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What I had to say

• Taking a one-semester-in-a-day accelerated Python class. Zoooooom! [10:07 AM]
• CA DMV, I did *not* miss you. Stand in line to take a number to stand in line. :( [ 4:05 PM]
• A free 5-week "reverse engineering" sci-fi/fantasy writing workshop? Sweet!! http://bit.ly/e5ZUTY [ 6:48 PM]

Conversations I participated in

• @DoubleTranslate said: Exercise 2: Please fill in the right relative pronoun:Mein Vater,__ letztes Jahr gestorben ist...For help: http://bit.ly/fz7I7R #learngerman [ 5:00 AM]
• @I said: @DoubleTranslate 2) Mein Vater, _der_ letztes Jahr gestorben ist... #de // Lol, rel. pron. case clicked b/c is like my http://bit.ly/eJTVSp [ 8:00 AM]
• @DoubleTranslate said: @arthaey You can only know it, if you know what case the sentence is. Let's take this example: "Das ist Herr Müller, dem wir geholfen haben" [ 8:15 AM]
• @arthaey said: @DoubleTranslate how do you know when a transitive verb takes the dative when you'd grammatically expect accusative?#deutschlernen [ 7:51 AM]
• @DoubleTranslate said: @arthaey Nearly. It is „dem" because it is dative. The verb "helfen" is a typical dative verb :-) [10:45 AM]
• @arthaey said: @DoubleTranslate 2) Das ist Herr Müller, _den_ wir geholfen haben. #de // accusative masculine relative pronoun [10:14 AM]
• @DoubleTranslate said: Exercise 2: Please fill in the right relative pronoun:Das ist Herr Müller,__ wir geholfen haben. For help: http://bit.ly/fz7I7R #learngerman [ 5:00 AM]
• @I said: @DoubleTranslate Ahh, I think dative is point 1 from http://bit.ly/hYvCRN in English, but point 2 for German? #deutschlernen [ 8:24 AM]
• @DoubleTranslate said: Exercise 3: Please fill in the right relative pronoun: Meine Freundin, __ Ehemann bei Bosch arbeitet… For help read: http://bit.ly/fz7I7R [ 6:55 AM]
• @I said: @DoubleTranslate 3) Meine Freundin, _deren_ Ehemann bei Bosch arbeitet… #de // fem. gen. [ 8:32 AM]
• @iainthepict said: @arthaey #deutschlernen #doubletranslate {vt} dative - with preposition like von/zu or indirect object ? ich habe das Tuch von ihm gezerrt ? [ 8:22 AM]
• @arthaey said: @DoubleTranslate how do you know when a transitive verb takes the dative when you'd grammatically expect accusative?#deutschlernen [ 7:51 AM]
• @DoubleTranslate said: @arthaey Nearly. It is „dem" because it is dative. The verb "helfen" is a typical dative verb :-) [10:45 AM]
• @arthaey said: @DoubleTranslate 2) Das ist Herr Müller, _den_ wir geholfen haben. #de // accusative masculine relative pronoun [10:14 AM]
• @DoubleTranslate said: Exercise 2: Please fill in the right relative pronoun:Das ist Herr Müller,__ wir geholfen haben. For help: http://bit.ly/fz7I7R #learngerman [ 5:00 AM]
• @I said: @iainthepict I'm confused by the direct object of "helfen" taking dative, not accusative. See my convo with @DoubleTranslate. #deutschlernen [ 8:36 AM]
• @DoubleTranslate said: Exercise 4: Please fill in the right relative pronoun: Das Haus, __ wir vor 20 Jahren gekauft haben... For help: http://bit.ly/fz7I7R [ 8:20 AM]
• @I said: @DoubleTranslate 4) Das Haus, _das_ wir vor 20 Jahren gekauft haben... #de // neut. acc. [ 8:48 AM]
• @DoubleTranslate said: Exercise 1: Please fill in the right relative pronoun: Meine Freunde, __ ich Geld gegeben habe… For help: http://bit.ly/fz7I7R #learngerman [ 3:00 AM]
• @I said: @DoubleTranslate 1) Meine Freunde, _der_ ich Geld gegeben habe… #de // weird that masc. nom. is the same as fem. dat. relative pronoun [ 7:06 PM]