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- What is the difference between wie and was in a certain context?
When do you use wie and was in German? For example: What is your name? I understand you ask the question with wie instead of was
- Does wie mean as in German or does it mean how?
When I write "wie" by itself on google translator, it comes up as "as" but when I used it in a sentence, it comes up as "how" Are both right? And if so, could you give me an example when I could use "wie" as in "as"
- Why is Wie used in Wie bitte? - German Language Stack Exchange
The most similar phrase in English seems to me "what's that?" (I'm not native in English and could be wrong) Why is "wie" used here? In other words, if "Wie bitte?" is expanded in its full, what would it be? As a side question, is there any (commonly used) expression using "was" to mean the listener did not catch what the other was saying?
- Wie kann man richtig nach der zuständigen Person fragen?
Wie soll man in so einem Fall fragen, ob man mit der zuständigen Person spricht? Und falls die Person nicht richtig ist, wie kann man nach der zuständigen Person fragen?
- Warum ist es Wie ist deine Adresse und nicht Was?
1 I've started learning German only recently and as far as I know Wie is how in English and Was is what However, I have noticed that sometimes it says Wie where it would be more logical to say Was For example, in my book it says "Wie ist deine Adresse?" Can anyone explain what types of questions use Wie and what types use Was?
- What is an acceptable response to wie gehts?
Gut, danke Or if you want to be nice and return the question, Gut, danke, und Dir und selbst? Note however that someone asking you Wie geht's? is almost certainly asking about you, not about how something is going To ask you how your work is coming along, someone would ask (Wie) kommst du voran? or possibly Geht's voran?
- How is Wie (and the whole sentence) to be understood here?
Wie auf Zauberweise schwebten die flachen, lang gezogenen Inseln über dem tiefopalen Meer, ein wenig verwischt, flimmernd Wie eine Fata Morgana lag der berühmte Archipel vor ihnen What part of speech is 'Wie' here grammar-wise? And what exactly is the meaning impression the writer is trying to convey by using it here?
- Is Wie gehts (dir)? actually supposed to be answered?
There are bounds to this E g asking "Wie geht es Ihnen?", getting a cursory response followed by the same question, and then listing your ailments is normally considered inappropriate even by Germans Some people actually do this in order to start a conversation on their favourite topic right away
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