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Hello experts

this request had been waiting for so long that I decided to give it a go... By all means reject it if the German is too awful!

Please look the following words up

Soviel (better: Wieviel)
Strassen remember the "Neue Deutsche Rechtschreibung" which says: Nach langem Vokal folgt ein 'ß'
abzusturzen (Ü)
diesem
Geselschaft
sichselb
Aber wenn wir können auswählen wrong word order

dieser Gesellschaft

Uf... Thanks Italo - that's quite a lot! I'm surprised you didn't reject it straightaway!

Can you help me out - why should it be 'dieser' here? I know 'in' can be followed by third or fourth declination but I always have to guess which one

As for the one but last line - would you say 'können' is the right translation?

Thank you!

It's better to use the "Konjuntiv II" könnten

I'll explain you "diesem" later because I have to go now, ok?

I didn't rejected it because I wanted that you learn from that what you did wrong

It's really difficult to explain it in english... but Heidrun could help us here

CC: iamfromaustria

It is the third case (dative) but "hidden" in a demonstrative pronoun that is feminine. Here you have a list of how it has to be declined.

besser hätte ich es nicht erklären können

but Gesellschaft is neutral isn't it? Does 'dies-' become feminine just to confuse all non-native speakers?
I'm not trying to discuss it as you two obviously know what you're talking about - I just don't understand (so probably would keep on making this mistake)!
Help much appreciated!

die Gesellschaft
das Gesellschaft

Ah! OK, now it makes sense. Thank you!

Oh, I see you've already sorted your problem out. Actually, there shouldn't be any exceptions to this rule, as it is basic grammar. It would be really confusing if a feminine noun would suddenly become masculine regarding the pronoun

That is why I was so confused... I let the Dutch word 'gezelschap' (neutral) confuse me