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When To Use Du, Sie and Ihr in German 🇩🇪 ⁉️ On How To Address People in The German Language
One area of confusion for many beginner German students is the difference between the three personal pronouns "du", "Sie", and "ihr". In my latest blog post, I explain the difference between them and how they are used in the German language 🌐 Link in bio. A shorter explanation can be found below ⬇️.
German students first encounter the three personal pronouns "du", "Sie" and "ihr" when they learn to conjugate German verbs in the present tense. The standard explanation is that "du" is the so-called informal you, which should only be used for people you're already familiar with, such as friends and family members, whereas "Sie" (also known as the formal you) should be used for any adult you do not know or in formal settings, such as at work. While "du" can only be used in the singular, so for one person, "Sie" can be used both in the singular or plural, so for one and several persons. The personal pronoun "ihr" is the plural form of "du", so the same rules apply as for the latter, except that "ihr" is used for multiple people you already know, such as a group of friends and family members. Its English translation is "you all", "you guys" or "you lot".
Let‘s look at some examples.
„Kannst du mir bitte helfen?" would be a question to a friend or family member.
„Könnte ihr mir bitte helfen?" would be a question to a group of friends or family members.
„Können Sie mir bitte helfen?" would be a question to your boss, a colleague or a stranger
Languages are subjected to trends and cultural changes, though, and so in real life things are a lot more complicated than the standard explanation would suggest. So check out my blog entry for further clarification.
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⁉️ How Do You Say "Merry Christmas" in German- Formally, Informally, Neutrally ⁉️
Now that Christmas is just a bit over two weeks away, you might be wondering how to wish your German in-laws, friends, colleagues fellow students or German teacher 😉 a Merry Christmas in German. In the latest post on my German language blog “Auf Deutsch, bitte!” I explain that there are actually a few ways to do so- in a formal or informal, religious or neutral manner 🌐 link below.
Literal translations between English and German rarely work because German grammar is so much stricter than English grammar. A case in point is the translation of “I’m cold” or “I’m hot” into German. Since both phrases are subjective feelings towards the temperature, they cannot be translated literally. In the latest post on my German language blog “Auf Deutsch, bitte!”(🌐 link below) I explain how to translate the phrases properly.
The only difference between the two options is whether you want to emphasises the impersonal “es” or the fact that it is cold or hot to you. So what happened if you translated literally? The meanings might surprise you.
Ich bin cold (I have a cold personality)
Ich bin heiß (I’m sexually desirable)
Oddly enough, “I’m freezing” can be translated literally.
“Ich friere”
Similar phrases are.
* Mir ist es warm (I am warm)
* Mir tut X (mein Kopf) weh (My head hurts)
* Mir ist übel (I am sick)
* Mir ist egal, was…X (was andere Leute über mich denken (I don’t care)
Of course, the word order can be moved around again.
“Sein” and “ihr” are pronouns that German students find notoriously difficult to use. In this blog article, I will clarify the difference between them, show the various ways in which they can be used, and give advice on how to distinguish between them.
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