Asking directly:Wo wohnen Sie?
Where do you live?Wo ist Ihr Hauptwohnsitz?
Where is your main residence?73.3 People can be referred to by means of personal pronouns (see 30.2 and 32 ) and can
be identified through a relative clause (see 10 ). In pointing to someone, der/die/das
(see 31.2) or dieser/diese/dieses (24.1a) might be used.
Ist das der Mann, der hier gestern ein neues Konto eröffnet hat?
Is that the man who opened a new account here yesterday?Diese junge Dame war gestern schon einmal hier.
This young lady was here yesterday.See^74 (pp. 231–40) for how to describe people.
74 Describing people
74.1 Descriptions in general
beschreiben ‘to describe’
-e Beschreibung ‘description’
-e Personenbeschreibung ‘description of a person’Bitte beschreiben Sie mir diese Person.
Please describe this person.74.2 Introducing description
(a) A description can be introduced by referring to someone’s features or
characteristics, -e Eigenschaft(en):Dieser Mensch hat ganz besondere Eigenschaften.
This person has very special characteristics/features.(b) Recognizing people by their characteristics is expressed by erkennen ‘to recognize’
and -s Kennzeichen (-) ‘characteristic’:Den Bademeister erkennt man an seiner weißen Uniform.
The swimming-pool attendant/lifeguard can be recognized by his white
uniform.See 77.2 (p. 267) for man.
74.3 Physical appearance and looks
(a) General appearanceSee 110.1b (p. 381) for looking well and 110.8a (p. 387) for looking unwell.
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