anywherebutsweden asked: I have a question about the grammar. I sometimes hear Germans leaving out a verb, like "Ich will Pizza" or "Darf ich mal kurz vorbei". Shouldn't it be "Ich will Pizza haben" and "Darf ich mal kurz vorbeigehen"? Or is it just a way you can use when you're talking German?
That’s the difference between colloquial and written German ;) Just like in English you can say things in a variety of ways: e.g. I want pizza! (Ich will Pizza) I want to have pizza (Ich will Pizza haben) I want to eat pizza (Ich will pizza essen).
Sometimes abbreviations are common and leaving out parts of a sentence when it’s clear what you wanna say. It’s clear that “Ich will Pizza” doesn’t mean that you want to hug a pizza, dance with one or something else that doesn’t make sense. ;) Context is the keyword I guess :)
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