
We can ask the same question using 'What' in English by 'What is the weather like today?'
How can we say the same thing using 'Was' in German? I mean using literal translation.
Is 'Was ist das Wetter so wie heute?' correct? I think because ' ... sein so wie A ' means ' ... is like A' it sounds probable.
expressions grammar-identification
asked 1 hour ago
Chan KimChan Kim
1,006315
add a comment |
The English statement 'How is the weather today?' is translated to 'Wie ist das Wetter heute?'.
We can ask the same question using 'What' in English by 'What is the weather like today?'
How can we say the same thing using 'Was' in German? I mean using literal translation.
Is 'Was ist das Wetter so wie heute?' correct? I think because ' ... sein so wie A ' means ' ... is like A' it sounds probable.
expressions grammar-identification
asked 1 hour ago
Chan KimChan Kim
1,006315
The English statement 'How is the weather today?' is translated to 'Wie ist das Wetter heute?'.
We can ask the same question using 'What' in English by 'What is the weather like today?'
How can we say the same thing using 'Was' in German? I mean using literal translation.
Is 'Was ist das Wetter so wie heute?' correct? I think because ' ... sein so wie A ' means ' ... is like A' it sounds probable.
expressions grammar-identification
expressions grammar-identification
asked 1 hour ago
Chan KimChan Kim
1,006315
asked 1 hour ago
Chan KimChan Kim
1,006315
asked 1 hour ago
Chan KimChan Kim
1,006315
asked 1 hour ago
Chan KimChan Kim
1,006315
asked 1 hour ago
Chan KimChan Kim
1,006315
1,006315
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Wie ist das Wetter heute?
How is the weather today?
Was für ein Wetter haben wir heute?
literally: "What kind of weather we have today?"
answered 35 mins ago
JankaJanka
28.6k22556
Ah, danke schön nochmal. I have to get used to that expression "Was für", a peculiar German expression.
– Chan Kim
just now
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If you translate entirely literally, what you get isn't German. It's English with phonological substitutions applied to it. But that isn't what distinguishes languages from each other.
In this particular case, English happens to have alternate ways of expressing "wie". One is how, and another is what ... like. There is no corresponding alternation in German, so cannot find an appropriate translation using "was".
answered 35 mins ago
Kilian FothKilian Foth
8,9201524
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Wie ist das Wetter heute?
How is the weather today?
Was für ein Wetter haben wir heute?
literally: "What kind of weather we have today?"
answered 35 mins ago
JankaJanka
28.6k22556
Ah, danke schön nochmal. I have to get used to that expression "Was für", a peculiar German expression.
– Chan Kim
just now
add a comment |
Wie ist das Wetter heute?
How is the weather today?
Was für ein Wetter haben wir heute?
literally: "What kind of weather we have today?"
answered 35 mins ago
JankaJanka
28.6k22556
Ah, danke schön nochmal. I have to get used to that expression "Was für", a peculiar German expression.
– Chan Kim
just now
add a comment |
Wie ist das Wetter heute?
How is the weather today?
Was für ein Wetter haben wir heute?
literally: "What kind of weather we have today?"
answered 35 mins ago
JankaJanka
28.6k22556
Wie ist das Wetter heute?
How is the weather today?
Was für ein Wetter haben wir heute?
literally: "What kind of weather we have today?"
answered 35 mins ago
JankaJanka
28.6k22556
answered 35 mins ago
JankaJanka
28.6k22556
answered 35 mins ago
JankaJanka
28.6k22556
answered 35 mins ago
JankaJanka
28.6k22556
28.6k22556
Ah, danke schön nochmal. I have to get used to that expression "Was für", a peculiar German expression.
– Chan Kim
just now
add a comment |
Ah, danke schön nochmal. I have to get used to that expression "Was für", a peculiar German expression.
– Chan Kim
just now
Ah, danke schön nochmal. I have to get used to that expression "Was für", a peculiar German expression.
– Chan Kim
just now
Ah, danke schön nochmal. I have to get used to that expression "Was für", a peculiar German expression.
– Chan Kim
just now
add a comment |
If you translate entirely literally, what you get isn't German. It's English with phonological substitutions applied to it. But that isn't what distinguishes languages from each other.
In this particular case, English happens to have alternate ways of expressing "wie". One is how, and another is what ... like. There is no corresponding alternation in German, so cannot find an appropriate translation using "was".
answered 35 mins ago
Kilian FothKilian Foth
8,9201524
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If you translate entirely literally, what you get isn't German. It's English with phonological substitutions applied to it. But that isn't what distinguishes languages from each other.
In this particular case, English happens to have alternate ways of expressing "wie". One is how, and another is what ... like. There is no corresponding alternation in German, so cannot find an appropriate translation using "was".
answered 35 mins ago
Kilian FothKilian Foth
8,9201524
add a comment |
If you translate entirely literally, what you get isn't German. It's English with phonological substitutions applied to it. But that isn't what distinguishes languages from each other.
In this particular case, English happens to have alternate ways of expressing "wie". One is how, and another is what ... like. There is no corresponding alternation in German, so cannot find an appropriate translation using "was".
answered 35 mins ago
Kilian FothKilian Foth
8,9201524
If you translate entirely literally, what you get isn't German. It's English with phonological substitutions applied to it. But that isn't what distinguishes languages from each other.
In this particular case, English happens to have alternate ways of expressing "wie". One is how, and another is what ... like. There is no corresponding alternation in German, so cannot find an appropriate translation using "was".
answered 35 mins ago
Kilian FothKilian Foth
8,9201524
answered 35 mins ago
Kilian FothKilian Foth
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answered 35 mins ago
Kilian FothKilian Foth
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answered 35 mins ago
Kilian FothKilian Foth
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