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-st
-t
wir
-en
ihr
-t
Sie/sie -en
to know
come
go
to make/do
to live (reside)
sing
drink
come with (along)
hear/listen
write
come over
we go
you (plural) go
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Irregular Conjugation
Der Bruder.
Die Brder.
ich
du
er/es/sie
habe
hast
hat
wir
ihr
Sie/sie
haben
habt
haben
bin
bist
ist
wir
ihr
Sie/sie
sind
seid
sind
heien-to be called
ich
du
er/sie/es
heie wir
heit ihr
heit Sie/sie
heien
heit
heien
The brother.
The brothers.
die
der
das
feminine
masculine
neuter
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Genders:
German
noyn-zisch = neunzig
Notes:
Africa Corps Afrika Korps
Central America
Zentral Amerika
Cognates
Haus house
Welt world
Wasser
water
Feuer fire
Even words that sound like other words
that arent a direct translation are
cognates.
Like the German word for body is krper.
But that looks like corpse. Still a cognate.
Watch out for the false cognates. The word
bald in German means soon not a hairless
guy. The word fast in German doesnt
mean fast, it means almost.
Stupid Apostrophe
The apostrophe (for possessives or
contractions) in German isnt used for
possessives. Like 'Evas' is just 'Evas'. But
the apostrophe is used in the phrase Wie
gehts? Because youre actually saying
Wie geht es? which means How goes
it? or Hows it going?
Time
[die] Zeit
[die] Uhr
Wie viel Uhr ist es?
time
clock/time/hour
What time is it?
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dreiig 30
vierzig 40
fnfzig 50
sechzig
100
Numbers
Fun:
four-and-thirty (34)
vierunddreissig
The German language is a lot of times just
two (or more) smaller words stuck
together. Like kindergarten which is kid
garden. I find that kind of creepy for some
reasontry picturing a kid garden.
Anyways, this is very simple. When you
stick two or more words together you
dont take anything out. Leave the two ds
in vierunddreissig where they are.
number Nummer
telephone number Telefonnummer
(notice I didnt take out one of those ns.)
Wie1 ist deine Telefonnummer? What is
your telephone number?
null0 elf
11
eins
1
zwlf
12
zwei 2
dreizehn
drei
3
vierzehn
vier
4
fnfzehn
15
fnf
5
sechzehn
16
sechs 6
siebzehn
17
sieben 7
achtzehn
18
acht 8
neunzehn
19
neun 9
zwanzig
zehn 10
einundzwanzig
sechsundzwanzig
26
siebenundzwanzig
27
siebzig
70
achtzig
neunzig
60
hundert
80
90
Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizittenhaup
tbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaf
t the electric works suborganization of
the Danube steamboat company
Break it down:
Donau-dampf-schiff-fahrts-elektrizittenhaupt-betriebs-werk-bau-unter-beamtengesellschaft
Danube-steam-ship-travel-electricity-headoperations-work-construction-underofficers-company
13
14
20
21
Montag
Monday
Dienstag
Tuesday
Mittwoch
Wednesday
Donnerstag
Thursday
Freitag
Friday
Samstag/Sonnabend*
Saturday
Sonntag
Sunday
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Why is it wie instead of was?
Because Germans say: How is your
telephone number? Its very well,
thanks for asking!
Colours
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rosa pink
grn green
wei white
orangeorange
lila
lavender
rt
red
gold gold
blau blue
gelb yellow
grau grey
purpur purple
braun brown
schwarz
black
dunkel dark
hell
dunkelrt
hellrt
light/bright
dark red
light/bright red
Others
[das] Kaufhaus, --er department store
[der] Jung, -en
boy
[der] Norden-north (im Norden/in the
north)
[die] Auswahl
selection
[die] Familie, -n
family
[der] Abend
evening
alt
old
an/am
at/on
auch
also
Auf Wiedersehen
Bye!
aus
from (a place)
bis
until
da drben
over there
das
that
denn
used for
emphasis/makes
questions less formal
deutsch
German
dies
this
echt
real(ly)
[die] Eltern
parents
falsch
false
fertig
(in context) Done?
[die] Frau
Mrs., woman, wife
gegen
about/around,
against
gleich
right/immediately
gro
big
halb
half
[das] Handy, -s
cell phone
[der] Herr, -en
Mr., gentleman
hoch
high
in/im
in
interessant
interesting
kein
none
klein
[die] Leute
[das] Mdchen, mit
mitt
[der] Morgen
na
nach
nett
nicht
nur
richtig
schlecht
schon
sehr
so
spter
super
[der] Tag,-e
toll
Tschs/Tschau!
um
vielleicht
viel
much)
von
was
weit
welch
wer
wie
wirklich
woher
wo
zu Hause
zu
small
people
girl
with
middle
tomorrow/morning
Na gut/Oh well
after, to
nice
not
only
right
bad
already
very
so
later
super
day
great
Bye!
around
perhaps
much (wie viel-how
from/of
what
far
which
who
how
really
where from
where
at home
to
Disclaimer:
I am not responsible for any
brain damage that may result in
reading this.
And lucky you, since these
newsletters contents are based
off of the Deutsch Aktuell 1 5th
Edition textbook, I cant charge
you money for it!
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