Archive:Introduction to German
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- Course code: ALAU101:
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- Faculty: Humanities
- School: School:Language and Literature
- Department: Topic:Language Aquisition
- Stream German Stream
- Level: Beginner
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How to type German characters into the computer
Typing German characters on a PC
- For ü, hold down Ctrl, and press the numbers 1, 2, 9 on the keypad. Then release the Ctrl button.
- For ß, hold down Ctrl, and press the numbers 2, 2, 5 on the keypad. Then release the Ctrl button.
Typing German characters on a Mac
- For ü, ö, and ä, hold down option-u, release, and type u, o, or a.
- For ß type option-s.
Vocabulary
Tag (day)
Greetings
Guten Morgen (Good Morning) Guten Tag (Good Day ~ Good Afternoon) Note: Germans Don't normally say Good Afternoon Guten Abend (Good Evening ~ After Work; regional? past 17:00 or 18:00) Gut Nacht (Good Night ~ resevered for right before bedtime) Hallo (Hello)
Numbers
eins (1), zwei (2), drei (3), vier (4), fünf (5), sechs (6) sieben (7), acht (8), neun (9), zehn (10), elf (11), zwölf (12) dreizehn (13), vierzehn (14), fünfzehn (15), sechszehn (16) siebzehn (17), achtzehn (18), neunzehn (19), zwanzig (20), einundzwanzig (21), zweiundzwanzig (22), dreiundzwanzig (23) vierundzwanzig (24), fünfundzwanzig (25), sechundzwanzig (26) siebundzwanzig (27), achtundzwanzig (28), neunundzwanzig (29) dreißig (30), vierzig (40), fünfzig (50), sechzig (60) siebzig (70), achtzig (80), neunzig (90), einhundert (100)
Sports
Fußball (Soccer)
Important verbs
Verb tables below