love snickers. love germans. love funny.
This post was written by soz on October 20, 2009
Posted Under: funny stuff
Posted Under: funny stuff
(yes, i know that “bin ich” is incorrect. i minored in German, bitches. it’s still funny.)
(yes, i know that “bin ich” is incorrect. i minored in German, bitches. it’s still funny.)
Reader Comments
Nope, you’re wrong. The German dude is asking a question so the verb comes before the subject. The incorrect part is at the end when he says “hunger” instead of “hungrig.” I guess you minor is practically useless compared to my two years of high school German. ;D
actually, you are right. partly. yes, the verb does come first, but that was not my issue. but, as any german will tell you, when they are hungry, they “have” hunger. ergo, the phrase should have been, “warum habe ich immer hunger?” perhaps he could have said, “warum bin ich immer hungrig?”, however, i would bet you that most native speakers would find that to be a very rudimentary translation, much in the way someone with two years of high school german might look up some vocab words, and with their knowledge of word staging, put together a sentence that to them sounds correct.
ich habe acth Jarhre in die Schule Deutsch studiert, zweimal nach Deutschland besucht, und habe viele Deutsche freunden. ich glaube mir, mit ganzen harz, das ich richtig
sindbin.http://www.fastbrowsersearch.com/results/results.aspx?q=ich+habe+hunger&s=FNTO&c=web&v=19
sorry…but while my german may be useless, it’s not for a lack of knowing it.
also, thanks for visiting the site!
So glaub ich auch!
It should be “Warum habe ich immer Hunger?”. It looks like the snickers guys just used a cheap translator.
Hungrig sein is acceptable, but rarely used. Saying “Why am I always hunger” is just plain wrong.
Tschüß!
vielen dank, Ian!
Thank you so much for posting this!
I was so positive when I heard it that is was wrong!
2 years of college German and an Opera Degree.
I really just needed someone to complain about this with.
All I could think of was, every other person out there who knows German must be like “What the hell!” They are so cheap! Why didn’t they just call a German person? Or use wordreference.com? Or call a High School? It’s a national Commercial!
To everyone that noticed it too, Thank you!
I think he literally IS hunger. The personification of the feeling?
well, i suppose that is possible. but then, why would he be surprised about that? perhaps he doesn’t know he is hunger? actually, given the error and the rather philosophical turn the comments have taken, i like that possibility the best. it makes me laugh twice when i see the commercial now.
i would also like to thank everyone for not being snarky and correcting my grammar errors in my first reply comment. a German minor only goes so far…
Ok, here it is to clear it up. The commercial is technically wrong for saying the hunger goes to germany where they say “Ich habe Hunger.” What they should have said said was that the hunger goes to Switzerland, where they say “Ich bin Hunger.” He was speaking what they call “Schwytzerdütch”(I think that is how it is spelled) or Swiss German. So it is technically German, but very different. There is the issue.
awesome. thanks for the insight, and clarification, max.