The idea
“Jemandem recht sein” means to be fine with someone; the person is dative and the thing is the subject. “Beide” refers to two named items and takes a plural verb; “beides” sums them up as one idea with a singular verb. After beide, adjectives take the weak ending -en. “Egal” is common but can sound uninterested.
Other ways to say it
“Mir ist beides recht.” – Neutral and short; singular because beides sums up both options.
“Mir egal, such du aus.” – Casual among friends; without a friendly tone it can sound indifferent.
“Beide Orte passen mir gleichermaßen.” – Neutral to formal; gleichermaßen means equally.
Examples
- Mir sind beide vorgeschlagenen Treffpunkte recht.Either of the two suggested meeting points is fine with me.
- Hast du wirklich keine bevorzugte Variante?Do you really have no preferred option?
- Für meinen Weg macht es kaum einen Unterschied.It makes hardly any difference to my journey.
- Dann nehme ich den Ort neben der Haltestelle.Then I will choose the location next to the stop.
- Damit bin ich genauso einverstanden.I am equally happy with that.
- Gut, wir bestätigen diese Auswahl der Gruppe.Good; let us confirm that choice to the group.
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Watch out
“Beide Treffpunkte sind fein für mich.” → “Mir sind beide Treffpunkte recht.”: “Fine” is not fein in this sense; fein means delicate or fine-grained. German says “mir recht”, “in Ordnung” or “passt mir”, with the person in the dative.
Try it yourself
Translate into German: Either of the two suggested meeting points is fine with me.
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Mir sind beide vorgeschlagenen Treffpunkte recht.
“Mir” is dative and opens the sentence; “sind” is plural because the subject is “beide vorgeschlagenen Treffpunkte”, with weak -en after beide.
Put the words in order: einen / es / Für / kaum / macht / meinen / Unterschied / Weg
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Für meinen Weg macht es kaum einen Unterschied.
“Es macht einen Unterschied” is the fixed phrase; “kaum” means hardly. “Für meinen Weg” is accusative after für and opens the sentence.
Write this sentence in German: Good; let us confirm that choice to the group.
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Gut, wir bestätigen diese Auswahl der Gruppe.
“Der Gruppe” is read here as a dative: we confirm the choice to the group. To avoid a genitive reading, speakers often say “der Gruppe diese Auswahl” or “gegenüber der Gruppe”.
Practice round
Answer three questions, then rebuild three German sentences. We keep your score.
Translate into German: Either of the two suggested meeting points is fine with me.
Mir sind beide vorgeschlagenen Treffpunkte recht.
Put the words in order: einen / es / Für / kaum / macht / meinen / Unterschied / Weg
Für meinen Weg macht es kaum einen Unterschied.
Write this sentence in German: Good; let us confirm that choice to the group.
Gut, wir bestätigen diese Auswahl der Gruppe.
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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