Anybody know anything about the German language?

[valis2]

In tLS I originally went to some website and translated "the manor house" to "das Herrenhaus".

I am told that this is incorrect, that "das" should be "der", and that "das" actually meant "that".

Can anyone tell me which is correct? Thanks!

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[valis2.livejournal.com]

So if she is thinking simply "The Manorhouse" in her head, it would be "das Herrenhaus"? If she is saying that she went to the house, would it be the same?

It would be so much easier if I had just set it in Spain...argh.

[straussmonster.livejournal.com]

Hehehehe. HAHAHA. Oh, do you know what can of worms that opens? :)

German *always* distinguishes between 'to' as in 'at' and 'to' as in 'into', and there are subtly different prepositions in addition to the change of case.

Ask a native speaker...

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh, I give up. I'll leave it as "das" and not worry over it any longer. :)

[straussmonster.livejournal.com]

If she's just thinking about the house, that's the right way to go. If you want to her to say something about being at the house or going into the house, that's more complicated...

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Thanks for trying to explain it to me...I appreciate it!

[straussmonster.livejournal.com]

Trying to explain it to you makes me think about how little I actually understand it and need to study harder. :)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Now if we could just get Goren to lecture about it naked, we'd be set.

[gillieweed.livejournal.com]

Or you could just burn down the f'ing house.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

That does happen, actually.

[gillieweed.livejournal.com]

Oops

[aerynstales.livejournal.com]

*perks up at mention of Goran*

You know...I'm sitting here waiting for L+O: CI to come on...and just checked...it's a Logan episode! Not that I mind him, but I'm really needing a Goran fix. *sigh*

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Mmm...don't we all need a fix! Yum, yum.

[straussmonster.livejournal.com]

Goren speaks German--there's an episode in the first season when he does it.

mmmmm.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Wow...he really ismulti-talented. And delicious. Though that might just be conjecture on my part.

[straussmonster.livejournal.com]

I may be in the minority here, but I'm really enjoying the split season with the new episodes, too. Barek is still really feeling out the character, but Logan is so great to see again--older and wiser. And then you get a totally different partnership with Goren and Eames, who is the underappreciated one of the two. She has the nastiest zingers. She rocks.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I missed Eames when she was out on medical leave. I watched a couple of episodes with the temporary replacement, but she just didn't have the same chemistry, and I missed Eames.

[straussmonster.livejournal.com]

Goren would not be Goren without the enabling of Eames. I loved in the last G&E episode:

Goren: *fidget twitch*
Eames: BOOKS!
Goren: *goes over and starts looking*

[absurdwords.livejournal.com]

If you want complete sentences:

She went to the manor: Sie ging zum Herrenhaus.
She went into the manor: Sie ging ins Herrenhaus.

(zum= contraction of 'zu dem', to+dative of zu 'to, ins= contraction of 'in das', in+accusative, which is the same as the nominative, of das. German can be complicated ;) )

[valis2.livejournal.com]

*hugs gratefully* You are awesome!