Welcome to the first of a series of four introductory lessons

about the German Language.

My Name is AMANDEEP KAUR

am a language coach.

We will be learning the following lessons:

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4.

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Basic Phrases
German Alphabets
Basic Questions
Self Introduction

The German Language is

the most widely spoken mother tongue in the EU

spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers
spoken by about 80 million non-native speakers
official Language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Liechtenstein, Belgium and Luxembourg

Standard German is widely taught in schools, universities

and Goethe Institutes worldwide.

BASIC PHRASES
Guten Morgen
goot-en mor-gen
Good Morning
Guten Tag
goot-en tahk
Hello/Good Day
Guten Abend
goot-en ah-bent
Good Evening
Gute Nacht
goot-eh nakht
Good Night

Bitte
bih-tuh
Please

Herr/Frau/Frulein
hair/frow/froi-line
Mister/Misses/Miss

Danke
dahn-kuh
Thank you

Wie geht es Ihnen?

vee gayt es ee-nen
How are you?(formal)

Bitte schn
bih-tuh shurn
You're welcome

Wie geht's?
vee gayts
How are you? (informal)

Ja/Nein
yah/nine
Yes/No

Gut/Es geht/So lala

goot/ess gate/zo lahlah
Good/OK

THE GERMAN
ALPHABETS

A ah
day
E ay
hah
I ee
M em
Q ku
U ooo

B bay C tsay

F eff

G gay

J yoht K kah
N en
O oh
R err S es
V fao W way

L el
P pay
T tay
X ikk

SELF- INTRODUCTION
Ich heisse Amandeep kaur.
( I am called as Amandeep kaur.)
Ich bin acht und zwanzig jahre
alt.
(i am 28 years old.)
Ich wohne in neu delhi.
(i live in new delhi.)
Ich komme aus indien.
( i come from india.)
Ich bin eine lehrerin.

Basic Questions
Wie geht es dir? Informal (How are you?)
Wie geht es Ihnen? Formal (How are you)
Entschuldigung (Excuse me)
Tut mir leid (Sorry)
Noch einmal ( Repeat/once again)
Aufwiedersehen (Bye ) Formal
Tscheus (Bye ) Informal

Thank you
for joining this class!