COMMON GERMAN PHRASES AND WORDS http://www.geocities.com/pcawizman/index.html Pronunciation guide: “CH” in German is pronounced as the “CH” in the Scottish word “LOCH” - but if you find that difficult you can say a “K” - which is how the Bavarians in Southern Germany pronounce it. "SCH" in German is pronounced like "SH" in English. GREETINGS 1. GOOD MORNING - Guten Morgen - [GOOTen MOR-gen] 2. GOOD DAY - Guten Tag - [GOOTen targ] 3. HOW ARE YOU? - Wie geht es Ihnen? - [VEE gate es EE-nen?] 4. GOOD BYE - Auf Wiedersehen - [Owf VEEder zay-en] ASKING FOR HELP TRAVEL 1. WHERE IS THE HOTEL .... ? - Wo ist das Hotel ...? - [Voh ist dass Hotel ...?] 2. HOW FAR IS THE AIRPORT? - Wie weit ist der Flughafen ...? - [Vee VYTE ist dare FLOOG-harfen?] 3. PLEASE TAKE ME TO THE STATION - Zum Bahnhof bitte! - [Zoom BARN-hof bitter!] 4. HOW MUCH IS THAT? - Wieviel kostet das? - [Vee-feel KOSTet das?] 5 WHERE'S THE BATHROOM? - Wo sind die Toiletten? - [Voh zind dee toil-ETT-ten?] HOTEL/RESTAURANT PLEASE - bitte - [bitter] may be added after all of the following 1. HAVE YOU A ROOM? - Haben Sie ein Zimmer? - [HAR-ben zee eye'n TSIMM-er?] 2. FOR TODAY/TOMORROW - Fuer heute/morgen - [Fewer HOY-ter/MOR-gen] 3. I WOULD LIKE BREAKFAST - Ich moechte Fruehstueck - [Ich MERCH-ter FROO-stook] 4. IS LUNCH INCLUDED? - Ist das Mittagessen inbegriffen? - [Ist dass MITT-tag-essen IN-begriffen?] 5. WHEN IS DINNER? - Wann ist das Abendessen? - [Vann ist dass AH-bent-essen?] 6. A TABLE FOR TWO - Einen Tisch fuer zwei Personen - [EYE-nen TISH fewer tsvye pair-ZOH-nen] 7. BRING ME TEA/COFFEE - Bringen Sie mir Tee/Kaffee! - [BRING-en zee mere TAY/CAR-fay!] 8. CAN I HAVE THE BILL? - Kann ich die Rechnung haben? - [Can ich dee RECH-noong HAR-ben?] 9. THANKS - Danke [Danker] EMERGENCY 1. HELP! - Hilfe! - [HEEL-fer!] 2. WHERE'S THE EXIT? - Wo ist der Ausgang? - [Voh ist dare OWSE-gang?] 3. LOOK OUT! - Achtung! - [ACH-toong!] 4. A DOCTOR/HOSPITAL - Einen Arzt/Ein Krankenhaus - [EYE-nen ARTZT/Ein KRANK-en-house] SAYING WHAT YOU THINK 1. I AGREE - Ich bin einverstanden - [Ich bin EYE-n fair-SHTANDEN-en] 2. I DON'T AGREE - Ich bin nicht einverstanden - [Ich bin nicht EYE-n fair-SHTANDEN-en] 3. I'M NOT SURE - Ich bin mir nicht sicher - [Ich bin mere nicht ZEE-cher] 4. I DON'T UNDERSTAND - Ich verstehe nicht - [Ich fair-SHTAY-er nicht] 5. YES - Ja - [Yah] 6. NO - Nein - [Nine] NUMBERS ZERO - null - [nool] ONE - eins - [eye-ns] TWO - zwei - [tsv’eye] THREE - drei - [dry] FOUR - vier - [fear] FIVE - fünf - [fewnf] SIX - sechs - [zex] SEVEN - sieben - [ZEE-ben] EIGHT - acht - [acht] NINE - neun - [noyn] TEN - zehn - [zayn] DAYS MONDAY - Montag - [MON-targ] TUESDAY - Dienstag - [DEANS-targ] WEDNESDAY - Mittwoch - [MIT-voch] THURSDAY - Donnerstag - [DONNERS-targ] FRIDAY - Freitag - [FRY-targ] SATURDAY - Samstag - [ZAMS-targ] SUNDAY - Sonntag - [ZONN-targ] MIX AND MATCH SOME ACTION WORDS (VERBS) If you want to say: I WANT TO SPEAK GERMAN It goes like this: Ich will deutsch sprechen - [ich vill DOY-tch SHPRAY-chen] You can alter what you do to "SPEAK" by using different words like I MUST SPEAK - Ich muss sprechen - [Ich moos SHPRAY-chen] I CAN SPEAK - Ich kann sprechen - [Ich can SHPRAY-chen] I WANT TO SPEAK - Ich will sprechen - [Ich vill SHPRAY-chen] I LIKE TO SPEAK - Ich mag sprechen - [Ich mag SHPRAY-chen] You can use other action words like: TO GO - GEHEN - GAY-EN TO COME - KOMMEN - COMMON TO BE - SEIN - ZINE TO HAVE - HABEN - HAR-BEN TO SEE - SEHEN - ZAY-EN TO SPEAK - SPRECHEN - SHPRAY-chen TO ASK (questions) - FRAGEN - FRAR-GEN TO GIVE - GEBEN - GAY-BEN TO TAKE - NEHMEN - NAME-EN TO TRAVEL/DRIVE - FAHREN - FAR-EN TO BUY - KAUFEN - COW-FEN TO DO/MAKE - MACHEN - MACH-EN Then, see how you can mix and match them to say what you want. I MUST GO - Ich muss gehen - [Ich moos GAY-en] I CAN COME - Ich kann kommen - [Ich can common] I WANT TO DO - Ich will machen - [Ich vill mar-chen] I LIKE TO TRAVEL - Ich mag fahren - [Ich mag FAR-en] Please don't forget the prounciation of CH. If you don't speak Scotts, "CH" in German also sounds a little like saying an English "H" and clearing your throat at the same time. Have fun!