KEY PHRASES
1-1Order in a cafe
Kaffee oder Tee?
Coffee or tea?
Kaffee, bitte!
Coffee, please!
Tee und Milch, bitte!
Tea and milk, please!
Danke, tschüss!
Thank you, bye!
Tschüss!
Bye!
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【匯總】多鄰國德語（英文模式）Guidebook
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TIP So many capitals! In English, we capitalize some words, like people』s names. In German, you capitalize all nouns! |
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1-2 Describe your family Meine Schwester ist nett. My sister is nice. Mein Vater ist groß. My father is tall. Meine Tochter ist sehr klug! My daughter is very smart! Ja, du bist mein Sohn. Yes, you are my son. TIP Meine Mutter! German nouns have gender! Some nouns are masculine, like Vater and Bruder, while others are feminine, like Mutter and Schwester. eine Mutter und ein Vater a mother and a father Notice that ein changes form! Words like ein or meinhave different endings depending on the gender of the noun they』re paired with. mein Bruder und meine Schwester my brother and my sister |
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1-3 Use adjectives Der Hund ist jung. The dog is young. Ja, die Eule ist klug und nett. Yes, the owl is smart and nice. Der Bär ist schön. The bear is beautiful. Oh, meine Katze ist nett! Oh, my cat is nice! A bit more gender Remember how you say mein Vater but meine Mutter ? Well, mein isn』t the only word that changes form! die Frau, der Mann the woman, the man Hello, Ms. Cat! It』s not just words for people that have gender —all words do! For example, words like Bär and Hund are masculine, while Eule and Katze are feminine. der Hund und die Katze the dog and the cat So how do you know if a word is feminine or masculine? Unfortunately, it』s not always logical— it』s just something you』ll have to learn! So when you』re learning German words, don』t just memorize Bär or Katze . Instead, memorize the whole phrase, der Bär or die Katze . |
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1-4 Greet people Guten Morgen, Anna! Good morning, Anna! Guten Tag, wie geht's? Good afternoon, how are you? Sehr gut, danke! Very good, thank you! Guten Abend! Good evening! TIP Shh! Listen up! Lots of German words have a silent h. This silent h makes the vowel before it just a little bit longer. e.g. es geht (I『m all right) , auf Wiedersehen (goodbye) (as in 「day」) |
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1-5 Order in a restaurant Entschuldigung, wo ist die Speisekarte? Excuse me, where is the menu? Hier ist die Speisekarte. Here is the menu. Ist die Pizza lecker? Is the pizza delicious? Nein, die Pizza ist kalt! No, the pizza is cold! Die Rechnung, bitte! The check, please! |
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TIP All of the genders! There』s no reason why der Salat is masculine and die Pizza is feminine . That』s just how it is! But wait, there』s a third gender : neuter! Neuter nouns go with das and ein. --- das Sandwich, ein Sandwich the sandwich, a sandwich |
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1-6 Say where you're from
Woher kommst du? Where are you from? Ich komme aus Berlin. I am from Berlin. Hallo, woher kommst du? Hello, where are you from? Ich komme aus Amerika. I am from America. Kommst du aus Frankreich? Are you from France? Nein, ich komme aus Österreich. No, I am from Austria. TIP Are you? You are! Have you ever played Twenty Questions? Well, to ask yes or no questions in German, just switch the position of the subject and the verb . Kanada ist groß. Canada is big. Ist Kanada groß? Is Canada big? |
Bruder = brother
frau = wife