Me, myself and I in German

Q: What is your name I German?

If you want to say What is your name?” in German, you would either say, Wie heißen sie?” (formal) or Wie heißt du?” (informal).

Q: How do you say TGIF in German?

(TGIF) in German. Endlich Freitag!

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German translation: Me, me, me
What is your name I German?
How do you say TGIF in German?

If i'm trying to say for example: "my best friends are me, myself, and i"..

What would be the correct way to say it in german?

I'm thinking of: meine lieblingsfreunde sind mir, mich, und ich..

But that's blowing the nominative, dative, and accusative together like that i don't think it's correct

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German translation: Me, me, me

English to German translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: Me, myself and I

1 Arbeitskollege liegt mir damit immer in den Ohren.
Heisst wohl 'Mich, mir selber und ich'. Muss irgend ein Zitat aus 1 Pop-Song sein. Ich hätte aber gern eine selbsterklärende sinnige Übersetzung.

German translation:Me, me, me

Explanation:
Joan Armatrading had a hit with a song of this name, in the ´70s I think, but the phrase is much older than that. It is used in "Sailboat in the Moonlight" by Lambardo/Loeb, recorded by Billie Holiday in 1937.

In both songs, the meaning is three ways of referring to yourself. Joan Armatrading sings a song of self-assertion. In Moonlight, Billie sings about being alone with her man in a sailboat in the moonlight - "´cos me myself and I are all in love with you."

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Note added at 2002-06-29 06:55:30 (GMT)
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If you wanted a translation into German (the question is under German -> English), I´ll leave that to someone else. I am not sure it is a good idea to translate this, German grammar doesn´t allow this kind of creative abuse. :-)

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Note added at 2002-06-29 11:45:28 (GMT)
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I knew it wrong, though. It´s not \"Sailboat\", it´s \"Me, Myself and I\" by Gordon-Roberts-Kaufman (which I did have to look up). It confused me because that line of the melody is the same.

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Me, me, me

Chris Rowson (X)

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Me, myself, and Irene

Johanna Timm, PhD

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Björn Houben

über mich/Lebenslauf

Elvira Stoianov

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über mich/Lebenslauf Explanation: This are some variants I have found on Google. It is indeed from a (rap) song that was very popular about 10 (or maybe more?) years ago. On German site, the expression is used for telling information about oneself. Me, Myself and I - [ Translate this page ] ... Me, Myself and I. Me, Myself and I: Über mich. Fakten Stefan Fischer - Hamburg. Kenntnisse Webseitenprogrammierung in HTML, CSS, PHP ... www.stefan-fischer.net/content.php?item=me - 9k - Cached - Similar pages Me, Myself and I - der Lebenslauf - [ Translate this page ] ... Lebenslauf. ... Lebenslauf (als PDF-Dokument, 17kb), Persönliche Daten. Name, Jochen ... www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~jbaumann/lebenslauf.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages [ More results from www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de ] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-06-29 06:00:49 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- sorry, of course it\'s \"these\" (I found the second one later)

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peer agreement (net): +5

Me, me, me

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	Сергей Лузан: Excellent research!
-> Research? I knew this, I play the Loeb song.


	Ingrid Grzeszik: and we have the German saying: "Ich, ich, ich und nochmals ich, und dann kommst du noch lange nicht." which represents an absolut egoist's statement.

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peer agreement (net): +2

Me, myself, and Irene

Explanation:
is the title of pretty shallow comedy about a schizoprhenic, starring Canadian actor Jim Carey
(deutscher Titel: Eine Klasse für sich)
Could it be that your friend refers to the movie's theme song?

"My Own Worst Enemy

Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk
I didn't mean to call you that
I can't remember what was said or what you threw at me Please tell me,
please tell me Why
The car is in the front yard,
and I'm
Sleeping with my clothes on
Came in through the window last night
And you're gone Gone
It's no surprise to me I am my own worst enemy... "

and so on - ad nauseam.

Reference: http://jonathan_carpentier.tripod.com/LIT.htm

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