Conjugation of malen

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I was looking at the translation for the recent German song "Je ne parle pas francais" and one of the constructions seemed to go against what I had learned:

Und male zwei Tassen Kaffee      |  And you paint two cups of coffee
Mit 'nem Stift auf deine Hand    |  With the pen in your hand

The verb malen here is conjugated to male which, as I have learned, is used with the ich form.. That is Ich male.

However, the translation suggests that is in the du form, as it says "you paint two cups of coffee"

Am I missing something here?

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '18 at 19:37

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The translation is wrong.

The correct translation is:

And [I] paint two cups of coffee
With a pen onto your hand

(auf=onto, not in)

So first person is correct.

answered Jul 16 '18 at 19:37

RHa

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Warum nicht Imperativ? – fdb Aug 01 '18 at 18:07
Without context it could be imperative but the previous line (which can be googled easily) is "Ich find's irgendwie charmant". – RHa Aug 02 '18 at 09:30

Conjugation of malen

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