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How to Say ‘Are you done for today already?’ in German

Bist du heute schon fertig?

bist doo hoin-te shohn FER-tikh

[bist doo hoin-te shohn FER-tikh]

Phrase Breakdown

Bist du heute

bist doo hoin-te

Are you today

'Bist du' is the informal 'are you'. The verb comes first in a yes/no question. 'heute' sounds like 'HOY-tuh'.

Example

Bist du heute zu Hause?

Are you at home today?

Words in this phrase

Bist

[bist]

are (you are)

Form of 'sein' (to be) used with 'du'.

Example

Du bist mein Freund.

You are my friend.

[doo]

you

The pronoun 'du' in nominative form.

Example

Du bist schön.

You are beautiful.

heute

[hoin-te]

today

On this present day.

Example

Heute zieh' ich zum letzten Mal um.

Today I am moving for the last time.

schon fertig?

shohn FER-tikh

already finished?

'schon' means 'already' and 'fertig' means 'finished' or 'done'. Raise your voice at the end because it is a question.

Example

Bist du schon fertig?

Are you done already?

Words in this phrase

schon

[shohn]

already

By this time; prior to a specified time.

Example

Er ist schon weg.

He is already gone.

fertig

[FER-tikh]

done, finished

Adjective meaning complete or ready.

Example

Ich bin fertig mit der Arbeit.

I'm finished with the work.

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