Word
Nimm die Tablette mit Wasser ein.
Meaning
Take the pill with water.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Nimm die Tablette mit Wasser ein.
das Wasser
the water
mit
with
einnehmen
to take (medicine)
die Tablette
the pill
Questions & Answers about Nimm die Tablette mit Wasser ein.
Why is the command nimm instead of nehm or nehme?
To make an informal command for one person (du), we start with the present tense du form: du nimmst (you take). Then we drop the du and the -st ending, leaving just nimm. Verbs that change their stem vowel from 'e' to 'i' (like this one) never add an extra '-e' at the end of a command.
What is the word ein doing at the very end of the sentence?
It belongs to the verb! The full verb is einnehmen, which is a separable verb. In a command, the main part of the verb (nimm) goes at the very beginning of the sentence, and the separable prefix (ein) gets pushed to the very end.
Why use einnehmen instead of just nehmen to say "take"?
In German, when you talk about taking medicine or pills, you usually use the separable verb einnehmen (literally "to take in") rather than just nehmen. It is similar to saying "ingest" in English, but much more common in everyday speech.
Is die Tablette plural since it uses die?