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2007-03-06T21:52:23Z

67.187.4.81: /* Sports */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| guten Tag || Hello/Good Day
|-
| Tag! || (shorter version of above)
|-
| grüß dich! || Hello (informal/regional)
|-
| Ich heiße... || My name is...
|-
| wie geht's? || How are you?
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| eins || one
|-
| zwei || two
|-
| drei || three
|-
| vier || four
|-
| fünf || five
|-
| sechs || six
|-
| sieben || seven
|-
| acht || eight
|-
| neun || nine
|-
| zehn || ten
|}
*Eleven and twelve are irregular:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| elf || eleven
|-
| zwölf || twelve
|}

*Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| dreizehn || thirteen
|-
| vierzehn || fourteen
|-
| fünfzehn || fifteen
|-
| sechzehn || sixteen
|-
| siebzehn || seventeen
|-
| achtzehn || eighteen
|-
| neunzehn || nineteen
|}
Note: The "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination.
 
 
'''Double Digits'''
 
*In German, two digit numbers are created by:
adding the suffix "-zig." (similar to English "-ty").

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| zwanzig|| twenty
|-
| dreizig || thirty
|-
| vierzig || forty
|-
| fünfzig || fifty
|-
| sechzig || sixty
|-
| siebzig || seventy
|-
| achtzig || eighty
|-
| neunzig || ninety
|}
Note: The spellings of zwanzig (20), dreißig (30), sechzig (60), and siebzig (70) are irregular. 

*Two digit numbers that do not end with zero are made as follows:
first digit + und + second digit
Examples:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| einundzwanzig || 21
|-
| siebunddreißig || 37
|-
| sechsundvierzig || 46
|-
| vierundsechzig || 64
|-
| neunundneunzig || 99
|-
|}
*Large numbers are similar to English:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| hundert || 100
|-
| tausend || 1.000
|-
| million || 1.000.000
|-
| miolliarde || 1.000.000.000
|-
| triollion || 1.000.000.000.000
|-
|}
Note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three, as opposed to commas (,).
*Commas are used as decomal points:
1.001 = "one thousand"
1,001 = "one point zero zero one"

===Sports===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Amerikanische Fußball || American football
|-
| der Fußball || football/soccer
|-
|}

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T21:51:14Z

67.187.4.81: /* '''Numbers''' */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| guten Tag || Hello/Good Day
|-
| Tag! || (shorter version of above)
|-
| grüß dich! || Hello (informal/regional)
|-
| Ich heiße... || My name is...
|-
| wie geht's? || How are you?
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| eins || one
|-
| zwei || two
|-
| drei || three
|-
| vier || four
|-
| fünf || five
|-
| sechs || six
|-
| sieben || seven
|-
| acht || eight
|-
| neun || nine
|-
| zehn || ten
|}
*Eleven and twelve are irregular:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| elf || eleven
|-
| zwölf || twelve
|}

*Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| dreizehn || thirteen
|-
| vierzehn || fourteen
|-
| fünfzehn || fifteen
|-
| sechzehn || sixteen
|-
| siebzehn || seventeen
|-
| achtzehn || eighteen
|-
| neunzehn || nineteen
|}
Note: The "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination.
 
 
'''Double Digits'''
 
*In German, two digit numbers are created by:
adding the suffix "-zig." (similar to English "-ty").

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| zwanzig|| twenty
|-
| dreizig || thirty
|-
| vierzig || forty
|-
| fünfzig || fifty
|-
| sechzig || sixty
|-
| siebzig || seventy
|-
| achtzig || eighty
|-
| neunzig || ninety
|}
Note: The spellings of zwanzig (20), dreißig (30), sechzig (60), and siebzig (70) are irregular. 

*Two digit numbers that do not end with zero are made as follows:
first digit + und + second digit
Examples:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| einundzwanzig || 21
|-
| siebunddreißig || 37
|-
| sechsundvierzig || 46
|-
| vierundsechzig || 64
|-
| neunundneunzig || 99
|-
|}
*Large numbers are similar to English:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| hundert || 100
|-
| tausend || 1.000
|-
| million || 1.000.000
|-
| miolliarde || 1.000.000.000
|-
| triollion || 1.000.000.000.000
|-
|}
Note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three, as opposed to commas (,).
*Commas are used as decomal points:
1.001 = "one thousand"
1,001 = "one point zero zero one"

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T21:41:56Z

67.187.4.81: /* 20-90 */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| guten Tag || Hello/Good Day
|-
| Tag! || (shorter version of above)
|-
| grüß dich! || Hello (informal/regional)
|-
| Ich heiße... || My name is...
|-
| wie geht's? || How are you?
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| eins || one
|-
| zwei || two
|-
| drei || three
|-
| vier || four
|-
| fünf || five
|-
| sechs || six
|-
| sieben || seven
|-
| acht || eight
|-
| neun || nine
|-
| zehn || ten
|}

 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| elf || eleven
|-
| zwölf || twelve
|}

 
*Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'

 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| dreizehn || thirteen
|-
| vierzehn || fourteen
|-
| fünfzehn || fifteen
|-
| sechzehn || sixteen
|-
| siebzehn || seventeen
|-
| achtzehn || eighteen
|-
| neunzehn || nineteen
|}
Note: The "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination.
 

'''20-90'''
 
*In German, two digit numbers are created by:
adding the suffix "-zig." (similar to English "-ty").

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| zwanzig|| twenty
|-
| dreizig || thirty
|-
| vierzig || forty
|-
| fünfzig || fifty
|-
| sechzig || sixty
|-
| siebzig || seventy
|-
| achtzig || eighty
|-
| neunzig || ninety
|}
Note: The spellings of zwanzig (20), dreißig (30), sechzig (60), and siebzig (70) are irregular. 

*Two digit numbers that do not end with zero are made as follows:
 
Examples:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| einundzwanzig || 21
|-
| siebunddreißig || 37
|-
| sechsundvierzig || 46
|-
| vierundsechzig || 64
|-
| neunundneunzig || 99
|-
|}
 

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| hundert || 100
|-
| tausend || 1.000
|-
| million || 1.000.000
|-
| miolliarde || 1.000.000.000
|-
| triollion || 1.000.000.000.000
|-
|}
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
*Note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three.
 
(ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T21:33:01Z

67.187.4.81: /* '''Numbers''' */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| guten Tag || Hello/Good Day
|-
| Tag! || (shorter version of above)
|-
| grüß dich! || Hello (informal/regional)
|-
| Ich heiße... || My name is...
|-
| wie geht's? || How are you?
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| eins || one
|-
| zwei || two
|-
| drei || three
|-
| vier || four
|-
| fünf || five
|-
| sechs || six
|-
| sieben || seven
|-
| acht || eight
|-
| neun || nine
|-
| zehn || ten
|}

 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| elf || eleven
|-
| zwölf || twelve
|}

 
*Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'

 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| dreizehn || thirteen
|-
| vierzehn || fourteen
|-
| fünfzehn || fifteen
|-
| sechzehn || sixteen
|-
| siebzehn || seventeen
|-
| achtzehn || eighteen
|-
| neunzehn || nineteen
|}
Note: The "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination.
 

== 20-90 ==
 
*In German, two digit numbers are created by:
adding the suffix "-zig." (similar to English "-ty").

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| zwanzig|| twenty
|-
| dreizig || thirty
|-
| vierzig || forty
|-
| fünfzig || fifty
|-
| sechzig || sixty
|-
| siebzig || seventy
|-
| achtzig || eighty
|-
| neunzig || ninety
|}
Note: The spellings of zwanzig (20), dreißig (30), sechzig (60), and siebzig (70) are irregular. 

*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T21:26:33Z

67.187.4.81: /* '''Numbers''' */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| guten Tag || Hello/Good Day
|-
| Tag! || (shorter version of above)
|-
| grüß dich! || Hello (informal/regional)
|-
| Ich heiße... || My name is...
|-
| wie geht's? || How are you?
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| eins || one
|-
| zwei || two
|-
| drei || three
|-
| vier || four
|-
| fünf || five
|-
| sechs || six
|-
| sieben || seven
|-
| acht || eight
|-
| neun || nine
|-
| zehn || ten
|}

 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| elf || eleven
|-
| zwölf || twelve
|}

 
*Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'

 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| dreizehn || thirteen
|-
| vierzehn || fourteen
|-
| fünfzehn || fifteen
|-
| sechzehn || sixteen
|-
| siebzehn || seventeen
|-
| achtzehn || eighteen
|-
| neunzehn || nineteen
|}
Note: The "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination.
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T21:21:01Z

67.187.4.81: /* '''Numbers''' */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| guten Tag || Hello/Good Day
|-
| Tag! || (shorter version of above)
|-
| grüß dich! || Hello (informal/regional)
|-
| Ich heiße... || My name is...
|-
| wie geht's? || How are you?
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| eins || one
|-
| zwei || two
|-
| drei || three
|-
| vier || four
|-
| fünf || five
|-
| sechs || six
|-
| sieben || seven
|-
| acht || eight
|-
| neun || nine
|-
| zehn || ten
|}

 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| elf || eleven
|-
| zwölf || twelve
|}

 
*Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'

Note: The stress is on the first syllable.

 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| dreizehn || thirteen
|-
| vierzehn || fourteen
|}
13-Thirteen - Dreizehn (Drei Zehn, "Three Ten") 
14-Fourteen - Vierzehn 
15-Fifteen - Fünfzehn 
16-Sixteen - Sechzehn 
17-Seventeen - Siebzehn 
18-Eighteen - Achtzehn 
19-Nineteen - Neunzehn 
Note: The "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination.
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T20:25:47Z

67.187.4.81: /* '''Numbers''' */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| guten Tag || Hello/Good Day
|-
| Tag! || (shorter version of above)
|-
| grüß dich! || Hello (informal/regional)
|-
| Ich heiße... || My name is...
|-
| wie geht's? || How are you?
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| eins || one
|-
| zwei || two
|-
| drei || three
|-
| vier || four
|-
| fünf || five
|-
| sechs || six
|-
| sieben || seven
|-
| acht || eight
|-
| neun || nine
|-
| zehn || ten
|}

'''
11, 12, and Teens 13-19''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| elf || eleven
|-
| zwölf || twelve
|}

 
*Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'

Note: The stress is on the first syllable.

 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| dreizehn || thirteen
|-
| vierzehn || fourteen
|}
13-Thirteen - Dreizehn (Drei Zehn, "Three Ten") 
14-Fourteen - Vierzehn 
15-Fifteen - Fünfzehn 
16-Sixteen - Sechzehn 
17-Seventeen - Siebzehn 
18-Eighteen - Achtzehn 
19-Nineteen - Neunzehn 
Note: The "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination.
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T20:25:16Z

67.187.4.81: /* '''Numbers''' */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| guten Tag || Hello/Good Day
|-
| Tag! || (shorter version of above)
|-
| grüß dich! || Hello (informal/regional)
|-
| Ich heiße... || My name is...
|-
| wie geht's? || How are you?
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| eins || one
|-
| zwei || two
|-
| drei || three
|-
| vier || four
|-
| fünf || five
|-
| sechs || six
|-
| sieben || seven
|-
| acht || eight
|-
| neun || nine
|-
| zehn || ten
|}

'''
11, 12, and Teens 13-19''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| elf || eleven
|-
| zwölf || twelve
|}

 
*Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'

Note: The stress is on the first syllable.

 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| dreizehn || thirteen
|-
| zwölf || twelve
|}
13-Thirteen - Dreizehn (Drei Zehn, "Three Ten") 
14-Fourteen - Vierzehn 
15-Fifteen - Fünfzehn 
16-Sixteen - Sechzehn 
17-Seventeen - Siebzehn 
18-Eighteen - Achtzehn 
19-Nineteen - Neunzehn 
Note: The "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination.
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T20:20:28Z

67.187.4.81: /* '''Numbers''' */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| guten Tag || Hello/Good Day
|-
| Tag! || (shorter version of above)
|-
| grüß dich! || Hello (informal/regional)
|-
| Ich heiße... || My name is...
|-
| wie geht's? || How are you?
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| eins || one
|-
| zwei || two
|-
| drei || three
|-
| vier || four
|-
| fünf || five
|-
| sechs || six
|-
| sieben || seven
|-
| acht || eight
|-
| neun || nine
|-
| zehn || ten
|}

'''
11, 12, and Teens 13-19''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| elf || eleven
|-
| zwölf || twelve
|}

11-Eleven - Elf 
12-Twelve - Zwölf 
 
*Thirteen through Nineteen are created by combining the first digit number with the number Zehn(ten) as a suffix, pronounced with stress on the first syllable. Note that the "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination 
 
13-Thirteen - Dreizehn (Drei Zehn, "Three Ten") 
14-Fourteen - Vierzehn 
15-Fifteen - Fünfzehn 
16-Sixteen - Sechzehn 
17-Seventeen - Siebzehn 
18-Eighteen - Achtzehn 
19-Nineteen - Neunzehn 
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T20:15:24Z

67.187.4.81: /* '''Numbers''' */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| guten Tag || Hello/Good Day
|-
| Tag! || (shorter version of above)
|-
| grüß dich! || Hello (informal/regional)
|-
| Ich heiße... || My name is...
|-
| wie geht's? || How are you?
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| eins || one
|-
| zwei || two
|-
| drei || three
|-
| vier || four
|-
| fünf || five
|-
| sechs || six
|-
| sieben || seven
|-
| acht || eight
|-
| neun || nine
|-
| zehn || ten
|}

'''
11, 12, and Teens 13-19''' 
 
11-Eleven - Elf 
12-Twelve - Zwölf 
 
*Thirteen through Nineteen are created by combining the first digit number with the number Zehn(ten) as a suffix, pronounced with stress on the first syllable. Note that the "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination 
 
13-Thirteen - Dreizehn (Drei Zehn, "Three Ten") 
14-Fourteen - Vierzehn 
15-Fifteen - Fünfzehn 
16-Sixteen - Sechzehn 
17-Seventeen - Siebzehn 
18-Eighteen - Achtzehn 
19-Nineteen - Neunzehn 
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T20:12:02Z

67.187.4.81: /* '''Common Greetings''' */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! German !! English
|-
| guten Tag || Hello/Good Day
|-
| Tag! || (shorter version of above)
|-
| grüß dich! || Hello (informal/regional)
|-
| Ich heiße... || My name is...
|-
| wie geht's? || How are you?
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
Root Numbers 1-10 
1-One - Eins 
2-Two - Zwei 
3-Three - Drei 
4-Four - Vier 
5-Five - Fünf 
6-Six - Sechs 
7-Seven - Sieben 
8-Eight - Acht 
9-Nine - Neun 
10-Ten - Zehn 
 
'''
11, 12, and Teens 13-19''' 
 
11-Eleven - Elf 
12-Twelve - Zwölf 
 
*Thirteen through Nineteen are created by combining the first digit number with the number Zehn(ten) as a suffix, pronounced with stress on the first syllable. Note that the "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination 
 
13-Thirteen - Dreizehn (Drei Zehn, "Three Ten") 
14-Fourteen - Vierzehn 
15-Fifteen - Fünfzehn 
16-Sixteen - Sechzehn 
17-Seventeen - Siebzehn 
18-Eighteen - Achtzehn 
19-Nineteen - Neunzehn 
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T20:03:07Z

67.187.4.81: /* '''Typing German characters into a computer''' */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===
Guten Tag (Hello; Good Day) 
Grüß dich! (Informal hello) 
Tag! (Hello) 
Hallo (Hello) 
Guten Tag, ich heiße --- (Hello, my name is --) 
Wie geht's? (How are you?; How goes it?; How's it going?) 

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
Root Numbers 1-10 
1-One - Eins 
2-Two - Zwei 
3-Three - Drei 
4-Four - Vier 
5-Five - Fünf 
6-Six - Sechs 
7-Seven - Sieben 
8-Eight - Acht 
9-Nine - Neun 
10-Ten - Zehn 
 
'''
11, 12, and Teens 13-19''' 
 
11-Eleven - Elf 
12-Twelve - Zwölf 
 
*Thirteen through Nineteen are created by combining the first digit number with the number Zehn(ten) as a suffix, pronounced with stress on the first syllable. Note that the "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination 
 
13-Thirteen - Dreizehn (Drei Zehn, "Three Ten") 
14-Fourteen - Vierzehn 
15-Fifteen - Fünfzehn 
16-Sixteen - Sechzehn 
17-Seventeen - Siebzehn 
18-Eighteen - Achtzehn 
19-Nineteen - Neunzehn 
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T20:02:27Z

67.187.4.81: /* Vocabulary */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

These are the only atypical German characters.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Specific Time'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Generic Times'''
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Past/Future/Present'''
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===
Guten Tag (Hello; Good Day) 
Grüß dich! (Informal hello) 
Tag! (Hello) 
Hallo (Hello) 
Guten Tag, ich heiße --- (Hello, my name is --) 
Wie geht's? (How are you?; How goes it?; How's it going?) 

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
Root Numbers 1-10 
1-One - Eins 
2-Two - Zwei 
3-Three - Drei 
4-Four - Vier 
5-Five - Fünf 
6-Six - Sechs 
7-Seven - Sieben 
8-Eight - Acht 
9-Nine - Neun 
10-Ten - Zehn 
 
'''
11, 12, and Teens 13-19''' 
 
11-Eleven - Elf 
12-Twelve - Zwölf 
 
*Thirteen through Nineteen are created by combining the first digit number with the number Zehn(ten) as a suffix, pronounced with stress on the first syllable. Note that the "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination 
 
13-Thirteen - Dreizehn (Drei Zehn, "Three Ten") 
14-Fourteen - Vierzehn 
15-Fifteen - Fünfzehn 
16-Sixteen - Sechzehn 
17-Seventeen - Siebzehn 
18-Eighteen - Achtzehn 
19-Nineteen - Neunzehn 
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T20:01:14Z

67.187.4.81: /* Vocabulary */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

These are the only atypical German characters.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Specific Time
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || time
|-
| die Stunde || hour
|-
| die Minute || minute
|-
| die Sekunde || second
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Generic Times
|-
! German !! English
|-
| der Tag || day
|-
| der Morgen || morning
|-
| der Mittag || midday/noon
|-
| der Nachmittag|| afternoon
|-
| der Abend || evening
|-
| die Nacht || night
|-
| die Mitternacht || midnight
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Past/Future/Present
! German || English
|-
| gestern || yesterday
|-
| heute || today
|-
| morgen || tomorrow
|}

Gestern (Yesterday) 
Heute (Today) 
Morgen (Tomorrow) 

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===
Guten Tag (Hello; Good Day) 
Grüß dich! (Informal hello) 
Tag! (Hello) 
Hallo (Hello) 
Guten Tag, ich heiße --- (Hello, my name is --) 
Wie geht's? (How are you?; How goes it?; How's it going?) 

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
Root Numbers 1-10 
1-One - Eins 
2-Two - Zwei 
3-Three - Drei 
4-Four - Vier 
5-Five - Fünf 
6-Six - Sechs 
7-Seven - Sieben 
8-Eight - Acht 
9-Nine - Neun 
10-Ten - Zehn 
 
'''
11, 12, and Teens 13-19''' 
 
11-Eleven - Elf 
12-Twelve - Zwölf 
 
*Thirteen through Nineteen are created by combining the first digit number with the number Zehn(ten) as a suffix, pronounced with stress on the first syllable. Note that the "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination 
 
13-Thirteen - Dreizehn (Drei Zehn, "Three Ten") 
14-Fourteen - Vierzehn 
15-Fifteen - Fünfzehn 
16-Sixteen - Sechzehn 
17-Seventeen - Siebzehn 
18-Eighteen - Achtzehn 
19-Nineteen - Neunzehn 
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T19:51:52Z

67.187.4.81: /* Vocabulary */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

These are the only atypical German characters.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 

{| class="wikitable"
|+Expressions of Time
|-
! German !! English
|-
| die Zeit || Time
|-
| die Stunde || Hour
|-
| die Minute || Minute
|-
| die Sekunde || Second
|}

Time (Zeit) 
Hour (Stunde) 
Minute (Minute) 
Second (Sekunde) 

Tag (Day) 
Morgen (Morning) 
Mittag (Noon) 
Nachmittag (Afternoon) 
Abend (Evening) 
Nacht (Night) 
Mitternacht (Midnight) 

Gestern (Yesterday) 
Heute (Today) 
Morgen (Tomorrow) 

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===
Guten Tag (Hello; Good Day) 
Grüß dich! (Informal hello) 
Tag! (Hello) 
Hallo (Hello) 
Guten Tag, ich heiße --- (Hello, my name is --) 
Wie geht's? (How are you?; How goes it?; How's it going?) 

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
Root Numbers 1-10 
1-One - Eins 
2-Two - Zwei 
3-Three - Drei 
4-Four - Vier 
5-Five - Fünf 
6-Six - Sechs 
7-Seven - Sieben 
8-Eight - Acht 
9-Nine - Neun 
10-Ten - Zehn 
 
'''
11, 12, and Teens 13-19''' 
 
11-Eleven - Elf 
12-Twelve - Zwölf 
 
*Thirteen through Nineteen are created by combining the first digit number with the number Zehn(ten) as a suffix, pronounced with stress on the first syllable. Note that the "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination 
 
13-Thirteen - Dreizehn (Drei Zehn, "Three Ten") 
14-Fourteen - Vierzehn 
15-Fifteen - Fünfzehn 
16-Sixteen - Sechzehn 
17-Seventeen - Siebzehn 
18-Eighteen - Achtzehn 
19-Nineteen - Neunzehn 
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

[[Category:German]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Multilingual Studies]]

Archive:Introduction to German

2007-03-06T19:40:24Z

67.187.4.81: /* '''Typing German characters into a computer''' */

Please see [[Template_talk:Unit_boilerplate]] for more information.

==Unit Summary==
* '''Course code:''' ALAU101:
* '''Suggested Prerequisites:'''
** ...
* '''Time investment:'''
* '''Assessment suggestions:'''
* '''Faculty:''' Humanities
* '''School:''' [[School:Language and Literature]]
* '''Department:''' [[Topic:Language Aquisition]]
* '''Stream''' [[German Stream]]
* '''Level:''' Beginner

==Content summary==

==Intended outcome==

==Unit materials==

* '''Study guide:'''
* '''Wikipedia article:''' [[w: __Article Name__ ]]

Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.
* ...

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Texts===

* [[Wikibooks:__Textbook Name___]]
* ...

===Lessons===
*[[The Pronouns]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written (probably first).

*[[Introduction to basic German verbs]] <--Needs to be numbered in a good place when other lessons are written.

===[[Introduction_to_German/Input|'''Typing German characters into a computer''']]===
For a PC, you have quick access by typing the following: 
ß - alt+0223 
ä - alt+0228 
ö - alt+0246 
ü - alt+0252 

On a Mac, the commands are as follows: 
ß - ⌥ + s 
ä - ⌥ + u, u 
ö - ⌥ + u, o 
ü - ⌥ + u, u 

Note: the umlaut can be assigned to any vowel by first holding '⌥' and pressing the 'u' key. It will then wait for a vowel key to be pressed.

These are the only atypical German characters.

=== Vocabulary ===

'''Expressions of Time''' 
Time (Zeit) 
Hour (Stunde) 
Minute (Minute) 
Second (Sekunde) 

Tag (Day) 
Morgen (Morning) 
Mittag (Noon) 
Nachmittag (Afternoon) 
Abend (Evening) 
Nacht (Night) 
Mitternacht (Midnight) 

Gestern (Yesterday) 
Heute (Today) 
Morgen (Tomorrow) 

===[[Introduction_to_German/Greetings|'''Common Greetings''']]===
Guten Tag (Hello; Good Day) 
Grüß dich! (Informal hello) 
Tag! (Hello) 
Hallo (Hello) 
Guten Tag, ich heiße --- (Hello, my name is --) 
Wie geht's? (How are you?; How goes it?; How's it going?) 

===[[Introduction_to_German/Numbers|'''Numbers''']]===
Root Numbers 1-10 
1-One - Eins 
2-Two - Zwei 
3-Three - Drei 
4-Four - Vier 
5-Five - Fünf 
6-Six - Sechs 
7-Seven - Sieben 
8-Eight - Acht 
9-Nine - Neun 
10-Ten - Zehn 
 
'''
11, 12, and Teens 13-19''' 
 
11-Eleven - Elf 
12-Twelve - Zwölf 
 
*Thirteen through Nineteen are created by combining the first digit number with the number Zehn(ten) as a suffix, pronounced with stress on the first syllable. Note that the "-s" in "Sechs" and the "-en" in "Sieben" are dropped in the combination 
 
13-Thirteen - Dreizehn (Drei Zehn, "Three Ten") 
14-Fourteen - Vierzehn 
15-Fifteen - Fünfzehn 
16-Sixteen - Sechzehn 
17-Seventeen - Siebzehn 
18-Eighteen - Achtzehn 
19-Nineteen - Neunzehn 
 
20-90 
*In German, two digit numbers are created simply by adding the suffix "-zig" (similar to English "-ty"). There are exceptions however (not unlike English). Note the spelling differences in Zwanzig (20), Dreißig (30), Sechzig (60), and Siebzig (70) 
 
20-Twenty - Zwanzig 
30-Thirty - Dreißig 
40-Forty - Vierzig 
50-Fifty - Fünfzig 
60-Sixty - Sechzig 
70-Seventy - Siebzig 
80-Eighty - Achtzig 
90-Ninety - Neunzig 
 
*In German, two digit numbers that do not end with zero (0) are spoken first digit first, joined with the word "und" (and), and followed with the second digit number; as though adding them together to make the new number. 
 
Example: Twenty-Three (23) would be constructed first digit-and-second digit: "Dreiundzwanzig" (directly translated "three-and-twenty) 
 
21 - Einundzwanzig 
37 - Siebenunddreißig 
46 - Sechsundvierzig 
64 - Vierundsechzig 
99 - Neunundneunzig 
 
100, 1.000, 1.000.000, 1.000.000.000, 1.000.000.000.000* 
 
100 - Hundert 
1.000 - Tausend 
1.000.000 - Million 
1.000.000.000 - Milliarde 
1.000.000.000.000 - Trillion 
 
*note: Periods (.) are used to divide large numbers into groups of three (ex/ 1.000 = one thousand), and commas (,) are used as decimal points for numbers less than 1 but greater than 0 (1,001 = one point zero zero one, one and one thousandth). 
In German, the roles of the period and the comma are reversed from American English

===Sports===

(der)Fußball (Football) 
(der)Amerikanische Fußball (American Football) 

=== Important verbs ===
Verb tables below
*[[Sein]]
*[[Haben]]
*[[German modal verbs|Modal verbs]]
*[[Regular verbs]]

=== Other Verbs ===
*[[gehen]] to go
*[[machen]] to do
*brauchen- to need
*essen- to eat
*heissen- to be called (as in, "her name is"; "sie heisst Claudia...")
*wissen- to know (knowledge, information)
*kennen- to know (acquaintance)

===Assignments===

To help you get acquainted with the written language, use this subpage to get in contact with German speaking Wikiversity participants.

==Active participants==
*[[User:Exorcist_bob | Exorcist_bob]]
*[[User:Mjvp13 | MjVP13]]
*[[User:Daniel M. Roberts | Daniel M. Roberts]]
*[[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]]
*--[[User:Smithgrrl|Smithgrrl]] 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!

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