What is the difference between German words "Wer", "Welche", "Woher" and "Wo"?

Question

I have been learning German for 2 weeks. I have come across the following sentences.

" Woher kommt Tobias ? "
"Wo whont er? "
"Welche Sprachen spricht er? "
"Wer ist das? "

Question 1) What do the above sentences mean in English?

Question 2) Do both "Wo " and "Woher" mean "Where" ? If yes, when do I need to use the word "Wo" ? When should I use "Woher" ?

Question 3) Do both "Welcher " and "Wer" mean "What" ? If yes, when do I need to use the word "Welcher" ? When should I use "Wer" ?

Question 3) What are the difference between the German word "sagen " and "sprichen" ? When should I use the word "sagen"? When should I use " sprichen" ? In which situation?

Answer 1

hi, here it goes:



Woher = from where

Wo = where

Wohin = to where

Welche = which

Was = what

Wer = who



Sprechen = speak

sagen = say



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Further explanation:



Wo + her = where + from (her indicates a place that is far from the person who is speaking)

Wo + hin = where + hin (hin indicates that you or another person is going to go from "here" to a place that is far)

Wo = where

Answer 2

It's been a long time since high school German, but here goes. Woher means from where. So the first sentence means Where is Tobias coming from?

Wo is where. I have no idea what "whont" means. Er is him or it.

The third sentence makes no sense. Welche means which. Sprachen is either the infinitive or the past tense for to speak and spricht means speaks. Which spoke speaks it.

Wer is das? Who is that?



Sagen means to say. I have no idea about sprichen. Do you mean sprechen. If so, sprechen means to speak.



It's been too long for questions 2 and 3.

Answer 3

1. Where is Tobias from?

2. Where does he live?

3. Which language does he speak?

4. Who is that?



Woher = whither, where from

Welche - which one

Wer = who

sagen = say

sprechen = speak

These are used more or less with the same differences as say and speak in English.

Answer 4

1) Where does Tobias come from?

Where does he live?

Which languages does he speak?

Who is that?



2) "Woher" means "where from" while "wo" just means "where".

You use woher whenever you would say "Where...from" in english.



3) wer means who. welcher (male singular) means which(or what).



4) whenever you would use "talk" use "sprechen" whenever you would use "say" use "sagen". Its only a rule of thumb but its accurate.

Answer 5

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