Review Section I.A: Lessons I.1 to I.3
Vocabulary
Vocabulary:   | |
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| English | German |
| Hello! | Hallo! |
| I | ich |
| I am... | Ich bin ... |
| how | wie |
| you | du |
| Your name is... | Du heißt ... |
| What is your name? | Wie heißt du? |
| My name is... | Ich heiße ... |
| it | es |
| it goes | es geht |
| How is it going? | Wie geht's? (Longer: Wie geht es?) |
| me | mir |
| good | gut |
| I'm good. | Es geht mir gut. (Shorter: Mir geht's gut. Even shorter: Gut.) |
| you know | du kennst |
| Do you know...? | Kennst du ...? |
| teacher | Lehrer |
| yes | ja |
| he | er |
| His name is... | Er heißt ... |
| Mr. | Herr |
| oh | oh |
| thanks | danke |
| until | bis |
| then | dann |
| See you! | Bis dann! |
| on | auf |
| again | wieder |
| (to) see | sehen |
| Goodbye! | (Auf) Wiedersehen! |
| Vocabulary: | |
|---|---|
| English | German |
| Hello! | Hallo!* |
| Servus! (used in eastern Austria, informal) | |
| Moin! (used in northern Germany) | |
| Good morning! | Moin Moin! (used in northern Germany) |
| Guten Morgen!* | |
| Morgen! (shorter) | |
| Good day! | Guten Tag!* |
| Tag! (used in Germany, shorter) | |
| Good evening! | Guten Abend!* |
| Hello! | Grüß Gott! (used in southern Germany, Austria and South Tyrol) |
| Goodbye! | Auf Wiedersehen!* |
| Wiedersehen! (shorter) | |
| Bye! | Tschüss!* |
| Ciao! (pronounced as in Italian) | |
| Servus! (used in eastern Austria, informal) | |
| See you later! | Bis später!* |
| See you! | Bis dann!* |
| Bis bald!* | |
| See you soon! | Bis gleich! |
| Good night! | Gute Nacht!* |
*You will need to know each expression with an asterisk (*) after it. The others, of course, would be useful to know if you are traveling to regions where they are used. (As you can see, the different German-speaking regions often have their own ways of saying hello and goodbye. However, you will not be required to know any of these less common phrases for any problems or tests.)
| Vocabulary: | |
|---|---|
| English | German |
| Mr. | Herr |
| Mrs. | Frau |
| Vocabulary: | |
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| English | German |
| How are you? | Wie geht's? (longer: Wie geht es?)* |
| great | prima |
| good | gut |
| very good | sehr gut |
| miserable | miserabel |
| bad | schlecht |
| not (so) good | nicht (so) gut |
| O.K. | ganz gut |
| all right | Es geht so. (Or shorter: Geht so.) |
*The more formal form is Wie geht es Ihnen?
| Vocabulary: | |
|---|---|
| English | German |
| Good morning. | Guten Morgen. |
| you (formal) | Sie |
| You are... (formal) | Sie sind ... |
| Are you...? (formal) | Sind Sie ...? |
| no | nein |
| late | spät |
| I am late. | Ich bin spät dran. |
| You're welcome. | Bitte. |
| also | auch |
| later | später |
| See you later. | Bis später. |
| Grammar: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| English | German | ||
| singular | 1st person | I | ich |
| 2nd person | you | du, Sie* | |
| 3rd person | he, she, it | er, sie, es | |
| plural | 1st person | we | wir |
| 2nd person | you | ihr, Sie* | |
| 3rd person | they | sie | |
*Sie is the formal (polite) version of du and ihr.
| Grammar: | |
|---|---|
| English | German |
| My name is... | Ich heiße ... |
| His/Her/Its name is... | Er/Sie/Es heißt ... |
| Their names are... | Sie heißen ... |
| Our names are... | Wir heißen ... |
| Your name is... | Du heißt ... |
| Your names are... | Ihr heißt ... |
| What is your name? | Wie heißt du?* |
| What are your names? | Wie heißt ihr?* |
*Remember, the formal way to ask someone's name is to ask Wie heißen Sie?
| Verb: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | German | |||||
| singular | 1st person | I am called | ich heiße | |||
| 2nd person | you are called | du heißt | ||||
| 3rd person | he/she/it is called | er/sie/es heißt | ||||
| plural | 1st person | we are called | wir heißen | |||
| 2nd person | you are called | ihr heißt | ||||
| 3rd person | they are called | sie heißen* | ||||
*The form of verbs for you (polite) — Sie is exactly the same as for the plural, 3rd person pronoun they — sie.
| Verb: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | German | |||
| singular | 1st person | I am | ich bin | |
| 2nd person | you are | du bist | ||
| 3rd person | he/she/it is | er/sie/es ist | ||
| plural | 1st person | we are | wir sind | |
| 2nd person | you are | ihr seid | ||
| 3rd person | they are | sie sind* | ||
*Don't forget that the form for you (polite) — Sie is the same as for the plural, 3rd person pronoun they — sie.
| Verb: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | German | |||
| singular | 1st person | I have | ich habe | |
| 2nd person | you have | du hast | ||
| 3rd person | he/she/it has | er/sie/es hat | ||
| plural | 1st person | we have | wir haben | |
| 2nd person | you have | ihr habt | ||
| 3rd person | they have | sie haben* | ||
*This is also the form for you (polite) — Sie.
| Vocabulary: | |
|---|---|
| English | German |
| the directory assistance | die Auskunft |
| I would like to have... | Ich hätte gern(e) ... |
| the phone number | die Telefonnummer |
| from Berne | aus Bern |
| How do you write this? | Wie schreibt man das? |
| please | bitte |
| (to) spell | buchstabieren |
| of course | natürlich |
| A as in Anton | A wie Anton |
| twice | zweimal |
| The number is... | Die Nummer lautet ... |
| Grammar: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Characters | Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj | Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp | Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz | |
| Umlauts | Ää | Öö | SS ß | Üü | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Examples | Ärger (anger) | Ökonom (economist) | Übermut (high spirits) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vocabulary: | |
|---|---|
| English | German |
| who? | wer? |
| what? | was? |
| where? | wo? |
| when? | wann? |
| why? | warum? |
| how? | wie? |
| Grammar: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | English | |||
| singular | masculine | der Junge | the boy | |
| feminine | die Frau | the woman | ||
| neuter | das Mädchen* | the girl | ||
| plural | masculine | die Jungen | the boys | |
| feminine | die Frauen | the women | ||
| neuter | die Mädchen | the girls | ||
*Note that Mädchen is neuter. (In fact, almost all words with the ending -chen are neuter.)
| Grammar: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | English | |||
| singular | masculine | ein Mann | a man | |
| feminine | eine Frau | a woman | ||
| neuter | ein Mädchen* | a girl | ||
*Note that Mädchen is neuter.
Wie heißt Du? (1. Teil)
Hello and Goodbyes
Can you remember the most common phrases for hellos and goodbyes in German?
Mr. and Mrs.
How do you say Mr. and Mrs. in German?
Replies to Wie geht's?
Do you remember how to reply to this question?
Wie heißt du? (2. Teil)
Sie and du
Do you remember when to use Sie and when to use du?
Subject Pronouns
Do you remember what a subject pronoun is? Do you remember the German subject pronouns?
Names
Do you remember how to tell your or someone else's name?
Important Verbs
Do you remember how to conjugate heißen, sein, and haben?
Bitte buchstabieren Sie
The German Alphabet
Do you remember how to spell the German letters?
Forming Questions
Do you remember the word order in questions and the most common question words?
Articles
Do you remember the definite and indefinite articles in German?
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