Talk:German/Lesson 3

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This one is a freak! In the example for the indefinite article at the end 'Wir spielen eine Stunde lang', the 'eine' is not an indefinite article at all. It is rather the 'eine' of counting; a contrast would be 'Wir spielen zwei Stunden lang'. It looks the same but it is not. That's German for you. Now, I am sure no student will notice, but then again ... It could be corrected by giving Heinrich a different line in the dialogue 'Willst du spielen? Ich habe einen Ball.' Then 'Ich habe einen Ball' could be the example for the indefinite article at the end. [User:Floflei6|Floflei6]] 13:00, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Oops! Missed that one! You are right "one hour" not "an hour" ! - Marsh 17:50, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I changed "minute" to "Minute" wherever necessary. I propose to delete "Es ist drei durch.", because I suppose that a vast majority of Germans doesn´t understand it. Finally I don´t know why Karl should say "Dann ...". It would be more approbriate for Heinrich to say "... Dann können wir (ja) eine Stunde (lang) spielen." (In this case Karl would say: "Ich kann [leider nur] bis zwei [Uhr] spielen.") - fsd, 14 Dec 2006 (CET)