German/Level I/Review 1

Review Section I.A: Lessons I.1 to I.3

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary: What's your name? (1st Part) — Wie heißt du? (1. Teil)
English	German
Hello!	Hallo!
I	ich
I am...	Ich bin ...
how	wie
you	du
Your name is...	Du heißt ...
What is your name?	Wie heißt du?
My name is...	Ich heiße ...
it	es
it goes	es geht
How is it going?	Wie geht's? (Longer: Wie geht es?)
me	mir
good	gut
I'm good.	Es geht mir gut. (Shorter: Mir geht's gut. Even shorter: Gut.)
you know	du kennst
Do you know...?	Kennst du ...?
teacher	Lehrer
yes	ja
he	er
His name is...	Er heißt ...
Mr.	Herr
oh	oh
thanks	danke
until	bis
then	dann
See you!	Bis dann!
on	auf
again	wieder
(to) see	sehen
Goodbye!	(Auf) Wiedersehen!

Vocabulary: Greetings — Grüße
English	German
Hello!	Hallo!*
	Servus! (used in eastern Austria, informal)
	Moin! (used in northern Germany)
Good morning!	Moin Moin! (used in northern Germany)
	Guten Morgen!*
	Morgen! (shorter)
Good day!	Guten Tag!*
	Tag! (used in Germany, shorter)
Good evening!	Guten Abend!*
Hello!	Grüß Gott! (used in southern Germany, Austria and South Tyrol)
Goodbye!	Auf Wiedersehen!*
	Wiedersehen! (shorter)
Bye!	Tschüss!*
	Ciao! (pronounced as in Italian)
	Servus! (used in eastern Austria, informal)
See you later!	Bis später!*
See you!	Bis dann!*
	Bis bald!*
See you soon!	Bis gleich!
Good night!	Gute Nacht!*

*You will need to know each expression with an asterisk (*) after it. The others, of course, would be useful to know if you are traveling to regions where they are used. (As you can see, the different German-speaking regions often have their own ways of saying hello and goodbye. However, you will not be required to know any of these less common phrases for any problems or tests.)

Vocabulary: Mr. & Ms. — Herr und Frau
English	German
Mr.	Herr
Mrs.	Frau

Vocabulary: How are you — Wie geht's?
English	German
How are you?	Wie geht's? (longer: Wie geht es?)*
great	prima
good	gut
very good	sehr gut
miserable	miserabel
bad	schlecht
not (so) good	nicht (so) gut
O.K.	ganz gut
all right	Es geht so. (Or shorter: Geht so.)

*The more formal form is Wie geht es Ihnen?

Vocabulary: What's your name? (2nd Part) — Wie heißt du? (2. Teil)   (missing file: File:German Vocabulary - What's your name? (2nd Part).ogg, how to upload audio)
English	German
Good morning.	Guten Morgen.
you (formal)	Sie
You are... (formal)	Sie sind ...
Are you...? (formal)	Sind Sie ...?
no	nein
late	spät
I am late.	Ich bin spät dran.
You're welcome.	Bitte.
also	auch
later	später
See you later.	Bis später.

Grammar: Subject Pronouns — Subjekt-Pronomina
		English	German
singular	1st person	I	ich
	2nd person	you	du, Sie*
	3rd person	he, she, it	er, sie, es
plural	1st person	we	wir
	2nd person	you	ihr, Sie*
	3rd person	they	sie

*Sie is the formal (polite) version of du and ihr.

Grammar: Names — Namen
English	German
My name is...	Ich heiße ...
His/Her/Its name is...	Er/Sie/Es heißt ...
Their names are...	Sie heißen ...
Our names are...	Wir heißen ...
Your name is...	Du heißt ...
Your names are...	Ihr heißt ...
What is your name?	Wie heißt du?*
What are your names?	Wie heißt ihr?*

*Remember, the formal way to ask someone's name is to ask Wie heißen Sie?

Verb: to be called — heißen
		English	German
singular	1st person	I am called	ich heiße
	2nd person	you are called	du heißt
	3rd person	he/she/it is called	er/sie/es heißt
plural	1st person	we are called	wir heißen
	2nd person	you are called	ihr heißt
	3rd person	they are called	sie heißen*

*The form of verbs for you (polite) — Sie is exactly the same as for the plural, 3rd person pronoun they — sie.

Verb: to be — sein
		English	German
singular	1st person	I am	ich bin
	2nd person	you are	du bist
	3rd person	he/she/it is	er/sie/es ist
plural	1st person	we are	wir sind
	2nd person	you are	ihr seid
	3rd person	they are	sie sind*

*Don't forget that the form for you (polite) — Sie is the same as for the plural, 3rd person pronoun they — sie.

Verb: to have — haben
		English	German
singular	1st person	I have	ich habe
	2nd person	you have	du hast
	3rd person	he/she/it has	er/sie/es hat
plural	1st person	we have	wir haben
	2nd person	you have	ihr habt
	3rd person	they have	sie haben*

*This is also the form for you (polite) — Sie.

Vocabulary: Vocabulary — Wortschatz
English	German
the directory assistance	die Auskunft
I would like to have...	Ich hätte gern(e) ...
the phone number	die Telefonnummer
from Berne	aus Bern
How do you write this?	Wie schreibt man das?
please	bitte
(to) spell	buchstabieren
of course	natürlich
A as in Anton	A wie Anton
twice	zweimal
The number is...	Die Nummer lautet ...

Grammar: The Alphabet — Das Alphabet
Characters	Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd	Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj	Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp	Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz
Umlauts	Ää														Öö				SS ß		Üü
Examples	Ärger (anger)														Ökonom (economist)						Übermut (high spirits)

Vocabulary: Questions — Fragen
English	German
who?	wer?
what?	was?
where?	wo?
when?	wann?
why?	warum?
how?	wie?

Grammar: The Definite Article in the Nominative Case — Der bestimmte Artikel im Nominativ
		German	English
singular	masculine	der Junge	the boy
	feminine	die Frau	the woman
	neuter	das Mädchen*	the girl
plural	masculine	die Jungen	the boys
	feminine	die Frauen	the women
	neuter	die Mädchen	the girls

*Note that Mädchen is neuter. (In fact, almost all words with the ending -chen are neuter.)

Grammar: The Indefinite Article in the Nominative Case — Der unbestimmte Artikel im Nominativ
		German	English
singular	masculine	ein Mann	a man
	feminine	eine Frau	a woman
	neuter	ein Mädchen*	a girl

*Note that Mädchen is neuter.

Wie heißt Du? (1. Teil)

Hello and Goodbyes

Can you remember the most common phrases for hellos and goodbyes in German?

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Mr. and Mrs.

How do you say Mr. and Mrs. in German?

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Replies to Wie geht's?

Do you remember how to reply to this question?

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Wie heißt du? (2. Teil)

Sie and du

Do you remember when to use Sie and when to use du?

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Subject Pronouns

Do you remember what a subject pronoun is? Do you remember the German subject pronouns?

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Names

Do you remember how to tell your or someone else's name?

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Important Verbs

Do you remember how to conjugate heißen, sein, and haben?

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Bitte buchstabieren Sie

The German Alphabet

Do you remember how to spell the German letters?

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Forming Questions

Do you remember the word order in questions and the most common question words?

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Articles

Do you remember the definite and indefinite articles in German?

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