Quasi, ausgerechnet & andere wichtige Ausdrücke auf Deutsch (C1)

Today we're going to talk about small words and expressions in German, to which I keep getting questions. For example, They are super useful in everyday conversations and make your German seem more natural. Have fun! I'm really happy with the results of the exam, especially since I only started learning two days earlier. This is a conjunction, i.e. a word with which we can combine two parts of a sentence. It is a causal conjunction. We give a reason for this. I'm happy with the result, especially since I only started learning two days earlier. I don't understand why you didn't come to my birthday party, especially since you live only five minutes away. I don't understand why you didn't come, especially since you live only five minutes away. Then you could have come. Or I don't want to ask him for help again, especially since I hardly know him. So, I don't want to ask him for help, especially since I don't know him well. This is the main reason. Let's come to the practical expression GESCHWEIGE DENN. Here is an example. He doesn't have time for his family, GESCHWEIGE DENN for his friends. With NOT X GESCHWEIGE DENN Y I say NOT X and Y even less. So, here in the example, he doesn't have time for his family and he has even less time for his friends. Another example. I can't afford a car, GESCHWEIGE DENN a house. So, I can't afford a car and a house even less. I don't have money for it. GESCHWEIGE DENN is a somewhat raised expression, but in everyday life you can also use it very well. Your solution to the problem was just brilliant. GERADEZU is usually in front of an adjective and reinforces it. Here I say So, your solution to the problem was really brilliant. Or That was just a perfect day today. We had a lot of fun. So, that was really a perfect day. Sometimes GERADEZU is also in front of a noun or in front of a verb. For example, She just begged me to give her the job. JEMANDEN ANFLEHEN means that you beg someone very strongly and desperately for something. So, here I say She didn't just ask me if I could give her the job. No, she really begged me. She was desperate and really wanted the job. Or He is a genius when it comes to mathematics. So, He is really a genius. A word that I get asked about very often is QUASI. We use this word in the colloquial language quite often. For example, we could say He never has time for his family because he works almost all day. With QUASI you say that what comes next is not 100% correct but about 95%. If I would say He works all day, then it's probably not correct. Almost no one works 24 hours a day. But it feels like it. And that's what I mean by He works almost all day. Another example. The hotel is located almost in the city center. That means the hotel is not entirely in the city center but almost. The statement that it is in the city center is not 100% correct but also not wrong. Or I earned 150 Euro last month. So almost nothing. 150 Euro is not nothing. But it is also very little money for a month. It feels like nothing. It is almost nothing. Or Noodles are almost permanent. You can leave noodles in the cupboard for a very long time before you cook them. They are durable for a very long time and don't get bad. But permanent means forever. And whether the noodles in my cupboard are still edible in 100 years I don't know. That's why I say they are almost permanent. Do you think he will pass the exam even though he has learned so little? Hardly. Hardly means very likely not or probably not. That is also a very useful expression. Here in the example I say I think that he will most likely not pass the exam. Hardly is just a nice short way to say that. Another example. So late in the evening hardly a bus will drive. I will call a taxi. So so late hardly a bus will drive. I don't know exactly but I guess so. If you want to learn more about the very useful word Wohlerfahren then take a look at my video about it. I will link it in the video description. The train is late. Expected today where I have an important appointment. Expected has nothing to do with the verb to expect something. It is a conversational particle. Particles are small words that can change the statement of a sentence. You probably know particles like just yet or anyway. By the way, I have already published videos about them. Just click up here to watch them. So expected is also such a particle. This word expresses surprise or anger about something that happens in an inappropriate moment. Here in the example the train is late. And that is especially inappropriate for me today because I have an important appointment. I say why does this have to happen just today? Why not last week when I didn't have an important appointment? Another example. Markus passed the exam as the only one. Hmm, Markus, of all people. He hardly learned. Here it is not about that something happens in an inappropriate moment, but rather that something to an inappropriate person. Markus, who did not learn, passed the exam. Why him and not the others who learned a lot? Or on account of the week I had a vacation, it only rained. Here I express my disappointment that the weather was bad in a very inappropriate moment during my vacation. I have no desire for the party and when my ex-boyfriend comes, I really don't go. If we look at the meanings of first and right separately, we don't understand the expression first right. You have to learn it as a fixed expression. Its meaning is not so easy to explain. We can with first right reinforce or clarify Here, for example, I say I don't have any desire for the party and this statement applies even more, even more with the next information. My ex-boyfriend comes. If that is so, then it is even more unlikely that I go to the party. First right here has a similar meaning as first right. these are not synonyms. The meaning is not the same, but to give you an idea in which direction the meaning of first right goes, I think the comparison is quite helpful. Let's look at another example. He could not solve the math problem, then I can't do it . Here we have a statement again. He could not solve the problem and if he could not do then I can't do it . If someone who is as good at math as he can't the problem, then I have no chance. Another example. I have no time for sports because I work so much. Yes, but if you work so much, you have to pay attention to your health first and do a lot of sports. Here, first right reinforces the statement again. Exactly because you work so much, you have to pay attention to your health. We could also say all the more here. If you work so much, you have to pay all the more to your health. It's best if you look at other example sentences for this expression to understand the meaning even better. And there are such example sentences in the member area of Deutsch mit Rieke in the exercises for this video. Members get exercises for all my videos, the scripts for all videos, and can listen to my videos as a podcast. You can find more information about membership up here and in the video description. Do you think we can finish the presentation by tomorrow? Yes, that's definitely possible if we hurry. Definitely. That's an expression that also has a reinforcing function. That means as much as definitely or without doubt. So here I say, we can definitely finish the Or is the conversation going well? Definitely. I think I have good chances to get the job. I have to say that you definitely don't hear this meaning in the colloquial language that often. It is used more in written German. But definitely has another meaning. Look here. A painting by this artist can definitely cost 10,000 euros. Here I say definitely that something is very possible or realistic. I don't know exactly how much this painting by this artist costs. But I know that a price of 10,000 euros is not unusual. This price would not be surprising. Or it can definitely be that we will next year. So it is very possible that we will next year. It is likely. We see this meaning more often in everyday conversations. Are there more small words in German that you would like to learn more Then please write them in the comments below. I look forward to reading Take care and see you soon.