Hi Listeners!

Let's practice the present tense and the negation together!

Hi Alena,

Thank you for posting.

There is no difference between the two. You cannot, however, use "sind" because that would indicate plural,

but the speakers are referring to only one school.

You can use "sind" in "Deutsche sind so gut aussehend!" (thank you! 😁). "Deutsche" here is plural and

"ist" is therefore incorrect.

As for your question "Why does "nicht" come before the verb in, "Ich gehe nicht .", but it comes after the verb in, "Ich trinke nicht."?":

in the first sentence the verb is "gehe" and in the second sentence the verb is "trinke". These sentences are correct and in both sentences

the "nicht" is positioned after the verb (?).

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us again. 😉

Kind regards,

Reinhard

Team GermanPod101.com

Deutscche ist so gut aussehend! ❤️❤️👍Quick question. Is there any difference between "Wo liegt die Goethe-Schule?" and "Wo ist die Goethe-Schule?" and is it incorrect to use "sind" in this sentence or are they just interchangeable? This is the first time I've come across liegen (?) and I just want to make sure I'm using it correctly. Why does "nicht" come before the verb in, "Ich gehe nicht .", but it comes after the verb in, "Ich trinke nicht."? Vielen dank!👍👍

Hi Yağmur,

Thank you for your feedback.

Covid is affecting everyone's life much more than we

had anticipated last year, when it all started. Who would have

thought. 😞

Sorry to hear that it affects your career like this, but on the bright side,

you are still able to further your studies online, for instance with GermanPod101.

Keep up the good work. 👍😉

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,

Reinhard

Team GermanPod101.com

Hallo,

Ich studiere in Universitaet Boğaziçi. Ich gehe jetzt nicht in der Schule wegen der Covid-19. Aber ich werde in diese September in der Schule gehen. Das klingt sehr gut!!

Hi Judy,

Thank you for the feedback.

Danke für die Blumen! ❤️️ (=Thank you for the compliment.)

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,

Reinhard

Team GermanPod101.com

Deutscche ist so gut aussehend!

Hi Chris,

Thank you for a good question.

First things first: you can't use "sind" because the main

noun - Schule - is singular.😉

As to the use of "liegen" to describe the location of something,

it is correct. However, there may be local differences within Germany just as

there are a lot of dialects. I personally use liegen more for large places like

cities or countries.

Example: Wo genau liegt eigentlich Albanien? Where exactly is Albania?

If you have any questions, please let us know.

Kind regards,

Reinhard

Team GermanPod101.com

Quick question. Is there any difference between "Wo liegt die Goethe-Schule?" and "Wo ist die Goethe-Schule?" and is it incorrect to use "sind" in this sentence or are they just interchangeable? This is the first time I've come across liegen (?) and I just want to make sure I'm using it correctly.

Why does "nicht" come before the verb in, "Ich gehe nicht schwimmen.", but it comes after the verb in, "Ich trinke nicht."?

Hello Tim,

Thank you very much for your question! :thumbsup:

The word "nicht" is an adverb, and because of that you will always find it either before or after a verb, adjective or fellow adverb. It usually precedes an adverb or an adjective, for example in "Die Blume ist nicht schön" (for "The flower is not beautiful", but likes to settle after conjugated verbs, as you correctly pointed out.

But on the other hand, depending on the type of verb, the word "nicht" can also appear before a verb. This is always the case when you want to negate an infinitive or infinitives that is part of a verbal combination. For example in "Du solltst nicht trinken" (for "You should not drink") or "Wir sollten nicht schlafen gehen" (for "We should not go to sleep").

I hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any questions!:smile:

Kind regards,

Albert

Team GermanPod101.com

Hello,

When would you use 'nicht' before the verb? In these cases the 'nicht' comes after the verb but is there a rule as to when it would come before the verb in a sentence?

Vielen dank!

Hi Brian,

Thanks for posting.

You can add the lesson vocabulary to your word bank where the noun gender is shown.

In Lesson Materials -> Vocabulary List, you’ll find the vocabulary of the lesson. You can select the words you want to add to your bank (click with the left mouse on the box next to the word; it’ll be marked/selected) and then click on “Add to Word Bank” .

To access your Word Bank, please select it in the upper menu: Vocabulary> Word bank or use the link:

https://www.germanpod101.com/learningcenter/account/wordbank

There's also the German Dictionary that allows searching the word and in case it's a noun, the gender will be informed:

https://www.germanpod101.com/learningcenter/reference/dictionary/

If you have any problems, please contact us at contactus@germanPod101.com

Cristiane

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Why do I have to constantly hunt own the noun gender on this site? I am really regreting this premium memberrship.

@Vanitha: Thank you!:thumbsup:

Jennifer

Team Germanpod

Amazing