Posted February 01, 2009


OK, then you'll get a free lesson:
get = erhalten
my = mein or meine, depending on the noun being male or neutral (mein) or femaile (meine).
invitation = Einladung (female)
So it would be
"Erhalten meine Einladung", well not quite.
The verb has to be put into the correct form and time: There are two ways here: Simple past and Present perfect. A German would use the present perfect in this case (it's more common in everyday talk, past is more or less reserved for stories). In German you form the present perfect by prefixing a form of "sein" (to be) or haben (have), depending on the verb. "Erhalten" is formed with "have". So it would be something like:
"Haben erhalten meine Einladung", except that "haben" has to be put into first person (after all, the full sentence would be "I got my invitation", we're just using a short form here). The first person form of "haben" ist "habe"
"Habe erhalten meine Einladung". Except that in present perfect, the main verb moves to the end of the sentence:
"Habe meine Einladung erhalten"
:)
Post edited February 01, 2009 by hansschmucker