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08-04-2010, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by YuriTokoro View Post
Der Vater des Schülers ist Arzt. I see!
That's right. I've been trying to think of a reason as to why it's okay (And better.) to drop [ein] in this case, but I really can't think of any.

I guess I'm not much of a grammar expert, so in most cases, while I'm able to tell you if your sentence is correct, I might not have an answer as to why it is or is not correct.

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OK. There seems to be a lot of words I should learn.
In the case of [zurechtweisen], this verb is made up of the two words [zurecht] and [weisen]. Both can have several meanings. [zurecht] for example can be used the same way as the english expression "rightly so", if you're familiar with that one, but in this context it means something like "to bring things in order". The verb [weisen] can be translated as "to lead".

Both those words make up the word [zurechtweisen] and basically desribe someone scolding another person for a mistake they made.


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Die Schüler gehen ans Meer. OK.
Yup, that's correct.

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I’m sorry! That was my mistake. The sentence should be ;
Das ist der Lehrer den Schüler.
I see. It should be "der" though, but I'm assuming it's just a typo as you got it right at the end of your comment.

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Oh, I didn’t know that the plural use of [Schüler] was gender neutral.
The same is true for basically all professions. Although, if we're referring to a group of both male and female students (Or any other profession.) we still often say [Schüler und Schülerinnen], instead of just [Schüler]. But it's correct either way. Mentioning both is the political correct way.

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I just started studying German, and I know few German words.
I’m trying to make example sentences with [der-des-den-dem-die-der-den-die].
The German grammar is very difficult to learn, so I think I should learn some basic sentences by heart and by rote.
My sentences don’t have any points in meanings.
I need the sentences to be natural, grammatically correct and including basic words I want to learn. The word is Schüler this time.
Gotcha. And your use of the articles [der-die-das-etc.] has been correct for most sentences too.

May I ask what made you interested in learning german?


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Der Lehrer lädt die Schüler zu einer Party ein.
Perfect.

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The students go to sea. = Die Schüler gehen ans Meer. (ans= an des)
It's short for [an das], it's probably just a typo, but in case you want to use your notes for future reference I thought I'd point it out.

The other sentences are correct, so...

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...indeed!
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