GERMAN LANGUAGE BASICS: HOW TO PRONOUNCE GERMAN VOWELS a e i o u y like 'u' in "cup", 'a' in "target" like 'e' in "ten",

t;, 'a' in "bake" like 'i' in "bingo" like 'oo' in "door", like 'o' in "top" like 'ou' in "you" (Umlaut, transcribed as 'ae') like 'e' in "ten", 'a' in "band" (Umlaut, transcribed as 'oe') like 'i' in "Sir" (Umlaut, transcribed as 'ue') like 'y' in 'Tyrell' same as '', but also consonant "j" in words of foreign origin ("Yacht") HOW TO PRONOUNCE GERMAN CONSONANTS b c d f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x like 'b' in "bed" like 'ts' in "bits" before 'i' and 'e'; like 'k' in "kid" else like 'd' in "dog" like 'ph' in "phone" like 'g' in "go" (never as in "giraffe") like 'h' in "help" like 'y' in "yoga" like 'c' in "cat" like 'l' in "love" like 'm' in "mother" like 'n' in "nice" like 'p' in "pig" like 'q' in "quest" (always with "u") like 'r' in "arm", like 'r' in "feather" (often like silent "h") like 'z' in "haze" like 't' in "top" like 'f' in "father", or like "v" in "victory" like 'v' in "victory", never like 'wh' in "whisky" like 'cks' in "kicks" like 'ss' in "hiss"

German Language Yes No Please Thank you I'm sorry You're welcome Excuse me. (getting attention) Excuse me (begging pardon) I don't understand Where's the toilet please? Do you speak English? I can't speak German well Does anyone here speak English? Help! Hello Hello (in Bavaria / Austria) Good morning Good evening How are you? Fine, thank you. What's your name? My name is... Nice to meet you Goodbye Goodbye (in Bavaria/Austria) Good evening Good night (to sleep) Ja. (yah) Nein. (nine) Bitte. (BIT-tuh) Danke. (DAN-keh) Es tut mir leid. (es toot meer lied) Bitte sehr! (BIT-tuh zayr) Entschuldigen Sie. (ent-SHUL-di-gen zee) Entschuldigung. (ent-SHUL-di-goong) Ich verstehe das nicht. (ikh fur-SHTAY-uh dahs nikht) Wo ist die Toilette, bitte? (voh ist dee twah-LET-uh, BIT-tuh?) Sprichst du / Sprechen Sie englisch? (shprikhst doo / shprekhen zee ENGlish?) Ich kann nicht so gut deutsch. (ikh kahn nikht zo goot doytsh) Kann hier jemand Englisch? (kahn heer YEH-mahnd ENG-lish?) Hilfe! (HILL-fuh!)

Guten Tag. (GOO-ten tahk) or Hallo (hah-LOH) (informal) Gr Gott! (gruus got) (formal, literally: "salute to god") or Servus! (SEHR-voos) (to a friend / informal but polite) Guten Morgen. (GOO-ten MOR-gen) Guten Abend. (GOO-ten AH-bend) Wie geht's? (vee gayts?) Danke, gut. (DAN-kuh, goot) Wie heit du? (informal to friends) (vee highst doo?) / Wie heien Sie? (formal) (vee HIGH-sen zee?) Ich heie...(ikh HIGH-suh) Nett, Sie kennen zu lernen. (net zee KEN-en tsoo LER-nen) Tschs. (informal) (chuuss) / Auf Wiedersehen (formal) (owf VEE-der-say-en) Servus! (ZEHR-foos) (to a friend / informal but polite) Guten Abend. (GOO-ten AH-bend) Gute Nacht. (GOO-tuh nakht)

GERMAN LESSON - NUMBERS IN GERMAN eins (ighnss) zwei (tsvigh) drei (drigh) vier (feer) fnf (fuunf) sechs (zekhs) sieben (ZEE-ben) acht (ahkht) neun (noyn) zehn (tsayn) elf (elf) zwlf (tsvoolf) dreizehn (DRIGH-tsayn) vierzehn (FEER-tsayn) fnfzehn (FUUNF-tsayn) sechzehn (ZEKH-tsayn) siebzehn (ZEEP-tsayn) achtzehn (AHKH-tsayn) neunzehn (NOYN-tsayn) zwanzig (TSVAHN-tsikh) einundzwanzig (IGHN-oont-tsvahn-tsikh) zweiundzwanzig (TSVIGH-oont-tsvahn-tsikh) dreiundzwanzig (DRIGH-oont-tsvahn-tsikh) dreiig (DRIGH-sikh) vierzig (FEER-tsikh) fnfzig (FUUNF-tsikh) sechzig (ZEKH-tsikh) siebzig (ZEEP-tsikh) achtzig (AHKH-tsikh) neunzig (NOYN-tsikh) (ein)hundert ([ighn]-HOON-dert) zweihundert (TSVIGH-hoon-dert) dreihundert (DRIGH-hoon-dert) (ein)tausend ([ighn]-TOW-zent) zweitausend (TSVIGH-tow-zent) eine Million (igh-nuh mill-YOHN) eine Milliarde (igh-nuh mill-YAR-duh) Note the difference to American English numbers, often wrong translated! 1,000,000,000,000 eine Billion (igh-nuh bill-YOHN) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 300 1000 2000 1,000,000 1,000,000,000

half the half less more

halb (hahlp) die Hlfte (dee HELF-tuh) weniger (VAY-nihg-er) mehr (mayr)

Other useful German phrases: now later before morning in the morning tomorrow morning in the afternoon afternoon evening in the evening night in the night __ minute(s) __ hour(s) __ day(s) __ week(s) __ month(s) __ year(s) jetzt (yetst) spter (SHPET-er) vor (for) Morgen (MOR-gen) morgens (MOR-genss) morgen frh (MOR-gen FRUU) nachmittags (NAHKH-mit-tahks) Nachmittag (NAHKH-mit-tahk) Abend (AH-bent) abends (AH-bents) Nacht (nahkht) nachts (nahkhts) __ Minute(n) (mih-NOO-tuh [mih-NOO-ten]) __ Stunde(n) (SHTOON-duh [SHTOON-den) __ Tag(e) (TAHK [TAH-guh]) __ Woche(n) (VOKH-uh [VOKH-en]) __ Monat(e) (MOH-naht [moh-NAH-tuh]) __ Jahr(e) (YAHR[-uh]) DAYS OF THE WEEK Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Montag (MON-tahk) Dienstag (DEENS-tahk) Mittwoch (MIT-vokh) Donnerstag (DON-ers-tahk) Freitag (FRIGH-tahk) Samstag (ZAMS-tahk), in some areas "Sonnabend" (ZON-ah-bent) Sonntag (ZON-tahk)

MONTHS OF THE YEAR January February March April May June July August September October November December Januar (YAH-noo-ahr) Februar (FAY-broo-ahr.) Mrz (mehrts) April (ah-PRILL) Mai (migh) Juni (YOO-nee) Juli (YOO-lee) August (ow-GOOST) September (zep-TEM-ber) Oktober (ok-TOH-ber) November (noh-VEM-ber) Dezember (day-TSEM-ber)

GERMAN LESSON - COLORS IN GERMAN black white gray red blue yellow green orange purple pink brown schwarz (shvahrts) wei (vighss) grau (grou) - rhymes with "cow" rot (roht) blau (blou) - rhymes with "cow" gelb (gelp) grn (gruun) orange (oh-RAHNGSH) lila (Lee-lah) (dark) rosa (ROH-zah) braun (brown)

How's the weather (today)? Wie ist das Wetter (heute)? (vee ist dahs vetter (hoy-tuh))? It's sunny It's raining It's windy It's snowing It's foggy It's (very) cold It's (very) hot Es ist sonning (es ist zonnikh) Es regnet (es raygnet) Es ist windig (es ist vin-dikh ) Es schneit (es shnite) Es ist neblig (es ist nayb-lich) Es ist (sehr) kalt (es ist (zayr) kalt Es ist (sehr) hei (es ist (zayr) hice )