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How to Say ‘I'm working in marketing from today.’ in German

Ich arbeite ab heute im Marketing.

ikh AR-by-teh ap hoin-te im MAR-keh-ting

[ikh AR-by-teh ap hoin-te im MAR-keh-ting]

💬 Usage Tip: German puts when before where: ab heute comes before im Marketing. The same order works in Ich bin morgen im Büro "I'm in the office tomorrow".

Phrase Breakdown

Ich arbeite

ikh AR-by-teh

I work

From 'arbeiten' (to work). Stress the first syllable: AR-bei-te. 'ei' sounds like 'eye'.

Example

Ich arbeite in Berlin.

I work in Berlin.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

arbeite

[AR-by-teh]

work

'I' form of the verb 'arbeiten' (to work).

Example

Ich arbeite als Entwickler.

I work as a developer.

ab heute

ap hoin-te

from today on

'ab' means 'starting from'. 'heute' sounds like 'HOY-te'.

Example

Ab heute lerne ich Deutsch.

From today on, I'm learning German.

Words in this phrase

[ap]

from, starting at

Preposition marking the starting point of a time.

Example

Ab Montag arbeite ich nachts.

From Monday I work nights.

heute

[hoin-te]

today

On this present day.

Example

Heute zieh' ich zum letzten Mal um.

Today I am moving for the last time.

im Marketing.

im MAR-keh-ting

in marketing.

'im' means 'in the'. 'Marketing' is an English loanword, said almost as in English.

Example

Sie arbeitet im Vertrieb.

She works in sales.

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.

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.

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