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1 Hello from Berlin!

1.1 Facts

1.1.1 Banks and Money

2 Dialog

3 People

3.1 The Fami ly

3.1.1 Using Formal and Informal Pronouns in the Family3.2 Describing People

3.3 Related Verbs

3.4 Nationality

3.4.1Some Nationa lities

3.4.2Describing Pe ople with Nationality

3.4.2.1 Noun orAdjective Nationality

3.4.3 More Nationalities

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Lesson I.8: Familie undNationalitt

Hello from Berlin! [edit]

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Banks and Money [edit]

Germany's main banks are Deutsche

Bank, Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank.

There are many banks of all kinds

throughout the country. Banks are open

Mon-Fri 9am-12pm and 2:30-4pm. On

Thursdays, they are open until 5:30 or

6pm. Changing money is best done at a

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3.5Age

4 Posses sives

4.1 Gender, Case, and Endings

5 Expressing Favorites

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

bank because their rates will be better

than exchange services located at a

Bureau de Change. Major post office

branches and travel agents also offer

currency exchange. Germany is one of

15 European countries that have replaced their

national currencies with the Euro, which is

stronger to the U.S. Dollar, but weaker than the

British Pound.

Dialog [edit]

Dialogue: Visiting Family

Familie besuchen

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Vater, Mutter und die Geschwister

bekommen Besuch von Oma und

Opa

Vater

Karl

Hallo Mama, Hallo Papa! Wie geht es

euch?

Opa

Rudolf

Na mein Enkel, du bist ja richtig gro

geworden!

Oma

Lisa

Mir geht's gut. Ich gehe zum

Kurfrstendamm. Mchtet ihr mit mir

kommen?

Sohn

ThomasJa, Opa, ich wei.

Tochter

MarieOma! Hast du uns etwas mitgebracht?

Mutter

Bettina

Nun sei nicht so aufgeregt Marie, lassOma und Opa erst einmal

hereinkommen.

kurze Zeit spter, die Geschenke

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Tochter

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Mutti! Thomas nimmt mir immer meine

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Mutter

Bettina

Thomas! Du sollst deiner Schwester

nicht ihre Puppe wegnehmen.

Sohn

ThomasNein, das ist meine Puppe.

Mutter

Bettina

Nein. Die Puppe gehrt deiner

Schwester.

SohnThomas

Gut, hier hast du die Puppe...

Mutter

Bettina

Und bedanke dich bei deinen

Groeltern, Marie.

People [edit]

The Family [edit]

Home is where the heart is, they say. And what is in the home? Family! of course, so this is a very

important section of the lesson. It'll give all vocabulary for the family, and later in a different section, you'll

learn how to describe your brothers and sisters or any person! And now to get started lets do some

vocabulary...

Vocabulary: The Family Die Familie

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English GermanSon der Sohn, die Shne (plural)

Daughter die Tochter, die Tchter

Father der Vater, die Vter

Mother die Mutter, die Mtter

Dad der Papa (informal), der Vati/der Papi (informal)

Mum die Mama (informal), die Mutti/die Mami (informal)

Grandfather der Grovater, die Grovter

Grandmother die Gromutter, die Gromtter

Grandpa der Opa, die Opas

Grandma die Oma, die Omas

Sister die Schwester, die Schwestern

Brother der Bruder, die Brder

Siblings die Geschwister

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Grandson der Enkel/der Enkelsohn, die Enkelshne

Granddaughter die Enkelin, die Enkelinnen

Wife die Ehefrau, die Frau (informal), die Gattin (formal)

Husband der Ehemann, der Mann (informal), der Gatte (formal)

Father-in-law der Schwiegervater

Mother-in-law die Schwiegermutter

Brother-in-law der Schwager, die Schwagern

Sister-in-law die Schwgerin, die Schwgerinnen

Son-in-law der Schwiegersohn, die Schwiegershne

Daughter-in-lawdie Schwiegertochter, die Schwiegertchter

Uncle der Onkel, die Onkel

Aunt die Tante, die Tanten

Now even though many of these are common phrases you and I would say in everyday life, some of these

are rather used when you are on a visit to grandmother's, or things your mother would say. Maybe you

notice some of these in the dialogue. Now you might be asking "How am I going to speak fluent German, if I

just learn phrases?" Like I said, these are basically from the dialogue, and you can study these to look at

the word order. Also certain things are just different in German, like "Wie heit du?" which translates

literally to "How are you called?" when we use "What is your name?". Okay let's get started on these

common phrases.. .

Du bist ja richtig gro geworden.You have grown up so much (usual sentence used by Opa und Oma)

Hast du uns etwas mitgebracht?

Have you brought something for us?
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Nun sei nicht so aufgeregt.

Now don't be so excited.

Komm rein.

Come in.

(Sie) Wurden schon ausgepackt.

(They) Have already been opened.

(Sich) Bedanken fr etwas.

To thank for something.

Using Formal and Informal Pronouns in the Family [edit]

Some very conservative families might still use Sie with grandparents or even parents! This is sometimes

practiced in families of nobility or exterritorial cultural islands in which older German customs have survived.

However, using "Sie" feels very outdated to the vast majority of people. In practically every family all

members use duwith each other.

Describing People [edit]

I can't describe in words how important this section of the lesson is. Even though you have already learned

to describe to some degree, here we will introduce a new aspect of describing, and we will review. But how

could we describe if we didn't have vocabulary? Here it is...

Vocabulary: Describing People Leute beschreiben

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Nice nett, sympathisch

Mean unfreundlich, gemein

Nasty fies, gemein

Pretty schn

Ugly hsslich

Intelligent intelligent

Unintelligent unintelligent

Clever schlau, klug, clever

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Stupid dumm/bld/deppert (Austrian German)

Interesting interessant

Boring langweilig, fad (Austrian German)

Active rhrig, aktiv

Lazy faul

Funny komisch, witzig

Serious ernst(haft)

Strong stark, krftig

Weak schwach

Odd eigenartig

Talented begabt, talentiert

Untalented unbegabt, untalent iert

Bossy rechthaberisch

Passive unttig

Old alt

Young jung

Fat fett, dick

Skinny dnn

Tall gro

Short kleinEvil bse

The verb used most often for describing is "to be" which we learned in the first lesson. Some examples are:

He iswet, This isstupid, I amlazy. But you do use other verbs like feel, look, etc. This lesson we will be

sticking mostly with the verbs we've learned in the past. We will, however, learn one new verb. All

sentences we will create will be in the nominative case. Okay, let's get started!

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ones.

She is beautiful.

Sie ist schn.

He is ugly.

Er ist hsslich.

These two use the verb to be, and the next one will use the verb to lookwhich would need something else

in order to make sense.

She looks beautiful, but that shirt is ugly.

Sie sieht schn aus, aber dieses Hemd ist hsslich.

He looks ugly, but he looked handsome yesterday.

Er sieht hsslich aus, aber gestern sah er schn aus.

And in the last sentence it says "ausgesehen." Don't worry about that--it wouldn't be taught until Level 3. So

since you get the idea of describing, let's learn a new verb! And the new verb is klingen which is to sound.

As in "He sounds weird.", "She sounds boring." Since we know how to describe, we really don't have to

cover it. It's works just like other verbs.

He sounds nice.

Er klingt nett.

They sound funny.

Sie klingen komisch.


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Remember that when describing it's S+V+A, or subject, verb, then adjective. Exactly like in English. For

right now, that's all for describing things. We are going to have some small describing lessons with some

parts of this lesson.

Related Verbs [edit]

Okay we just went over the verb in the previous section. This will basically be a list that will help you

memorize them better, and there is not a lot. Other than "klingen" and "fhlen" you should know all of

these. The "Er sieht aus" is to show you it is a separable-prefix verb.

Vocabulary: Verbs Verben

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English German

To be sein

To look aussehen, ausschauen (Austrian German)He looks Er sieht aus

To feel (sich) fhlen

To sound klingen

Nationality [edit]

This is also a large section of this lesson: nationality, and it's very important. There are many nationalities,

too many to go over in this lesson, but you will learn more nationality as this level and book goes on. Rightnow we are just going to have a vague little list, and as this section goes on there will be more. Finally,

gentlemen, get ready to have your minds blown...

Some Nationalities [edit]

This is the small list, make sure you memorize this list and the next one.

Vocabulary: Nationalities Nationalitten

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English German

German(s)(masculine) der Deutsche, (m. plural) die Deutschen; (feminine) die Deutsche, (f. plural) die

Deutschen

American(s) der Amerikaner, die Amerikaner; die Amerikanerin, die Amerikanerinnen

Englishman der Englnder, die Englnder; die Englnderin, die Englnderinnen

Spaniard(s) der Spanier, die Spanier; die Spanierin, die Spanierinnen

Italian(s) der Italiener, die Italiener; die Italienerin, die Italienerinnen

Frenchman der Franzose, die Franzosen; die Franzsin, die Franzsinnen

Describing People with Nationality [edit]

It is no surprise you can describe people with nationality, most t imes, it 's stereotypical, like Norwegians are

blonde, tall, etc. or Germans wear lederhosen, drink beer, and play polka all day long, but that is just not

true. However you can just use it for what it is, a nationality. If you do describe people by nationality this will

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help. Okay, you should already know how to describe, right?

This part we will get more in to detail later, but right it is an important part of describing people with

nationality, even though in English we most times don't do this, in German they do. The difference between

nationality and language, like in English, French and French. But in German it is franzsisch and

Franzose, Franzsin. This also is how it works for nationality describing by noun or adjective, which we

are going to learn right now.

Noun or Adjective Nationality [edit]

There are two ways to describe someone. With a noun-based nationality word or an adjective-based

nationality word. But note that in German the noun-based form is used more often.

Example: Ich bin Schwede(I am Swedish) and Ich bin schwedisch (I am Swedish)

Example: Ich bin Franzose(I am French) and Ich bin franzsisch(I am French)

More Nationalities [edit]

A longer list of nationalities found in and around Germany:

Vocabulary: More Nationalities Mehr Nationalitten

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African (m.) Afrikaner (-); (f.) Afrikanerin (-nen)

Albanian Albaner (-); Albanerin (-nen)

Austrian sterreicher (-); sterreicherin (-nen)

Czech Tscheche (-n); Tschechin (-nen)Chinese Chinese (-n); Chinesin (-nen)

Dane Dne (-n); Dnin (-nen)

Dutchman/woman Hollnder (-); Hollnderin (-nen)

Estonian Este (-n); Estin (-nen)

Finnish Finne (-n); Finnin (-nen)

Greek Grieche (-n); Griechin (-nen)

Hungarian Ungar (-n); Ungarin (nen)

Irish Ire (-n); Irin (-nen)

Indian Inder (-); Inderin (-nen)

Japanese Japaner (-); Japanerin (-nen)

Korean Koreaner (-); Koreanerin (-nen)

Latvian Lette (-n); Lettin (-nen)

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Lithuanian Litauer ( ); Litauerin ( nen)
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Lithuanian Litauer (-); Litauerin (-nen)

Norwegian Norweger (-); Norwegerin (-nen)

Polish Pole (-n); Polin (-nen)

Romanian Rumne (-n); Rumnin (-nen)

Russian Russe (-n); Russin (-nen)

Serbian Serbe (-n); Serbin (-nen)

Slovakian Slovake (-n); Slovakin (-nen)Swede Schwede (-n); Schwedin (-nen)

Swiss Schweizer (-); Schweizerin (-nen)

Turkish Trke (-n); Trkin (-nen)

Ukrainian Ukrainer (-); Ukrainerin (-nen)

Age [edit]

Now we are all familiar with the word "alt'", which means old. And in English, to find out somebody's age we

ask "How old are you?". In German it is exactly the same. The "alt" kind of belongs to the interrogative

adverb, so in both German and English it may be in front of the verb:

Wie alt bist du?

How old are you?

Now to ask the question with 1st person it is...

Wie alt bin ich?

How old am I?

And as response you might get...

Ich bin __ Jahre alt.

I am years old
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I am __ years old.

Du bist __ Jahre alt.

You are __ years old.

And now the plural version of the 1st person...

Wie alt sind wir?

How old are we?

The responses you will get is. ..

Wir sind __ Jahre alt.

We are __ years old.

Ihr seid __ Jahre alt.

You all are __ years old.

To ask this important question in the 2nd person. First, we will learn the biggest question here, " How old

are you?" which is...

Wie alt bist du?

How old are you?

And there is only one response to this it is...

Ich bin __ Jahre alt.

I am __ years old.


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For the equally important plural 2nd person...

Wie alt seid ihr?

How old are you all?

Which the response is...

Wir sind __ Jahre alt.

We are __ years old.

And formal question, for both singular and plural is...

Wie alt sind Sie?

How old are you?

How old are you all?

You should all ready get the pattern for this, but we are going to keep on doing this list, if you aren't sure of

something or you are confused. So for the 3rd person...

Wie alt ist er/sie?

How old is he/she?

The responses to this are...

Er ist __ Jahre alt.

He is __ years old.

Sie ist __ Jahre alt.

She is years old.


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She is __ years old.

And now the plural 3rd person of question and response...

Wie alt sind sie?

How old are they?

And of course the response...

Sie sind __ Jahre alt.

They __ years old.

Now with some people you might be able to guess their age, and you could ask them directly about it. This

is usually pretty of rude, but it illustrates nicely how the phrase has to be changed if you ask a yes-no-

question, so let's get started, anyway!

Bist du __ Jahre alt?

Are you __ years old?

Ist er/sie __ Jahre alt?

Is he/she __ years old?

Sind sie __ Jahre alt?

Are they __ years old?

Note the inversed order between "Wie alt bist du?" und "Bist du __ Jahre alt?" This is exactly the same as

in English!

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Possessives [edit]

Person Singular Plural

English German English German

1st my mein our unser

2nd your dein, Ihr your euer, Ihr

3rd his, her, its sein, ihr, sein their ihr

Note: 'Euer' is irregular. When 'euer' has to have a different ending the e before ris dropped, so it turns into

'eur-'.

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