Let's learn german (Wir lernen Deutsch) 7

Now we will see few grammar rules.

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Regelmäßige Verben

I	you
ich höre musik	du hörst mich
ich spiele fußball	du spielst Fußball
ich lerne deutsch	du lernst Deutsch
ich wohne in deutschland	du wohnst in Deutschland
ich lächle	du lächelst
ich arbeite als lehrerin	du arbeitest als Lehrer
ich finde dass	du findest das
ich heiße marvin	du heißt ist dev
I hear music	you hear me
I play football	you play soccer
I'm learning German	you learn German
I live in Germany	you live in Germany
I smile	you're smiling
I work as a teacher	you work as a teacher
I think that	you think that
my name is Marvin	your name is Dev

he/she/it(er/sie/es) we/they/you(wir/sie/Sie) you-all er hört mich Wir hören dich ihr hört er spielt Fußball wir spielen Fußball ihr splilt sie lernt Deutsch wir lernen Deutsch ihr lernt sie lebt in Deutschland wir leben in Deutschland ihr wohnt es lächelt wir lächeln ihr lächelt er arbeitet als Lehrer Wir arbeiten als Lehrer ihr arbeitet er findet eine lösung wir finden eine lösung ihr findet er heißt sie  wir heißen sie ihr heißt he hears me We hear you you hear he plays football we play football you play she learns German we are learning German you learn she is living in Germany we live in Germany you live it smiles we smile you smile he works as a teacher We work as a teacher you work he finds a solution we will find a solution you find he called them we are called you are called

Let's learn german (Wir lernen Deutsch) 6

We will learn few rules and formal representation of nouns today.

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General Rules

*	For all the nouns the first letter should be capital irrespective of its position in a statement
*	If 'a'  'o'  'u' preceeds  'ch' the sound will be english 'KH'
*	When 'S' is followed by any vowel it will take half sound of  english 'Z'
*	All nouns fall in three categories (masculine - der, feminine -die, neutral-das)
*	All genders are represented by articles.
*	When a vowel is followed by one consonant the vowel is pronounced long
*	Most verbs end with 'en' and 'n'
*	Personal pronouns  for der, die and das are  er, sie and es respectively
*	Plural for der/die/das is die.
*	Notation

 

(article short form ) (noun) , (plural postfix)

example:                    Singular : der Liebling   Plural : die Lieblinge                     is written as                                             r Liebling, -e * Always 'ei' sounds as 'i' and 'ie' sounds as 'e'. * For composite words, the article is the same as article for the last word das Jahr  + e Zeit = e Jahreszeit Examples: Meaning Notation Favourite r Liebling,-e Idea e Vorstellung, -en Book s Buch, -..er Bücher Voice e Stimme, -n Rule e Regel, -n Exception e Ausnahme, -n Table r Tisch, -e Bag e Tasche, -n Day r Tag, -e Season e Jahreszeit, -en Week e Week, -n Year s Jahr, -e Time e Zeit,  -en Cheese r Käse, -n

Let's learn german (Wir lernen Deutsch) 5

Today we will learn the numbers.
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The Numbers (die Zahlen)

zero		null
one		eins
two		zwei
three		drei
four		vier
five		fünf
six		sechs
seven		sieben
eight		acht
nine		neun
ten		zehn
eleven		elf
twelve		zwölf
thirteen		dreizehn
fourteen		vierzehn
fifteen		fünfzehn
sixteen		sechszehn
seventeen		siebzehn
eighteen		achtzehn
nineteen		neunzehn
twenty		zwanzig
twentyone		einundzwanzig
tewentytwo		zweiundzwanzig
twentynine		neunundzwanzig
thirty		dreißig
forty		vierzig
fifty		fünfzig
sixty		sechzig
seventy		siebzig
eighty		achtzig
ninety		neunzig
hundred		hundert
hundred one		hundertundeins
hundred sixty seven		hundert siebenundsechzig
onehundredtwentythree		Einhundertdreiundzwanzig
thousand		tausend
tenthousand		zehntausend
million		Million
billion		Milliarde

Let's learn german (Wir lernen Deutsch) 4

Today we will learn about parts of a day, seasons of a year and days of a week.

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Lesson 7

Parts of a day - Seasons of a year  - Days of a week

• Parts of a day (Tag)                                                                                                                                    

• Morning - forenoon - noon - afternoon - evening - night
• Morgen - Vormittag - Mittag - Nachmittag - Abend - Nacht                                                  

• Seasons of a year (Jahreszeit)                                                                                                                           

• Winter    (December,January,February) 
• Spring    (March, April, May)
• Summer (June, July, August)
• Fall         (Septmber, October, November)                                                                             
• Winter    (Dezember, Januar, Februar)
• Frühling (März, April, Mai)
• Sommer (Juni, Juli, August)
• Herbst    (September, Oktober, November)
                                                                                               

• Days of a week (Woche)                                                                                                                               

• Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
• Sonntag Montag Dienstag Mittwoch Donnerstag Freitag Samstag

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Let's learn german (Wir lernen Deutsch) 3

Now that we know the alphabets, how to spell our names, and how to introduce ourselves lets get into little bit of grammar.

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Lesson 6

Articles 

In German language all the nouns fall in three categories.

1. Masculine (Maskulin)
2. Feminine  (Feminin)
3. Neuter      (Neutrum)

Each gender is represented by an article.

1. Maskulin    ------ der
2. Feminin      ------ die
3. Neutrum     ------ das

There are no such rules to determine gender in German language. Also sometimes it feels illogical to apply certain genders to specific nouns. But in German its mandatory and nouns take genders in a disordered manner. So with experience only one can master the genders.  However there are certain simple rules which helps in knowing the gender in some specific situations.

Nouns ending with

1. -or, -ling, -smus, -ig are mostly masculine (der)
2. -ung, -ion, -ik, -ei     are mostly feminine (die)
3. -tum, -lein, -ma, -met are mostly beuter (das)

Examples:

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• der Mann , der Doktor, der Spezialist, der Früling,  der Zwiling, der Egoismus, der Jäger
• die Frau , die Region,  die Freundschaft, die Schönheit, die Einladung
• das Brot , das Erlebnis, das Dokument, das Buch

Extra Notes : how to write the special symbols that we have seen in last few lessons ?

ä = Alt 132                     ö = Alt 148                            ü = Alt 129

Ä = Alt 142                   Ö = Alt 153                           Ü = Alt 154

ß = Alt 225

Let's learn german (Wir lernen Deutsch) 2

Earlier we have learnt basic greetings and the alphabets.

Link : 

Let's learn German - 1

Lesson 3

Spell your name, please.

Buchstabieren sie Ihren Namen, bitte.

D E B E S H            DE A BE A ES HA

V O L K E R           FAU O EL KA A ER

J U P P                   YOT OU  PE PE

Y U V I K A           UPSILON OU FAU E KA AA

Use the link and write some names with each letter followed by a space and listen carefully.

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Lesson 4

Introductory questions       Einleitende Fragen

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What's your name?	Wie heißen Sie?
What is your first name?	Wie ist Ihr Vorname?
What is your surname?	Wie ist Ihr Nachname?
Where are you from?	Woher kommen Sie?
What is your mother tongue?	Wie ist Ihre Muttersprache?
Where do you live?	Wo wohnen Sie?
What's your occupation?	Was sind sie von beruf?
Where do you work?	Wo arbeiten Sie?
What is your hobby?	Was ist Ihr Hobby?

Lesson 5

To introduce oneself                                   Sich selbst vorstellen

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My name is Debesh Swain.	Ich heiße Debesh Swain.
My first name is Debesh.	Mein Vorname ist Debesh.
My last name is Swain.	Mein Nachname ist Swain.
I come from Odisha.	Ich komme aus Odisha.
My native language is Odia.	Meine muttersprache ist Odia.
I live in Bangalore.	Ich wohne in Bengaluru.
I am an engineer	ich bin ein Ingenieur
I work in I T firm.	Ich arbeite  in I T firm.
My hobby is cooking.	Mein Hobby ist Kochen.

Let's Learn German

Recently I have started learning German Language. In this blog post series I will share my experience. Hope it will be helpful for few who are newbie like me.

There are many free web series in YouTube and free Android apps which anyone can access for self learning. Google translator comes handy for learning any language.

So then lets get started. I will use German words along with English words from the beginning itself. Don't get frustrated like me if you find some strange symbols/sounds  while learning from scratch.  Even I don't know them all . Hope in due course we all will know what are all those.

When ever you find a German Word just copy it and run it in Google Translator and listen to it, to how it is pronounced.  I will keep on putting the Translator URL in between the post so that you don't forget to listen how it sounds.

Lesson 1.

The Greetings / Welcome Remarks          die Grüßung

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Good morning		Guten Morgen
Good day		Guten Tag	Schönen Tag
Good evening		Guten Abend
Good night		Gute Nacht
Good bye	(Formal)	Auf Wiedersehen
Bye	(Informal)	Tschüss

Sleep well Schlaf schön Sweet dreams Schöne Träume See you later Bis später Thank you very much danke schön  Love you Ich liebe dich Please Bitte Welcome Willkommen Hello Hallo

Note : 

1. Every where its Guten but for night its Gute, this is because in German language night is feminine and others are masculine.
2. Also you can find the 2nd words with capital letter, this is because in German language  for all the nouns the starting letter is written in capital .

Hey, you just got your first German rule

Always keep the first letter of noun as capital letter wherever it may come in a statement.

Lesson 2

The alphabet                                                                   Das Alphabete

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a	b	c	d
aa	be	se	de
e	f	g	h
a	ef	gue	ha
i	j	k	l
e	yot	ka	el
m	n	o	p
em	en	o	pe
q	r	s	t
ku	er	es	te
u	v	w
ou	fau	ve
x	y	z
iks	upsilon	tset

Search any alphabet song from Youtube  and sing :)
German Alphabet Song

Other than these there are few other special sounds

sounds a+e ä aye o+e ö woo u+e ü you s+s ß strong S sound

(the .. is for sound of e and is called umlaut)

Whenever there is 'ei' in a word that sounds like 'i' and

whenever there is 'ie' in a word that will give a 'e' sound.