"Ich esse die Zitrone."

Translation: I am eating the lemon.

[neuromint]

The sentences get weirder and weirder....

[harm.bacon.12]

Why would some eat a lemon? A whole lemon, do people do this in Germany? Weird sentences!

[dobbs17]

I like eating lemons, I'll admit that :P

[Dahlie5]

I'm from Poland. I distinctly remember a lemon eating competition when I was in kindergarten. XD

Anyway, where I am from, slices of lemon sprinkled with sugar are given to children as a treat. Tasty!

[m.nxa]

I like lemon juice too so...

[ESRaju]

that's what I was wondering...

[KLTah]

this is actually really good for you. lemon juice is alkalic in your stomach, and serves to clean the kidneys. The pulp is high in fibre.

[Akshayaa.P]

Why die instead od den!??

[MusabAya]

In accusative only der becomes den :
das ➡ das,
die ➡ die,
der ➡ den.

[Akshayaa.P]

danke schon!

[MusabAya]

bitte schön :)

[lisalotterose]

forgot the word for lemon, wrote "citrus fruit"

[DanKieselbach]

Was it accepted?

[fridelain]

Don't do that! Get mad!

[serraesilva]

When life gives lemons to Duo, it eats them.

[KizzaMcT]

Why esse and not isst? Is isst personal?

[MusabAya]

ich esse.
du isst.
er,sie,es isst.
wir essen.
ihr esst.
Sie,sie essen.

[apitimur]

Isn't ihr = you two?

[JonathanLa815947]

Ihr = You All (formal)
Du = You (informal)

[apitimur]

Oh, danke

[ALLintolearning3]

I thought "Sie" was the formal one and it is good for singular and plural.

[KainonGasp]

I dont understand when there is an indefinate a or definate the

[GuilhermeA192535]

Das, der, die and their conjugations are definte article "the". Ein, eine, ein and their conjugations are the indefinate article "a".

[FireDmon11j]

this sentence is soooo weird auf people

[Muhijs]

If die Zitrone is singular, what is the plural? Zitronen?

[Dahlie5]

Yes, exactly.

[aimanzahra]

I somehow dont understand why some of the foods have der, some das and some die.

[ALLintolearning3]

In German, every word has a gender. Masculine words take "der", Neuter words take "das" and Feminine words take "die", they all take "die for plural.
There is no rhyme or reason why one thing is masculine and another is feminine. You just need to memorize the word with its definite article so that you will know its gender "Die Zitrone" is feminine because it has "die", so it will take "eine" for "a", while masculine and neuter nominative case nouns will take "ein". Word gender doesn't even clue you to the gender of what the word represents. "Das Mädchen" is a neuter noun even though it represents "the girl."

http://frequencylists.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-2980-most-frequently-used-german.html

https://www.thoughtco.com/masculine-feminine-or-nueter-in-german-4068442

[luchomein]

What's the plural of die Zitrone...die Zitrones?

[Dahlie5]

die Zitrone - die Zitronen

[SenhorCast]

Das schmeckt viel Sauer

[CarolUy1]

Das ist sauer

[OrangePota]

I wouldn't eat a Lemon :x

[deactivated user]

Ich brauche eine Zitrone!

[GANESHA580178]

so is the lemon less sour then the tomato????????

[benton.1]

Why isn't the meaning written here?

[ALLintolearning3]

What do you mean? It is at the top of the page: "I am eating the lemon." is the meaning for "Ich esse die Zitrone."

[WilliamM.G]

Please, have the German speaker enunciate when the entire sentence is presented. There is not reason for slurred words.

[ALLintolearning3]

No reason or not a reason

The speakers are not live people, but tts voices done out of house, so the speech cannot be easily adjusted. Scroll to the top of the page, it is enunciated properly here. Try listening to words and phrases through forvo.com for live native speakers.

[prodigyvictus]

r/madlads

[Steve32837]

"I dare you to eat that lemon."

"No, that's crazy. I'm not doing that."

"You have to. It's a dare."

"Okay, fine. Give me the lemon."

"Come on. Do it. Eat the lemon."

"Okay, here it goes. I am eating the lemon."