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Hallo Hello
Your first words of German — and the first hurdle is the sounds. German has four characters English doesn't: the umlauts ä, ö, ü and the ß (sharp s). On top of that come ch (as in ich or ach) and sch (like English sh). The good news: German is read almost the way it is written — far more regular than French or English. We start with greetings — hallo, guten Tag, guten Morgen — and the everyday ja / nein / okay. Standard German (Hochdeutsch).
Dialogue
Hallo — Saying Hello
- Lukas Hallo! Guten Morgen, Lena. Hello! Good morning, Lena.
- Lena Hallo, Lukas! Guten... Tag! Hello, Lukas! Good... afternoon! (it's not morning anymore)
- Lukas Guten Abend? Good evening? (is it evening?)
- Lena Nein! Guten Tag. Tschüss! No! Good afternoon. Bye!
Dialogue
Ja, okay! — Yes, okay!
- Lena Guten Abend, Lukas! Okay? Good evening, Lukas! All okay?
- Lukas Ja, okay! Und du? Yes, okay! And you?
- Lena Ja, ja. Tschüss, Lukas! Yes, yes. Bye, Lukas!
- Lukas Tschüss! Guten Abend! Bye! Good evening!
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| hallo | interj. | hello, hi | |
| guten Morgen | phrase | good morning | |
| guten Tag | phrase | good day, hello | |
| guten Abend | phrase | good evening | |
| tschüss | interj. | bye | |
| ja | adv. | yes | |
| nein | adv. | no | |
| okay | adv. | okay |
pronunciation
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