How to Say ‘I only have only’ in German
Ich habe nur
ikh HAH-buh noor
[ikh HAH-buh noor]
💬 Usage Tip: With a past action, German often uses [habe] plus the other verb at the end: [Ich habe nur ... gesehen.] You can swap in lots of verbs here, like [Ich habe nur die Nummer gesehen.].
Phrase Breakdown
Ich
[ikh]
I
The first-person singular pronoun.
Ich habe nur die Hausnummer gesehen.
I only saw the house number.
habe
[HAH-buh]
have
Form of 'haben' used as an auxiliary verb in the present perfect.
Ich habe nur den Taxistand gesehen.
I have only seen the taxi stand.
nur
[noor]
only
Used to limit what you mean to just one thing.
Ich habe nur die Seitenstraße gesehen.
I only saw the side street.
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