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Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?m=F6chte_versus_h=E4tte_gern?= Posted on: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:05:13 +0200

Pete:
> are all of the following sentences valid?

Nope.

> Ich möchte kaufen ein Bier.

Ich möchte ein Bier kaufen.
I would like to go and buy a beer.

> Ich hätte gern kaufen ein Bier.

Ich hätte gerne ein Bier gekauft.
I would have liked to buy a beer.

(There's no "I would like to buy a beer" with "hätte gern")


> Ich möchte ein Bier.
> Ich hätte gern ein Bier.

These are OK and have the same meaning AND impact: "A beer, please".



--
Erick

"Not all chemicals are bad. Without hydrogen or oxygen, for example,
there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer." - Dave
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