Ich bin's Nadja - lesson 10.6

Peter--252

June 6, 2020

In Lesson 10.6 we have the sentence:
Hallo, ich bin’s Nadja. The translation is Hi, it's Nadja speaking. (An alternative could be Nadja hier.)

The context is that it is a telephone call.
I just wonder why there's an 's tacked on to bin.

I assume it's short for Ich bin es Nadja, or something similar, but is it just a colloquialism or is there a point of grammar I've missed?

sfpugh

June 6, 2020

Yes, I think you are right, it's just a contraction of
Ich bin es Nadja

I suppose the nearest translation would be "It's me Nadja" although I suppose it is literally "I am it Nadja"

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