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#1procrastinator:
A thread for my random questions about German grammar and stuff  :D

1) What's the difference between 'mein' and 'meiner' (e.g. 'meine Freizeit' or 'meiner Freizeit'?)

2) When do you use 'im' and when 'in'? (e.g. 'Im meine Freizeit' or 'In meine Freizeit')

3) Is there any difference between 'lebe' and 'wohne'?

4) When is 'einer' used (I only know of 'ein' and 'einer')

5) When do you use 'seine' rather than 'es' to say 'his', and what is th feminine version of this?

EDIT: 6) Why is it 'Wie geht es dir?' and not 'Wie geht es du?'?

Limista:

--- Quote from: #1procrastinator on April 18, 2013, 02:47:54 pm ---
1) What's the difference between 'mein' and 'meiner' (e.g. 'meine Freizeit' or 'meiner Freizeit'?)

It's to do with case (i.e. nominative, accusative, genitive, dative). "Meine Freizeit" can be nominative or accusative case. "Meiner Freizeit" can be dative or genitive case.

2) When do you use 'im' and when 'in'? (e.g. 'Im meine Freizeit' or 'In meine Freizeit')

It would be "In meine Freizeit". "Im" is a shortening for "in dem". Because "Freizeit" is a 'die' word, you cannot apply "dem" to it, so "im meine Freizeit" would be incorrect.

3) Is there any difference between 'lebe' and 'wohne'?

"Wohne" is a more sophisticated term than "lebe". "Wohne" is more direct; as soon as you use it, the person knows you're trying to talk about where you live. "Lebe" just sounds awkward.

4) When is 'einer' used (I only know of 'ein' and 'einer')

When you want to say that you have 'one' of something. The "er' on the end of "ein" is obviously case sensitive, just like your first question.

5) When do you use 'seine' rather than 'es' to say 'his', and what is th feminine version of this?

"Sein (e) (er) etc.." means 'his'. So in short, you use it when you want to say 'his'. "Es" means it. You don't use 'sein' in place of 'es' because they mean two completely different things. 

Feminine version = "ihr (e) (er) (en) etc."

EDIT: 6) Why is it 'Wie geht es dir?' and not 'Wie geht es du?'?

Dative idiomatic expression. It is convention.

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I've answered the questions inside the quote. Hope it's helpful

FlorianK:
As starfish said, however:

 it needs to be "In meiner Freizeit" for 2)

And for 3)
"Wohnen" pretty much means like permanently resident, so where you live in the sense of you house or apartment.
It's not really a synonym for "leben" though. You can't translate "Where do you live?" into "Wo lebst du?", it would need to be "Wo wohnst du?". "Leben" just means living so the antonym of being dead. Mostly you can use it as like "I try to  live healthy" - "Ich versuche gesund zu Leben"

#1procrastinator:
Vielen Dank....why is 'Dank' not 'Danke?' :p

FlorianK:
Danke means thank you
Dank means the 'thank' or 'gratitude'

So vielen dank means literally translated Much gratitude or Much thank or alot of thank or alot of gratitude :D

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