@Izzy
Izzy S-L
@Izzy · 1:45

Doch: A German word that has no English translation

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And someone replies, no, you're not. And then they go, yes, I am. And then they go, and no, you're not. And then you go, yes, I am. Instead of having that horrible back and forth in German, it would be as simple as someone saying, I'm smarter than you. You're applying say, no, you're not. And then they would reply saying, DA, it's just so much smoother

Our #German word of the day! #language

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@Ruhrnalist
Kai Ruhrnalist
@Ruhrnalist · 0:44

Doch translates to more ...

Hi, Izzy, I'm a John native speaker, so I would like to add something to your Doc explanation. You said it's like objection in English, but it's more more than one meaning actually in German, like I would say Doc without a K sound in it just dork, which is not easy to speak. Probably for English language speakers. Could also mean but K, it was a good explanation, but not to the full extent. So it's Valentine's like this
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@Ruhrnalist
Kai Ruhrnalist
@Ruhrnalist · 0:40

Nevertheless, Doch can be used as an adverb.

So here are some more explanation about the word dork the German word. As I said, it could be a conjunction like but it could also mean there yet. So the car is beautiful yet expensive. If you say that auto insurance or it could be used as an adverb. And there are different meanings to it like Nevertheless, Bill, or after all. Or nonetheless, maybe anyway, maybe even it could mean surely in some cases
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Swell Team
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@sudha
Sudha Varadarajan
@sudha · 0:59

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It comes from South India and similarly, doesn't have a very equivalent English word. There are multiple words that can be used to provide the meaning, but it reminds me of that and I'm going to start using it. So thank you so much for this
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@Ruhrnalist
Kai Ruhrnalist
@Ruhrnalist · 0:33

The #CH is a single letter in German. pronounce like #Chennai without 'tsh'

So if you want to pronounce the German Ch, which is actually used like a single letter. If you are from South India, you would say Chennai, for example, if you just leave out the TSH at the beginning and don't move your tongue to the upper part of your mouth. So just say Hena. It would be actually like we pronounce it Doc. Not like dock, but more like Dor, which is form just in your throat
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