| Question Words | Examples |
|---|---|
| Wer? Why? | Frage 1: Wer bist du? Antwort: Ich bin Abhay. Frage 2: Wer sind Sie? Antwort: Ich hieße Parker. |
| Was? What? | Frage 1: Was machst du? Antwort: Ich lese ein Buch. (I am reading a Book.) |
| Wo? Where? | Frage 1: Wo ist Einstein? Antwort 1: Er ist im kindergarten.(He is in the Kindergarten) Antwort 2: Er ist in der Schule. (He is at the school.) |
| Woher? Where … from? | Frage 1: woher kommen sie? Antwort: Ich komme aus New Delhi. |
| Wohin? Where … to? | Frage 1: Wohin gehst du? Antwort: Zum Frisör |
| Wann? When? | Wann treffen wir uns? – When do we meet? Wann geht der Flug? – When does the plane leave? Wann beginnt das Konzert? – When does the concert start? Wann hast du Geburtstag? – When is your birthday? [informal] |
| Warum? Why? | Frage: Warum ist der Sonne gelb? |
| Wie? How? | Frage: Wie alt bist du? Antwort: Ich bin neun jahre alt. |
| Wie viel? How much? | Frage: Wie viel kostet die wurst? |
| Wie viele? How many? | Frage: wie viele finger sind in einer hand? |
| Wie oft? How often? | Frage: Wie oft spielst du? |
Year: 2023
German Language vlog 11 – Ordinal Numbers
Ordinal Numbers are called ‘Ordnungszahlen’ in German.
Ordinal Numbers are first, second, third, and so on in English.
In german, there are few rules to make them. But they are easy to understand and once you get to practice you can easily understand them.
Note: The spelling of ‘1’ and ‘3’ are different as they are irregular.
Beispiel
Fünfte
Fifth
Frage: Was ist zehnte in Englisch Ziffer?
Antwort:
Zehnte gleich Tenth in Englisch.
German Language vlog 10 – Fraction Numbers
In this video, you will learn about German Fraction Numbers or Deutsch Bruchzahlen.
For example,
1/2 = ein halb
1 1/3 = eins ein Drittel (one and one third)
2 4/5 = zwei vier Fünftel (two and four fifth)
5/6 = fünf sechstel (five sixth)
Frage: Was ist acht zehntel in Dezimalzahl?
Antwort:
acht zehntel ist 8/10
8/10 = 0.8
0,8 = null komma acht
0.8 = null punkt acht
Frage: Was ist sechsundzwanzig drittel zehntel in Dezimalzahl?
Antwort:
sechsundzwanzig drittel ist 26/3
26/3 = 12,0
12,0 = zwölf komma null
12.0 = zwölf punkt null
German Language vlog 9 – Decimal Numbers
Deutsch Dezimal Zahlen
German Decimal Numbers
Beispiel
Frage: Was ist eins punkt sieben plus drei?
Antwort:
eins punkt sieben = 1.7
oder
eins komma siben = 1,7
drei = 3
1.7 + 3 = 4.7
eins punkt sieben gleich vier punkt sieben
Frage: Was ist dreiundvierzig punkt acht minus zwei?
Antwort:
dreiundvierzig ist 43
zwei ist 2
43 – 2 = 41
41 ist einsundvierzig
German Language vlog 8 – Basic Numbers
These are the basic numbers that are used in the german language.
In this video, I have shown the whole numbers which are positive and integers.
The way german write their number is totally different from the english world.
For example / Beispiel
In English –
21: twenty-one.
11: eleven
12: twelve
13: thirteen
in German –
21 is Zweiundzwanzig
11 is elf
12 is zwölf
13 is dreizehn
Only by practicing you can tell the subtle changes in their spelling.
The very core of arithmetics is Addition and Subtraction.
Addition is “die Addition” in German.
And Subtraction is “die Subtraktion” in German.
Beispiel
Frage: Was ist zwei plus drei?
Antwort:
2 + 3 = 5
Zwei plus drei gleich fünf.
Frage: Was ist fünf plus dreiundsiebzig?
Antwort:
5 + 73 = 78
fünf plus dreiundsiebzig gleich achtundsiebzig.
Frage: Was ist sechzig plus fünfhundertacht?
Antwort:
60 + 508 = 568
fünfhundertacht plus sechzig gleich fünfhundertachtundsechzig.
Frage: Was ist sechsundzwanzig plus fünfundsiebzig?
Antwort:
26 + 75 = 101
es ist gleich hunderteins.
Frage: Was ist sechs minus eins
Antwort:
6 – 1 = 5
Sechs minus eins gleich fünf.
Frage: Was ist acht minus drei?
Antwort:
8 – 3 = 5
acht minus drei gleich fünf.
German Language vlog 7 – Imperatives ( Commands or Instructions)
There are four imperative forms in German.
Singular ( du and Sie )
Plural ( ihr and Sie)
In formal imperative, you write Sie after the infinitive form of the verb.
Both the singular formal and plural formal imperative is written in the same way.
du and ihr are different.
Beispiel
Trinke Wasser!
Drink water!
Seh Fern
Watch TV
öffne die Flasche
Open the bottle
machen sie bitte die tür zu
Handwritten Notes
German Language vlog 6 – Separable Verbs
Separable verbs are very tricky as they have to be memorized. You also have to take care of the correct ending of the infinitive when you separate the verb.
Beispiel
The meeting takes place on Monday.
Das Treffen findet am Montag statt.
When doe thee train depart?
Wann fahrt der Zug ab.
When does the train arrive?
Wann kommt der Zug an.
I get at 6’o clock.
Ich stehe um sechs Uhr auf.
Handwritten Notes
German Language vlog 5 – Irregular Verbs Haben and Sein
These verbs are extremely important to form many sentences in German.
Sein is completely Irregular and has many variations. Haben has two variations in du and er/sie/es.
| haben | sein | |
| ich(I) | habe | bin |
| du(you, informal) | hast | bist |
| Sie(you, formal) | haben | sind |
| er/sie/es(he/she/it) | hat | ist |
| wir(we) | haben | sind |
| ihr(you, plural, informal) | habt | seid |
| Sie(you, plural, formal) | haben | sind |
| sie(they) | haben | sind |
Beispiele(examples)
Ich habe ein Tagebuch.
I have a diary.
Icha habe ein kugelschreiber.
I have a pen.
Er ist Lehrer.
He is a teacher.
Sie sind schön.
They are beautiful.
Handwritten Notes
German Language vlog 4 – Verbs in present tense
Part 1 – Introduction
Part 2 – Verb endings of regular verbs
I am following “Basic German” by “Heiner schneke and Karen seago” as a guidebook. Along with this book, I am also using some other grammar books for supporting material.
Just like in every other language you have to learn it by heart. There are tricks that can make life easier but in the end, you have to learn them.
Verb endings of du, Sie, and er/sie/es are very important. There are lots of things that are related to them in regular verbs and there are even more things in irregular verbs formation.
Handwritten Notes Photos
Part 3 – Irregular Verbs
After reading, I found out that there is no alternate path. You have to learn each Irregular variation. It is filled with exceptions. The pattern helps you in making a correct decision.
Handwritten Notes Photos
German Language vlog 3 – Alphabets and Phonetic
In the German language there are 26 alphabets which similar to English alphabets. In addition to that there are six umlauts( Ä,ä,Ö,ö,Ü,ü ).
There is one additional character which is ‘ß‘.
It is called sharp s. It is also called ess-tset.
Example: groß (Big).
Other phoentic elements are dipthongs and consonants. These are shown in the images below.
If you want to hear the proper pronunciation then watch the video below.