"Ich esse eine Orange."

Translation: I eat an orange.

[BronzetheSling]

The German's starting to effect my English. I'll sometimes think tea is spelled tee, write wine as wein, or write 'This Orange is amazing."

[DmitriiKarpov]

It was so difficult to me when I started to study English after Germany language. German language brokes your mind, your pronounce.
My first language is Russian.

[jack.erz]

The audio for Orange sounds French, is this actually how it is pronounced? Does anyone have an IPA transcription or something I could look at?

[JoshV-M]

From what I've read, it is supposed to be like a French r, pronounced toward the throat, but cleaner.

[seamusmcd]

I put i eat A orange and it called it wrong?

[Colby42845]

Should be "an" not "a"

[mini-yo]

Why is it "eine Orange" instead of "einen Orange"?

[Zach1337]

Orange is a feminine word. Einen is used when a masculine word is being acted upon.

[airacarvalho]

Can someone explain how do I pronunce "Ich"?

[Neiot]

When I pronounce "Ich," I always imagine I am hissing like a cat. That's me, though.

[phosporousman7]

Check these two links out:

http://www.pauljoycegerman.co.uk/pronounce/consonch.html

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/german-english/ich?showCookiePolicy=true

[AshleyLeon3]

Why is it not I eat the orange

[JessicaJ142630]

I'm trying to understand that also!

[Matthew_La]

The = der/die/das
A = ein/eine

"The" is used for a specific orange. In English it's called a definite article.
"A" could refer to any orange. We call it an indefinite article.

http://www.englishpage.com/articles/a-an-vs-the.htm

Hope this helps!

[CyaCyaCya]

How we differentiate between "I am eating" and "I eat"? Esse and essen?

[mizinamo]

There is no difference in German -- there is only one present tense, not separate simple and continuous ones.

[Sofia123854]

maybe there is more than one orange

[Rider662968]

Another way to say it would be 'I eat an orange ' for a more formal tone

[Joel556149]

The ''orange pronounciation sounds weird because it sounds more french than german

[WillStamat1]

This audio is way to fast in the male voice.

[Donald631]

whenever the lady says orange it kinda sounds like shes trying to say orangutan. just saying.

[Chaz701307]

Why is it "I eat an orange" but not "i am eating an orange"?

[mizinamo]

Why is it "I eat an orange" but not "i am eating an orange"?

Both of those are good translations of the German sentence.

[abhay77777777]

How can we know that the noun is feminine ,neuter or masculine?

[mizinamo]

How can we know that the noun is feminine ,neuter or masculine?

• Look it up in a dictionary
• It's impossible to guess the gender (in general), so any dictionary will (have to) tell you the gender of each noun
• Memorise the answer