LESSON NOTES
3-Minute German S1 #2
Greetings
CONTENTS
2 German
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
3 Grammar
4 Cultural Insight
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GERMAN
1. Hallo.
2. Guten Tag!
3. Tschüss!
4. Auf Wiedersehen!
ENGLISH
1. Hi. (informal)
2. Good day. (formal)
3. Good-bye! (informal)
4. Goodbye. (formal, lit. "see again.")
VOCABULARY
Ge r man English C lass Ge nde r
Wiedersehen! Good bye!
Hallo. Hi
guten good adjective
Tag day noun masculine
Tschüss! Bye!
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preposition; also
used for some cases
where English would
auf on, onto (upon) use “in” or “at”, as
prepositions usually
don't correspond
across languages.
SAMPLE SENTENCES
D i e se r Ta g i st e i n Fe i e rta g . H e u te i st e i n g u te r Ta g .
This day is a public holiday. Today is a good day.
D i e Z e i tu n g l i e g t a u f d e m Ti sch . Ve rste h st d u m i ch , w e n n i ch a u f
En g l i sch spre ch e ?
The newspaper lies on the table.
Do you understand me when I speak on
(in) English?
GRAMMAR
In this lesson you will learn how to greet someone .
R e g i ste r G e rm a n En g l i sh
Ph ra se 1 i n fo rm a l Hallo. Hi.
Word 1 Hallo. Hi
Ph ra se 2 fo rm a l G u te n Ta g ! G o o d d a y.
Word 1 Guten good
Word 2 Tag day
Ph ra se 3 i n fo rm a l Tsch ü ss! G o o d - bye !
Word 1 Tschüss! Bye!
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Au f
Ph ra se 4
fo rm a l Wi e d e rse h e n ! G o o d bye .
Word 1 Auf on, upon
Word 2 Wiedersehen! Good bye!
CULTURAL INSIGHT
Due to the large number of dialects in Germany, you may hear many different greeting
phrases depending on the area. In Austria and in the catholic southern part of Germany, they
even say Grüß Gott, which means "greetings to god". In the past, people from the north could
barely talk to people from the south, since they spoke very different languages. But nowadays,
if you use these common phrases then everyone will understand you, I'm sure!
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