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Revision as of 21:26, 6 March 2007
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Unit Summary
- Course code: ALAU101:
- Suggested Prerequisites:
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- 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.
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Learning materials and 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 main namespace) and start writing!
Texts
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.
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
| German | English |
|---|---|
| die Zeit | time |
| die Stunde | hour |
| die Minute | minute |
| die Sekunde | second |
| German | English |
|---|---|
| der Tag | day |
| der Morgen | morning |
| der Mittag | midday/noon |
| der Nachmittag | afternoon |
| der Abend | evening |
| die Nacht | night |
| die Mitternacht | midnight |
| German | English |
|---|---|
| gestern | yesterday |
| heute | today |
| morgen | tomorrow |
| 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? |
| German | English |
|---|---|
| eins | one |
| zwei | two |
| drei | three |
| vier | four |
| fünf | five |
| sechs | six |
| sieben | seven |
| acht | eight |
| neun | nine |
| zehn | ten |
| German | English |
|---|---|
| elf | eleven |
| zwölf | twelve |
- Numbers 13 through 19 are created as follows:
First digit number + 'zehn'
| 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
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
- Exorcist_bob
- MjVP13
- Daniel M. Roberts
- HappyCamper
- --Smithgrrl 02:38, 5 November 2006 (UTC) Ich spreche deutsch nicht besonders gut aber moechte gerne helfen, wenn ich kann!