German For Beginners Part 1

[Jnike]

Grüße und Nettigkeiten
German Greetings and CourtesiesDeutschEnglischEveryday PleasantriesGuten 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.Also see:
10 Ways to Say 'Thank You' in GermanSehr gut.Great.Es geht.Okay. So-so.Nicht so gut.Not so well.Auf Wiedersehen.Good-bye.Tschüs!Bye! See you later. (casual)Requests - BittenWas 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 WelcomeBitte! - 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

[brandon]

Bit of a pronouncation tip, if they have an umlaut (two dots over the letter)
the o produces more of a ew sound.

For example, Ich möchte, möchte would be pronounced mersh-ter

[F32]

Bit of a pronouncation tip, if they have an umlaut (two dots over the letter)
the o produces more of a ew sound.

For example, Ich möchte, möchte would be pronounced mersh-ter

Mok-ter

[Wayne]

Lol, you could have set it out in a better layout so it's easier to understand. Good guide though.

[F32]

Isn't it an obvious c&p job?

[brandon]

Mok-ter

Ok then, blame my German teacher

[Jamie!]

we got taught merk-ter but the other set get taught mersh-ter.. depends what region in germany is it the way you pronounce it.

& the only thing you really need to know in german is:

saugen meine hahn (sp?)

[F32]

north/south divide of germany.

They have different ways of pronouncing but they will know what you mean.

[gosling]

Mok-ter

Yeah but even then it's merk-ter because of the umlaut

edit; jamie beat me to it