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Hi Emanuel.
Would you use dasselbe here or das Gleiche:
Maria hat eine große Schachtel Pralinen bekommen, und ich habe nur zwei Tafeln Schokolade gekriegt!
Mutter: Die sind doch das Gleiche/ dasselbe, Peter. Du meinst aber auch immer, du kämst zu kurz!
I think das Gleiche would be the correct choice as they are not identical, but somehow similar.
Thank you sO0o0 much.
I’d use “das Gleiche”. Aber im Singular. Das ist doch das Gleiche.
Thank you for the answer Emanuel, may I ask you what the * das ist * part refers to? We’re speaking here about two things that are somehow similar. I just fail to connect the das-ist part to what the little boy has bemängelned:) …she got THAT and I got this…. unfair!! …
mother: they are the same son!
Thank you Emanuel.
The thing is, they’re not the same as items.
What I feel like the “das ist” refers to are the total “event” of “getting a chocolate bar” and “getting Pralinen”.
And then the phrasing is like when you say in English “It’s the same thing.”
Wenn du Plural benutzt, dann zeigst du zu stark auf die individuellen Objekte “Schololade” und “Pralinen”.
Keine Ahnung, ob das hilft.