KAPITEL 1erste Stufe

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Grüße (Greetings) Guten Tag. Tag. Guten Morgen. Morgen. Hallo. Grüß dich. Grüß Gott. Servus.

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Abschiedsgruß (Farewell) Auf Wiedersehen. Wiedersehen. Tschüs. (or Tschüss.) Tschau. Ciao. Ade. Bis dann. Bis später. Servus.

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Formal versus Informal Formal

Older persons Persons of higher

social standing Persons of higher

rank Co-Workers

Informal Family Long-time friends People of your own

age Classmates People under age 18

**Once you turn 18 in Germany, you can request that your teachers address

you formally. Most, however, do not make this request.**

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Pronomen (Pronouns)**A word that takes the place of a noun.**

Nominativ (Subject)• ich (I)• du (you—informal)• er (he)• sie (she)• es (it)• ihr (you—plural)• wir (we)• sie (they)• Sie (you—formal)

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heißenheißen—to be called

ich heißedu heißter/sie/es heißtihr heißtwir/sie/Sie heißen

**This process is referred to as grammatical conjugation (Konjugation). In essence you join a

subject and a verb into a couple. This process will re-occur again and again as you learn German or any

other language.**

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die Frage (the Question)Wie heißt du? (What’s your name?)Wie heißen Sie? (What’s your

name?)Wie heißt er? (What’s his name?)Wie heißt sie? (What’s her name?)Wie heißt ihr? (What are y’alls

names?)Wie heißen sie? (What are their

names?)

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das Antwort (the Answer)Ich heiße… (My name is…)Er heißt… (His name is…)Sie heißt… (Her name is…)Wir heißen… (We are called…)Sie heißen… (They are called…)Das ist… (That is…)Mein Name ist… (My name is…)

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das Genus (Grammatical Gender)

das Maskulinum (masculine noun)dasFemininum (feminine noun)das Neutrum (neutral noun)der Plural (plural)

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bestimmte Artikel (Definite Articles)

Forms of “The”der—die maskuline Formdie—die feminine Formdas—die neutrale Formdie—die plurale Form

**All nouns in German are designated with a definite article. In many cases, there is no clear reasoning behind the designation. The only way to know these articles is to look them up as you go and memorize

them.**

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das Nomen (Noun)das Substantiv

Maskulinum der Junge der Mann der Lehrer der

Deutschlehrer

der Kuli

Femininum die Frau die Lehrerin die

Deutschlehrerin die Tafel die Tür

Neutrum das Mädchen das Papier das Heft das Foto das Poster das Haus

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