To say hello to a young person, use 'hallo' (hello) or 'hi'.

Hallo
Hello Thomas.
  Thomas.
Hi Hi
  Sven.   Sven.

To introduce yourself and ask for another person's name, use 'Ich heisse ...' (My name is ...) and
'Wie heisst du?' (What's your name?).

Hallo. Ich heisse Stefan. Und wie heisst du? Hello my name is Steven. And what is your name?

Ich heisse Marie. My name is Marie

Here are some examples for asking your friends, how they are and how things are going.

Hallo Markus. Wie geht es dir? Hello Markus. How are you?
Sehr gut, danke. Und dir? Very well, thanks. And you?
Na ja, es geht so. Well, so-so.

Hi Katja. Hi Katja.
Hallo Tina. Wie geht's? Hello Tina. How's it going?
Gut, danke. Fine, thanks.

To say goodbye to someone, use the following expressions:

tschüss bye
Bis morgen. See you tomorrow.
Bis später. See you later.

To say hello to an adult or someone you don't know very well, use 'Guten Morgen' (good morning),
'Guten Tag' (good afternoon) or 'Guten Abend' (good evening).

Guten Morgen Herr Meyer. Good morning Mr. Meyer.

Guten Morgen Stefan. Good morning Stefan.

To introduce yourself formally, use 'Mein Name ist' (My name is).

Guten Tag. Mein Name ist Steinmetz. Good afternoon. My name is (Mr./Mrs.) Steinmetz.
Kohlmann. Kohlmann.
Sehr angenehm, Herr Kohlmann. Pleased to meet you, Mr. Kohlmann.

Here are some phrases to ask formally, how someone is doing and how things are going.

Guten Abend Frau Bergmann.

Wie geht es Ihnen? Good evening Mrs. Bergmann. How are you?
Gut, danke. Und Ihnen? Good, thanks. And you?
Ganz gut. Fine.
To say goodbye to an adult or someone you don't know very well, use the following phrases:

Auf Wiedersehen. Good bye.

Auf Wiederschauen. Good bye.

Note: The German phrase for "good night" ("gute Nacht") is only used in German immediately
before you go to bed. For example: If you leave a restaurant and you want to say 'good night' to
the waiter, use: "Auf Wiedersehen" or "Auf Wiederschauen". But: If you wish your children a good
night, before they go to bed, say: "Gute Nacht" as they will say "gute Nacht" to you, too.

Fill in the missing words in the following short dialogs:

Example: Guten Tag Frau Becker. Wie geht es _______? Ihnen

Gut, _______! Und Ihnen? danke

1)
Guten Morgen Rolf……………. geht's?
Ganz gut………….., .
Und dir?
Na ja, es ………… so.

2)
Guten Abend Herr Lippert.
Wie geht …………….. Ihnen?
……… , danke. ………. Ihnen?
Auch gut, danke.

3)
Hallo. Ich …………. Marc.
Und ……… heisst du?
……… heisse Michael.

4)
Hallo Marlene!
…………. Klaus. Wie geht………. dir?

Hallo! Ich heiße Niels Hello! My name is Niels.

Ich komme aus Deutschland I'm from Germany.
Ich mag Fußball und Skifahren. I like soccer (football) and skiing.
Aber ich mag Tennis nicht. But I don't like tennis.

Hi! Mein Name ist Katrin Hello! My name is Katrin.

Ich komme aus Berlin I'm from Berlin.
Ich mag Musik und Tanzen. I like music and dancing.
Und ich mag besonders gerne klassische Musik. And especially, I like classical music.
Aber ich mag Singen nicht. But I don't like to sing.

Australien Australia Südafrika South Africa

Mexiko Mexico Holland Holland
Schweiz Switzerland Portugal Portugal
Deutschland Germany Neuseeland New Zealand
Argentinien Argentina Indien India
Peru Peru Japan Japan
Russland Russia Italien Italy
USA USA Österreich Austria
Polen Poland Brasilien Brasil
China China Frankreich France
Spanien Spain Großbritannien Great Britain

Woher kommst du? (informal) Where are you from?

Woher kommen Sie? (formal) Where are you from?

Pronouns

Ich………….I
Du…………you
Er, sie, es…………he, she, it
Wir…………………We
Ihr…………………..you
Sie………………….They

Katrin: Hi. Ich heiße Katrin. Hi. My name is Katrin.

Katrin: Und wie heißt du? And what's your name?
Niels: Ich heiße Niels. (to Anne) Und du? My name is Niels. And yours?
Anne: Anne. Anne.
Niels: Sehr angenehm. Woher kommt ihr? Nice to meet you. Where are you (guys) from?
Katrin: Wir kommen aus Berlin. Und du? We’re from Berlin. And you?
Niels: Ich komme aus Karlsruhe. Aber ich bin in Frankfurt geboren. I'm from Karlsruhe. But I
………………………………………………………………………………….was born in Frankfurt.
Anne: Ach so! Ich bin auch in Frankfurt geboren. Oh. I was born in Frankfurt, too.
Anne (talking about Katrin): Aber sie ist in München geboren. But she was born in Munich.

Person Singular Plural

1st ich komme (I come)
wir kommen (we come)
2nd du kommst (you come)
ihr kommt (you come)
3rd er kommt (he comes)
sie kommen (they come)

'Kommen' is completely regular. Regular verbs have the following features in German. The 'ich'-form ends
with an 'e'. The du form ends with an 'st'. The 'er' and 'ihr' forms end with a 't' and are therefore the same.
And finally, the 'wir' and 'sie/Sie' forms end with 'en' and thus are also the same

Person Singular Plural

1st ich bin (I am)
wir sind (we are)
2nd du bist (you are)
ihr seid (you are)
3rd sie ist (she is)
sie sind (they are)

Exc: Using both verbs make the sentences with the person and country indicated

1 He, Spain
2 I, Austria
3 They, Switzerland
4 You, South Africa
5 We, Great Britain
6 You (pl), Germany
7 She, Japan

Exc; make sentences with “geboren” using the above exercise

masculine feminine neuter

der die das

Study the following things and memorize the German gender of each of those things:

das Auto (the car) der Student (the student)

das Geld (the money) die Klasse (the class)
der Lehrer (the teacher) die Gitarre (the guitar)
die Ferien (the vacation) die CD (the CD)
das Konzert (the concert) das Telefon (the telephone)
der Kuli (the pen) der Junge (the boy)
das Radio (the radio) das Mädchen (the girl)
das Tier (the animal) der Sport (the sport)
der Fernseher (the TV) das Spiel (the game)

Note that the words 'der Student' and 'der Lehrer' can be made feminine in German by attaching
the ending '-in' and changing the article to 'die'. This is a general principle that can be applied to
most nouns in German that describe an activity for example jobs.

Adjectives are words that describe people and things. The simplest way to use an adjective in
German is with the verb 'sein' (to be).
For example, to say "he is tall", you simply use 'er' plus 'ist' plus the German adjective 'groß',
which means tall: "Er ist groß."

The table below contains some adjectives that are useful to describe people and things:

Groß tall kurz short

gut good schlecht bad
sympathisch likable/nice unsympathisch dislikable/unappealing
schön beautiful hässlich ugly
neu new alt old
spannend exciting langweilig boring
freundlich friendly unfreundlich unfriendly
emotional emotional exzellent excellent
wunderbar wonderful furchtbar terrible
wichtig important unwichtig unimportant
intelligent intelligent interessant interesting
geduldig patient ungeduldig impatient
verantwortungsvoll responsible verantwortungslos irresponsible
leicht easy schwer difficult/heavy
popular popular jung young

Practice: 4) Mr. Bartsch is friendly.

5) They are tall.
1) The CD is bad. 6) The student (female) is intelligent.
2) The guitar is old. 7) The teacher is boring.
3) Money is unimportant. 8) She is beautiful.
9) The car is new. 11) He is ugly
10) We are patient.
.

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1 eins 11 elf
2 zwei 12 zwölf
3 drei 13 dreizehn
4 vier 14 vierzehn
5 fünf 15 fünfzehn
6 sechs 16 sechzehn
7 sieben 17 siebzehn
8 acht 18 achtzehn
9 neun 19 neunzehn
10 zehn

20 zwanzig
30 dreißig
21 ein-und-zwanzig 31 ein-und-dreißig
22 zwei-und-zwanzig 32 zwei-und-dreißig
23 drei-und-zwanzig 33 drei-und-dreißig
24 vier-und-zwanzig 40 vierzig
25 fünf-und-zwanzig 41 ein-und-vierzig
26 sechs-und-zwanzig 50 fünfzig
27 sieben-und-zwanzig 60 sechzig
28 acht-und-zwanzig 70 siebzig
29 neun-und-zwanzig 80 achtzig
90 neunzig 100 hundert

1) Frank (comes) aus Duisburg.

2) (He) mag (likes) besonders gerne (basketball).

3) Lisa (is) Franks Freundin (girlfriend).

4) (She) ist (friendly).

5) Frank (likes) Lisa.

6) (They) (are) (young).

7) Frank (is) 1977 (born).

8) (And) (she) ist 1978 in Österreich geboren.

9) Lisa kommt (from) Wien (Vienna).

10) Wien (is) sehr (very) (beautiful).

Theodor Behr and Mark Schumacher are close friends. On a Thursday afternoon, while still at
work, they talk to each other on the phone and decide, where to go for dinner. Read aloud, what
Theodor and Mark say about their plans for tonight. The English translation will help you to
understand each new German word (new vocabularies are underlined).

Theodor (T): Hallo? Behr am Apparat. Hello. This is Mr. Behr.

Mark (M): Hallo Theo. Ich bin es, Mark. Hello Theo. It's me, Mark.
T: Hi Mark. Wie geht's? Hi Mark. How is it going?
M: Gut, danke, und dir? Good, thanks. And you?
T: Auch gut, danke. Was machst du heute abend? I'm fine, too, thanks. What are you doing
………………………………………………………………..tonight?
M: Ich möchte in eine Bar gehen. . I would like to go to a bar.
Ich möchte ein Bier trinken . I'd like to drink a beer
T: Hmm, ich möchte lieber in ein Restaurant gehen und essen. Hmm, I would prefer to go to a
……………………………………………………………………………..restaurant and eat.
M: Das ist auch ok. Ich bin dabei. That's ok, too. I'm in.
T: Sehr gut, dann bis später. Very well, I'll see you later then.
<- click here to listen to this dialogue

Exercise
Without looking at the dialog anymore, can you answer the following questions in English?

Example:
What do you think does the word 'Apparat' means in the context of the dialog above?

1) Who is Theo calling?

2) Are both Theo and Mark doing fine?
3) What does Theodor ask Mark next?
4) What does Mark want to do?
5) Does Theo want to do the same?
6) Does Mark want to go with Theo?

GEHEN MACHEN TRINKEN

Ich gehe Ich mache Ich trinke
Du gehst Du machst Du trinkst
Er geht Er macht Er trinkt
Wir gehen Wir machen Wir trinken
Ihr geht Ihr macht Ihr trinkt
Sie gehen Sie machen Sie trinken

Example: 6) They go to work.

I go to the restaurant. 7) We drink water.
Ich gehe ins Restaurant 8) They go to work

1) You (informal) drink water (Wasser).

2) But I drink beer (Bier).
3) What do you (informal) do?
4) What do you (formal) do?
5) I go to work (to work=zur Arbeit).
Was machst du? What do you do?
Woher kommst du? Where do you come you
……………………….from?