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TOPIC: GERMAN
5 years ago
31 Comments
fatuscat
Why is the "zu" necessary?
5 years ago
Krueckauer
zu Hause (or Zuhause) = home
5 years ago
Danrlei
thanks, thanks, thanks...
5 years ago
caelumcaeruleum
It's a colloquial expression. Usually you see 'zu' as meaning 'to', but with 'home', it's a notable exception
meaning 'at'. You wouldn't say, "Ich bin zur Universität".
5 years ago
Crovasurza
What if I say: "Ich komme aus zu Hause" ?
5 years ago
octavzlatior
So, it is "zu Hause" only because it means "home". Otherwise, it would be "zu Haus", right?
5 years ago
caelumcaeruleum
In the singular dative, masc and neut nouns with only one syllable have an optional -e ending that is usually
left off, except for a few expressions like "nach Hause" and "nach dem Tode".
5 years ago
MayankGoel
Doesn't 'zu' also means 'too'?
5 years ago
caelumcaeruleum
ja
5 years ago
Das15
Is it correct if I say: "Ich komme von dem Haus" or "Ich komme vom Haus"?
2 years ago
mizinamo MOD
Learn
Ich komme vom German
Haus in just
= I am coming from5the
minutes a day.
house. (not: For free.
from home).
GET STARTED
1 year ago
benton.1 10
I incorrectly wrote "I am coming from the house", but the computer accepted that wrong answer as
correct, which, I believe, it should not have done. Is DuoLingo accepting incorrect answers because too
many people are complaining that their wrong answer should be accepted?
9 months ago
mizinamo MOD
"because too many people are complaining" would be my guess, possibly in connection with "the
person who edited this sentence to accept those doesn't speak English and/or German very well".
I can't see who last edited that sentence. Possibly it was the Pearson editors.
The translation into German also accepts da Heim which should, I think, be daheim.
9 months ago
AZAizaz1
why "I am coming from house" is wrong ? and "I am coming from home" is correct ?
2 years ago
AtalinaDove
"I am coming from house" is incorrect in English, and requires an article. "zu Hause" means 'home' or 'at
home', so it's the better translation here.
2 years ago
oran489
Is ich komme aus hause.. catches too?
3 years ago
mizinamo MOD
1 year ago
Shakil19
Why its "zu Hause" not "zu Haus" ?
2 years ago
caelumcaeruleum
I think it is an old dative form of Haus that never lost its ending in this expression. See my comment above
also.
2 years ago
Shakil19
Thanks.. I get it now.
2 years ago
mizinamo MOD
That's right.
1 year ago
lemonious
Is there a difference between house and home in German like there is in English? Would it just be "zu
Hause/Zuhause" as I've seen mentioned?
2 years ago
mizinamo MOD
TooDreadful
i know it's dative because of von, but someone please explain why is it von and not aus
1 year ago
JWsama
aus = out of von = from/of
1 year ago
mizinamo MOD
Convention, I suppose.
1 year ago
Thomas516141
"I come from home" is totally strange. In English we would use the Present Perfect tense "I've come from
home" or "I've come from my place" (to quote a more vernacular expression.
8 months ago
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