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German conversation – part 1
Posted on: 19. January 2014
Dear Friends of the German language,
in our first two meetings of conversational German, we learned the following phrases:
Greeting somebody and saying good bye:
Guten Morgen – in the morning
Guten Tag – during the day
Guten Abend – in the evening
Gute Nacht – only for saying good bye at night
Auf Wiedersehen – good bye
Tschüß – colloquial saying good bye
Mahlzeit (= “Gesegnete Mahlzeit”) – at noontime for lunch
Asking a direction:
Fährt dieser Bus zum Zoo? – Does this bus go to the zoo?
Wohin fährt dieser Bus? – Wher does this bus go?
Being late (e.g. for an appointment, a meeting):
Es tut mir leid, dass ich zu spät bin – Sorry for being late
Die S-Bahn war verspätet – the S-Bahn was delayed
Ich habe verschlafen – I overslept
At the station:
Der Bahnsteig – the platform
Das Gleis – the track
Der Zug fährt von Bahnsteig / Gleis 1 – the train leaves from platform 1
Zug in Richtung Leipzig – train for Leipzig
Der Zug ist schon weg – the train has already left
Der Zug kommt noch – the train will arrive
Der Zug ist noch nicht weg – the train has not yet left
=> schon – already
=> noch – still
=> noch nicht – not yet
Eating
essen – for humans
futtern – eat fast and much (colloquial)
fressen – for animals or insulting for humans
füttern – feed
Ich esse gerade Mittag – I am just having lunch
Er futtert ganz schön viel – he eats quite a lot
Die Katze frisst eine Maus – the cat is eating a mouse
Addressing people:
Addressing someone by “du” is informal and only for friends or someone you know well. In some professions, colleages address each other by “du”, like IKEA or the media branch. It is the same as being on first name terms in English.
If you are on the job or you don´t know someone well or not at all, you better use “Sie”, especially if the person is much older than you or in a higher position and you want or have to express esteem. It is the same as being on second name terms in English.
Keep learning and practising German, especially if you live in Germany. Conditions are favourable if you live in a native language environment.
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