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 Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:00 am
Hallo und herzlich willkommen!
Finally, the German lessons start!
Hope you’re all as exited as I am^^
whee whee whee
Okay, first of all: Please forgive me if something is wrong. I'm a native speaker, and I'm not aware of all the rules, I will try my best! mrgreen
Second: I will post lessons and exercises here. When you have finished an exercise or have a question, PM me for correction.
If you found a mistake in one of my lessons, you can post it!
Also PM me if you have an idea for a lesson or if you want to chat^^
Third: Everyone who wants to learn, please PM me so that I know how many students I have, okay?
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Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:02 am
Lesson one – Stunde einsThe alphabet – das Alphabethere's a little song to remember!^^A ah ------- -----B beh ------------ C tseh D deh -- ----------E eh --------- --- F eff G geh --------- --- H hah ------------ I ih J jot -------- ----K kah ---------- -- L ell M emm ---------- N enn ------------ O oh P peh --------- ---Q kuh ------------ R err S ess --------- ---T teh ------------ U uh V fau ------------ W weh ------------X iks Y üppsilon ------- Z tsett Ä äh (a-Umlaut) Ö öh (o-Umlaut) Ü üh (u-Umlaut) ß ess-tsett The numbers – die Zahlen 1: eins number 1 is the only number that changes, when you count things. Then you have “ein” for masculine and neutral nouns and “eine” for feminine nouns (Nouns are going to be explained later xD) 2: zwei 3: drei 4: vier 5: fünf 6: sechs 7: sieben 8: acht 9:neun 10: zehn 11: elf 12: zwölf 13-19: like number+“teen“ in English, you say the number+“zehn“ 20: zwanzig 21-29: (that rule counts for all following numbers with 1-9 on the end) you say the number+ “und”+ the number in front, so for example: 22= zwei+und+zwanzig= zweiundzwanzig 30: dreißig 40: vierzig 50: fünfzig 60: sechzig 70: siebzig 80: achtzig 90: neunzig 100: hundert (or einhundert; you always say einhundert when it’s after tausend) (for 200, 300,... you just count, like in English: zweihundert, dreihundert,...) 101: hunderteins 1000: tausend (or eintausend) Some colours – Einige Farben colours...
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:52 pm
Thank you so much for posting this!
Can I be a student?
Hey, is this correct?
Ich bin ein a(h) Berliner? Does that mean I am a donut?
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:42 pm
Pandora the Wonderful Thank you so much for posting this! Can I be a student? Hey, is this correct? Ich bin ein a(h) Berliner? Does that mean I am a donut? I'm not German nor do I speak it so any German speakers can correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard that's just an urban legend. While it can also mean a type of doughnut, it also means a Berliner as in someone who lives there. So you wouldn't interpret it as "I am a doughnut" any more than you'd interpret someone saying "I am a New Yorker" as "I am a newspaper".
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:55 pm
Sockers Pandora the Wonderful Thank you so much for posting this! Can I be a student? Hey, is this correct? Ich bin ein a(h) Berliner? Does that mean I am a donut? I'm not German nor do I speak it so any German speakers can correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard that's just an urban legend. While it can also mean a type of doughnut, it also means a Berliner as in someone who lives there. So you wouldn't interpret it as "I am a doughnut" any more than you'd interpret someone saying "I am a New Yorker" as "I am a newspaper". Haha president Kennedy actually did say "Ich bin ein Berliner" in his famous speech in Berlin. Adding the indefinite article meant that he said he was an inanimate Berliner, which is a type of doughnut rofl . He really meant to say "Ich bin Berliner", meaning "I'm a Berliner (person)" xD. Correct me if I'm wrong haha.
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:46 am
Sockers Pandora the Wonderful Thank you so much for posting this! Can I be a student? Hey, is this correct? Ich bin ein a(h) Berliner? Does that mean I am a donut? I'm not German nor do I speak it so any German speakers can correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard that's just an urban legend. While it can also mean a type of doughnut, it also means a Berliner as in someone who lives there. So you wouldn't interpret it as "I am a doughnut" any more than you'd interpret someone saying "I am a New Yorker" as "I am a newspaper". Aw... xD I think it's this...or something similar...I'm trying to remember what my teacher told me... I know it was close to Berliner, if that wasn't the word...
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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:49 am
Ahh, can I be a German student?
Though, growing up with a german Mum has taught me the Numbers, Colors, and Alphabet, but that's just about all I know. That and some basic commands.
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:04 pm
Lord Fon Fabre Sockers Pandora the Wonderful Thank you so much for posting this! Can I be a student? Hey, is this correct? Ich bin ein a(h) Berliner? Does that mean I am a donut? I'm not German nor do I speak it so any German speakers can correct me if I'm wrong, but I've heard that's just an urban legend. While it can also mean a type of doughnut, it also means a Berliner as in someone who lives there. So you wouldn't interpret it as "I am a doughnut" any more than you'd interpret someone saying "I am a New Yorker" as "I am a newspaper". Haha president Kennedy actually did say "Ich bin ein Berliner" in his famous speech in Berlin. Adding the indefinite article meant that he said he was an inanimate Berliner, which is a type of doughnut rofl . He really meant to say "Ich bin Berliner", meaning "I'm a Berliner (person)" xD. Correct me if I'm wrong haha. Just correcting, you can also say ich bin ein Berliner and nobody would think of you as a doughnut.
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:40 pm
If one says "Ich bin ein Berliner" (regardless if you're female or male, this is how you would say it. Noun gender has little to nothing to do with the speaker's gender) people will understand what one meant, but it does literally mean "I am a doughnut." My favourite person to call this out (besides my German teacher) would be Eddie Izzard. lol watch for yourself
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:12 pm
Honestly, I don't think anyone will care about that stupid doughnut thing. It doesn't matter.
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Henneth Annun Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:17 pm
Henneth Annun Honestly, I don't think anyone will care about that stupid doughnut thing. It doesn't matter. thanks ^^ And to all, I am terribly sorry, the next lesson comes next week... the reason therefor is my holiday in sri lanka smile I am going to be at home at.... the... ummm... 8th I think smile read you later then
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:10 pm
razielarcha (regardless if you're female or male, this is how you would say it. Noun gender has little to nothing to do with the speaker's gender) Actually, you just came across to one of the exceptions of this XD When it comes to saying where you are from you do need to pay some attention to the genders, otherwise you might end up accidently saying you're a boy when you're a girl. The same applies to talking about your job.
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:18 pm
Weasel-chan razielarcha (regardless if you're female or male, this is how you would say it. Noun gender has little to nothing to do with the speaker's gender) Actually, you just came across to one of the exceptions of this XD When it comes to saying where you are from you do need to pay some attention to the genders, otherwise you might end up accidently saying you're a boy when you're a girl. The same applies to talking about your job. Berliner is a completely different word than Berlinerin. Berliner will always require 'ein' or one of it's variations. The change in the article is due to the change in the actual word used, not in the speaker's gender. A guy could easily call themselves "eine Berliner" or "eine Frau" and be grammatically correct. It may be physically incorrect, but grammatically correct.
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:57 am
just saying...
please stop that stupid discussion or do that in the discussion forum and let me have my lessons! scream stressed sweatdrop mrgreen
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:06 am
Lesson two – Stunde zwei
(yay I finally made it! really really thanks to razialarcha mrgreen )
Begrüßungen - Greetings
Guten Morgen / Morgen Good morning/morning
Guten Tag / Tag Hello formal
Hallo informal
Hi informal
Guten Abend / n'Abend good evening
Verabschiedungen - Good byes
(Auf) Wiedersehen formal
(Auf) Wiederschauen formal
(Auf) Wiederhören formal (used only for telephone!)
Tschüss informal
Bis Bald see you soon
Bis dann see you soon
Gute Nacht good night
Starter phrases
Wie heißt du? What is your name? (informal)
Wie heißen Sie? What is your name? (formal)
Ich bin _________. I am _________.
Ich heiße __________. I am called _________.
Wie geht es Ihnen? How are you? (formal)
Wie geht's? / Wie geht es dir? How are you? (informal)
Mir geht es...
gut. good
sehr gut. very good
nicht so gut. not so good
Miserabel.
Fantastisch.
Schlecht. crappy
Other:
Ich bin…
krank. sick
müde. tired
Asking the age
Wie alt bist du? How old are you? (informal)
Wie alt sind Sie? How old are you? (formal)
Ich bin ... Jahre alt. /Ich bin ... . I am ... years old/ I am ... .
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