How to learn German fast - simple German phrases 3
Here are the other two sections on How to Learn German Fast on simple German phrases for memorisation and learning.
Remember to use the language learning and revision techniques and language learning skills in order to master the new vocabulary and phrases introduced. These posts in this series are for beginners who need to acquire a basic command of the language and not for experts or advanced learners of German. For intermediate learners or students who have learnt German for some while, this series will be an invaluable revision opportunity for revising German.
In this post, I will be covering the most important and the hardest basic phrases and words. This means that there are many basics to know, and these words and phrases here that you should memorise and learn are the hardest German language words and German language phrases of this series.
The three topics to be dealt with are: shopping phrases and vocabulary, getting around phrases and vocabulary, and miscellaneous words and phrases.
German language: Shopping phrases and vocabulary
Ich moechte...
(ITCH MOSH TER)
I would like....
Kann ich Ihnen helfen?
(KANN ITCH IN NEN HELL FERN)
Can I help you (offer of service from the salesman to the customer)?
Sonderangebot! Reduziert!
(ZON DER ARN GIR BOAT/ RAY DOO ZEE ERT)
Special offer! Reduced prices!
Das ist zu teuer.
(DAS IST ZHU TOY YER)
That is too expensive.
Nehmen Sie Kreditkarten?
(NAY MERN ZEE CRAY DIT CAR TON)
Do you take credit cards?
Ich nehme es/ ihn/ sie.
(ITCH NAY MER ES, IHN, ZEE)
I will take it.
Bitte/ Danke.
Please/ Thank you.
die Kasse
(DEE CAR SIR)
cashier
auf Wiedersehen!
(OWF VEE DUH 'SAIN)
bye!
German language: Getting around phrases and vocabulary
geradeaus
(GER RAD DER OWS)
straight
links/ rechts
(LINKSS/ REXS)
left/ right
Entschuldigen Sie, wie komme ich zum/ zur ...
(ANT SHOOL DEE GERN ZEE, WEE KOM MER ITCH ZHUM / ZHUR)
Excuse me, how do I get to the ...
Post/ Platz/ Flughafen/ Bahn
(POST/ PLATZ/ FLOOG HAR FERN/ BUN)
Post office/ Place (park)/ Airport/ Station
U Bahn/ S Bahn
U station/ S station
Gehen Sie geradeaus, und dann links.
Go straight, and then make a left.
Gehen Sie geradeaus, und dann rechts.
Go straight, and then make a right.
Tut mir Leid, ich habe keine Ahnung.
Sorry, I have no idea.
Ich weiss nicht/ Das weiss ich leider nicht.
I don't know/ I don't know, sorry.
(To get around, you can always use this German phrase or this quick start phrase ...
Entschuldigen Sie, koennten Sie mir bitte helfen?
Excuse me, could you please help me?)
German language: Miscellaneous,
to be used in conjunction with the other two sections learnt today as well as the other two posts in this series on learning words and phrases.
Other German words that you may need to know, or that are good to know:
essen to eat
trinken to drink
Das Essen Food
Milch Milk
Bier Beer
Das Wasser Water
Das Hotel hotel
Kaffee/ Tea coffee/ tea
Information information counter
Achtung! Attention/ Alert!
Zimmer frei room available
Rauchen Verboten smoking banned
Eingang/ Ausgang entrance/ exit
Sprechen Sie Englisch?
Do you speak English?
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch.
Do you speak German? I speak a little German.
Tut mir Leid.
I am sorry.
Tschuess!
Bye!
Just for reference, I have also included the top twenty German verbs that I wrote about earlier in another post on learning, here on How to Learn German Fast. Here again are the top twenty German verbs, in my own opinion, that you may need to know of.
The top twenty verbs that you will need to appear fluent in German, or to pretend to be good in German, for that matter :)
1. sein to be
2. haben to have
3. muessen must
4. sollen should
5. duerfen allowed/ should
6. essen eat
7. gehen go
8. fahren drive
9. hoeren listen
10. sprechen speak
11. kommen come
12. denken think
13. sehen see (however, the Germans like to say gucken see)
14. lesen read
15. glauben believe
16. bleiben stay
17. wohnen stay someplace
18. trinken drink
19. sagen say
20. laufen walk/run
This concludes the basic and introductory phrases course of German, here on my language learning site. The German language, just like many other languages, has its basics, and then later on you can learn and master the harder phrases and vocabulary.
All the best, and I hope I helped you with the basics of German and some easy phrases. For advanced learners of German or intermediate learners, hope these refreshed your memory and helped you revise a little bit. Cheers!
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