rodo's journal

"heraufgehen" & "herabgehen" (go up/down and towards the narrator), "hinaufgehen" & "hinabgehen (go up/down and away from the narrator), "hinausgehen" & "herausgehen" (go out and away from the narrator & go out and towards the narrator). "Hin", means towards something but away from the narrator. "Her" means towards the narrator.

What I find difficult to translate to German are mostly verbs. German doesn't have verbs that are as specific as English verbs and you have to specify with phrasems or adverbs a lot. "Smirk", for example, is often translated as "adverb + grinsen". I guess that's why I don't really get the English writing rule that says you shouldn't use adverbs in most cases.