This is a German language course memo, I wrote this down to make myself review what I have learned and share with the same beginner.
A1 Level – Introduction – Name, From
Person1: Guten Tag! Ich bin Frau Fox. Ich bin ihre Lehrerin. Wie ist ihr Name.
Good day!, I am (Mr) Fox, I am your teacher. What is your name?
‘Guten Tag’ is a general term of greeting, whatever the time you meet your somebody. it is not referring to any specific timeFor specific time greeting, use:
Guten Morgen – good morningGuten Abend – good evening
Gute Nacht – good night.
Person2: Hallo, mein Name ist Cem.
Hello, my name is Cem.
‘Hallo’ is also a general greeting words in daily life, basically the same with Guten Tag! , but I think the Guten Tag! is more german way.Person1: Und woher kommen Sie?
And where do you coming from?
Und means and, woher literally means where from, Kommen means come, Sie means you, but in some context, Sie also mean She
Person2: (Ich Komme) Aus der Türkei.
(I come) from Turkey.
Aus means from, der is definite article and would be changed based on Nom/Gen/Dat/Akk (the position of the words) and M/N/F/Pl (gender and plurals)Here is the definite article matrix
Gender. m. n. f. pl.
Nom. der das die die
Gen. des des der der
Dat. dem dem der den
Akk. den das die die
Person1: Wie heißen Sie?
What is you called? (What is your name)
This is another way to ask one’s name as Wie ist ihr Name.
Person3: Ich heiße Lena.
I am called Lena (My name is Lena)
Person3: Ich Komme aus Russland.
I come from Russian
Person1: Und wer sind Sie?
And who are you?
wer means who, this is a general way to ask name or coming from.
Person4: Ich bin Herr Tang. Ich Komme aus China.
A1 Level – Introduction – live
Person1: Herr Gül, wo wohnen Sie jetzt?
Mrs.Gül, where do you live now?
Person2: Ich wohne in Frankfurt.
I live in Frankfurt.
Person1: Frau Sánche, wo wohnen Sie?
Mr.Sánche, where do you live?
Person3: Auch in Frankfurt.
Also, in Frankfurt.
Person1: Wo wohnt Herr Tang?
Where does Mr.Tang live?
Person2:< Er wohnt in Bad Homburg
He lives in Bad Homburg.
A1 Level – coffee or Tea
Person1: Entschuldigung, ist hier noch frei?
Excuse me, is here still free?
Entschuldigung means Excuse me, it is very common to use before a new conversation,Person2: Ja klar, bitte. Sind sie auch im Deutschkurs.
Yes, sure (of course), Please. are you also in the German Course?
Ja means yes, nein means no. klar means surely, certainly, bitte mean please, also it can be used for you’re welcome. im means in the.Person1: Ja. Ich heiße Astrud Jobim. Ich komme aus Brasilien, Und Sie?
I am called Astrud Jobin, I come from Brazil and you?
Person2: Ich bin Katja. Ich Komme aus der Slowakei.Ich wohne jetzt in Berlin.
I am Katja, I came from Slovakia. I live in Berlin now.
Person1: Was Trinken Sie?
What do you drink?
Person2: Tee.
Tea
Person1: Zwei Tee,bitte.
Two Tea, please.
Zwei means Two.Another number 1-10 should be:
eins 1zwei 2
drei 3
vier 4
fünf 5
sechs 6
sieben 7
acht 8
neun 9
zehn 10
elf 11
zwölf 12
A1 Level – plural you and we
Person1: Grüß dich, Julia, Das sind Emir und Alida.
Hello,there, Julia, this is Emir and Alida.
Grüß dich means hello there, it is a common way to say hello, old fashion people would say Grüß Gott , but not in use in daily life. Das sind means this isPerson2: Hi, Woher Kommt ihr?
Hi where do you come from?
ihr means plural youPerson1: Wir Kommen aus Indien. Und du? Whoher kommst du?
We come from India, and you? where do you came from?
Wir means we, and du is the informal way of saying Sie (Be aware of sie means she/or plural she.)Person2: Aus Berlin.
From Berlin.
Person1: Was möchtest du trinken? Kaffee oder Tee?
what do you want to drink? coffee or tea>
möchtest means want trinken means drink
Person2: Lieber Latte Macchiato
Prefer the latte Macchiato
Lieber means prefer or rather, the similar work would be gern , means would like to, glad toPerson3: Ich auch.
So do I.
Person1: Zwei Kaffee und Zwei Latte Macchiato, bitte.
Two coffee, and two latte macchiato.