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How to Say ‘I live on the second floor now.’ in German

Ich wohne jetzt im zweiten Stock.

ikh VOH-neh YETST im tsvy-ten shtok

[ikh VOH-neh YETST im tsvy-ten shtok]

💬 Usage Tip: im is a short form of in dem "in the". You'll hear it with any place: im Keller "in the basement", im Haus "in the house".

Phrase Breakdown

Ich wohne jetzt

ikh VOH-neh YETST

I live now

This is the subject and verb. Say 'wohne' with a 'v' sound and 'jetzt' as 'yetst'.

Example

Ich wohne jetzt allein.

I live alone now.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

wohne

[VOH-neh]

live

Means to live or reside somewhere.

Example

Ich wohne in Berlin.

I live in Berlin.

jetzt

[YETST]

now

Refers to the present time or a change starting at this moment.

Example

Ich esse jetzt mehr Gemüse.

I am eating more vegetables now.

im zweiten Stock.

im tsvy-ten shtok

on the second floor.

This tells you where. 'Zweiten' starts with 'ts', and 'Stock' starts with 'sht'.

Example

Wir sind im zweiten Stock.

We are on the second floor.

Words in this phrase

[im]

in the

A contraction of in dem, commonly used before masculine or neuter nouns in the dative case.

Example

Im Gespräch mit Mitarbeitenden erfährt man viel über die Firma.

In conversation with employees, you learn a lot about the company.

zweiten

[tsvy-ten]

second

Ordinal number indicating number two in sequence.

Example

Im zweiten Monat war ich sicherer.

In the second month I was more confident.

Stock

[shtok]

floor; storey

A level of a building above the ground floor.

Example

Die Wohnung ist im dritten Stock.

The flat is on the third floor.

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