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How to Say ‘I'm going to the Italian place around the corner soon.’ in German

Ich gehe gleich zum Italiener um die Ecke.

ikh GAY-uh glykh tsoom ee-tahl-YAY-ner oom dee EK-eh

[ikh GAY-uh glykh tsoom ee-tahl-YAY-ner oom dee EK-eh]

Phrase Breakdown

Ich gehe gleich

ikh GAY-uh glykh

I'm going right away

'gleich' means 'shortly' or 'in a moment'. The 'ch' in 'ich' is a soft hiss, like a whispered 'h' in 'huge'.

Example

Ich gehe gleich nach Hause.

I'm going home in a moment.

Words in this phrase

Ich

[ikh]

I

The pronoun 'ich' in nominative form.

Example

Ich bin da.

I am here.

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.

gleich

[glykh]

in a moment, soon

With 'bis', means 'see you shortly'.

Example

Ich komme gleich zurück.

I'll be right back.

zum Italiener

tsoom ee-tahl-YAY-ner

to the Italian restaurant

'zum' = 'zu dem'. 'Italiener' means an Italian person, and colloquially an Italian restaurant. The 'z' sounds like 'ts'.

Example

Wir gehen heute zum Italiener.

We're going to the Italian restaurant today.

Words in this phrase

zum

[tsoom]

to the

Indicating direction toward a place.

Example

Wir gehen zum Park.

We are going to the park.

Italiener

[ee-tahl-YAY-ner]

Italian restaurant

Literally 'Italian (person)'; colloquially means an Italian restaurant.

Example

Wir essen heute beim Italiener.

We're eating at the Italian place today.

um die Ecke.

oom dee EK-eh

around the corner.

A fixed phrase for something very close by. Say 'Ecke' as 'EH-keh'.

Example

Der Supermarkt ist um die Ecke.

The supermarket is around the corner.

Words in this phrase

um

[oom]

around

In 'um die Ecke' it means around the corner, i.e. very close.

Example

Der Bäcker ist um die Ecke.

The bakery is around the corner.

die

[dee]

the

Definite article used to specify something already known.

Example

Die Katze ist süß.

The cat is cute.

Ecke

[EK-eh]

corner

Feminine noun for the point where two streets or sides meet.

Example

Das Café ist an der Ecke.

The café is on the corner.

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