Memory Card 2 – English Lyrics

• By: Bilderbuch
• Album: Vernissage My Heart

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Hey

Ich hab' was gefunden

Auf meiner Memory Card

Memory Card

Hey, glaub mir

Fast hätt' ich dich verloren

Du auf meiner Memory Card

Memory Card

Ohh.

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
finden /ˈfɪndən/ A2	verb - to find or discover something
verlieren /fɛɐ̯ˈliːʁən/ B1	verb - to lose something or someone
glauben /ˈɡlaʊ̯bn̩/ A2	verb - to believe; to think something is true
verlieren /fɛɐ̯ˈliːʁən/ B1	verb - to misplace or be deprived of something valuable
Memory Card /ˈmɛməri kɑːd/ B1	noun - a small device used to store digital data, such as pictures or files
verlieren /fɛɐ̯ˈliːʁən/ B1	verb - to be defeated in a contest or conflict

Key Grammar Structures

• Ich hab' was gefunden

  ➔ Present Perfect (Perfekt) with contraction

  ➔ The verb "hab'" is a contraction of "habe" used with the past participle "gefunden" to form the present perfect.

• was

  ➔ Indefinite pronoun (neuter)

  ➔ The word ""was"" functions as an indefinite pronoun meaning “something” and is neuter in German.

• Auf meiner Memory Card

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with dative case

  ➔ The preposition ""Auf"" governs the dative article ""meiner"", indicating location on a feminine noun "Memory Card".

• Hey, glaub mir

  ➔ Imperative mood with dative object

  ➔ The verb ""glaub"" is in the imperative; ""mir"" is a dative pronoun meaning “to me”.

• Fast hätt' ich dich verloren

  ➔ Konjunktiv II (conditional perfect) with past participle

  ➔ The auxiliary ""hätt'"" (short for "hätte") plus the past participle "verloren" forms a conditional perfect meaning “I would have lost”.

• Fast

  ➔ Adverb modifying the whole clause

  ➔ The word ""Fast"" means “almost” and qualifies the entire conditional statement.

• Du auf meiner Memory Card

  ➔ Verbless clause / topic fronting

  ➔ The noun phrase ""Du"" is placed at the beginning without a verb, creating a focus on “you” as the topic.

• Memory Card

  ➔ Loanword (English noun) integrated into German

  ➔ The English term ""Memory Card"" is used directly in German without adaptation, illustrating modern loanword usage.