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German term or phrase:	tätst
English translation:	if you were to do
Entered by:	erselking

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1:40am Oct 26, 2004

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Art/Literary - Music

German term or phrase: tätst

I am having trouble with this line from Kurt Weill's "Die sieben Todsünden", especially the word "tätst":
"Bedenk, was geschieht, wenn du tätst, was dir läge!"
I would appreciate help with this line. Thanks.

erselking

KudoZ activity
Questions: 4 (all closed)
Answers: 0

United States

if you were to do

Explanation:
Bear in mind what would happen if you were to do as you wished.
Although this is not (at all!) as concise as the original. "Consider" is better...

Selected response from:

xxxFrancis Lee
Germany

Note from asker to answerer

Thank you. Your answer was a lot of help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +10

would do / did

Christine Lam

3 +6

an attempt

Olaf Reibedanz

3 +1

if you were to do

xxxFrancis Lee

if you did exactly what you wanted to do

Jonathan MacKerron

Answers

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

would do / did

Explanation:
stands for "tun wuerdest"
Consider what would happen if you did what you are good at

Christine Lam
Canada
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 11

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

an attempt

Explanation:
I don't know the official translation of this line, but here is what I think it means:

"Be aware of what would happen if you did what you wanted."

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Note added at 17 mins (2004-10-26 01:57:42 GMT)
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\"Tätst\" is a subjunctive of the verb \"tun\" :-)

Olaf Reibedanz
Argentina
Native speaker of:

German

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

if you were to do

Explanation:
Bear in mind what would happen if you were to do as you wished.
Although this is not (at all!) as concise as the original. "Consider" is better...

xxxFrancis Lee
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 25

Note from asker to answerer

Thank you. Your answer was a lot of help.

5 hrs confidence:

if you did exactly what you wanted to do

Explanation:
another take

Jonathan MacKerron
Germany
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 39

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German: tätst

English translation: if you were to do