Nishant Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Hi, could someone help me with a problem I am stuck with? While introducing yourself in German, there are a number of ways you can do that. I encountered an exercise that I could not comprehend. To my eyes, they all seem correct. The question was which of the following are correct ways to introduce yourself: Mein name ist Beckmann Mein name ist Karin Mein name ist Karin Beckmann Ich bin Karin Ich bin Beckmann Ich bin Frau Beckmann Ich bin Karin Beckmann Ich heiße Frau Beckmann Ich heiße Beckmann Ich heiße Karin.... and so forth. How do I know the correct way and is there an explanation for the differences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇崎ちゃん Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 It doesn't matter, they're all correct indeed. The only differences are: 1. Mein name ist = my name is. 2. Ich bin = I am. 3. Ich heiße = I am called. Nishant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 All sentences are correct, you just have to write the "Mein name ist" -> "Mein Name ist". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dybbuk Jones Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 I learned it as "Ich Bin" which might just because it seems more informal. Although formality is a major thing in German so I don't know if Mein Name would work better. Then again, I am going from an English perspective and I know that German is more formal in a cultural context. I really appreciate the way that familiarity is not imposed on people in German when I was working in a job where I had to wear a name tag and people would just call me by my first name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 On 9.1.2016 at 10:27 PM, Blaveloper said: It doesn't matter, they're all correct indeed. The only differences are: 1. Mein name ist = my name is. 2. Ich bin = I am. 3. Ich heiße = I am called. exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 On 9.1.2016 at 9:26 PM, Nishant said: Hi, could someone help me with a problem I am stuck with? While introducing yourself in German, there are a number of ways you can do that. I encountered an exercise that I could not comprehend. To my eyes, they all seem correct. The question was which of the following are correct ways to introduce yourself: Mein name ist Beckmann Mein name ist Karin Mein name ist Karin Beckmann Ich bin Karin Ich bin Beckmann Ich bin Frau Beckmann Ich bin Karin Beckmann Ich heiße Frau Beckmann Ich heiße Beckmann Ich heiße Karin.... and so forth. How do I know the correct way and is there an explanation for the differences? Most of them are correct. However, there are two things I need to point out here. First of all, 'name' needs to be written with a capital N, as it is a noun. So it always needs to be 'Mein Name ist ....'. Moreover, you can't say 'Ich bin Beckmann'. Nobody would say it. All the others are possible and grammatically correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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