Friday, June 11, 2010

German II

Pronounns in present tense and verbs declination

we know the following in English in present tense
                                           Singular                      plural

first person                        I go                        We go                                                          

second person                you go                        you all go

third person                     he/she/it goes               they go

in German it is like this

                                        ich gehe                       wir gehen
                                                                   
                                        Sie geht                        sie gehen
                                     
                                        er/sie/es  geht             sie gehen

 the verb: gehen-to go
                               
Further i want to discuss the word Sie and its difference with sie

Usually when we speak in German a girl with respect is with a pronoun Sie. Now what happens when sie is they and when Sie also called as sie when no respect is to be shown is the incomplete verb used

'Sie sind' will mean "they"(sind=are)
'sie/Sie  ist' would mean "she"

Some interesting German gestures


How are you?       Wie gehtes ihnen?

whats ur name?      Wie heissen sie?

what are you doing? Was machst du?

yes                             ja

no                            nein

good morning!        Guten Morgen

Good evening!         Gut Abent!

good night               Guten Nacht!

Note: All nouns in German start with a capital letter

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