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How to Say ‘I'm in marketing, already three years.’ in German

Ich bin im Marketing, schon drei Jahre.

ikh bin im MAR-keh-ting shohn dry yah-re

[ikh bin im MAR-keh-ting shohn dry yah-re]

Phrase Breakdown

Ich bin im Marketing,

ikh bin im MAR-keh-ting

I am in marketing

'im' means 'in the'. Pause briefly at the comma.

Example

Mein Kollege ist im Marketing.

My colleague is in marketing.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

bin

[bin]

First-person singular form of 'sein' meaning 'to be.'

Example

Beim Kennenlernen sage ich: Ich bin neu hier.

When meeting people I say: I am new here.

[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.

Marketing

[MAR-keh-ting]

marketing

The field of promoting and selling products; borrowed from English, neuter.

Example

Sie arbeitet im Marketing.

She works in marketing.

schon drei Jahre.

shohn dry yah-re

already for three years

German uses the present tense plus 'schon' for something still ongoing. 'sch' sounds like 'sh'.

Example

Wir sind schon drei Jahre verheiratet.

We have been married for three years.

Words in this phrase

schon

[shohn]

already

By this time; prior to a specified time.

Example

Er ist schon weg.

He is already gone.

drei

[dry]

three

The number 3, often used when saying how many guests a table is for.

Example

Wir brauchen einen Tisch für drei.

We need a table for three.

Jahre

[yah-re]

years

A unit to measure time, equivalent to 365 days or 12 months.

Example

99 Jahre sind fast ein Jahrhundert.

99 years is almost a century.

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