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Bookmark or Share- word usage - What does "macht" mean in "Was macht Tina?” - German ...er/sie/es macht. wir machen. ihr macht. sie/Sie machen. In your example, Tina is referring to she (sie) and because of this reason, the question is in the sense of “What does Tina do/make?”. In the question, you wrote in your question, the conjugated verb macht ‘[she] does’ is used instead of the noun Macht ‘power’.
- How to say "that makes sense" in GermanDas macht Sinn. This is what most native speakers would automatically use, as it is a literal translation of "that makes sense". A lot of German people use this as well, as far as I can tell. However, I heard that there was a better variant of it – one that sounded more German or better in German, so I prefer using it myself:
- What does "sich machen" mean? - German Language Stack ExchangeEr macht ihr Kummer, Sorgen. He worries her. The pattern, on first glance, looks similar to. Er macht ihr Suppe. He makes (cooks) soup for her. The person denoted by the dative object receives the thing denoted by the accusative object through the action of the subject.
- What's the difference in usage between "machen" and "tun"?The webpage explains the difference in usage between the German verbs "machen" and "tun".
- How to translate "to make no sense"? - German Language Stack ExchangeAs said, context is missing. The point is that "Das stimmt nicht" is rather "Das ist gelogen", "Das ist nicht wahr" but saying "That doesn't make sense" sounds more like "Das kann ich kaum/nicht glauben", "Da sind noch Widersprüche" or "Das klingt schlicht unlogisch" but is not necessarily a statement saying that something is not true.
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