Ich trinke nur Sojamilch. (dn → de) Topic is solved

[sentence bot 🤖]

Ich trinke nur Sojamilch.

dn: Ik drink enkel sojamelk.

[nudelfressa]

Juiste oplossing:
Ich trinke nur Sojamilch

Why is 'ich trinke allein sojamilch' wrong?

[MoniqueMaRie]

Juiste oplossing:
Ich trinke nur Sojamilch

Why is 'ich trinke allein sojamilch' wrong?

For me (I am German ) the sentence "Ich trinke allein Sojamilch" sounds a bit like "I'm sitting alone (allein) somewhere drinking soja milk"
If I want to stress the "only" I would say "einzig und allein": "ich drinke einzig und allein Sojamilch" = I don't drink anything but soya milk

I wonder why these sentences were generated with the abbreviation dn-->de. That's probably why they don't end up in the right forum when you edit them. --> troubleshooting?

[nudelfressa]

For me (I am German ) the sentence "Ich trinke allein Sojamilch" sounds a bit like "I'm sitting alone (allein) somewhere drinking soja milk"
If I want to stress the "only" I would say "einzig und allein": "ich drinke einzig und allein Sojamilch" = I don't drink anything but soya milk

Thanks. It makes sense.

I wonder why these sentences were generated with the abbreviation dn-->de. That's probably why they don't end up in the right forum when you edit them. --> troubleshooting?

It's because they are generated by my custom and buggy script:
viewtopic.php?p=39540-duolingo-sentence ... ome#p39540

I'm not a full-fledged programmer and I hope somebody can fix it for me.

[Deleted User 103]

@MoniqueMaRie Do you know where this sentence belongs? German? I'm not sure.

@nudelfressa At least your script worked some! I sure wish someone could fix the sentence extension. The normal one is very buggy now sometimes too.

[Basler Biker]

Juiste oplossing:
Ich trinke nur Sojamilch

Why is 'ich trinke allein sojamilch' wrong?

"alleen" could too easily be understood as "zonder andere personen bij me"
If something is limited to one thing, one needs to say "alleen maar" of "uitsluitend"

ik drink alleen maar sojamelk.
ik drink uitsluitend sojamelk.
ik drink alleen melk van soja.

[Deleted User 103]

@Basler Biker Do you know where this sentence belongs?

[Basler Biker]

@Basler Biker Do you know where this sentence belongs?

I speak Dutch, learning German.
dn = Dutch/Nederlands
de = Deutsch (German)

don't know where the (nl → de) comes from, but it should be (dn → de) so i changed those in the titles.
the topic may be moved to "learning German from Dutch"

[Deleted User 103]

@Basler Biker Thank you! This sentence is now in the correct subforum.

[Basler Biker]

@Basler Biker Thank you! This sentence is now in the correct subforum.

don't think so ... shouldn't they be here ?

[Basler Biker]

@Basler Biker That's where I thought I put it. Is it there now? It has a bug. I've moved it twice and twice it jumps back. Can you try moving it?

it's done
viewtopic.php?t=9526-ich-trinke-nur-sojamilch-dn-de

[MoniqueMaRie]

it's done
viewtopic.php?t=9526-ich-trinke-nur-sojamilch-dn-de

Seems to be back in "languages not yet covered"