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LESSON NOTES
Absolute Beginner S1 #1
Is Your Coffee as Strong as Your
German Apologies?
CONTENTS
2 German
2 English
3 Vocabulary
4 Sample Sentences
5 Vocabulary Phrase Usage
5 Grammar
6 Cultural Insight
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GERMAN
1. (A spills his water onto the next passenger's lap)
2. A: Oh! Entschuldigung! … Entschuldigung, es tut mir wirklich leid.
3. D: Es ist schon okay.
4. A: Sind S ie sicher?
5. D: Ja. Es ist okay.
6. A: Sind S ie wirklich sicher?
7. D (grins): Ja. Es ist nur Wasser.
8. A: Kein Problem?
9. D: Nein, kein Problem.
10. A: Ich bin Joe Cardigan, und S ie?
11. D: Ich bin Anke Löwen.
ENGLISH
1. (A spills his water onto the next passenger's lap)
2. A: Oh! Excuse me! ... Excuse me, I'm really sorry.
3. D: It's okay.
CONT'D OVER
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4. A: Are you sure?
5. D: Yes. It's okay.
6. A: Are you really sure?
7. D (grins): Yes. It's just water.
8. A: No problem?
9. D: No, no problem.
10. A: I'm Joe Cardigan, and you?
11. D: I'm Anke Löwen.
VOCABULARY
Ge r man E nglish C lass Ge nde r
wirklich really adverb
ich I personal pronoun
nein noexpression; Yes is
"Ja" Yes is "Ja"
Wasser water noun plural can be thesame or Wässer
nur only, just adverb
ja yes adverb
sicher sure adjective
Sie you (formal) personal pronoun
schon already adverb
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es it personal pronoun
sein to be verb
ich bin, du bist, er ist,
wir sind, ihr seid, sie
sind
und and conjunction
SAMPLE SENTENCES
Diese S tadt ist wirk l ich groß.
This city is really big.
Das war wirk l ich l ecker.
This was really yummy.
Ich hatte le tzte Woche so vi el zu
tun!
I was so busy last week!
Ich bin Lisa .
I am Lisa.
Nein, ich bin nicht aus Köln.
No, I am not from Cologne.
Und der Kahn sol l uns wirk l ich hei l
über das Wasser br inge n?
And this barge is really supposed to bring
us savely over the water?
Ein Gl as Wasser ohne Kohlensäure
bitte!
A glass of water without carbonation
please!
Ich esse nur Gem üse.
I only eat vegetables.
Na schön, du h ast ja Recht.
Fair enough, you're right. (In the sense of
"I'm giving in.")
Ja, das st imm t.
Yes, that's right.
Bist du dir sicher?
Are you sure?
Haben Sie ei ne andere Kreditkar te?
Do you have another credit card?
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S prechen Sie Engl i sch?
Do you speak English?
Sie s ind Herr Sm ith
You are Mr Smith.
Bist du schon m üde?
Are you tired already?
Es ist schön, dass Si e da sind.
It's nice that you're there.
Es ist früh am Morgen.
It is early in the morning.
Das kann doch nicht wahr sein!
That can't be true!
Ich bin S tudent.
I am a student.
Thomas und Lisa.
Thomas and Lisa.
VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE
„Sie“ = you, formally. There is a notion of formality in German, just like in French, Spanish,
Italian and other languages. If you're addressing somebody by their family name, you should
also call them „Sie“ and use the corresponding form of the verbs. If you're addressingsomebody by their first name, you will usually use another pronoun, „du“. The formal address
is the default in German unless you're talking to children or people who explicitly asked you to
switch to an informal address. As a foreigner, you'd do well to address everybody as „Sie“
initially.
GRAMMAR
Th e focus of this lesson i s the verb "sein" ( to be)
Ich bin Joe .
"I am Joe."
In this lesson we've seen three forms of the verb „sein“, „to be“. This verb is irregular in almost
all languages, and German is no exception. Here are the forms we've seen;
sein – to be
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ich bin – I am
es ist – it is
Sie sind – you are (formally)
We've also seen that German word order corresponds to English so far. When you're asking a
question, the verb moves to the front of the sentence in German, just like in English.
Sind Sie Joe? = Are you Joe?
Sind Sie sicher? = Are you sure?
CULTURAL INSIGHT
Apo logizing and react ing
The most general word of apology in German is „Entschuldigung“. This literally means
„apology“, and it's used in most situations:
1. when you've accidentally done something bad
2. when you want somebody's attention
3. when you want people to make room
It is NOT used when somebody tells some sad news about themselves, because that is not
something you should apologize for – unless you had any stake in it.
If you need something stronger than „Entschuldigung“, use „Es tut mir leid“ (literally „it does
me harm“). And you can make it even stronger by adding an adverb before the „leid“.
Es tut mir wirklich leid. - I'm really sorry.
Es tut mir sehr leid. - I'm very sorry.
To accept an apology informally, say;
Es ist (schon) okay. - It's okay (now).
Kein Problem. - No problem.
