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German Thoughts from a German Mind
This is just a collection of whatever floats my mind. Oh, and it's (mostly) in German.
Learn German o1
Ello thur!
I'm bored, so let me teach you a little bit German, m'kay? xd

Hello and Goodbye

Hello = Hallo / Guten Tag (polite)
- Hi = Hi (easy x3)
- Good Morning = Guten Morgen (polite) / Morgen (more common)
- Good Day / Afternoon = Guten Tag / Tag
- Good Evening = Guten Abend / Nabend
- How are you? = Wie geht es Ihnen? (polite; ppl you don't know or who are in a higher position) / Wie geht's dir? (intimate; friends & family, children)
- - Fine, thanks. = Gut, danke.
- - Not bad. = Nicht schlecht. / Geht.
- What's up? / Sup? = Was geht? (intimate; friends)
- - Not much. = Nicht viel.

- Goodbye = Auf Wiedersehen. / Wiedersehen. (depends on how lazy you are wink
- Bye = Bye ([easy again] intimate) / Tschüss / Ciao (intimate)
- Have a nice day. = Schönen Tag noch.

Personal Pronouns

- I = ich
- you = Sie (polite; ppl you don't know or are in a higher postion) / du (intimate)
- he = er
- she = sie
- it = es
- they = sie
- we = wir
- you (plural) = ihr

Verbs

to be = sein
- I am = ich bin
- you are = du bist / Sie sind
- he / she / it is = er / sie / es ist
- they are = sie sind
- we are = wir sind
- you (pl.) are = ihr seid

to have = haben
- I have = ich habe
- you have = du hast / Sie haben
- he / she / it has = er / sie / es hat
- they have = sie haben
- we have = wir haben
- you (pl.) have = ihr habt

to live = leben
- I live = ich lebe
- you live = du lebst / Sie leben
- he / she / it lives = er / sie / es lebt
- they live = sie leben
- we live = wir leben
- you (pl.) live = ihr lebt

Question Words
what = was
where = wo
who = wer
how = wie
why = warum / wieso (doesn't matter which one)

Phrases

- What's your name? = Wie heißt du? / Wie heißen Sie? (polite) / Wie ist Ihr (polite) / dein Name?
- - My name is xyz. = Ich heißt xyz. / Mein Name ist xyz.
- Where are you from? = Woher kommst du? / Woher kommen Sie?
- - I'm from xyz. = Ich komme aus xyz.
- Where do you live? = Wo lebst du? / Wo leben Sie?
- - I live in xyz. = Ich lebe in xyz.
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I'm less bored now.
Kthxbye.





 
 
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