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[kittydesade]

In brief, German uses a würde construction in many cases when English uses a would construction.
Ich würde, du würdest, er/es/sie würde, wir würden, ihr würdet, sie würden, Sie würden.

Freizeit: Was würden diese Leute tun, wenn sie nächste Woche frei hätten?
e.g. Jens würde sein Referat fertig schreiben.

1. Christof würde viel im Internet surfen.
2. Ich würde faulenzen.
3. Liane und Ina würden jeden Tag ins Kino gehen. (That's a lot of movies...)
4. Du würdest/Würdest du öfter ins Fitnesscenter gehen./?
5. Mein Onkel Mark würden inlineskaten lernen. (brb picturing my uncle anyone rollerblading and dying of laughter)
6. Meine Eltern würden eine kleine Reise machen.

Was würde Monika auch gern tun? Benutzen Sie die würde-Konstruktion und gern.
e.g. Christine arbeitet in einer großer Firma.
Monika würde auch gern in einer großen Firma arbeiten.

1. Christine verdient viel.
Monika würde auch gern viel verdienen.
2. Sie macht oft Geschäftsreisen.
Monika würde auch gern oft Geschäftsreisen machen.
3. Sie fährt dreimel im Jahr in Urlaub.
Monika würde auch gern? dreimal im Jahr in Urlaub fahren.
4. Sie kauft sich eine größere Wohnung.
Monika würde auch gern eine größere Wohnung kaufen.
5. Am Wochenende macht sie Fitnesstraining.
Monika würde auch gern am Wochenende Fitnesstraining machen.



Yep! Subjunctive still sucks hate. I suspect I will have this argument every damn time I come across it in any language. Prepositions suck hate too but at least I can practice them with relative ease. La souris est sous la table. Le chat est sur la chaise. El ratón es (de)bajo de la mesa. El gato es encima de la silla. Der Maus ist unter den Tisch. I could do this all day in many languages but I should actually do the damn German exercises.

This is possibly my favorite and, in my opinion, the badassest response to Mourdock's dumbshit quote of the week. Basically saying that you do not know God's will and saying that you do in order to interfere with a decision that is none of your business is arrogant at best and sacreligious at possible worst. If you don't know about Mourdock's dumbshit quote I can give you a precis in comments, but I'm pretty sure everyone's sick of that one by now, too. I will say, reading some of that article and some of other people's responses to it gave me a perspective on the quote that I hadn't considered before. Which did not lead me to think he's any less of a jackass, but some things I hadn't considered.

I've come to the conclusion that when I say 'things and stuff' what I really mean is the stuff needs to stop happening so I can do my things. Spent the better part of this morning trying to be at least two people at once and get both people's task lists done. You can guess how well that worked. Still, it's quieted down some, and it wasn't as busy as it could have been so I managed maybe to be one and a half people at once? Maybe. Took care of contacting everyone about house and inspections and things, so that's done. I got my conclusion up on the latest Haven essay, so that can go up. Preferably early enough for people not to confuse it with the episode analysis/recap. And then this evening there will be errands and TV shows and I actually feel like I have some modicum of control over my life! That never happens! Or at least it hasn't happened lately, with everything that I have to do. And, you know, I still have a pile of unfinished stories, but once I'm home I can tackle that, in between packing. Work's been ludicrous enough that I don't actually expect to be able to get any writing done here. The second I turn my back something will come up, I swear.