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Du verstehst mich, nicht wahr?

Translation

You understand me, right?



Analysis


Du
     pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters)
     n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular)
     pron. you (thou, singular familiar)
verstehst
     v. second-person singular present of verstehen
     verstehen
          v. to understand
          v.          to hear and interpret (speech)
          v.          to comprehend, make sense of
          v.          to take, see, gather (impute what is not explicitly stated)
          v.          to know, have knowledge or understanding of (through experience or study)
          v. to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood
          v.          (with als) to see oneself as, to think of oneself as
          v.          to understand one another, be able to communicate
          v.          (with mit) to get along with
          v.          (with auf) to be an expert (at something)
          v.          to be meant, to have to be interpreted (in some way)
          v.          (impersonal) to go without saying, to be obvious
mich
     pron. accusative of ich: me
nicht
     adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
     interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
wahr
     adj. true, real
     adj. true, truthful
nicht wahr
     Phrase. (tag question, rather formal) right?; is it?; is it not?




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