Die Grundlagen der deutschen - The Basics of German.

[BobX]

Hallo - Hello
Hi - Hi
Ja - Yes
Nein - No
Wiedersehen - bye
Guten Abend - Good evening
Gute Nacht - Good night
Willkomen - Welcome
Bitte - Please
Danke (Shön) - Thank you (Very much)
Es Tut mir leid - I am sorry
Entshuldigen sir mich, - Excuse me
Wie geht es dir? - How are you?
Sind sie in Ordnung? - are you ok?
I'm ok - I'm ok
Ich bin gut - I am good
Ich bing sehr gut, Danke - I am very well, thank you
Ich bin nicht ok (alle) - I'm not ok (at all)
Ich habe kein geld - I have no money.

Eins - 1
Zwei - 2
Drei - 3
Vier - 4
Fünf - 5
Sechs - 6
Sieben - 7
Acht - 8
Neun - 9
Zehn - 10

Basics of German - ;)

(Thanks to D17C & Tyo22 for the help)
Edited by BobX (Forum Moderator): Thread Stuck with permission.

[d17c]

You made quite a few spelling mistakes there.
2 - Zwei
Funf has an umlaut on the u.
10 - Zehn
And there's a few more.
Also, there are other ways of saying bye, eg. Tschuss (with an umlaut on the u I think)
And it's 'Auf Wiedersehen'.

[BobX]

You made quite a few spelling mistakes there.
2 - Zwei
Funf has an umlaut on the u.
10 - Zehn
And there's a few more.
Also, there are other ways of saying bye, eg. Tschuss (with an umlaut on the u I think)
And it's 'Auf Wiedersehen'.


thanks, i couldnt find the numbers anywhere in my books, so i had to remember..

also with the 5, i can't add umlaut because of my keyboard.

I used the language converter and it only came up with Wiedersehn. I thought it was Auf Wiedersehn but its only bye, isnt Auf Wiedersehn good bye or something?

[tyo22]

Not bad, here's some quick fixes :P :

Funf - 5 should be fünf

Wiedersehen = bye/cya

Bis später = cya later

Auf Wiedersehen = good bye

Danke (Schön) - Thank you (Very much)

Entschuldigen sie - Excuse me

Sind sie in Ordnung? / Geht's dir gut? - are you ok?

Ich bin gut = I am good. (literally, like if you're good at soccer etc; not used when asked how you're doing)

Mir geht's gut - I'm fine/I'm ok/ I'm feeling good/I'm well

Ich habe kein Geld - I have no money.

[BobX]

Thank you very much for the help, especially the umlaut signs :D Can't get them on this laptop -.-

[d17c]

I'm bored, so I'll add some numbers to the list, BobX got up to 10, so I'll continue from there :)
11 - elf
12 - zwölf
13 - dreizehn
14 - vierzehn (can you work out how they go, it's vierzehn which means four-ten, get it?)
15 - fünfzehn
16 - sechzehn
17 - siebzehn
18 - achtzehn
19 - neunzehn
20 - zwanzig
Now the format type thing of the numbers changes slightly
21 - einundzwanzig (it's like, one-and-20, the rest of the numbers are the same as that)
22 - zwieundzwanzig
23 - dreiundzwanzig
..
30 - dreißig
40 - vierzig
50 - fünfzig
60 - sechzig
70 - siebzig
80 - achtzig
90 - neunzig
100 - hundert

I'll add some other (more useful) german words some other time :)

Edit: also, for 'How are you?' you've chosen to use 'Wie geht es dir?' which is the formal way, the informal way would be to simply say 'Wie gehts?'

[superc]

Ich wohne in (Your towns Name) in (Where in your county), ((number of miles from nerets bit town / city) Meilen von ( big town / City) enfernt.) Leave it out if you live in the big town / city) That is just some hep to how to tell some one where you live all you need to do if fill in the spces that have the instrutions in them :D

[BobX]

Thanks guys :D

It really was only the basics though :D

[KnuxIBF]

Some useful phrases for describing yourself, your family and your pets.

Yourself:
Ich habe...
langes -> long
braunes -> brown
kurzes -> short
spiky -> spiky
Mittel-Länge -> medium-length
Haare -> hair
Ich bin.. Jahre alt -> I am... years old

Colours:
rot(e) -> red
gelb(e) -> yellow
rosa -> pink
grün(e) -> green
orange -> orange
violett(e) -> purple
blau(e) -> blue
blond(e) -> blonde

If you're talking about something such as eyes or hair, which is plural in German, you add -es to the end of each colour APART FROM PINK!

If you are female, you add the bits in brackets to the end of the word.

Your family & Pets
Ich habe... -> I have...
er hat... -> he has...
sie hat... -> she has...
wir haben... -> we have...

ein Vater -> a father
eine Mutter -> a mother
ein Bruder -> a brother
(number) Brüder -> (number) brothers
eine Schwester -> a sister
(number) Schwestern -> (number) sisters
eine Katze -> a cat
(number) Katzen -> (number) cats
ein Hund -> a dog
(number) Hunde -> (number) dogs
ein Fisch -> a fish
(number) Fische -> (number) fish
ein emu -> an emu
(number) emus -> (number) emus
keine Haustiere -> no pets

[graffiti]

thanks thatll held me :D +rep

[Firehorse]

Wiedersehen is wrong. It's Aufwiedersehen.

I don't see how on earth I'm Ok is german? WTH?

How about Guten Tag?

More:

Bahn - Train
Auto - Car (Pronounced Ow-toe)
Fernsehen - Television
Blöd - Stupid
Schluss - Lock
Flugzeug - Aeroplane
Treppe - Staircase
Frau - Ms/Mrs/Miss (Smith or whatever)
Herr - Mr (Smith)
Junge - Boy
Mädchen - Girl
Essen - Food/Eating
Spiel - Play
Straβe - Street
Buch - Book

[d17c]

Wiedersehen is wrong. It's Aufwiedersehen.

I don't see how on earth I'm Ok is german? WTH?

"I'm OK" is german, it's a lovely multilingual phrase :)

[Jordulti]

Maybe add it how to pronounce some words :)

[Sunnily]

;) Nice im thinking of taking some language soon. I didn't pick one for GCSE so maybe a twilight.

[Floreat]

I adore German. :) Learning it for a year now, I HAVE MASTERED THE PAST TENSE! love every minute of it. Great guide - just mention pronunciation?

[Firehorse]

"I'm OK" is german, it's a lovely multilingual phrase :)

"OK" would be, but "I'm" is english only. The german for "I'm" is "Ich bin".

[Pigperson]

Btw shön should be spelt schön.

Will

[VanS.-HT]

You should not use a tool for translating texts into German as the German grammar is different to the English and it will be wrong then. Better look it up in a book.

I thought this might help you more than posting words:

In German there are two words for "you" - du and Sie. Its usage depends on the relationship between you and the person you are talking to. When you're talking to a friend, your brother or parents you use "du". When you're talking to your teacher, boss, a stranger you use "Sie" (capital S!).

Hast du mich letzte Nacht angerufen? - Did you call me last night? (When asking a friend)
Haben Sie mich letzte Nacht angerufen? - Did you call me last night? (When asking a teacher)


Furthermore - as you can see in the example - times are not always in the end of a sentence.

Er trifft sich am Nachmittag mit seiner Freundin. - He will meet his girlfriend in the afternoon.
Sie war gestern nicht Zuhause. - She wasn't at home yesterday.



These are correct now.. ^^

Hallo - Hello
Ja - Yes
Nein - No
Auf Wiedersehen - See you
Guten Abend - Good evening
Gute Nacht - Good night
Willkommen - Welcome
Bitte/Bitteschön - Please/You're welcome
Danke/Dankeschön - Thank you
Es tut mir leid - I am sorry
Entschuldigen Sie mich - Excuse me
Wie geht es dir? - How are you?
Sind Sie in Ordnung? - Are you ok?
Ich bin ok - I'm ok
Mir geht es gut - I am good
Mir geht es sehr gut, danke - I am very well, thank you
Ich bin nicht ok - I'm not ok
Ich bin ganz und garnicht ok - I'm not ok at all
Ich habe kein Geld - I have no money

Feel free to ask if you have any questions.