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You are what you eat

I moved to Germany two years ago. This is from the first time of my stay when I was still learning basics. It's unfortunatly incredibly easy to say totally the wrong thing - much to the Germans amusement :-) During my first week of work, I was asked: Was ist du? I stared blankly for a while. Being that the sentence was actually very basic, I understood the words, but also realised that they made no real sense: 'What is you?' My colleague repeated the sentence so I hesitantly replied: Ande. After some amusement she explained that she had said: Was isst du?, what do want to you eat, from essen, to eat. Only one 's' more!

Sent by: Ande

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Susan 2006-11-01

Sie isst eine Gans, she eats a goose.

Sie ist eine Gans, she is a goose.

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