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- "Er trinkt Wasser."
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Yes, I keep failing this problem over and over. I can not hear the difference. I listened, listened again, and one more time... Still "Ihr trinkt Wasser," to me.
Try listening to them one after the other to develop your ear for them. Remember often in Europe an ' i ' sounds like a long 'e' .
http://www.forvo.com/search-de/er%20ihr/
No, different pronouns require different endings, even more in German than in English, but it would be similar to saying "he drink" when we know in English it should be "he drinks".
Singular:
I drink = ich trinke;
you drink = du trinkst (singular familiar form of you);
he drinks = er trinkt, she drinks = sie trinkt, it drinks = es trinkt;
Plural:
we drink = wir trinken;
you drink = ihr trinkt (plural familiar form of you);
they drink = sie trinken;
Sie trinken = you drink (Formal version of you singular or plural)
No, see my answer above to deb0112 above or check this site: http://german.about.com/library/verbs/blverb_trinken.htm
For what language? Not in English. "er" sounds like "air in English ' ia' does not sound like that in English, 'i' is closer to a long 'e' sound and "ihr" sounds like "ear" in English. http://www.forvo.com/search-de/er%20ihr/
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Ehm, why would 'er trinkt Wasser' not mean 'he drinks water'? I think the meanings of 'he drinks water' and 'he is drinking water' are practically identical...