Die Grundlagen der deutschen - The Basics of German.

Hallo - Hello
Hi - Hi
Ja - Yes
Nein - No
Wiedersehen - bye
Guten Abend - Good evening
Gute Nacht - Good night
Willkomen - Welcome
Bitte - Please
Danke (Shön) - Thank you (Very much)
Es Tut mir leid - I am sorry
Entshuldigen sir mich, - Excuse me
Wie geht es dir? - How are you?
Sind sie in Ordnung? - are you ok?
I'm ok - I'm ok
Ich bin gut - I am good
Ich bing sehr gut, Danke - I am very well, thank you
Ich bin nicht ok (alle) - I'm not ok (at all)
Ich habe kein geld - I have no money.

Eins - 1
Zwei - 2
Drei - 3
Vier - 4
Fünf - 5
Sechs - 6
Sieben - 7
Acht - 8
Neun - 9
Zehn - 10

Basics of German - ;)

(Thanks to D17C & Tyo22 for the help)
Edited by BobX (Forum Moderator): Thread Stuck with permission.

You made quite a few spelling mistakes there.
2 - Zwei
Funf has an umlaut on the u.
10 - Zehn
And there's a few more.
Also, there are other ways of saying bye, eg. Tschuss (with an umlaut on the u I think)
And it's 'Auf Wiedersehen'.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by d17c

You made quite a few spelling mistakes there.
2 - Zwei
Funf has an umlaut on the u.
10 - Zehn
And there's a few more.
Also, there are other ways of saying bye, eg. Tschuss (with an umlaut on the u I think)
And it's 'Auf Wiedersehen'.

---

thanks, i couldnt find the numbers anywhere in my books, so i had to remember..

also with the 5, i can't add umlaut because of my keyboard.

I used the language converter and it only came up with Wiedersehn. I thought it was Auf Wiedersehn but its only bye, isnt Auf Wiedersehn good bye or something?

Not bad, here's some quick fixes :P :

Funf - 5 should be fünf

Wiedersehen = bye/cya

Bis später = cya later

Auf Wiedersehen = good bye

Danke (Schön) - Thank you (Very much)

Entschuldigen sie - Excuse me

Sind sie in Ordnung? / Geht's dir gut? - are you ok?

Ich bin gut = I am good. (literally, like if you're good at soccer etc; not used when asked how you're doing)

Mir geht's gut - I'm fine/I'm ok/ I'm feeling good/I'm well

Ich habe kein Geld - I have no money.

Thank you very much for the help, especially the umlaut signs :D Can't get them on this laptop -.-

I'm bored, so I'll add some numbers to the list, BobX got up to 10, so I'll continue from there :)
11 - elf
12 - zwölf
13 - dreizehn
14 - vierzehn (can you work out how they go, it's vierzehn which means four-ten, get it?)
15 - fünfzehn
16 - sechzehn
17 - siebzehn
18 - achtzehn
19 - neunzehn
20 - zwanzig
Now the format type thing of the numbers changes slightly
21 - einundzwanzig (it's like, one-and-20, the rest of the numbers are the same as that)
22 - zwieundzwanzig
23 - dreiundzwanzig
..
30 - dreißig
40 - vierzig
50 - fünfzig
60 - sechzig
70 - siebzig
80 - achtzig
90 - neunzig
100 - hundert

I'll add some other (more useful) german words some other time :)

Edit: also, for 'How are you?' you've chosen to use 'Wie geht es dir?' which is the formal way, the informal way would be to simply say 'Wie gehts?'

Ich wohne in (Your towns Name) in (Where in your county), ((number of miles from nerets bit town / city) Meilen von ( big town / City) enfernt.) Leave it out if you live in the big town / city) That is just some hep to how to tell some one where you live all you need to do if fill in the spces that have the instrutions in them :D

Thanks guys :D

It really was only the basics though :D

Some useful phrases for describing yourself, your family and your pets.

Yourself:
Ich habe...
langes -> long
braunes -> brown
kurzes -> short
spiky -> spiky
Mittel-Länge -> medium-length
Haare -> hair
Ich bin.. Jahre alt -> I am... years old

Colours:
rot(e) -> red
gelb(e) -> yellow
rosa -> pink
grün(e) -> green
orange -> orange
violett(e) -> purple
blau(e) -> blue
blond(e) -> blonde

If you're talking about something such as eyes or hair, which is plural in German, you add -es to the end of each colour APART FROM PINK!

If you are female, you add the bits in brackets to the end of the word.

Your family & Pets
Ich habe... -> I have...
er hat... -> he has...
sie hat... -> she has...
wir haben... -> we have...

ein Vater -> a father
eine Mutter -> a mother
ein Bruder -> a brother
(number) Brüder -> (number) brothers
eine Schwester -> a sister
(number) Schwestern -> (number) sisters
eine Katze -> a cat
(number) Katzen -> (number) cats
ein Hund -> a dog
(number) Hunde -> (number) dogs
ein Fisch -> a fish
(number) Fische -> (number) fish
ein emu -> an emu
(number) emus -> (number) emus
keine Haustiere -> no pets

thanks thatll held me :D +rep

Wiedersehen is wrong. It's Aufwiedersehen.

I don't see how on earth I'm Ok is german? WTH?

How about Guten Tag?

More:

Bahn - Train
Auto - Car (Pronounced Ow-toe)
Fernsehen - Television
Blöd - Stupid
Schluss - Lock
Flugzeug - Aeroplane
Treppe - Staircase
Frau - Ms/Mrs/Miss (Smith or whatever)
Herr - Mr (Smith)
Junge - Boy
Mädchen - Girl
Essen - Food/Eating
Spiel - Play
Straβe - Street
Buch - Book

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Stutoman

Wiedersehen is wrong. It's Aufwiedersehen.

I don't see how on earth I'm Ok is german? WTH?

---

"I'm OK" is german, it's a lovely multilingual phrase :)

Maybe add it how to pronounce some words :)

;) Nice im thinking of taking some language soon. I didn't pick one for GCSE so maybe a twilight.

I adore German. :) Learning it for a year now, I HAVE MASTERED THE PAST TENSE! love every minute of it. Great guide - just mention pronunciation?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by d17c

"I'm OK" is german, it's a lovely multilingual phrase :)

---

"OK" would be, but "I'm" is english only. The german for "I'm" is "Ich bin".

Btw shön should be spelt schön.

Will

You should not use a tool for translating texts into German as the German grammar is different to the English and it will be wrong then. Better look it up in a book.

I thought this might help you more than posting words:

In German there are two words for "you" - du and Sie. Its usage depends on the relationship between you and the person you are talking to. When you're talking to a friend, your brother or parents you use "du". When you're talking to your teacher, boss, a stranger you use "Sie" (capital S!).

Hast du mich letzte Nacht angerufen? - Did you call me last night? (When asking a friend)
Haben Sie mich letzte Nacht angerufen? - Did you call me last night? (When asking a teacher)


Furthermore - as you can see in the example - times are not always in the end of a sentence.

Er trifft sich am Nachmittag mit seiner Freundin. - He will meet his girlfriend in the afternoon.
Sie war gestern nicht Zuhause. - She wasn't at home yesterday.



These are correct now.. ^^

Hallo - Hello
Ja - Yes
Nein - No
Auf Wiedersehen - See you
Guten Abend - Good evening
Gute Nacht - Good night
Willkommen - Welcome
Bitte/Bitteschön - Please/You're welcome
Danke/Dankeschön - Thank you
Es tut mir leid - I am sorry
Entschuldigen Sie mich - Excuse me
Wie geht es dir? - How are you?
Sind Sie in Ordnung? - Are you ok?
Ich bin ok - I'm ok
Mir geht es gut - I am good
Mir geht es sehr gut, danke - I am very well, thank you
Ich bin nicht ok - I'm not ok
Ich bin ganz und garnicht ok - I'm not ok at all
Ich habe kein Geld - I have no money

Feel free to ask if you have any questions.