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Why learn a language?

The question that might stare most of the readers of this blog is what is the purpose of learning a language.Well it has been a philosophers say that ' learning a new language is like leaving a new life'.

When it comes to being social as a part of the society we need to take care of each other's feelings. We always feel like we should be welcomed everywhere and always crave for that feeling of importance. One is by activities other is by your talks. Improving communication makes life easier and work a pleasure.

Learning the language of the people we are going to deal with is an added advantage. The small pleasures like being able to open a conversation with the travel agent and when in a hotel being able to choose the dish of our choice better than just pointing to things.

It would thus be great when traveling to a foreign country.

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Interesting gestures and greeting in German

Interesting German gestures

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German Lesson 1

Start with German alphabets

It is important to learn a language starting with its alphabets. The German alphabet looks completely like English except for some sounds which we will be learning throughout our further sessions. Most interesting mention is "v" in English which sounds as "f" in German. So.. do you understand? understand=Verstehen so while prononcing i would say..Verstehen("F"erstehen) Sie(Sie is "you")?

Welcome to My German Tutorials

German alphabets

pratice these alphabets , learn and try to remember although Michel Thomas a language expert says remembering while learning a language is not advisable. It is better used in sentences so you can easily say them whenever required without having to recollect or remember.

German lesson 2

Funny Gender magic in German

Genders in German hold prime importance.Most of the grammar revolves around the gender.The articles, pronouns all the fun part of speaking German comes with the ability to judge the correct gender.

German Lesson 3

Know the articles

The articles in German in the nominative case are

der Mann =the Man(masculine)

die Frau =the woman(feminine)

das Buch =the book(neuter)

die Männer=the men(plural)

Note: The nominative case would be when we get answers after asking the verb "who" "whose".These basics are same as English.

examples:

Er ist der Mann(m). He is the man( I was talking about)

Sie ist die Frau(f). She is the  woman (I was talking about)

Dies ist das Buch(n) This is the book(I was talking about)

Das sind die(pl) Männer Those are the men(I was talking about)

The indefinite articles

ein Mann= a man(m)

eine Frau= a woman(f)

ein Buch=a book(n)

examples:

Er ist ein guter Mann =He is a good man.

Sie ist eine gute Frau=She is a good woman.

Es ist ein gutes Buch=It is a good book.

The above examples look too simple but good enough for the basics

German Lesson 4

Practice Articles

Put definite and indefinite articles 

Note that the articles decline according to it's gender and case. The sentences below are in the Nominative case

m=masculine gender

f=feminine gender

n=neuter gender

1. ____Lehrer(m) kommt.

The teacher comes ans:Der Lehrer kommt

A teacher comes ans:Ein Lehrer kommt

2. ____Kalb(n) ist klein.

The calf is small ans: Das Kalb ist klein

3. ____Dame(f) ist freundlich.

The lady is friendly ans: Die Dame ist freundlich

4. ____Mann(m) ist alt.

The man is old

5. ____Kaninchen(n) ist weiß.

The rabbit is white

A rabbit is white(ans:Ein Kaninchen(n) ist weiß)

6. ____Tante(f) bringt es.

The aunt brings it

An aunt brings it

7. _____Büchlein(n) liegt hier.

The booklet lies here

A book is lying here

8. _____Katze(f) schläft.

The cat is sleeping

A cat is sleeping

9. ______Sohn(m) schreibt.

The son is writing

10. _____Tochter(f) ist hübsch.

The daughter is pretty

11. ____Junge(m) ist groß.

The young boy is tall

12. ____Küken(n) ist gelb.

The chick is yellow

13. ____Lehrerin(f) ist intelligent.

The lady teacher is intelligent

14. ____Mutter(f) kocht.

Mother is cooking

15. ____Kind(n) weint.

The kid is crying

A kid is crying

16. _____Kater(m) ist schwarz.

The hangover is black

17. ____Lehrer(m) sitzt dort

The teacher is sitting there..

18. _____Mädchen(n) ist klein

The girl is short.

19. ____Henne(f) ist braun.

The hen is brown

A hen is brown

20. ____Fräulein(f) sieht uns.

The girl is looking at us

A girl is looking at us

Answers:

4.Der Mann(m) ist alt.

5.Das Kaninchen(n) ist weiß.

Ein Kaninchen(n) ist weiß.

6.Die Tante(f) bringt es

Eine Tante(f) bringt es

7.Das Büchlein(n) liegt hier.

Ein Büchlein(n) liegt hier.

8.Die Katze(f) schläft.

Eine Katze(f) schläft.

9.Der Sohn(m) schreibt.

10. Die Tochter(f) ist hübsch.

11.Der Junge(m) ist groß.

12.Das Küken(n) ist gelb.

13. Die Lehrerin(f) ist intelligent.

14.Die Mutter(f) kocht.

15.Das Kindn) weint.

Ein Kind weint.

16. Der Kater(m) ist schwarz.

17.Der Lehrer(m) sitzt dort

18.Das Mädchen ist klein

19.Die Henne(f) ist braun.

20.Die Fräulein sieht uns.

Eine Fräulein sieht uns.

German Lesson 5

Pronouns in German

Pronouns we all know are entities which take place of a noun. For instance: Ram went to the  museum yesterday." So if want to say "Ram studied the antiques there". It doesn't sound good when we use "Ram" again. It breaks the continuity. So we use pronouns. Here I will use the masculine pronoun "He". The sentence then becomes "Ram went to the museum yesterday. He studied the antiques there."

The German pronouns are

German Lesson 6

Discussing "Sie"


The pronoun Sie/sie is used often in German and as seen above "you" "they" and "she" is all "sie".So how do we then differentiate while speaking. Most of the times we do this in terms of reference while speaking or writing.

One way to differentiate is
"Sie ist"  will be equivalent with "She is"
"Sie sind" will be equivalent to "You are"

Many a times when referring to "they" we can use "die"

German Lesson 7

Recognizing the gender

Remember that while speaking Deutsch we need to be well acquainted with the genders of the Nouns. You will find that all the teachers, online blogs, websites   trying to teach German are concentrating on being able to help their learners recognize the gender. What I am going to do here is put up certain hints to be able recognize the gender of a German Noun.The rules apply many times but not always.

Whats common?

Like in English the male beings are masculine , female beings are feminine For example:

1. der Mann..the Mann <---> die Frau....the woman
2. der Vater...the father<---> die Mutter..the mother
3. der Onkle..the uncle <---> die Tante....the aunt
4. der Bruder..the brother <--> die Schwester..the sister
5. der Sohn..the son<---> die Tochter....the daughter...

As is normal with any language there are exceptions. A girl is ..Das Mädchen..the girl.. neuter gender

The Masculine Nouns

Nouns ending in -er,-en,el,ig,ich,lng ar mostly masculine

1. der Schlüssel<--->key
2. der Wagen<--->car
3. der Arbeiter<--->worker
4. der Honig<---->honey
5. der Teppich<--->carpet
6. der Lehrling<--->apprentice

exception: Messer..Knife is neuter..das Messer and many others like das Fenster.the window

The names of days, months, seasons are masculine

1. der Montag<-->Monday
2. der Juli<--->July
3. der Frühling<--->Spring

Names of directions are also masculine

1. der Norden<--->North
2. der Süden<--->South
3. der Westen<--->West
4. der Osten<--->East

Foreign endings-and, ant, ar, är, ast, ent ,eur, ier, ist, ismus,or,us are masculine

1. der Kommandant ...commander
2. der Friseur ...hairdresser, barber
3. der Kommissar... commissioner, inspector
4. der Offizier.... officer
5. der Millionär... millionaire
6. der Optimist ...optimist
7. der Enthusiast... enthusiast
8. der Idealismus... idealism
9. der Student ...student
10. der Tenor... tenor

The Feminine Nouns

Nouns ending in -age,-e,-ei,-heit,-keit,schaft,-ie,-ek,-eke,-ik,-in,-ion,-tat,-ung,-ur

1. die Freundschaft..friendship
2. die Schönheit....Beauty
3. die Wahrheit..truth
4. die Musik---Music
5. die Diskothek.---Disco
6. die Lehrerin..female teacher( its easy to recognize ones with "in" ending mostly emerging out of a masculine noun..like in this case ..Lehrer..the male teacher)
7. die Wohnung...apartment
8. die Courage....Courage

Nouns ending in -e are feminine there are some exceptions to this

• das Auge..eye
• das ende..end
• der Buchstabe...letter(alphabet)
• der Hase..Hare
• der Käse ...Chicken
• der Kunde....customer

*An abstract truth in general is a feminine noun !

Nouns flowers, fruits and trees are feminine.

1. die Orchidee
2. die Bannane..

exception:der Apfel..apple

The Neuter Gender

Nouns ending with -tum, -ment,-eum,ium,-um ,-ett, are neuter.

1. das Christentum ...Christianity
2. das Museum... museum
3. das Instrument... instrument
4. das Datum... date
5. das Gymnasium.. secondary school
6. das Duett... duet

Infinitives used as nouns are always neuter.

1. das Hören... hearing
2. das Sprechen.. speaking
3. das Sehen.. seeing
4. das Tanzen.. dancing

Names of countries, cities, places are neuter
Some Exceptions:

1. die Schweiz ..Switzerland
2. die Türkei ...Turkey
3. die Tschechische Republik... Czech Republic
4. *die Vereinigten Staaten...the US is treated as a plural

These rules are going to make you a confident German language learner for sure. Remember that "most" of the words suit the rule not all, exceptions have been mentioned as far as possible

German Lesson 8

Weekdays in German
You would love to learn the weekdays in German. Down below is the list of weekdays and a video uploaded by me to you tube from a German lesson's package I have purchased and owned.



The week days are as follows:



1)Monday: der Montag

2)Tuesday: der Dienstag

3)Wednesday: der Mittwoch

4)Thursday: der Donnerstag

5)Friday: der Freitag

6)Saturday: der Samstag or der Sonnabend

7)Sunday: der Sonntag\







1)Week: die Woche

2)Next week:nächste Woche

3)Last week: letzte Woche

4)Every week: jede Woche

5)weekly: wöchentlich

6)weekday: der Wochentag





1)Last Friday: letzten Freitag

2)On Thursay:am Donnerstag

3)Finshing time:der Feierabend

4)Weekend: das Wochenende

5)On the weekend: am Wochenende