Lina Inverse
Hentai Koutaishi
To get some life in here, and to get our English friends acquainted with our lovely language, I thought it would be best to start a German course.
Lessons will be one a day, consisting of a dialog, exercises and grammar.
It shouldn't be too hard for an English speaker to learn German, since English actually originated from early German. You can read more about this here.
Pronunciation
Before we start, I'll lose some words on pronunciation, since it differs notably on some letters. I'll leave out the letters which are the same.
a - always like ah in "father", never like a in anvil
? - "a umlaut", equals normal English a (anvil, absolutely, action etc.)
au - Diphtong, like ow in "now"
ch - never like k as in English! There are two versions, voiced (as in Scottish "Loch" or "Bach"), and a more hissing voiceless version (e.g. in Chemie)
e - never like i as in evil, always like eh as in nebula
ei - Diphtong, similar to ai
eu - Diphtong, like oi in noise
g - always like g in garlic, never like g in George
j - never like English j, always like y in boy
o - always like o in normal
? - o umlaut
r - soft sound, not a thrilled troathy sound like in English
s - refers to English s as well as to English z
u - never like English u as in unity, always like uh
? - u umlaut
v - either like w or like f (not always like w as in English)
z - always like ts in Tsunami, never like English z
? - "sharp s", always like normal English s
Lesson 1
Dialog
Lina: Hallo, ich bin Lina.
Frank: Angenehm. Ich bin Frank.
Lina: Angenehm. Wie geht es dir?
Frank: Danke, gut, und dir?
Lina: Danke, auch gut.
Lina: Ich bin Deutscher. Bist du auch Deutscher?
Frank: Nein, ich bin kein Deutscher. Ich bin Amerikaner.
Vocabulary 1
Hallo Hello
ich bin I am
Angenehm literally: "comfortable". Here, it means something like "Nice to meet you."
Wie geht es dir? How are you?
Danke Thanks
gut good
..., und dir? short for "...und wie geht es dir?" - "...and how are you?"
auch "also" or "..., too"
Deutscher German
Bist du...? Are you...?
Nein No
kein not a, no
Amerikaner American
Exercise 1(solution will be provided tomorrow)
Fill in the blanks.
1. Hallo, ___ ___ Frank.
2. ________, ich bin Lina.
3. Wie ____ es dir?
4. _____, gut.
5. ___ ___ Amerikaner.
Grammar 1
The personal pronouns:
1st person singular: ich (I)
2nd person singular: du (you)
3rd person singular: er (he), sie (she), es (it)
when adressing someone formally: Sie (you) - note the capital S
1st person plural: wir (we)
2nd person plural: ihr (you)
3rd person plural: sie (they)
Conjugation of the auxiliary verbs "sein" (to be) and "haben" (to have)
sein (to be)
ich bin I am
du bist you are
er, sie, es ist he, she it is
(formal address) Sie sind you are
wir sind we are
ihr seid you are
sie sind they are
haben (to have)
ich habe I have
du hast you have
er, sie, es hat he, she, it has
(formal address) Sie haben
wir haben we have
ihr habt you have
sie haben they have
Ok, that wraps it up for today. Comments welcome.
Lessons will be one a day, consisting of a dialog, exercises and grammar.
It shouldn't be too hard for an English speaker to learn German, since English actually originated from early German. You can read more about this here.
Pronunciation
Before we start, I'll lose some words on pronunciation, since it differs notably on some letters. I'll leave out the letters which are the same.
a - always like ah in "father", never like a in anvil
? - "a umlaut", equals normal English a (anvil, absolutely, action etc.)
au - Diphtong, like ow in "now"
ch - never like k as in English! There are two versions, voiced (as in Scottish "Loch" or "Bach"), and a more hissing voiceless version (e.g. in Chemie)
e - never like i as in evil, always like eh as in nebula
ei - Diphtong, similar to ai
eu - Diphtong, like oi in noise
g - always like g in garlic, never like g in George
j - never like English j, always like y in boy
o - always like o in normal
? - o umlaut
r - soft sound, not a thrilled troathy sound like in English
s - refers to English s as well as to English z
u - never like English u as in unity, always like uh
? - u umlaut
v - either like w or like f (not always like w as in English)
z - always like ts in Tsunami, never like English z
? - "sharp s", always like normal English s
Lesson 1
Dialog
Lina: Hallo, ich bin Lina.
Frank: Angenehm. Ich bin Frank.
Lina: Angenehm. Wie geht es dir?
Frank: Danke, gut, und dir?
Lina: Danke, auch gut.
Lina: Ich bin Deutscher. Bist du auch Deutscher?
Frank: Nein, ich bin kein Deutscher. Ich bin Amerikaner.
Vocabulary 1
Hallo Hello
ich bin I am
Angenehm literally: "comfortable". Here, it means something like "Nice to meet you."
Wie geht es dir? How are you?
Danke Thanks
gut good
..., und dir? short for "...und wie geht es dir?" - "...and how are you?"
auch "also" or "..., too"
Deutscher German
Bist du...? Are you...?
Nein No
kein not a, no
Amerikaner American
Exercise 1(solution will be provided tomorrow)
Fill in the blanks.
1. Hallo, ___ ___ Frank.
2. ________, ich bin Lina.
3. Wie ____ es dir?
4. _____, gut.
5. ___ ___ Amerikaner.
Grammar 1
The personal pronouns:
1st person singular: ich (I)
2nd person singular: du (you)
3rd person singular: er (he), sie (she), es (it)
when adressing someone formally: Sie (you) - note the capital S
1st person plural: wir (we)
2nd person plural: ihr (you)
3rd person plural: sie (they)
Conjugation of the auxiliary verbs "sein" (to be) and "haben" (to have)
sein (to be)
ich bin I am
du bist you are
er, sie, es ist he, she it is
(formal address) Sie sind you are
wir sind we are
ihr seid you are
sie sind they are
haben (to have)
ich habe I have
du hast you have
er, sie, es hat he, she, it has
(formal address) Sie haben
wir haben we have
ihr habt you have
sie haben they have
Ok, that wraps it up for today. Comments welcome.