13th May, 2010

posted 2 years ago

buckshotninja asked: Hey... my friend and I are having an argument about the conjugation of multiple verbs in a sentence.

He thinks it should be "Du bist was du ißt"
And I think it should be "Du bist was du eßen"

Which one of us is correct?

I’m sorry, but your friend is right! ;) “Du bist, was du isst” is correct. You have to conjugate both verbs because it’s a main clause and a subordinate clause (relative clause in this case).

I like this saying actually (literal: you are what you eat). :)

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