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Different Characters

ß - The sharp S, called eszett in german. Heißen - to be called. Straße - street. Groß - big

The umlauts - ä, ö, ü, changes pronunciation and meaning.

Mutter - mother. Mütter - mothers. (plural.) Musste- had to, müsste - should or ought to.

Three genders: masculine, feminine, neuter

der- masculine. Die - feminine. Das - neuter.

der Tisch (masc.) die Tür (fem.) das Fenster (neuter.)

DUOLINGO WORDS

Coffee - Kaffee

Milk - Milch

Please - Bitle

And - und

Bread - Brot

Tea - Tee

Water - Wasser

VOCAB

Der 83 jährige - The 83 year old.

GREETINGS

How are you?

Wie geht es ihnen? (Formal.) Pronunciation: (We get es e nen)

Response: Gut, und ihnen? (Good, and you?) Pronunciation: (goot und enen)

!!Goot rhymes with foot, to pronounce goot, replace f in foot with a g!!

Wie geht es dir? (Informal.) Also means how are you. Pronunciation: (we get es dear)

Response: Gut, und dir? Pronunciation: (Goot und dear.)

!!To pronounce 'und' think of the word 'under', you pronounce und the same as you do in under!!

PHRASES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. (Answers to how are you.)

Sehr gut - very good. Pronunciation: (zair goot) it should sound relatively close to very good. To pronounce zair, think of the word 'hair' but change the H to a Z.

Super. Its the same word in English, both mean super. But, in German it is pronounced (Zupa.)

Es geht - its OK. Pronounced (Es gate.)

Geht so - not good not bad. Pronounced (Get zo.)

Nicht so gut - not so good. Pronounced (Nisht so goot)

Schlecht - Bad. Pronounced (Sh-lect)

NAMES.

Hallo, Ich heiße (name), und du?' Meaning: 'Hello, my name is (name), and you?' Pronunciation: (Hal-oh, Ish hise-uh (name), und do) Hise is pronounced like 'ice' but with a H in front.

'Wie heißen Sie?' Meaning: 'What is your name?' Pronunciation: (we hi-sin z.)

'Mein name ist...' Meaning: 'My name is...' Pronounced: (Mine nom-uh ist) Mine as in mining.

'Ich bin...' (Another way of saying your name.) Pronounced: (Ish bin.)

'Wie heißt du?' Meaning: 'What is your name?' Pronounced: (We hiced do.) Hiced is pronounced like iced but with a H in front.

HOW TO ASK "Who are you?" FORMAL.

'Wer sind sie?' Pronounced: (Weer zint z.) Weer rhymes with beer.

INFORMAL

'Wer bist du?' Pronounced: (Weer bist do.)

'Wie ist Ihr Name?' Meaning: 'What is your name?' Pronounced: (We ist ear uh nah muh.)

GREETINGS.

Good morning - Guten Morgen.

Good Afternoon - Guten Tag

Good evening - Guten Abend / Pronounced: (Gooten Ah bent)

Good Night - Gute Nacht / Pronounced: (Guta Nokt.) Night is feminine so N at the end of guten is removed.

Sleep well - Schlaf Shön / Pronounced: (Sh-laugh Shoon.)

GREET FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Hello/hi - Hallo

Hey/hi/oh hey - Na (No meaning.)

'Na, wie gehts?' Meaning: 'Hey, how are you?' Pronounced: (Nah, we gets.)

You can reply: 'Gut, Danke.' Meaning: 'Good, Thanks/Thank you.' Pronounced: (Goot, donk uh.)

HOW TO SAY 'Goodbye.'

'Auf Wiedersehen' Pronounced: (Off we deh zen.)

'Tschüss' Pronounced: (Chuse.) It means bye.

There are more abbreviations of Tschüss, but they are not used a lot. They will be listed anyway. They all mean bye.

Tsüssi. Pronounced (Chusey.)

Tschü. Pronounced (Chew.)