"Ich bin wie du."
Translation:I am like you.
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Classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LFWEK5g764 (I really hate this song, and heard it way too often, probably Eurovision song or something similar.)
I'm terribly sorry about that. Have a few lingots as compensation (I know it's nothing compared to the pain you must be feeling, but it's all about the idea behind it.)
Haha, danke! At least I will never forget it. My friend helped me learn a few phrases I'll never forget with this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_8g-eNkaq4
I think we are now even :)
Would u write the name of the song and singer for me. I want to check it out but i cant copy the link.
Haha, she says "Ich bin genau wie du" at one point, which makes me so damn proud to me able to understand her, I will let nobody calm my pride for being able to understand this line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Because it's saying Ich = du -- I am (the same as)(like) you. So nouns in the sentence get the nominative. That's true with all the forms of the verb "to be": ich bin, du bist, er,se,es ist, wir sind, sie sind, ihr seid, Sie sind.
So also "Er ist ein Mann," not "Er ist einen Mann."
He is saying that both pronouns Ich and Du are used as nominative case. Compare to "Ich mag dich" - I like you, the you here has been acted upon. But in the sentence "Ich bin wie du", the you here has not been acted upon, it was only used for comparison ie both in nominative form.
She says, when "sein"="to be" is used, you must use the definition after "sein" in nominative form. E.g "Ich bin (ein) Arzt" = I am a doctor. This example is not very good, because in this german sentence the article is not used. Another example: "Ich bin ein Mann, der ...", so "ein Mann" is in Nominativ form, not "einen Mann". Thus, "Ich bin wie du" ~ "Ich bin du" and nominative form is used.
Bin is a copular verb, meaning it "links" two things that are equal. To show the equality, the pronouns are in the same case, here the case is nominative. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copula_(linguistics)
I didn't know that "wie" could also mean "like". I originally thought that it just meant "how".
So now that I know this, can "wie" also be used to say "I like you"? I assume that if it can, it would be something like "Ich wie dich".
That is not possible, "wie" is not a verb, it is only a translation of "like" in sentences were "like" means "similar to".
I'm kinda confused by this, too. I'm just assuming it means both. Kinda like a homonym.
no, it is only correct by using "du" in the sentence above.
I think you think of a similar sentence like: "You are like me." where "me" is used and "I" can't be used. But in german it would be "Du bist wie ich." We use the pronouns in nominative in both shown sentences.
Can "wie" also be used to mean like as in "I like you"? Ich wie du, Ich wie Schocalade, etc?
In "I like you" is "like" a verb. "Wie" is no verb in German. You need a verb in your German sentences. It has to be: "Ich bin wie du"(=I am like you."). Or by using the verb "to like" --> Ich mag dich. (=I like you.), here the verb is called "mögen" in infinitive.
It didn't accept "I am as well as you." it says that "I am similar to you" is the only correct solution. However when i hover over "wie" it gives "like," "as," and "as well as." I figured that "I am as well as you" would be the best answer because it sounds correct in English, I actually say it all the time to my friends...
I think the best translation of "I am as well as you." is "Ich bin genauso gut wie du." "well" is translated as "gut". The german sentence has the meaning of being as clever/intelligent/well in character as you. The German version with "gut" leads away from other possible meanings of "ich bin wie du." Meanings like "I am as fast happy as you." or "I have the same character like you" or "I have the same favorit hobbies like you", ... .