Ich mag nicht / ich mag keine
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I'm not sure what you want to say. "Motor" means engine or motor.
That's a rather broad topic, Have a look here:
Negation (nicht/nein/kein) | German Grammar - EasyDeutsch
Just Say No! The Ultimate Guide to German Negation | FluentU German
Kein/e bezieht sich auf ein Nomen:
Ich habe keine Ahnung.
Es gibt keine Brötchen mehr.
Nicht bezieht sich auf ein Verb:
Ich kann das nicht.
Ich mag das nicht.
Es geht nicht.
Ich habe keine Ahnung.
Es gibt keine Brötchen mehr.
Nicht bezieht sich auf ein Verb:
Ich kann das nicht.
Ich mag das nicht.
Es geht nicht.
"Motor" means motorI'm not sure what you want to say. "Motor" means engine or motor.
"Ich mag keine Motoren" - "I don't like engines" -> If you hate all
"Ich mag keinen Motor" - "I don't like an engine" -> I can hardly imagine any context where I would say this
this is so helpful, I wonder how come people in here are so good and I thank you a lot
I believe the meaning hasn't been clarified yet. "Motor" makes no sense at all in all the aforementioned examples because... literally no one will ever say this. As for the difference between "kein" and "nicht", you've got plenty of sources to draw new information from (thanks to the replies in the thread) but the engine part makes me scratch my head.
Are you sure you mean engines? In what context do you want to use the sentence?
Yes, you are right, maybe the meaning hasn't been clarified yet. Maybe I wasn't correct with the English word "motor", with which I meant this in the picture.
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That's a "motorcycle" or "motorbike" in English and a "Motorrad" in German.
Here you can use nicht or kein:
"Ich mag keine Motorräder"
"Ich mag Motorräder nicht"
Here you can use nicht or kein:
"Ich mag keine Motorräder"
"Ich mag Motorräder nicht"
oder: "Dieses Motorrad gefällt mir nicht" if you don't like this one in particular.
Yes, and not even colloquial the abbreviation to "Motor" is possible. That is plain wrong and totally non-idiomatic.
However, "Maschine" is a possible colloquial abbreviation, if the context is clear enough.
Ein kurzer Check bei Google hat ergeben, dass das albanische Wort für Motorrad "motor" ist. Daher rührt wohl das Missverständnis.
In the website from which I'm learning German online, the part that explains German masculine gender gives examples: foreign nouns ending in "-or" like "direktor" and "motor".
If I translate it from German to Albanian in google, the meaning of the German foreign word "Motor" results "motor" in Albanian. So I thought the meaning of the German word "Motor" was the same like in Albanian. Thanks of everybody's replies now I know is "Motorrad"
If I translate it from German to Albanian in google, the meaning of the German foreign word "Motor" results "motor" in Albanian. So I thought the meaning of the German word "Motor" was the same like in Albanian. Thanks of everybody's replies now I know is "Motorrad"
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You better use a proper dictionary. Google even struggles with major languages, let alone something "exotic" like Albanian:
http://www.fjalor.de/?richtung=&suchtext=motor&szignorieren=1