Is it wie Ich or wie Mich?

Beja

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Hello our German-speaking friends.
Long time ago, in 1980, I was reading Goethe's Prometheus and at the end of the song was "Wie Ich" (like me or like myself)
But today and while listening to a German comedian young lady, Sophia, she recited it as "Wie mich". I don't know which word is correct and what's the difference.

 
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Beja

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The original.. even in this there's one difference.. he said "blütenträume" while in the version I knew it was a very long word of knabenmorgenblütenträume

 
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DonManfred

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Beja said:
But today and while listening to a German comedian young lady, Sophia, she recited it as "Wie mich".
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she was talking about prometeus and to leave Goethes words like they are written and not to interpret something into there.
She told she got interpretions and suggestions how she should interpret goethes words and how not.

She was fighing against those comments and fighth for the words goethe "created" and to use them as written.

"And to let it be like it was, like me" (wie mich)."

Don´t suggest someone how he/she should do something/should interpret something. Just take it/just take him/she like she/he is..
 
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Beja

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Good morning Don,
Thanks but my humble German says that she, in fact changed Goethe's words when she said Wie Mich, instead of Wie Ich, another thing
is she said something like leave my text messages for me, instead of leave my hut that you didn't build for me. or something to this effect.
But you're the authority here and by no means I am challenging what you mentioned above.
 

KMatle

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It's a Poetry Slam so be careful. She plays with the german language. Quite nery but good.

Main topic is that she complains about the many interpretations of Goethe many pupils (like her) had to do and about the german language and styles they had to use to write it down. Then it's a mix of parts of Goethes work and some fun of it in the style of Goethe wrote his lyrics.

At the end she holds a speech to let her alone with her way to live and to "write her own story" and be free to be like she is.
 
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There is no equivalent in english. In german "wie ich" und "wie mich" are grammatical (sub-)cases of "like me" how an english person would understand it.

For further reference, look at:
Nominativ: "wie ich" (Wer? / Who?)
Akkusativ: "wie mich" (Wen oder Was? Whom oder What?)

HTH
 

Beja

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Hi HTH
I am not trying to critique Goethe's work.. and I can't. I am just asking why the original word of Goethe "Wie Ich" was replaced by "Wie Mich"

Thank you.
 

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I haven't read all. It seems to me that (Goethe or not Goethe) you are arguing about the difference between:

"wie mich" - "wie ich"
"like me" - "like I" <--- ?
"come me" - "come io" <--- ? (italian)


I can only add that it is all... useless.
90% of my compatriots (at least!) make mistakes in phrases/words/verbs all the time, including television journalists/commentators.

This bothers me a lot but unfortunately I have to bear it.

I can't watch a news anymore without getting nervous: an error every 60 seconds!
[I must admit that, because of my age and not just of that... everything makes me nervous! ?]
 

Beja

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German culture is very rich, Goethe, Beethoven, Fredrich Schiller, you name them.. The finest writers and composers



 
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