AboutCornelia Neumann Expertise I can answer questions regarding grammar and style, as well as many questions about German culture, history, and literature.
Experience I am native speaker with a German degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and German. I lived and worked in the USA for seven years (taught high school and all college levels) and spent three years as a high school teacher of German and EFL at an international school in Mexico. In 2006 I returned to Germany, where I am currently working as a teacher in Hamburg.
Question Could you please tell me how to say the the following phrases in german:
"where is he"
"The President is on the second floor"
Thank you for the help
Answer Hello Ryan,
"where is he" - Wo ist er? (pronounced: Vo ist air?)
"The President is on the second floor"- Der Präsident ist im zweiten Stock. Somewhat more formal: Der Präsident befindet sich im zweiten Stock. (more like: His location is on the second floor.)
Pronunciation: Dair presi'dent ist imm tsvaytn shtock./Dair presi'dent be'finndet sich imm tsaytn shtock. --> The apostrophe ('x) means that the syllable immediately following it is the stressed syllable, i.e. not 'president, like in English, but presi'dent. The -ch- in "sich" is pronounced more or less like the soft beginning sound in "hue".
