Typical German speaker mistakes in English (37)

I often hear these mistakes made by German speakers who are learning English.

They say:  She’s a good friend from me.

This is totally understandable and everyone would know what you meant if you said this.  However, it is not a correct sentence in English and is a mistranslation of the original sentence in German.

Correction:  She’s a good friend of mine.

Further examples:

They are good friends of ours.

We are good friends of theirs.

 

Have fun learning English!

Louise

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