Translation - English to German

[Suzannew]

Please could someone kindly translate the following sentences to German (not using Free Translation or similar websites though) Thank you very much.

Where can I buy cassettes?

I went to a concert

No, I have to help my friend

He has a lot of English homework

[OBonio]

Wo kann ich Kassetten kaufen?

Ich bin nach ein Konzert gegangen.

Nein, Ich muss mein Freund hilfen.

Er hat viele Englischehausaufgaben.

[Suzannew]

Thank you very much OBonio

[Narolines]

Just one little point, OBonio - if the friend being helped is female it would be:

Nein, ich muss meine Freundin hilfen.

Oh - and I think probably "ich darf" would be more likely than "ich muss" - it carries the sense of duty rather than the sense of compulsion.

Sorry to be a pedant!

[Narolines]

That would be "d

[Narolines]

That would be "d�rfe" of course - got my tenses mixed up. Well, it's late & I'm on my 4th glass..........

[Quizmonkey]

A few more problems here:

nach ein Konzert ?? I would never use 'nach' except with placenames. Even if you do use it, the ending is missing from 'ein' - should be 'einem'.

'zu einem Konzert' sounds more natural.

Also ending wrong on the friend one: should be 'meinem' if male, or 'meiner Freundin' if female.

Nein, ich... - not Nein, Ich...

English- not Englische-

And I'd stick with muss...

Can't guarantee these as it'e been a long time, but I know wrong article agreements when I see them!

[Narolines]

QM, I have to disagree (sorry!): "meine Freundin" is correct for the feminine gender accusative case, and for the male gender it would be "meinen Freund"; "meinem" is dative case, not accusative. Feminine nouns, likewise, take the ending "er" for articles and possessive adjectives in the dative case. (See, I'm a bit more awake tonight!) I agree about "zu" rather than "nach" - both of which do take the dative case, as you say. I see where you're coming from (sorry about that expression!) with "English" rather than "Englisch(e)"; you may be right, but would we say "Deutsch homework"? I'd have to think about that.......

I agree, too, on sober reflection, that "ich muss" is the better choice; "d�rfen" is used more in the sense of "being allowed". Though incidentally, I was right first time on the form of the verb - present indicative IS "ich darf" - always go with your instincts!

[Narolines]

Oh b****r! On even more reflection, I recall that "helfen" takes the dative case, not the accusative! Apologies, QM - ignore all that previous stuff! So it should be

Nein, ich muss meinem Freund helfen

or

Nein, ich muss meiner Freundin helfen

Note that the first "e" in "helfen" becomes "i" only in the 2nd & 3rd person singular. Blimey, hard work, this language stuff, innit?

[Suzannew]

Thank you for all your trouble!

I'll let you know who is correct next week!

(I did try but wanted to check my answer!)