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GERMAN LANGUAGE BASICS:

HOW TO PRONOUNCE GERMAN VOWELS

a like 'u' in "cup", 'a' in "target"

e like 'e' in "ten", 'a' in "bake"

i like 'i' in "bingo"

o like 'oo' in "door", like 'o' in "top"

u like 'ou' in "you"

(Umlaut, transcribed as 'ae') like 'e' in "ten", 'a' in "band"

(Umlaut, transcribed as 'oe') like 'i' in "Sir"

(Umlaut, transcribed as 'ue') like 'y' in 'Tyrell'

y same as '', but also consonant "j" in words of foreign origin("Yacht")

HOW TO PRONOUNCE GERMAN CONSONANTS

b like 'b' in "bed"

c like 'ts' in "bits" before 'i' and 'e'; like 'k' in "kid" else

d like 'd' in "dog"

f like 'ph' in "phone"

g like 'g' in "go" (never as in "giraffe")

h like 'h' in "help"

j like 'y' in "yoga"

k like 'c' in "cat"

l like 'l' in "love"

m like 'm' in "mother"

n like 'n' in "nice"

p like 'p' in "pig"

q like 'q' in "quest" (always with "u")

r like 'r' in "arm", like 'r' in "feather" (often like silent "h")

s like 'z' in "haze"

t like 't' in "top"

v like 'f' in "father", or like "v" in "victory"w like 'v' in "victory", neverlike 'wh' in "whisky"

x like 'cks' in "kicks"

like 'ss' in "hiss"

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German Language

Yes Ja. (yah)

No Nein. (nine)

Please Bitte. (BIT-tuh)

Thank you Danke. (DAN-keh)

I'm sorry Es tut mir leid. (es toot meer lied)

You're welcome Bitte sehr! (BIT-tuh zayr)

Excuse me. (gettingattention)

Entschuldigen Sie. (ent-SHUL-di-gen zee)

Excuse me (beggingpardon)

Entschuldigung. (ent-SHUL-di-goong)

I don't understand Ich verstehe das nicht. (ikh fur-SHTAY-uh dahs nikht)

Where's the toilet please? Wo ist die Toilette, bitte? (voh ist dee twah-LET-uh, BIT-tuh?)

Do you speak English? Sprichst du / Sprechen Sie englisch? (shprikhst doo / shprekhen zee ENG-lish?)

I can't speak Germanwell Ich kann nicht so gut deutsch. (ikh kahn nikht zo goot doytsh)

Does anyone here speakEnglish?

Kann hier jemand Englisch? (kahn heer YEH-mahnd ENG-lish?)

Help! Hilfe! (HILL-fuh!)

Hello Guten Tag. (GOO-ten tahk) or Hallo (hah-LOH) (informal)

Hello (in Bavaria /Austria)

Gr Gott! (gruus got) (formal, literally: "salute to god") or Servus! (SEHR-voos)(to a friend / informal but polite)

Good morning Guten Morgen. (GOO-ten MOR-gen)

Good evening Guten Abend. (GOO-ten AH-bend)

How are you? Wie geht's? (vee gayts?)

Fine, thank you. Danke, gut. (DAN-kuh, goot)

What's your name? Wie heit du? (informal to friends) (vee highst doo?) / Wie heien Sie? (formal)(vee HIGH-sen zee?)

My name is... Ich heie...(ikh HIGH-suh)

Nice to meet you Nett, Sie kennen zu lernen. (net zee KEN-en tsoo LER-nen)

Goodbye Tschs. (informal) (chuuss) / Auf Wiedersehen (formal) (owf VEE-der-say-en)

Goodbye (in

Bavaria/Austria)

Servus! (ZEHR-foos) (to a friend / informal but polite)

Good evening Guten Abend. (GOO-ten AH-bend)

Good night (tosleep)

Gute Nacht. (GOO-tuh nakht)

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GERMAN LESSON - NUMBERS IN GERMAN

1 eins (ighnss)

2 zwei (tsvigh)

3 drei (drigh)

4 vier (feer)

5 fnf (fuunf)

6 sechs (zekhs)

7 sieben (ZEE-ben)

8 acht (ahkht)

9 neun (noyn)

10 zehn (tsayn)

11 elf (elf)

12 zwlf (tsvoolf)

13 dreizehn (DRIGH-tsayn)

14 vierzehn (FEER-tsayn)

15 fnfzehn (FUUNF-tsayn)16 sechzehn (ZEKH-tsayn)

17 siebzehn (ZEEP-tsayn)

18 achtzehn (AHKH-tsayn)

19 neunzehn (NOYN-tsayn)

20 zwanzig (TSVAHN-tsikh)

21 einundzwanzig (IGHN-oont-tsvahn-tsikh)

22 zweiundzwanzig (TSVIGH-oont-tsvahn-tsikh)

23 dreiundzwanzig (DRIGH-oont-tsvahn-tsikh)

30 dreiig (DRIGH-sikh)

40 vierzig (FEER-tsikh)50 fnfzig (FUUNF-tsikh)

60 sechzig (ZEKH-tsikh)

70 siebzig (ZEEP-tsikh)

80 achtzig (AHKH-tsikh)

90 neunzig (NOYN-tsikh)

100 (ein)hundert ([ighn]-HOON-dert)

200 zweihundert (TSVIGH-hoon-dert)

300 dreihundert (DRIGH-hoon-dert)

1000 (ein)tausend ([ighn]-TOW-zent)

2000 zweitausend (TSVIGH-tow-zent)

1,000,000 eine Million (igh-nuh mill-YOHN)

1,000,000,000 eine Milliarde (igh-nuh mill-YAR-duh)Note the difference to American English numbers, often wrong translated!

1,000,000,000,000 eine Billion (igh-nuh bill-YOHN)

half halb (hahlp)

the half die Hlfte (dee HELF-tuh)

less weniger (VAY-nihg-er)more mehr (mayr)

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Other useful German phrases:

now jetzt (yetst)

later spter (SHPET-er)

before vor (for)

morning Morgen (MOR-gen)

in the morning morgens (MOR-genss)

tomorrow morning morgen frh (MOR-gen FRUU)

in the afternoon nachmittags (NAHKH-mit-tahks)

afternoon Nachmittag (NAHKH-mit-tahk)

evening Abend (AH-bent)

in the evening abends (AH-bents)

night Nacht (nahkht)

in the night nachts (nahkhts)

__ minute(s) __ Minute(n) (mih-NOO-tuh [mih-NOO-ten])

__ hour(s) __ Stunde(n) (SHTOON-duh [SHTOON-den)

__ day(s) __ Tag(e) (TAHK [TAH-guh])__ week(s) __ Woche(n) (VOKH-uh [VOKH-en])

__ month(s) __ Monat(e) (MOH-naht [moh-NAH-tuh])

__ year(s) __ Jahr(e) (YAHR[-uh])

DAYS OF THE WEEK

Monday Montag (MON-tahk)

Tuesday Dienstag (DEENS-tahk)

Wednesday Mittwoch (MIT-vokh)

Thursday Donnerstag (DON-ers-tahk)Friday Freitag (FRIGH-tahk)

Saturday Samstag (ZAMS-tahk), in some areas "Sonnabend" (ZON-ah-bent)

Sunday Sonntag (ZON-tahk)

MONTHS OF THE YEAR

January Januar (YAH-noo-ahr)

February Februar (FAY-broo-ahr.)

March Mrz (mehrts)April April (ah-PRILL)

May Mai (migh)

June Juni (YOO-nee)

July Juli (YOO-lee)

August August (ow-GOOST)

September September (zep-TEM-ber)

October Oktober (ok-TOH-ber)

November November (noh-VEM-ber)

December Dezember (day-TSEM-ber)

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GERMAN LESSON - COLORS IN GERMAN

black schwarz (shvahrts)

white wei (vighss)

gray grau (grou) - rhymes with "cow"

red rot (roht)

blue blau (blou) - rhymes with "cow"

yellow gelb (gelp)

green grn (gruun)

orange orange (oh-RAHNGSH)

purple lila (Lee-lah) (dark)

pink rosa (ROH-zah)

brown braun (brown)

How's the weather (today)?Wie ist das Wetter (heute)? (vee ist dahs vetter (hoy-tuh))?

It's sunny Es ist sonning (es ist zonnikh)

It's raining Es regnet (es raygnet)

It's windy Es ist windig (es ist vin-dikh)

It's snowing Es schneit (es shnite)

It's foggy Es ist neblig (es ist nayb-lich)

It's (very) cold Es ist (sehr) kalt (es ist (zayr) kalt

It's (very) hot Es ist (sehr) hei (es ist (zayr) hice)