Basic German Lessons

[Genrin619]

mmmbopper

Correct! (Zipper is my favorite word to say; it's just fun.) The next lesson will be here as soon as I can make it. This one will have numbers and a bit of vocabulary.  

[Genrin619]

W0LFKING

Genrin619

1) Wasser
* Wahs-sehr
* water

2) Kusine
* Koo-se-nuh
* cousin

3) Rot
* Rot [ Rolling R, like rr. Also the o differs a bit from english, its more a (ou) sound as in ought. actually, rrought sounds about right ]
* Red

4) Zwei
* Tsvei
* Two

5) Guten
* Goo-tehn
* Good

6) Reißverschluss
* Reiss-vehr-shhloos
* zipper

Correct! I should have your second lesson shortly.  

[Genrin619]

mmmbopper

W0LFKING

Sorry for the slight delay in lessons. The next lesson is proving a bit tedious, so I am breaking it up a bit. I'm also considering doing a video for it. Not sure yet if that is necessary.  

[Genrin619]

mmmbopper

W0LFKING

Okay, next we will do numbers and I'll give you the tools to start conjugation. First, numbers and numerical rules.

0. null *
1. eins **
2. zwei
3. drei
4. vier
5. fünf
6. sechs
7. sieben
8. acht
9. neun
10. zehn
11. elf
12. zwölf
13. dreizehn
14. vierzehn
15. fünfzehn
16. sechzehn
17. siebzehn
18. achtzehn
19. neunzehn
20. zwanzig ***

30. dreißig
40. vierzig
50. fünfzig
60. sechzig
70. siebzig
80. achtzig
90. neunzig
100. einhundert +
1000. eintausend ++

* For decimal numbers (Dezimalzahlen), German uses a comma (das Komma) where English uses a decimal point: 0.638 (English) = 0,638 (spoken: "null Komma sechs drei acht") or 1.08 (English) = 1,08 (spoken: "eins Komma null acht").

German expression: “in null Komma nichts” (“in 0,0”) = in an instant, in a flash.

** one o'clock ein Uhr (time, no ending on 'ein')
one/a clock eine Uhr (article, -e ending on 'ein')
(date) on the first am ersten
on 1 May, on May first, the first of May am ersten Mai, am 1. Mai

*** To say "in the twenties (the '20s)" - short for "the 1920s" - in German you say "in den zwangziger Jahren." The same method is used for all the other decades ('30s, '40s, etc.) except for the 1900s and the teens.

+ 100 hundert or einhundert - der hundertste, der 100. (the hundredth, 100th) - (ein) hundertstel (1/100th)

101 hunderteins - der hunderterste, der 101. (the hundred-and-first, 101st)

102 hundertzwei - der hundertzweite, der 102. (the hundred-and-second, 102nd)

103 hundertdrei - der hundertdritte, der 103. (the hundred-and-third, 103rd)

++ 1000 tausend or eintausend (1000/1 000/1.000) - der tausendste, der 1000. (the [one-]thousandth, 1000th) - tausendstel (1/1000th)

In German 1000/1,000 is written/printed as either 1000, 1.000 or 1 000 - using a decimal point (Punkt) or a space where English uses a comma. This also applies to all German numbers above 1,000. For decimal numbers, German uses a comma (das Komma) where English uses a decimal point: 1.638 (English) = 1,638 (spoken: "eins Komma sechs drei acht").

1001 tausendeins - der tausenderste, der 1001. (the thousand-first, 1001st)

"1001 Arabian Nights" becomes "Tausendundeine (arabische) Nacht" - but it's "1001 Nächte" ("tausendeine Nächte") otherwise.

1002 tausendzwei - der tausendzweite, der 1002. (the thousand-first, 1002nd)

(The rest of the thousands continue in the same way.)

Also, after 20: 21 is einundzwanzig, 84 is vierundachtzig - literally, one and twenty, and four and eighty.

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