Together learn German

[Lord Dare]

okay, i've been given permission to help biggrin
so, ermmmm, lets start with numbers 3nodding

one-eins
two-zwei
three-drei
four-vier
five-fünf
six-sechs
seven-sieben
eight-acht
nine-neun
ten-zehn

A little help with pronunciation

s-pronounced slightly more like a z
z-pronounced more like a tz, harder sounding than an s
r- generally rolled
w- pronounced as a v
v- pronounced as an f
ei- pronounced as i
ie- pronounced as e


Phrases biggrin

I am __ years old.
Ich bin __ Jahre alt

I come from ____.
Ich komme aus ____.

How old are you?
Wie alt bist du?

Where do you come from?
Woher kommst du aus?

right, i think it's time you guys started attempting conversations between yourselves!
Go crazy blaugh
hehe wink

[lili of the lamplight]

Wenn ich etwas vorschlagen dürfte... Sollten Sie vielleicht die Geschlechter oder die Artikeln geben, wann Sie Auflistungen der Nomen geben?

[Lord Dare]

lili of the lamplight

Wenn ich etwas vorschlagen dürfte... Sollten Sie vielleicht die Geschlechter oder die Artikeln geben, wann Sie Auflistungen der Nomen geben?

ich dachte, dass das Ihren job war. sweatdrop
hehe

[Druid_Fox]

Kartoffelhoernchen

I saw that a lot of gaian people want to learn german.
I thought that I could teach you some voc. and grammar stuff.
I'm german and my english is not perfect.
But I will do my best! blaugh

Ok. . . . .

These few sentences could be usefull:

My name is(. . . . . . .)
German:
Mein Name ist(. . . . . . .)

Whats your name?
German:
Wie ist dein Name?
or
Wie heißt du?

("ß" is pronounced like "s", but the germans call it "strong s" wink

Good morning
German:
Guten Morgen

Good afternoon
German:
Guten Tag

Good evening
German:
Guten Abend

Good night
German:
Gute Nacht

Hello
German:
Hallo

Goodbye
German:
Auf Wiedersehen

Can you help me?
German:
Können sie mir helfen?


You can ask me what you want to know.
Grammar, Vocab. or . . . . I don't know.... things like " What's , I love you in German' "

Not to seem bitchy, but you're actually wrong on some of those....

First of all:
"My name is..." is actually said as "Ich heiBe..."

Good afternoon = Guten Nachmittag

"Auf Wiedersehen" is ONE word => aufweidersehen

And your "sie" should be capitalized. => Konnen Sie mir helfen?

And yes, I know I left out the umlaut.

Also, if you're going to teach the words, you need to teach what GENDER those words are as well otherwise, you're going to mess people up...
And try sticking with words that are connected, if you just do random words, it's going to get confusing.

Again, I'm not trying to be bitchy, I'm really just trying to help. I'm in German 3 and studying for the AP exam and I think helping others might actually help me too.

Sorry if I stepped on your toes.

[I Am Mimi Marquez]

Hallo, ich bin Larissa!

Could you please tell me how to say
"No day except today" (No day but today) in German?

and also

"I am sorry if I can't speak German well; I only know a bit." in German?

Vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe! wink

[baesilx]

Hallo!
Guten tag ihr jedermann!
Wie geht es Ihnen?

[baesilx]

I Am Mimi Marquez

Hallo, ich bin Larissa!

Could you please tell me how to say
"No day except today" (No day but today) in German?

and also

"I am sorry if I can't speak German well; I only know a bit." in German?

Vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe! wink

Its
Nein tag, aber heute.

[Lord Dare]

Druid_Fox

Kartoffelhoernchen

I saw that a lot of gaian people want to learn german.
I thought that I could teach you some voc. and grammar stuff.
I'm german and my english is not perfect.
But I will do my best! blaugh

Ok. . . . .

These few sentences could be usefull:

My name is(. . . . . . .)
German:
Mein Name ist(. . . . . . .)

Whats your name?
German:
Wie ist dein Name?
or
Wie heißt du?

("ß" is pronounced like "s", but the germans call it "strong s" wink

Good morning
German:
Guten Morgen

Good afternoon
German:
Guten Tag

Good evening
German:
Guten Abend

Good night
German:
Gute Nacht

Hello
German:
Hallo

Goodbye
German:
Auf Wiedersehen

Can you help me?
German:
Können sie mir helfen?


You can ask me what you want to know.
Grammar, Vocab. or . . . . I don't know.... things like " What's , I love you in German' "

Not to seem bitchy, but you're actually wrong on some of those....

First of all:
"My name is..." is actually said as "Ich heiBe..."

Good afternoon = Guten Nachmittag

"Auf Wiedersehen" is ONE word => aufweidersehen

And your "sie" should be capitalized. => Konnen Sie mir helfen?

And yes, I know I left out the umlaut.

Also, if you're going to teach the words, you need to teach what GENDER those words are as well otherwise, you're going to mess people up...
And try sticking with words that are connected, if you just do random words, it's going to get confusing.

Again, I'm not trying to be bitchy, I'm really just trying to help. I'm in German 3 and studying for the AP exam and I think helping others might actually help me too.

Sorry if I stepped on your toes.

ich heiBe = i am called
mein name ist = my name is

guten tag can be at any time in the day, its good day, well surely is afternoon not day? i would certainly rather use guten tag as apposed to guten nachmittag.

aufwiedersehen can also be written sperately, look in a dictionary if you must.

and ok perhaps the sie should've been capatalised, but if you'd noticed she capatalised everything else, so that seems more of a mistake to me.

i'll give you that perhaps genders should've gone with the words, but at the end of the day, this is hardly the definitve class in learning german, Kartoffelhoerchen is just trying to help people out, and teach some people a bit of german.

no, you werent being bitchy, just a know-it-all.

[Kartoffelhoernchen]

"Artikel"_Gender:
Love-die Liebe
Sun- die Sonne
Moon-der Mond
City-die Stadt
Car-das Auto
Apple-der Apfel
Butterfly-der Schmetterling
Fun-der Spaß
Food-das Essen
Street-die Straße
Potato-die Kartoffel
Cookie-der Keks
Dog-der Hund
Cat-die Katze
Cake-der Kuchen
Fire-das Feuer
Water-das Wasser
Friend-der Freund
Cloud-die Wolke
Carnation-die Nelke
Bell-die Glocke
Strawberry-die Erdbeere
Pineapple-die Ananas
Fog-der Nebel
Ribbon-die Schleife
Candle-die Kerze
Skull-der Totenkopf
Lemon-die Zitrone
Plum-die Pflaume
Pear-die Birne
Dragon-der Drache
Guitar-die Gitarre
Hope-die Hoffnung
Destiny-das Schicksal
Rabbit-der Hase

@ Larissa

Quote:

Hallo, ich bin Larissa!

Could you please tell me how to say
1"No day except today" (No day but today) in German?

and also

2"I am sorry if I can't speak German well; I only know a bit." in German?

Vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe!

1."Kein Tag außer heute"

2."Ich spreche nicht sehr gut Deutsch, nur ein wenig."


Pronunciation

German letter English sound
a ah
e eh
i ee or ih
o oh
ö eh, but with rounded lips
u oo
b b, but p at end of syllable
d d, but t at end of syllable
g g, but k at end of syllable
ch guttural, almost like sh
au ow (as in "cow" wink
ei eye
eu, äu oy
ie ee
j y
qu kv
s z or ss at end of word
ß ss
sp shp (at beginning of word)
st sht
sch sh
th t
v f
w v
z ts

[Jennor]

Guten Tag alle! Hehehe'. Ich bin Jennifer und Ich spreche ein bisschen auf Deutsch. sweatdrop

[lili of the lamplight]

AnnillicoDiskoPS

I Am Mimi Marquez

Hallo, ich bin Larissa!

Could you please tell me how to say
"No day except today" (No day but today) in German?

and also

"I am sorry if I can't speak German well; I only know a bit." in German?

Vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe! wink

Its
Nein tag, aber heute.

No. Word for word translation does not work here.

Presuming this is like in the "Rent" song, I'd probably say "Kein Tag außer heute" (but I don't profess to have this perfect, double check with a native speaker).

'Nein' is used as 'no' in the context of a yes/no question.
Because this is quantitative (some vs. none), it's "kein."

'Aber' only works as a coordinating conjunction (I don't like him, BUT I will go out with him). I think in this circumstance you actually want 'außer,' which is more like "other than."

*Edit*
Just saw that Kartoffel gave this translation already... Sorry sad (although it is gratifying to see that I got it right!)

[lili of the lamplight]

Lord Dare

lili of the lamplight

Wenn ich etwas vorschlagen dürfte... Sollten Sie vielleicht die Geschlechter oder die Artikeln geben, wann Sie Auflistungen der Nomen geben?

ich dachte, dass das Ihren job war. sweatdrop
hehe

Ich bin nicht die Anfangerin dieses Thread, sondern ein Besucher. Deswegen habe ich kein Job! xp