"Nein, er ist klein."

Translation: No, he is small.

[Kyrillos216886]

Am I the only one who didn't hear the Er in the faster version ??
actually, Er was not pronounced !!!!!!

[camomile115]

I heard something like "erst" and figured it meant "er ist", but I wanted to be sure and listened the slower version.

[semperfortis0603]

I heard "es" rather than "er ist"

[tim639652]

Its true i heard wer

[Marzell_Limmer]

so why didn't it accept "no, he is short" as an answer?

[LassiCat]

I think "short" should be accepted. The sentence doesn't specify so I would assume it refers to a person. My understanding is that "Nein, er ist klein," could mean "No, he is short." I believe when referring to a person this is preferred over "Nein, er ist kurz." (However I am only a German learner, so I might be wrong!)

[az_p]

Agreed. That is now accepted too.

[Shubham_SD]

kurz = short and klein = small, right?

[MathildeSG]

yes:)

[PegWhitman]

Nein, esst klein. that is what I hear what happened to er ist???

[az_p]

The sounds blend together slightly with naturally-paced pronunciation. The slower pronunciations (if you have that option) make it clearer if you ever need to check. But your increasing knowledge of grammar will improve your listening comprehension too ('esst klein' doesn't really make a lot of sense).

[SamuelBird2]

What is this reasonably a response to

[az_p]

Ist er groß? Nein, er ist klein.

"Is he tall? No, he is small (short)."

In German if you want to talk about someone's height, you generally use groß/klein.

[araruney]

Would you date him?
- No, he is small (short)

[Erdnussmutter]

Manlets get wrecked in multiples languages

[MatthiusDiaz]

If it also means short then shouldn't short be an accepted answer?

[az_p]

It should! And it is now :)

[PopSixSquish]

So groß doesn't refer to weight like in French (and some definitions in English)?

[mizinamo]

So groß doesn't refer to weight like in French

Correct.

[FredZoller]

There is no way I can hear any "Er" unless I hit the slow button. Or am I the only one having trouble understanding this speaker when he speaks at "normal" speed?

[Stephen326184]

You're not. Be sure to report it. The normal speed audio for this one is absolutely terrible. He is not saying it correctly at normal speed, only at slow speed.

[KarinnaRF]

when I listen to the recorded voice I hear "Nein ist Klein", But I know that's not the answer. Anyone else have this problem??

[Estel245247]

Why accepted me "No, it is small" if it puts " Er, ist klein"? ER ist = HE is, right? And ES ist= IT is

[Major.Mopar]

Is it just me, or do other people in english keep typing ist for is?

[Randonneur3]

Or 'short'. Since the subject is a person. Reported

[AndyWright777]

Please just press "The audio does not sound correct" button, no one reads the comments here.

[ninopiamonte]

I answered: No, it is small and it was accepted. Why?

[mizinamo]

er, sie, es can also refer to something that you mentioned before and that has masculine, feminine, or neuter grammatical gender, respectively.

Dies ist mein Löffel. Er ist klein. Dies ist meine Gabel. Sie ist spitz. Dies ist mein Messer. Es ist stumpf. "This is my spoon. It is small. This is my fork. It is pointy. This is my knife. It is blunt."

[Graham126068]

someone should make up there mind ?
klein is either little or small or is both . You can not keep marking it down for what you fancy at the moment !