Basic German - Self Introduction (Selbstvorstellung)

How to introduce yourself in German with a few standard lines

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[charlesaaron]

ok thanks a lot! =)

[MrOkuuSan]

''Hallo! Ich heiße Juergen und komme ich aus Singapur'' is wrong ..

it means in english ''Hello! My name is Juergen and come i from Singapore''

''Hallo! Ich heiße Juergen und ICH komme aus Singapur'' is right :D

[callee99]

"Firme" is false. "Firma" is right.("Unternehmen" is better german)

"Brüder" is plural. "Ein Bruder" would be correct.

[framerunner1987]

@RadioCity96 Because it's the proper way to say it xD

Hard to explain for me, I'm not a teacher ^^'

You CAN say "ein Bruder" but it's the laizy way to say it.

(And also, grammatical incorrect)

Actually, if you'd say the sentence "Ich habe ein Bruder" you'd say "ein'n Bruder" (erasing/swallowing the "e"), but as I said, this is the laizy way and you should first learn to speak proper, before talking like that ;D

But most germans won't even notice I guess. (common way to talk...)

[RadioCity96]

@framerunner1987 ohh ok. but why do you add 'En' at the end of Ein if it means the same thing??

[framerunner1987]

@RadioCity96 "Ein Bruder" (or: "Einen Bruder") = a brother (one)

German and english are not that much different ;)

For more than one brother you'd say: "Ich habe viele Brüder" (= I have many brothers) or "Ich habe mehrere Brüder" (= I have multiple brothers)

If you want to be more precise "Ich habe drei Brüder" (= I have three brothers, you might replace "drei" with the correct number)

[RadioCity96]

@framerunner1987 what does Einen bruder mean? more then one brother??

[framerunner1987]

@RadioCity96 yes, you add an "e" to "ein" if it's a feminine noun.

but only when it's feminine, other then that, it's just "ein" i.e. "ein Bruder" (or "einen Bruder") "ein Auto".

If you have more questions, feel free to ask/conact me ;)

[RadioCity96]

@framerunner1987 do you add the 'e' after ein when its a feminine noun?? and yeah the sieben thing was a typo haha, i usually spell it right.

[framerunner1987]

@RadioCity96 not bad. Corrections: "eine Schwester.", "sieben" (might be a typo from you).

[RadioCity96]

Hallo, Ich heiße Adina, und ich komme aus New York :) ich habe fünf Brüder und ein schwester. sie ist seiben jahre alt. ich bin sechzehen jahre alt.

did i say that right???

[MegaPooh123456]

ich habe einen bruder nicht ein :)