Day 71 - Egal, die Lust, Doch, Ab Sofort  Flashcards

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The word egal is translated in the dictionary as equal or whatever.

These translations don’t really do the word justice. Egal can be used with pronouns in the dative case to say that you don’t care about something, or to say that something doesn’t matter.

Study the following examples:

I don’t care about that.
Das ist mir egal. SEIN + DATIVE PRONOUN +EGAL

She doesn’t care about the environment.
Umweltschutz ist ihr egal.

That doesn’t matter.
Das ist egal.

The word die Lust translates as desire, and it is used with haben to show your desire to do something, literally saying: I have desire to ~. It can be translated as: feel like or want.

Study the following examples:

I don’t feel like eating. I don’t want to eat.
Ich habe keine Lust zu essen. HABEN + LUST + ZU

Do you feel like drinking a beer? Do you want to drink a beer?
Hast du Lust ein Bier zu trinken?

She feels like going out. She wants to go out.
Sie hat Lust auszugehen.

Doch is used to contradict a negative sentence, to say that the opposite is true. It translates to: but / still / however / yet / actually.

Study the following conversation:

A: You don’t like pasta, do you?
A: Du magst keine Nudeln, oder?
B: Actually I do.
B: Doch.
A: But you didn’t eat it yesterday.
A: Gestern hast du sie aber nicht gegessen.
B: The pasta yesterday tasted bad, but I actually like pasta.
B: Die Nudeln gestern schmeckten nicht gut, doch eigentlich mag ich Nudeln.

Ab ~ bis ~ is used with time to say from ~ to ~. Ab is often paired with sofort (at once / immediately).

Study the following examples:

From 10:00 until 14:00.
Ab 10:00 bis 14:00
From now on. As of now. With immediate effect.
Ab sofort.

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Day 71 Grammar Cards

  1. don’t care about ~ / ~ doesn’t matter ~
    (sein) + (dative pronoun) + egal
  2. feel like ~ing / have desire to ~
    (haben) + Lust + zu ~
  3. but / still / yet / however / actually (contradictions)
    doch
  4. from ~ until ~ab ~
    bis ~
  5. from now on / as of now / with immediate effect
    ab sofort
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  1. ARZT…doctor der Arzt (ä, -e) / die Ärztin (-nen)
  2. DER BUCHHALTER…accountant der Buchhalter / die Buchhalterin (-nen)
  3. DER GESCHÄFTSMANN, GESCHÄFTSFRAU…businessman / businesswoman der Geschäftsmann (ä, -er) / die Geschäftsfrau (-en)
  4. DER TISCHLER…carpenter der Tischler / die Tischlerin (-nen)
  5. DER KASSIERER…cashier der Kassierer / die Kassiererin (-nen)
  6. DER KRANKENPFLEGER, DIE KRANKENSCHWESTER…nurse der Krankenpfleger / die Krankenschwester (-n)
  7. DER FEUERWEHRMANN, DIE FEUERWEHRFRAU…fire fighter der Feuerwehrmann (ä, -er) / die Feuerwehrfrau (-en)
  8. DER BAUARBEITER…construction worker der Bauarbeiter
  9. DER ANWALT, DIE ANWÄLTIN…lawyer der Anwalt (ä, -e) / die Anwältin (-nen)
  10. DER SCHRIFTSTELLER, DIE SCHRIFTSTELLERIN…writer der Schriftsteller / die Schriftstellerin (-nen)
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  1. I don’t care about what the doctor says.
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Mir ist egal, was der Arzt sagt.

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  1. Do you want to talk to the accountant? (with the accountant)
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Hast du Lust mit dem Buchhalter zu sprechen?

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  1. I hate business, but I am a businessman.
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Ich hasse das Geschäft aber ich bin doch ein Geschäftsmann.

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  1. As of now, the carpenter is quitting.
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Der Tischler kündigt ab sofort.

quit
verlassen, aufhören, aufgeben, kündigen, abbrechen, quittieren

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  1. The cashier has no desire to work.
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Die Kassiererin hat keine Lust zu arbeiten.

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  1. The nurse took care of me.
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Der Krankenpfleger pflegte mich.

care for
pflegen, versorgen, sorgen, hegen, sich kümmern um

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  1. The fire fighter extinguished the fire.
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Der Feuerwehrmann löschte das Feuer.

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  1. The construction worker is busy.
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Der Bauarbeiter ist beschäftigt.

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  1. The lawyer doesn’t care about the trial. (the case is to the lawyer indifferent)
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Der Prozess ist dem Anwalt egal.

ist mir egal….ist dem Anwalt egal

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  1. From now on, the writer will write.
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Ab sofort wird die Schriftstellerin schreiben.

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