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Nihilanth
11 Nov 2018

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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen a) When are you leaving today? und b) When are you going to leave today? und c) When are you going to be leaving today? und d) When do you leave today? ?Du kannst auch einfach Beispielsätze geben.

Which one sounds most natural? Are they all acceptable?
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brettjfennell
11 Nov 2018

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They all effectively mean the same thing. "When are you going to be leaving today?" is a little bit wordy but a native speaker will understand you if you say it.

myisha
11 Nov 2018

  • Englisch (US)

They all pretty much mean the same thing but since you have added today I think it would be more natural to say what time but they all sound natural to me because a person can answer “In the morning” or “At night” to the question of when. If I was asking this question to know when during the day (morning, evening, night) I personal would say (a) but it also depends on context/ what was said before in the conversation. I hope this helps! :-)

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Nihilanth
11 Nov 2018

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@myisha it does help, thanks a lot. I wouldn't have thought that d) is acceptable though. Even as a non-native speaker, it sounds unnatural to me.
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sofrony
11 Nov 2018

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a) and d) sound natural the most, because it is certainly happening. You use present simple when you talk about something scheduled, and you can use present continuous when talking about plans for the near future. Both going to forms (b and c ) aren't quite as natural because the situation is about near future.

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myisha
11 Nov 2018

  • Englisch (US)

@Nihilanth happy to help! (d) is natural but to me sounds more informal.

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