Learning the German language defeated me, despite my heritage. Too many cases, genders, capitalizations, subjects where there is no verb - oh wait - there it is at the end of the sentence!
On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 2:57 PM David Bruckmann via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > In German there's "nichts" (indefinite pronoun) and "das Nichts" (noun). > Think "nothing" vs "nothingness". > > Another way of looking at it: "viel Lärm um nichts" (a lot of noise about > nothing), in which case you could not imagine "viel Lärm um das Nichts" (a > lot of noise about nothingness). > > > At 10:42 AM -0700 9/12/18, Greg Fiorentino wrote: > I yield to your superior understanding of German grammar! > > Merriam-Webster lists "nothing" as either a noun, pronoun, or adverb > depending on usage. Perhaps because I think more in a mathematical or > logical structure, I equate "nothing" with "zero", and I see it as a noun. > It's hard for me to understand how the German meaning could be a different > grammatical part of speech than the English. > > Greg > > From: David Bruckmann [mailto:dbruckm...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 10:10 PM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Cc: greg.fiorent...@comcast.net > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Don't use cheap 722.6 connector bushings > > Actually, in German and in this context, nichts is an indefinite pronoun, > not a noun. > > > On Sep 10, 2018, Greg Fiorentino wrote: > > > WELL! I can be even pickier than you! > > Das Beste oder Nichts. > > "Nichts" is a noun. > > Greg > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
