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How to Say ‘I play guitar and often go swimming.’ in German

Ich spiele Gitarre und gehe oft schwimmen.

ikh SHPEE-leh gee-TAR-eh oont GAY-uh oft SHVIM-en

[ikh SHPEE-leh gee-TAR-eh oont GAY-uh oft SHVIM-en]

Phrase Breakdown

Ich spiele Gitarre

ikh SHPEE-leh gee-TAR-eh

I play guitar

The first hobby. Say 'shp' at the start of 'spiele'.

Example

Mein Bruder spielt auch Gitarre.

My brother also plays guitar.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

I

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

spiele

[SHPEE-leh]

play

Ich-form of 'spielen', used for games and instruments.

Example

Ich spiele Klavier.

I play piano.

Gitarre

[gee-TAR-eh]

guitar

Feminine noun: die Gitarre.

Example

Die Gitarre ist neu.

The guitar is new.

und gehe oft schwimmen.

oont GAY-uh oft SHVIM-en

and often go swimming.

The second hobby. You don't need to repeat 'ich'. Say 'schwimmen' as 'SHVIM-men'.

Example

Wir gehen oft schwimmen.

We often go swimming.

Words in this phrase

und

[oont]

and

A conjunction used to connect sentences or elements in a sentence.

Example

Und ich freue mich.

And I am happy.

gehe

[GAY-uh]

go, am going

First-person singular of 'gehen' (to go), often on foot.

Example

Ich gehe nach Hause.

I'm going home.

oft

[oft]

often

Used to say something happens frequently or regularly.

Example

Bei Networking-Events sprechen wir oft über die Unternehmenskultur.

At networking events, we often talk about company culture.

schwimmen

[SHVIM-en]

to swim, swimming

Infinitive; 'gehen + schwimmen' means go swimming.

Example

Wir gehen schwimmen.

We go swimming.

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