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Gustav14
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Postby Gustav14 » November 26th, 2008 3:58 pm

When explaining a person or yourself, do you say "i am..." or "you are" in german, or do you just say ich and du???

JockZon
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Postby JockZon » December 2nd, 2008 10:20 am

Hey, I don't really understand your question. What I can say is that German is like English, you say "I am" (Ich bin) and "You are" (Du bist). Don't forget that there is another way of saying "You are" in a polite way. (Sie sind).
ik bin n berliner!

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Kobukuro
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Postby Kobukuro » March 2nd, 2009 7:49 pm

In addition to that, you can say:

Mein, sein, ihr, Ihr Name ist XY.
Dieses ist Herr XY.
Dieses ist Frau XY.

brent
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Postby brent » April 11th, 2009 2:00 pm

du is informal for you so u prolly want to not say that about yourself or another.

guchinov3
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Jaa.

Postby guchinov3 » August 25th, 2009 11:18 am

Don't really no what your question is about, but the conjugation for the verb "sein"- to be.

ich bin-i am
du bist- you(informal) are
er/sie/es-ist
wir sind- we are
ihr seid- you all are
sie sind- they are
Sie sind- you(formal) are

you should learn the german conjugation for the verb "sein" ASAP.

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