Listen to the German phrases below!
Using the audio categories listed below, you can learn how to pronounce German correctly. By listening carefully to the audio in our German Language Lab, you'll have a model to imitate. Some language learners find it easier than others to get just the right sounds of German, but with a little effort you can do it! If you want to sound like a German, remember the German saying: Übung macht den Meister. (Practice makes perfect.)
German for Beginners:Below you'll find some of the most common German greetings (Grüße) and pleasantries (Nettigkeiten). Be aware that German, more than English, makes a clear distinction between formal (Sie) and familar (first name, du) forms of expression. Phrases marked "familiar" or "casual" should only be used in informal, first-name situations. Germans tend to be more formal and use first names only in certain situations. We'll talk more about this in Lesson 2.
Also see Das Alphabet (Lesson 1b).
AUDIO
Listen to the German phrases below!
Click on any hyperlinked word or phrase in the chart to hear it spoken in German.
| Grüße und Nettigkeiten | |
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| Deutsch | Englisch |
| Everyday Pleasantries | |
| Guten Tag! - Tag! | Hello! - Hi! |
| Grüß Gott! | Hello! (southern Germany & Austria) |
| Grüß dich! | Hello! (familiar, informal) |
| Guten Morgen! - Morgen! | Good morning! - Morning! |
| Guten Abend! | Good evening! |
| Gute Nacht! | Good night! |
| Wie geht es Ihnen? | How are you? |
| Wie geht's? | How are you? (familiar, informal) |
| Danke, gut. | Fine, thanks. |
| Sehr gut. | Great. |
| Es geht. | Okay. So-so. |
| Nicht so gut. | Not so well. |
| Auf Wiedersehen. | Good-bye. |
| Tschüs! | Bye! See you later. (casual) |
| Requests - Bitten | |
| Was möchten Sie? | What would you like? |
| Ich möchte... | I would like... |
| Darf ich? | May I? |
| Können Sie mir helfen? | Can you help me? |
| Yes/No - Thanks - You're Welcome | |
| Bitte! - Ja, bitte! | Please! - Yes, please! |
| Danke! | Thanks! - No thanks! Note: "Danke!" in response to an offer usually means "No thanks!" If you want to indicate a positive response to an offer, say "Bitte!" |
| Danke schön! | Thank you! |
| Vielen Dank! | Thanks a lot! - Many thanks! |
| Bitte schön! | You're welcome! (in response to "Danke schön!") |
| Nein, danke! | No thanks! |
German
for Beginners:
Lektion 2
Lesson
1:
Personal Pronouns and Related Expressions
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| WK0 BRANDENBURG |
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| Brandenburg - Kapitel 1, 2 und 3 | |||||
train for oral testing on sound-production
| Wie sagt man? |  |
Das Alphabet
Fernsehstunde 2.1 -- Das Alphabet
Activity - Ein Sonntag bei Familie Hansen
Fernsehstunde
7 -- Vokalkombinationen
| Fernsehstunde 14 | Wer bin ich? Video / Quiz |
task : zu kopieren mit Antworten
Fernsehstunde 8 -- Der Stundenplan
task : listen >>hören und write>>schreiben
Fernsehstunde 32 -- der Schultag
task : zum Hören, Sprechen und Schreiben
| Fernsehstunde 26 | Umlaute Audio / Video
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task: höre, spreche, schreibe Fragen und Antworten
| Fernsehstunde 46 | Wo
wohnst du? Woher kommst du? Audio
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OVERVIEW
http://www.dl.ket.org/german1/listen/
Vorstellung der Schulfächer /Presentation of school subjects
| Die Farben (1, 2*) | alle | The colours |
| alle | The months (presentation) |
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| The
months (quiz) |
| Die vier Jahreszeiten * | 406 | The four seasons |
| Die
Zahlen von 1 bis 20 (1, 2, 3)
* Größere Zahlen (1 [I'net Expl], 2 und 3) * Größere Zahlen (1 [Netscape], 2 und 3) * |
alle |
The
numbers from 1-20 (4 exercises) Larger numbers (1 [I'net Expl], 2 and 3) Larger numbers (1 [Netscape], 2 and 3) |
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alle |
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Haus und Zimmer - Vorstellung House and rooms - Presentation
Kapitel 6
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Haus
und Zimmer - Vorstellung |
House and
rooms - Presentation |
Im
Haus - Memory Game: (Rooms and furniture vocabulary)
Furniture
Adjectives - Hangman Game (p.74)
More
Möbel - Vocabulary Exercise
Möbel
Jigsaw - match the vocab exercise
Rooms
- Multiple Choice. Some new words, but you can do it!
Matching
- Which furniture belongs in which room?
Gender
- We need to master these: is it der, die, or das?
Conversation
- Can you put the dialogue in order? Challenging
My family |
This Revision Bite will give you practice in listening to and understanding German about families.
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Adjectives - Now you can describe anybody!
Pets!
- learn the words as you play
Tiere
- animal vocabulary
401/402 level 1 & 2 & 3
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wohnen - Memory Game about where people live
möchten - would like (to), practice the conjugation
McDonald's - in Germany! Much to see!Colors! - Practice labeling the colored dots
What Colors! - Be patient as the picture downloads.
Pronouns - Colors, household items ,pronouns! Good practice!subject pronouns are:
der ....= er / die....= sie / das ...= es
all plurals: die.....=sie
Pronouns II - Writing Exercise
Frenzel - Furniture Shopping: Click on "On-line Shop", choose a room from the left.My Crazy Family - Figure it out and win 1.000.000 DM
Olaf's Familie - reading comprehension
RealFamilies - read about real students (some mistakes)
Blanks - fill in the blanks with words on bottom of the screen
Hangman - the family
Numbers - 10-1000
German for Beginners
Also see > Study Tips - Lerntipps and Lessons by Topic neu!
Note: All lessons use the new German spelling (neue Rechtschreibung).
| Erste Stufe: Contents/Inhalt | |
| Lektion Lesson |
Thema
- Grammatik Topic - Grammar |
| AUDIO | LANGUAGE LAB: Sound files for learning to pronounce German. |
| 1a | Lesson 1: Grüße/Nettigkeiten Common greetings and courtesies. |
| 1b | Das Abc: The German alphabet (with sound) plus a Pronunciation Guide for German letters and words. |
| 2 | Personal pronouns: I, she, we, they, etc. With related words and expressions. Formal/familiar "you" - Sie and du. |
| 3 | Introduction to nouns and gender: der, die, das. With German Gender Quiz. |
| Lessons
by Topic Find lessons by subject! |
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| Need
a grammar book? Order Deutsch macht Spaß by Brigitte Dubiel |
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| 4a | Two important verbs: to have and have not (haben); to be or not to be! (sein) |
| 4b | German Verbs in the Present Tense: How to conjugate verbs and form sentences in the present. |
| 5 | Common adjectives and colors (Farben) - with sample sentences |
| Test 1 | Review Test 1 covers Lektionen 1-5 |
| 6 | Land und Leute: Countries, nationalities and languages. With exercises and quiz. |
| 7 | German Numbers: 0-20. With exercises and audio. |
| 8 | German Numbers: 21-100. With exercises and audio. |
| 9 | Meine Familie und ich - Talking about your family and relations. |
| 10 | Wie komme ich dorthin? - Directions and going places. Wann? - Adverbs of time: today, tomorrow, later, now, etc. |
| Test 2 | Review Test 2 covers Lektionen 6-10 |
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E X T > Contents
Part 2 More German lessons T O P I C S > Lessons by Topic Find lessons by subject! |
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Also see: Related
References and Pages
for more grammar and study topics!
German for Beginners
Continued from: Contents Part 1 (Lessons 1-10)
Also see > Study Tips - Lerntipps and Lessons by Topic neu!
| Erste Stufe: Contents/Inhalt (2) | |
| Lektion Lesson |
Thema
- Grammatik Topic - Grammar |
| Lessons
by Topic Find lessons by subject! |
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| AUDIO | LANGUAGE LAB: Sound files for learning to pronounce German. |
| 11 | Giving and Taking - geben und nehmen - Stem-changing verbs, accusative case, command forms |
| 12 | The Calendar and Appointments - Dative phrases - The days of the week, months and dates - Ordinal numbers |
| 13 | Essen und Trinken - Eating and drinking, buying groceries. The table setting in German. |
| Menu
and Dining |
An
annotated A-to-Z German-English phrasebook related to Lektion 13 |
| 14 | Berufe - Occupations in German. More on the accusative case and accusative prepositions. |
| Need
a grammar book? Order Deutsch macht Spaß by Brigitte Dubiel |
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| 15 | Von Kopf bis Fuß - From head to toe: Talking about the body. Wo tut's weh? Where does it hurt? Dative reflexive. |
| 16 | kennen/wissen - Knowing How to Say Know. The three German verbs for "to know." |
| 17 | Im Kaufhaus - At the Department Store - Shopping, departments, floors. KaDeWe, Galeries Lafayette, Hertie, etc. - Dative of interest |
| 18 | Haus und Hof - House and Home - Apartments/flats, houses, rooms and furniture. - Pres. perfect tense. More 2-way prepositions |
| 19 | Separable Prefix Verbs - How to conjugate verbs with a separable prefix, plus inseparable-prefix verbs. |
| 20 | Das Wetter - Talking about the weather - Dative expressions |
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for Beginners A free online German course T O P I C S / T H E M E N Also see: Contents/Inhalt All of our German for Beginners lesson topics and grammar listed alphabetically. Also see more topics covered in related articles and glossaries.
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German for Beginners
Also see: Contents/Inhalt
Listed below are additional grammar and vocabulary topics covered in related articles and glossaries, besides those found in our German for Beginners lesson topics.
1.Two Important Verbs: haben and sein
To have and
have not
Haben und
nicht haben
2.regulars and stem changing>>>>
>>>>German Verbs in the Present Tense
German Present
Tense Verb Quiz 1
Take this self-scoring quiz on the present tense to see if you have learned this
lesson!
Drag the sentence fragments into the correct order.
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