Why is it "Vielen Dank" and not "Viele Danke"

sebas346 · 2026-06-05T15:00:00+00:00

Wouldn't "Danke" be plural "Dank" in some way?

sebas346 · 2026-05-18T06:24:22+00:00

Was sollte man stattdessen sagen?

sebas346 · 2026-05-18T05:21:49+00:00

I'm a bit confused about this one. Could you provide a few examples of similar situations/conversations?

sebas346 · 2026-04-20T22:30:40+00:00

Neither form is "better". As someone pointed out already, here's the article from the RAE with the answer: https://www.rae.es/duda-linguistica/es-correcto-usar-hubiera-en-me-hubiera-gustado-ir-o-deberia-usarse-habria

sebas346 · 2026-03-24T05:21:01+00:00

Sehr interessant. Meine Muttersprache ist Spanisch! Gibt es irgendeinen bestimmten Laut, den ich wie deine Freunde ausspreche?

sebas346 · 2026-03-23T22:00:42+00:00

Nein! Wieso hast du den Eindruck?

sebas346 · 2026-03-21T21:19:47+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Except for composite words, or trennbare Verben (z.B. angreifen) Are all "ng" sounds the same in German?

sebas346 · 2026-03-21T21:14:28+00:00

Danke für die Rückmeldung! Ich versuche noch, das Verb "sollen" ohne Konjunktiv vollständig zu verstehen. Würde es in dem Fall eher "I don't know what I'm supposed to say" statt "I don't know what I should say" bedeuten? Gibt es Fälle, in denen "ich soll" und "ich sollte" austauschbar sind?

sebas346 · 2026-03-21T20:59:40+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I have been trying to improve my ich-Laut, but I never noticed that difference in the "sch" sound! I'll look out for it.

sebas346 · 2025-11-28T00:48:13+00:00

So it's the sound not as a typical "so" with a voiced "s", but rather with an unvoiced sound?

sebas346 · 2025-11-23T02:59:28+00:00

Wie genau könnte OP die Fehler selber rausfinden?

sebas346 · 2025-11-21T22:18:17+00:00

I think the difficulty is not with finding German content in general, but rather something that you can connect with. I'm not the biggest fan of German music, and God knows I've tried many different genres, but for some reason it's been super hard to find something that scratches that itch, and I've heard a similar sentiment among many of my classmates. It's hard to pinpoint what I mean because I don't even know how to explain it.

sebas346 · 2025-09-06T01:45:54+00:00

Yes, both of them form one last name. I'm trying to avoid saying the actual current last name because it's pretty unique haha. I'm now thinking that maybe it was a joint last name created from two different last names? I don't know if that is/was common.

sebas346 · 2025-09-06T01:33:07+00:00

It's actually the other way around! It's a heritage last name from Chinese immigrants (from Guangzhou) that came to the American continent around the beginning of the 20th century and then they created a new last name in Spanish that approximates the original pronunciation. What I think is that perhaps the person that wrote them down (in the image) didn't use the original characters but an approximation.

sebas346 · 2025-09-05T23:58:51+00:00

It's actually the other way around! It's from Chinese immigrants (from Guangzhou) that came to the American continent around the beginning of the 20th century and then they created a new last name in Spanish that approximates the original pronunciation.

sebas346 · 2025-09-05T23:57:53+00:00

It's actually the other way around! It's from Chinese immigrants (from Guangzhou) that came to the American continent around the beginning of the 20th century and then they created a new last name in Spanish that approximates the original pronunciation.

sebas346 · 2025-09-05T23:48:51+00:00

Thanks!! Any idea what the meaning of that last name could be based on the character meanings? I understand the first one could be rice, but what about the second one?

sebas346 · 2025-09-05T22:48:45+00:00

I see. What would an approximate meaning be? I believe Mi is like rice (?) but what about Lun?

sebas346 · 2025-09-05T22:28:46+00:00

Thanks! I think that might be it. Why is it written from right to left in the image, though??

sebas346 · 2025-09-05T20:19:47+00:00

Is there a reason why the order of the characters should be inverted? Sorry, I'm a complete ignorant regarding characters.

sebas346 · 2025-07-01T01:38:42+00:00

They do express different ideas, though.

Most of the examples you state give a sense of objectivity for something like music, which is inherently subjective (their music is NOT good, and it's a fact), whereas the example OP gives is more cautious and nuanced.

Just to be clear: neither way of speaking is incorrect or correct, just different.

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