Dec 21, 2002 15:13
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Wie lang sind diese Hausaufgaben...
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Hello!
Just a silly question. I was trying to change the lyrics to "O Tannenbaum" referring to some Christmas-Time German homework, in an ironic way.
As we all know, the song goes:
"O Tannenbaum
O Tannenbaum
wie treu sind deine Blätter"
Now, if I wanted to say "How long are these homeworks", would it be correct to say:
"Wie lang sind diese Hausafgaben!"
Danke schön für die Hilfe!
Flavio (Spa>Ita / Eng>Lat Proz Moderator)
Just a silly question. I was trying to change the lyrics to "O Tannenbaum" referring to some Christmas-Time German homework, in an ironic way.
As we all know, the song goes:
"O Tannenbaum
O Tannenbaum
wie treu sind deine Blätter"
Now, if I wanted to say "How long are these homeworks", would it be correct to say:
"Wie lang sind diese Hausafgaben!"
Danke schön für die Hilfe!
Flavio (Spa>Ita / Eng>Lat Proz Moderator)
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yes you can,
although you may want to shorten the phrase to make it fit better with the song. You can cut Haus if it's obvious elsewhere that you're talking about school.
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If you want to find out...
how much homework a pupil has to do, ask: Wie viele Hausaufgaben hast du?
If she/he complained about the amount of the homework, then yes: Wie lange sind die Hausaufgaben?
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As an exclamation: Diese Hausaufgaben sind aber lang!
If she/he complained about the amount of the homework, then yes: Wie lange sind die Hausaufgaben?
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Note added at 2002-12-21 16:10:46 (GMT)
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Note added at 2002-12-21 18:15:37 (GMT)
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As an exclamation: Diese Hausaufgaben sind aber lang!
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... wie lang die Hausaufgaben sind!
to fit it in with the melody, whereby even here you would have to pronounce or rather emphasize it a certain way, like
we lang die HausaufGAben sind!
A long GAAA
Have fun!
we lang die HausaufGAben sind!
A long GAAA
Have fun!
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dieter haake
: von der Melodie her 100pro - Akzent auf "sind" - salu
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danke, Didi, und frohe Festtage!
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