Learn German E-Book

• Herausgeber: Pencil
• Kategorie: Fremdsprachen
• Serie: (Prepare for DELF A1-1) (German Edition)
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Seitenzahl: 109

Beschreibung

About the book:
The book is a great help to beginners who wish to learn the German language. It effectively suffices the requirements of the learners who wish to learn the language and have no prior knowledge of the same.

Ease of use The concepts covered in the book are explained in a very simple language, making it easy for the user to understand and grasp the concepts.

Pronunciation Practice At the end of each lesson are present pronunciation practice links to better the fluency of the reader. Readers can scan the QR code given and access the Pronunciation practice videos on the Multibhashi YouTube channel.

Test Yourself Towards the end of each lesson are included practice questions to put your learning to test. Questions include Fill in the blanks, MCQs, Translations, and Role-Play.

Leseprobe

LearnGerman(PrepareforDELFA1-1)(GermanEdition)

ASimpleGuideforBeginners

BY

MultibhashiPvt.Ltd.

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Contents

GermanBasics

GermanGreetingsandEssentials

ShortSelfIntroduction

GrammerBasics

DaysoftheWeekandMonthsoftheYear

GermanNumbers(CardinalandOrdinal)

Review1

MyFamily

TellingTime

Verb

Nouns-Gender,Plural

Nominativ,AkkusativandDativ

ExpressionofTime,MannerandPlace

Review2

PracticeTest1

PossessivPronomen

VerbConjugation-RegularandPersonalPronoun

Hobbies

IrregularandSeparableVerbConjugation

Professions

Adjectives-PredicativeUse

Review3

Travel

PlacementofVerbs

Sports

DefiniteandIndefiniteArticles(BestimmtundUnbestimmtArticles)

NegativeArticles

Readingandpronouncingwords

Review4

PracticeTest2

GermanBasics

 OBJECTIVE:TogetfamiliarwiththelanguageandlearntheGermanalphabet.

ConceptA:Introductiontothelanguageandthecountry. 

WidelyspokeninGermany,Austria,andSwitzerland.FamousplacesinGermany.

 Fooditemsanddrinks

OktoberfestinMunich

ConceptB:PurposeoflearningGerman

Germanisthesecondmostcommonlyusedscientificlanguage.Itmakesyoucreative(Germansareinnovators.)

 Itisnotaveryhardlanguageandhenceitisveryeasytolearnit.  Toexplorenewthingsandlearnwithfun.Alsolearninganewlanguagegivesoneanewandglobalperspective.

ConceptC:Alphabetsandtheirpronunciations(includingspecialcases)

GermanAlphabets

Aa

ah

Ää

AhUmlaut

Bb

beh

SS

ess-testt

Cc 

tseh

Dd

deh

Ee

eh

Ff

eff

Gg

geh

Hh

Ha

Ii

ee

Jj

yot

Kk

kah

Ll

ell

Mm

emm

Nn

enn

Oo

oh

Öö

OhUmlaut

Pp

peh

Qq

kuh

Rr

err

Ss

ess

Tt

teh

Uu 

uh

Üü

UhUmlaut

Vv

fow

Ww

veh

Xx

ks

Yy

upsilon

Zz

tsett

ConceptD:Germanconstantwithsound,examples,andmeaninginEnglish. 

ConstantSoundGermanWordMeaningẞssheißenTobecalledeiai

nein

noieeenieneverstshtstuhlchairspshpspielgameJYjayesVFvollfullichishichIuchookh

buch

bookäaehändehands

ö

eohörenhearüeutürdoor

 Eu----oy

Eg:Euro

·ig---ish

      Eg:fertig(finish)

(Tounderstandpronunciation)

    (AufDeutsch)

    ZumBeispiel-example

    Eg:Wasser(water)

Explanation:a=aa,e=a

ConceptD:Phonetics

•Repeatthepronunciationofthewordsafterthetrainerandlearnexamples.

PracticeA:SpellyournameusingtheGermanalphabet.

(BuchstabierenSieihrNamebitte)

i.e.Spellyourname,please.

PRAKASH

PracticeB:Spelltheotherpersons’(yourfamilymembers,friends,trainer,etc…)firstnameandlastname.

SHARONLOBO

AnswerstoPracticeA:

PRAKASH

peherraahkahaahessha

AnswerstoPracticeB:

Vorname-FirstName

            SHARON

            Esshaaaherrohenn

Nachname-Lastname

            LOBO

            ellohbehoh

AUFWIEDERSEHEN!!!!(Seeyouagain)ORTSCHÜSS(Bye)

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🔊PronunciationPractice:

ahabaybtsayc        daydayeefffgayghahhyotjkahkelllemmennonopaypkooqerresstaytoohufowvvaywixxihytsetzä

einmelon

ö

iingirl

ü

uindude

ß

ssheißen

Tobecalled

neinnonieneverstuhlchairspielgamejayesvollfullichIbuchbookhändehandshörenheartürdoor

GermanGreetingsandEssentials

GREETINGS,YESANDNO,PLEASEANDTHANKYOU—THEBAREMINIMUMYOUNEEDTOSURVIVE!

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Objective:TolearntheFormalandinformalgreetings 

ConceptA:FormalGreetings

GutenMorgen-Goodmorning

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GutenTag-Goodday/GoodafternoonGutenAbend-GoodeveningGuteNacht-GoodnightHallo-HelloWiegehtesIhnen?-Howareyou(Formal):Ihnenistheappropriateformaladdressforastranger,especiallysomeoneolder,andpeopleinpositionsofauthority.EntschuldigenSieBitte:ExcusemePleaseWillkommen:Welcome

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Sayinggoodbyeinformalway:

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AufWiedersehen(OWFvee-der-zey-hen):Youhaveprobablyheard“AufWiedersehen”before.Itliterallymeans“untilweseeeachotheragain”.

ConceptB:InformalGreetings

Hey-heyHi-HiBisbald-SeeyousoonBisspäter-SeeyouLaterBisdann-SeeyouthenBisMorgen-SeeyouTomorrowBisFreitag-SeeyouonFriday Wiegehtesdir?-Howareyou(Informal):Usedirwhenspeakingtosomeoneyoungorsomeoneyouknowverywell. Wiegeht’s?:Similartowiegehtesdir,butmorecasual.Thisessentiallytranslatesto“What’shappening?”or“How’sitgoing?”(Geht’sisashortenedformofgehtes,soWiegeht’s?literallymeans“Howgoesit?”)Gut,danke.:Good,ThanksMirgehtesGut,danke:IamFine,thanks.Esgeht:SoSoMirgehtesSchlecht:IamnotdoingwellMirgehtesBesser:Iamdoingbetter VielSpaß!:Thismeans“Havefun!”andcanbeusedinmanyconversationalcontexts—forexample,whensayinggoodbyetofriendswhoaregoingtoaparty,onatrip,etc.Onceyou’vesaidthatyou’refine,orgood,orso-so,itiscustomarytoaskhowtheotherpersonisdoing.Youcandothiseasilybysayingunddir?(Andyou?[Informal])orUndIhnen?(Andyou?[Formal]).

SayingGoodByeinaCasualWay:

Tschüss(cheus)-Bye

ConceptC:"Please"“Sorry” and"Thankyou”

Youneverknowhowlongyou'regoingtobestuckwithJensinthisimaginaryislandscenario,soit'sbesttobepolite.Forthat,you'regoingtoneedthesewords:

Bitte:Please Dankeschön:ThankyouDanke:ThanksEntschuldigung:ExcusemeEsTutmirLeid:IamsorryJa:YesNein:NoVielleicht:Maybe AllesGute:AlltheBest VielGlück:GoodLuck

PracticeA:Formal:HowdowesaythefollowinginGerman:

GoodMorning GoodAfternoonGoodEvening GoodNight HelloHowareyou?(Formal)

PracticeB:Informal:HowdowesaythefollowinginGerman:

HiByeSeeyouLaterSeeyouTomorrowSeeyouSoon

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It’sgoodtoknowhowtosoundpoliteduringaconversation.However,afterafewdaysontheisland,Jensmightnotbearoundtoconversewithifhedoesn’tlearnsomesurvivalskills…fast!

AnswersforPracticeA:

GutenMorgenGutenTagGutenAbendGuteNachtHalloWiegehtesIhnen?

AnswersforPracticeB:

HiTschüssBisspäterBismorgenBisbald

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🔊PronunciationPractice:

GutenMorgen

GoodmorningHalloHello

GutenTag

Goodday/Goodafternoon

GutenAbend

Goodevening

GuteNacht

Goodnight

AufWiedersehen

GoodBye

Entschuldigung

Excuseme

EsTutmirLeid

Iamsorry

Bitte

PleaseJaYes

WiegehtesIhnen?

Howareyou?

Willkommen

Welcome

EntschuldigungSieBitte

ExcusemePlease

Wiegehtesdir?

Howareyou?(informal)HeyHeyHiHi

Bisbald

Seeyousoon

Bisspäter

SeeyouLater

Bisdann

Seeyouthen

BisMorgen

SeeyouTomorrow

BisFreitag

SeeyouonFriday

Wiegeht’s?

How'sitgoing?

Gut,danke.

Good,Thanks

MirgehtesGut,danke

IamFine,thanks.

EsGeht

SoSo

MirgehtesSchlecht

Iamnotdoingwell

MirgehtesBesser

Iamdoingbetter

VielSpaß!

Havefun!

Unddir?

Andyou?[Informal]

UndIhnen?

Andyou?[Formal]NeinNo

Tschüss,(choos)

Bye

Dankeschön

Thankyou

Danke

Thanks

Vielleicht

Maybe

AllesGute

Allthebest

VielGlück

GoodLuck

ShortSelfIntroduction

 Objective:IshouldbeabletointroducemyselfinGermanconfidently.

Remember: 

‘Sie’means‘formal’‘Du’means‘informal’

ConceptA:Introduceyourselfandasktheotherpersonhis/hername. 

Expressions: 

Mynameis____.Iam____.Whatisyourname? 

(AufDeutsch)

 WasistdeinName? MeinNameist____?

            Or

Ichheiße____.

ConceptB:Talkaboutyourageandbirthdateandasktheotherpersontoo.

Expressions: 

Howoldareyou? Iam__yearsold.Whenisyourbirthday?Mybirthdayison___.

(AufDeutsch)

 Wiealtbistdu?Ichbin___Jahrealt.WannistdeinGeburtstag?MeinGeburtstagistamdritte(3rd)Februar.

ConceptC:Tellwhereyouarefromi.e.yourcity/townandasktheotherpersontoo.Also,tellmeaboutwhereyoulivecurrently.

Expressions:

Whereareyoufrom? Ibelongto__Wheredoyoulive?Ilivein____

 (AufDeutsch)

WoherKommenSie?/Woherkommstdu?IchkommeausIndien.WowohnenSie?/wowohnstdu?IchwohneinPune

Concept D:Askthetraineesaboutthelanguagestheyarefamiliarwithandalsoshareyourviews

Expressions:

 Whichlanguagesdoyouspeak? Ispeak____

(AufDeutsch)

 WelcheSprachensprechenSie? IchsprecheEnglish,Hindi,MarathiundDeutsch.

Concept E:Discussyourhobbiesandaskthemwhattheylovedoingintheirfreetime.

Expressions:

WassinddeineHobbys?MeineHobbyssind_____(morethanone)MeinHobbyist___.(onlyone)

PracticeA:Answerthefollowingquestionsaboutyourself: 

Whatisyourname? Whereareyoufrom? Howoldareyou/Whatisyourdateofbirth? Wheredoyoulive?Whichlanguagesdoyouspeak?Whatareyourhobbies?

PracticeB:Usetheabovetaughtsentencestogivea4-5lineshortintroductionofyourself.

AnswersPracticeA:

MeinNameist_____Ichkommeaus______Ichbin____JahrealtIchwohnein___Ichspreche_____MeineHobbiessind______(OR)MeinHobbyist____ 

AnswerstoPracticeB:

MeinNameistSharon.IchkommeausIndien.Ichbinzwanzig(20)Jahrealt.IchwohneinPune.Ichsprecheenglish,hindi,marathianddeutsch.Meinhobbyisttanzen.

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🔊PronunciationPractice:

SieformalDuinformal

WasistdeinName?

Whatisyourname?

MeinNameist____

Mynameis__

Ichbin____

Iam___

MeinNameist____

Mynameis__

Ichbin____

Iam___

Wiealtbistdu?

Howoldareyou?

Ichbin___Jahrealt.

Iam__yearsold.

WannistdeinGeburtstag?

When