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Title: German 101: Introduction
Description: Covers the first introductory chapter of our textbook, along with practice questions + solutions. Contains vocabulary and useful phrases.
Description: Covers the first introductory chapter of our textbook, along with practice questions + solutions. Contains vocabulary and useful phrases.
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German 101: Introduction (Einführung)
Book used: Deutsch: Na Klar!, 6E (Di Donato, Clyde, Vansant)
Vocabulary
Guten Tag! – Good day!
Hallo! – Hello!
Herzlich willkommen! – (Heartfelt) Welcome!
Mein Name ist… - My name is…
Ich heiße… - My name is…
Wie ist Ihr Name? – What is your name? (formal)
Grüß dich
...
(informal)
Woher kommst du? – Where are you from?
Aus Dresden
...
Und du? – And you?
Frau/Herr – Ms
...
/Mr
...
– Pleased to meet you
...
Sie is
used with strangers and sometimes coworkers/acquaintances (people you don’t know very well)
...
Practice (Übung):
- Which form of address would German children use with their aunt: du or Sie? (du)
- Which form of address would you use with your instructor? (Sie)
Activity 1 (Aktivität 1): Introduce yourself to several people in your class
...
S2 Ich heiße (Leo)
...
Und du?
S1 Aus (Dublin)
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– Good morning
...
– Good day
...
– Good evening
...
– Hello! (informal)
German 101: Introduction (Einführung)
Book used: Deutsch: Na Klar!, 6E (Di Donato, Clyde, Vansant)
Saying goodbye:
Auf Wiedersehen! – Goodbye!
Gute Nacht
...
(only used when going to bed)
Mach’s gut! – Take care! (informal)
Tschüss
...
(informal)
Aktivität 7: What would people say in the following circumstances?
1 Your German instructor entering the classroom (Guten Tag!, Guten Abend! – depends on time
of day)
2 Two students saying goodbye (Tschüss!, Mach’s gut!)
3 Two students meeting at a café (Hallo!/Hi!, Grüß dich!)
4 A mother as she turns off the lights in her child’s room at night (Gute Nacht!)
5 A student leaving a professor’s office ((Auf) Wiedersehen!)
6 Family members greeting one another in the morning ((Guten) Morgen!)
Aktivität 8: Complete the following short dialogues with an appropriate greeting or leave-taking
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Wie heißt du?
B: Ich heiße Fusün
...
Mein Name ist Eva Schrittmeier
...
Woher kommen Sie?
C: Aus Stuttgart
...
F: (Tschüss), Johannes, mach’s (gut)!
Vocabulary – How are you?
Na, wie geht’s? – So, how’s it going? (informal)
Wie geht es dir? – How are you? (informal)
Wie geht es Ihnen? – How are you? (formal)
Sehr gut
...
Ausgezeichnet! – Awesome!
Danke
...
Prima
...
, Super
...
– It’s going
...
– Okay
...
– Not especially good
...
– (Very) bad
...
Example: einundzwanzig (21), zweiundzwanzig (22), dreiundzwanzig (23), etc
...
– Listen
...
– Write
...
– Open your books to page…
...
– Read
...
– Close your books
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– Be seated
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Wiederholen Sie
...
Haben Sie Fragen? – Do you have any questions?
(Ist) Alles klar? – Is everything clear?
Noch einmal, bitte
...
, Could you say that again, please?
Langsamer, bitte! – Slower, please
...
– I have a question
...
/Ich weiß nicht
...
Ich verstehe (das) nicht
...
Alles klar
...
Ja
...
Nein
...
Danke (schön)
...
Das kann ich nun!
1 Formulate appropriate expressions to:
a
...
(Ich heiße Harry
...
Introduce someone to another person
...
)
c
...
(Hallo!)
d
...
(Guten Tag!)
e
...
(Tschüss!)
2 Ask a friend how he/she is doing and tell him/her how you are doing
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(fünf-fünf-fünf-zwei-drei-eins-neun)
4 Formulate an appropriate statement or question for when…
a
...
(Ich verstehe das nicht
...
you didn’t hear what someone said
...
you want to know what something means
...
you want to know how to say something in German
Title: German 101: Introduction
Description: Covers the first introductory chapter of our textbook, along with practice questions + solutions. Contains vocabulary and useful phrases.
Description: Covers the first introductory chapter of our textbook, along with practice questions + solutions. Contains vocabulary and useful phrases.