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How to Say ‘Nobody tells me anything.’ in German

Niemand erzählt mir etwas.

NEE-mant er-TSAILT meer ET-vas

[NEE-mant er-TSAILT meer ET-vas]

💬 Usage Tip: mir is "me" for the person something is told or given to. Swap it to make Niemand erzählt uns etwas "Nobody tells us anything".

Phrase Breakdown

Niemand

[NEE-mant]

nobody

Pronoun meaning no person.

Example

Niemand ist zu Hause.

Nobody is at home.

erzählt mir etwas.

er-TSAILT meer ET-vas

tells me anything.

Verb plus objects. 'Erzählt' is stressed on '-zählt', the 'z' sounds like 'ts', and 'ä' is like the 'e' in 'bed' but longer.

Example

Er erzählt mir alles.

He tells me everything.

Words in this phrase

erzählt

[er-TSAILT]

tells

Form of 'erzählen', to tell or recount.

Example

Er erzählt eine Geschichte.

He tells a story.

mir

[meer]

to me

Dative pronoun used to show that something matters or happens to the speaker.

Example

Mir ist eine offene Kommunikation besonders wichtig.

Open communication is especially important to me.

etwas

[ET-vas]

something / anything

An indefinite word for an unspecified thing.

Example

Brauchen wir noch etwas für den Dreh?

Do we need anything else for the shoot?

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