LESSON NOTES

3-Minute German S1 #1
Self Introduction

CONTENTS
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German
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar
Cultural Insight

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GERMAN
1.

Hallo, ich heie Albert.

2.

Guten Tag, ich heie Albert Metz.

3.

Schn, dich kennenzulernen.

4.

Schn, Sie kennenzulernen.

ENGLISH
1.

Hi I'm Albert. (informal)

2.

Good day, I'm Albert Metz. (formal)

3.

Nice to meet you. (informal)

4.

Nice to meet you. (formal)

VOCABULARY
Ge r man

English

kennenzulernen

to know you

Hallo

Hi

interjection

ich

personal pronoun;
nominative

heie

am

verb

Albert

Albert, person's name

guten Tag

good day

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C lass

expression

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Albert Metz, person's full

name

Albert Metz
Schn

pleasure

adjective, adverb

dich

you (informal, as an object)

personal pronoun; accusative

you (formal)

personal pronoun; Spelled

with a capital letter in order
to express politeness also in
writing.

Sie

SAMPLE SENTENCES
Ich h a tte l e tz te Wo ch e so vi e l z u
tu n !

Ich bi n L i sa .
I am Lisa.

I was so busy last week!

Ich w n sch e Ih n e n e i n e n g u te n
Ta g !

G u te n Ta g H e rr D r. H e i n ri ch .
Good day doctor Heinrich.

Have a good day!

Ich l i e be d i ch .

Si e si n d n e tt.

I love you.

You are nice.

GRAMMAR
In this lesson you will learn how to introduce yourself.

Ph ra se 1
Word 1

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R e g i ste r

G e rm a n

En g l i sh

i n fo rm a l

H a l l o , i ch
h e i e Al be rt.

H i I' m Al be rt.

Hallo

Hi

Im po rta n t
N o te s

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ich

Word 2

heie

am

Albert

Albert,
person's name

G u te n Ta g ,
i ch h e i e
Al be rt Me tz .

G o o d d a y,
I' m Al be rt
Me tz .

Word 1

Guten Tag

Good day

Word 2

ich

Word 3

heie

am

Word 3

Word 4

Ph ra se 2

fo rm a l

Albert Metz

Word 4

Albert Metz,
person's full
name

Sch n , d i ch
ke n n e n z u l e r
nen.

N i ce to m e e t
yo u .

Word 1

Schn

pleasure

Word 2

dich

you (informal)

Word 3

kennenzulerne
n

to meet

Sch n , Si e
ke n n e n z u l e r
nen.

N i ce to m e e t
yo u .

Word 1

Schn

pleasure

Word 2

Sie

you (formal)

Word 3

kennenzulerne
n

to know you

Ph ra se 3

Ph ra se 4

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i n fo rm a l

fo rm a l

conjugated
verb

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CULTURAL INSIGHT
When you introduce yourself, it's good manners to shake hands. If you are not sure whether
to use schn, dich kennenzulernen or schn, Sie kennenzulernen just say simply sehr
erfreut.

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