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Sentence #16967

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Pfirsichbaeumchen Pfirsichbaeumchen June 5, 2013 June 5, 2013 at 2:06:58 PM UTC link Permalink

forget → forgot (I presume?)

Pfirsichbaeumchen Pfirsichbaeumchen June 9, 2013 June 9, 2013 at 5:34:07 PM UTC link Permalink

So you say ‘I forget your number’ when you really mean ‘I forgot your number’?

al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der June 9, 2013 June 9, 2013 at 5:58:59 PM UTC link Permalink

(or maybe when you mean: "I didn't want to talk to you." ☺ ☺ ☺)

deniko deniko September 26, 2017 September 26, 2017 at 10:43:28 AM UTC link Permalink

It's so confusing when questions are still here, but the answers have been deleted, since I had exactly the same questions as Pfirsichbaeumchen.

I can only assume the answer was "I forget your phone number" in the present tense means "I don't remember it".

sundown sundown September 26, 2017 September 26, 2017 at 12:32:27 PM UTC link Permalink

"I don't remember your telephone number" - that's the way I'd understand it. Saying it like this, in the present, sounds more like a prompt to be reminded of it again than the past "I forgot..."

deniko deniko September 26, 2017, edited September 26, 2017 September 26, 2017 at 3:01:41 PM UTC, edited September 26, 2017 at 3:08:31 PM UTC link Permalink

Thank you for your explanation, sundown.

That's really curious. Using "forget" in the present like this is really counter-intuitive to me.

Probably, I'm not alone, as all the translation of this phrase that I understand seem to be using a past tense.

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