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 Originally Posted by Poopadoop
I never understood how this is wrong.
Ich - I
bin - I assume this means 'am'
ein - one
Berliner - someone from Berlin
Where did JFK go wrong? And more importantly, is this why the Kaiser had him bumped off?
All of those translation assumptions are correct. Nicely done.
It's a syntax error. He used English syntax instead of German syntax.
If he wanted to say, "I am a Berliner (person from Berlin)," he should have said, "Ich bin Berliner." Then, Berliner is an adjective describing "I." By saying, "a Berliner," he's indicating that Berliner is a noun. Unfortunate for him that there's a popular donut in Germany called a Berliner. Comically hilarious for the rest of us.
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