Einfach Deutsch - Easy German

[Pawf]

Here ist a list of the basics in German.

Basics
Hello - Hallo
Good morning/afternoon/day/evening/night - Guten Morgen/Nachmittag/Tag/Abend/Nacht
How are you? - Wie gehts?
I am good/bad - Ich bin gut/schlecht
What are you called? - Wie heißt du?
I am called... - Ich heiße...
How old are you? - Wie alt bist du?
I am 'x' years old - Ich bin 'x' Jahre alt
Where is/are the...? - Wo ist/sind der...
Please/You're welcome - Bitte schön
Thank you - Danke schön
Yes - Ja wohl
No - Nein

Numbers
0 - zero
1 - eins
2 - zwei
3 - drei
4 - vier
5 - fünf
6 - sechs
7 - sieben
8 - acht
9 - neun
10 - zehn
11 - elf
12 - zwolf
13 - dreizehn
14 - vierzehn
15 - fünfzehn
20 - zwanzig
21 - einundzwanzig
30 - dreizig
40 - vierzig
1,000 - ein Tausend
1,000,000 - eine Million
2,000,000,000 - zwei Milliarden

Days
Monday - Montag
Tuesday - Dienstag
Wednesday - Mittwoch
Thursday - Donnerstag
Friday - Freitag
Saturday - Samstag
Sunday - Sonntag

Months
January: Januar
February: Februar
March: März
April: April
May: Mai
June: Juni
July: Juli
August: August
September: September
October: Oktober
November: November
December: Dezember

Alphabet
A - Ah
B - Bay
C - Say
D - Day
E - Ay
F - Eff
G - Gay
H - Hah
I - Ee
J - Yacht
K - Car
L - Ell
M - Em
N - En
O - Oh
P - Pay
Q - Koo
R - Air
S - Ess
T - Tay
U - Ooh
V - Fow
W - Vay
X - Eeks
Y - Oopsilon
Z - Tzet

Basic Pronunciation
'ei' is pronounced like the English letter 'I' and 'ie' is pronounced like the English letter 'E'
'w' is said like the English sound 'v'
'v' is said like the English sound 'f'
'z' is said like 'tz'
'j' is said like the English 'y' (as in 'yacht' rather than 'job')
The 'ß' sign is pronounced 'ss' or 'sz'

I may add some more depending on whether I can be bothered

Viel Glück mit dein Deutsch!

[ShaneIsMe]

your letters look wrong.

"AH
BAY
SAY"
and so on

[Pawf]

your letters look wrong.

"AH
BAY
SAY"
and so on

What do you mean? :s

[ShaneIsMe]

maybe its the pommy accent or something. but when i lived in switzerland we said it like this:

ah A
beh (like meh but with a b) B
seh C
deh D
eh E
ef F
geh G
ha H

and so on.

Its hard to write how the letters sound

[Pawf]

Yeah, the different countries learnt slightly different versions. My first German teacher was Austrian and when I got a new one who was German she had to re-teach quite a lot of stuff that the Austrian had taught. It wasn't that she'd taught it wrong, just she'd taught a dialectal German instead of "proper" German. It's the same as teaching a foreigner how to speak Liverpudlian instead of English without an accent

[CDLewis]

Ok lets put it all to practice.....

Hallo, wie gehts dir ?. Ich heiBe Carl. Und ich bin 14 jahre alt. Wie alt bist du ?

Danke, Nachtnmittang

10/10 i say :eusa_danc

[Hitman]

Sí, es que dicho tambien.

[Pawf]

Sí, es que dicho tambien.

Danke, obwohl das Spanisch nicht Deutsch ist

[Leprachaun--X]

Danke, obwohl das Spanisch nicht Deutsch ist

I think its obvious Spanish isnt German :p

However thats a nice little guide

[ShaneIsMe]

Don't say "Danke, nachmittang' that means "thank you, afternoon"

Guten TagCarl, ich heiße Shane, ich komme aus Australien und du? Mir geht es gut danke!

and yeah. I speak swiss german a little .