Comments on: Ich bin ein Berliner http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2009/11/09/ich-bin-ein-berliner/ Peering down the corridor of uncertainty. It's about cricket, sport and journalism Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:04:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wraye http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2009/11/09/ich-bin-ein-berliner/comment-page-1/#comment-196297 Wraye Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:24:33 +0000 http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/?p=4472#comment-196297 Sean, you are right when it is spoken - in most dialects it gets swallowed to an extended n as in: Ich bin'n' Berliner In correct written German, the article is necessary as "Berliner" is a noun, not an adjective. In German, all nouns start with a capital letter. Otherwise you are saying that you are berliny. Hope this helps :) Sean, you are right when it is spoken – in most dialects it gets swallowed to an extended n as in: Ich bin’n’ Berliner

In correct written German, the article is necessary as “Berliner” is a noun, not an adjective. In German, all nouns start with a capital letter. Otherwise you are saying that you are berliny. Hope this helps :)

]]> By: Sean  http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2009/11/09/ich-bin-ein-berliner/comment-page-1/#comment-196168 Sean  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:07:19 +0000 http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/?p=4472#comment-196168 Wraye, I thought the ein was extraneous? Should it not be Ich Bin Berliner? Wraye, I thought the ein was extraneous? Should it not be Ich Bin Berliner?

]]> By: Wraye http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2009/11/09/ich-bin-ein-berliner/comment-page-1/#comment-196165 Wraye Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:48:57 +0000 http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/?p=4472#comment-196165 LOL it's true though. That comes from the German postfix -er to denote "belonging to" or "from" e.g. ich bin ein Bonner - I'm from Bonn. Comparable also to the "von" in German or "da" in Italian e.g. Leonardo da Vinci At least I'm not from Frankfurt or Hamburg ... ;) LOL it’s true though. That comes from the German postfix -er to denote “belonging to” or “from” e.g. ich bin ein Bonner – I’m from Bonn.
Comparable also to the “von” in German or “da” in Italian e.g. Leonardo da Vinci

At least I’m not from Frankfurt or Hamburg … ;)

]]> By: Sean  http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2009/11/09/ich-bin-ein-berliner/comment-page-1/#comment-196152 Sean  Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:04:42 +0000 http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/?p=4472#comment-196152 Completely useless bit of information but have you heard the urban legend about Kennedy calling himself a doughnut? Stick ich bin ein berliner into google and you'll see what I mean. Completely useless bit of information but have you heard the urban legend about Kennedy calling himself a doughnut?

Stick ich bin ein berliner into google and you’ll see what I mean.

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