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What is the difference between a. Du kannst doch hier nicht einfach Musik hören! and b. Du kannst hier doch nicht einfach Musik hören! and c. Du kannsthier nicht doch einfach Musik hören! and d. Du kannst hier nicht einfach doch Musik hören! and e. Du kannst hier nicht einfach Musik doch hören! ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between a. Du kannst doch hier nicht einfach Musik hören! and b. Du kannst hier doch nicht einfach Musik hören! and c. Du kannsthier nicht doch einfach Musik hören! and d. Du kannst hier nicht einfach doch Musik hören! and e. Du kannst hier nicht einfach Musik doch hören! ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
For me "doch" is one of the difficult words to use in a sentence. a. is the original and I think the most natural, but how about others. Are there any sentences that definitely unnatural?
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A and B are natural sentences. C and D donât sound grammatically correct to me.
âDochâ is also really hard to translate.... ummm Iâll just give you a few more sentences with âdochâ in them. Hope that helps? Good luck!
Du kannst doch nicht einfach gehen.
- You cant just leave.
Aber, ich habe doch recht!
- But, I am right!
Und doch bist du hier..
- And still you are here..
Ich habe doch keine Zeit.
- I donât have time.
In this sentence you could explain doch as a word for something you actually planned on doing but then couldnât. The closest I could think of right now is maybe âactuallyâ I actually planned on doing it but now I (actually) donât have time to do so.
...I donât know if that helped anything at all but still... good luck with your studies!!
é ćŒ”ăŁăŠăă ăăïŒ
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A and B are natural sentences. C and D donât sound grammatically correct to me.
âDochâ is also really hard to translate.... ummm Iâll just give you a few more sentences with âdochâ in them. Hope that helps? Good luck!
Du kannst doch nicht einfach gehen.
- You cant just leave.
Aber, ich habe doch recht!
- But, I am right!
Und doch bist du hier..
- And still you are here..
Ich habe doch keine Zeit.
- I donât have time.
In this sentence you could explain doch as a word for something you actually planned on doing but then couldnât. The closest I could think of right now is maybe âactuallyâ I actually planned on doing it but now I (actually) donât have time to do so.
...I donât know if that helped anything at all but still... good luck with your studies!!
é ćŒ”ăŁăŠăă ăăïŒ
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