Post by Digit on Mar 25, 2010 18:01:06 GMT -8
Guten tag, and welcome to my Deutsche (German) Tutorial. This'll tell you a bit about their language, culture, and the country. Although, the history of Germany isn't as widely known as other countries, if they weren't alive, or weren't there, we wouldn't have sausages or Einstein. Without Einstein, we wouldn't know half of what we do about space today. If we didn't have Germany, we wouldn't be speaking English. Lots of English words are based on German. Ex, German to English: ist, is. und, and. stehen, stand. sehen, see.
So, on with the Language.
Basic German Words and Phrases:
Greetings and questions:
Hallo: Hello [Hall-o]
Guten Tag: Good Day [GOOt-in Tahg]
Guten Morgen: Good Morning [GOOt-in MOOr-gan] Guten Abend: Good Evening [GOOt-in Ah-Bend]
Gute Nacht: Good Night [GOOt-eh Nahkt] (notice no n after gute.)
Gut: Good [GOOt]
Auf Wiedersehen: Goodbye [Off We-dur-zehn]
Wie geht es dir?: How are you? [Weh giht ehs deer?]
Wie Geht's?: What's up? [Weh Gihts?]
Please?: Bitte? [Bit teh?] (Sounds like bitter without the r.)
Replies:
Yes: Ja [Yah]
No: Nein [Nee eyin]
Thank You: Danke [Don-keh]
Other:
Zu: To [zoo]
Ich: I [Itch or eysh]
Ein: A/An/One [eyene]
In: In [Ineh]
Oder: or [Or-darh]
Aus: Out (pronounced house without the H.)
Frau: Mrs. [Frow]
Herr: Sir (pronounced hair with a longer sounding R)
Little: Kleine [Kline eh]
Freund: Friend (Male) [Fro wynd]
Freundin: Friend (Female) [Fro wynd in]
Deutsche: German (Language) [Doy Titch]
Deutschland: Germany (Country) [Doy-Titch Lahnd]
About the Country:
Boarders: Germany is boardered by Austria, Switzerland (who both speak Deutsche.), Poland, France, Belgum, The Netherlands, The Czech Republic, Dennmark, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea.
Location: Central Europe.
Capital: Berlin.
So, on with the Language.
Basic German Words and Phrases:
Greetings and questions:
Hallo: Hello [Hall-o]
Guten Tag: Good Day [GOOt-in Tahg]
Guten Morgen: Good Morning [GOOt-in MOOr-gan] Guten Abend: Good Evening [GOOt-in Ah-Bend]
Gute Nacht: Good Night [GOOt-eh Nahkt] (notice no n after gute.)
Gut: Good [GOOt]
Auf Wiedersehen: Goodbye [Off We-dur-zehn]
Wie geht es dir?: How are you? [Weh giht ehs deer?]
Wie Geht's?: What's up? [Weh Gihts?]
Please?: Bitte? [Bit teh?] (Sounds like bitter without the r.)
Replies:
Yes: Ja [Yah]
No: Nein [Nee eyin]
Thank You: Danke [Don-keh]
Other:
Zu: To [zoo]
Ich: I [Itch or eysh]
Ein: A/An/One [eyene]
In: In [Ineh]
Oder: or [Or-darh]
Aus: Out (pronounced house without the H.)
Frau: Mrs. [Frow]
Herr: Sir (pronounced hair with a longer sounding R)
Little: Kleine [Kline eh]
Freund: Friend (Male) [Fro wynd]
Freundin: Friend (Female) [Fro wynd in]
Deutsche: German (Language) [Doy Titch]
Deutschland: Germany (Country) [Doy-Titch Lahnd]
About the Country:
Boarders: Germany is boardered by Austria, Switzerland (who both speak Deutsche.), Poland, France, Belgum, The Netherlands, The Czech Republic, Dennmark, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea.
Location: Central Europe.
Capital: Berlin.