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Big appetite!

I was staying with a German family on an exchange and they asked me if I was hungry. Wanting to tell them that I had eaten dinner with my friend I said Ich habe meinen Freund gegessen. After they had stopped laughing at me they pointed out my mistake. I had said that I had eaten my friend instead of eaten WITH my friend. I should have said Ich habe mit meinem Freund gegessen.

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Jo, Australia 2009-11-28

That sounds a lot like in my Japanese class, some people keep saying tomodachi wo tabemasu (they eat their friends) instead of tomodachi to tabemasu (they eat with their friends). An even smaller particle difference there.

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Durgamohan Musunuri 2007-03-14

Very good example of not using a preposition, when it is required.

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