What does 'Was macht du' mean?
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What does Was macht du mean?
What does Was macht du mean?
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Was tust du. (What are you doing?)
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It means 'What are you doing?'
The meaning of the question depends on the context:
In English, 'What are you doing?' you would add 'gerade' in German because we do not have a present progressive.
One wants to know what someone is currently (at the moment) occupied with.
However, it can also refer to the activity that someone generally engages in.
So simple present 'What do you do (for a living)?'
Es heißt ‚Was machst du?‘
Die Bedeutung der Frage hängt vom Kontext ab:
Beim Englischen ‚What are you doing?‘ würde man im Deutschen ‚gerade‘ hinzufügen, da wir über ein present progressive nicht verfügen.
Man möchte wissen, womit sich jemand gerade (im Augenblick) beschäftigt.
Es kann sich aber auch auf die Tätigkeit, die jemand grundsätzlich ausübt, beziehen.
Also simple present ‚What do you do‘ (for a living)?‘
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