GERMAN GPS

Guten Tag alle! I have actually abandoned this project (Sorry to all those who were following!). Funnily enough, all of the media seems to have vanished leaving notes alone on my podcast. I do recommend going to the BBC Languages website and studying German there if you're still interested. Or even better, go join a class in your area or buy a book and CD. Alles Gute und Auf Wiedersehen! All the best and Goodbye!

Guten Tag alle! I am coming back very soon to proceed in helping you with your German studies. I have found a way that I will be much more organised for a while and then I will review how I think I am going. Please leave any input you may have in the comments. That would be greatly appreciated. What woud you like to learn?

Danke schoen,
Matt.

Guten Tag alle. I am really sorry. I made a mistake in this episode. The shows will be in mp3 format after all thanks to Pod0matic. Don't worry about what I said about WMV. Danke schoen!

kommen - to come

ich komme - I come/am coming
du kommst - you (informal) come/are coming
er/sie/es kommt - he/she/it comes/is coming
wir kommen - we come/are coming
ihr kommt - you (plural) come/are coming
sie kommen - they come/are coming
Sie kommen - you (formal) come/are coming

Where are you from? - Woher kommst du? (informal)
- Woher kommen sie? (formal)

wo? - where?
wohin? - where to?
woher? - where from?

Note: We use "woher" in the question "Where are you from?" instead of "wo" or "wohin".

Ich komme aus.. - I come from..
Ich komme aus Australien - I come from Australia
Neuseeland - New Zealand
Amerika - America
Deutschland - Germany

Woher kommt er? - Where is he from?
China - China
Woher kommt sie? - Where is she from?
Brasilien - Brazil
Woher kommt Solvi? - Where is Solvi from?
Solvi kommt aus die Schweiz - Solvi comes from Switzerland
die Schweiz - Switzerland

Woher kommt ihr? - Where do you come from? (plural)
Wir kommen aus Griechenland - We come from Greece
Griechenland - Greece

Woher kommen sie? - Where are they from?
Sie kommen aus England - They come from England
England - England
Frankreich - France
Italien - Italy
Kanada - Canada
Ägypten - Egypt
Irland - Ireland
Kroatien - Croatia
Afrika - Africa

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Guten Tag alle!! Hello eerybody!! I am sorry that I haven't done this in a long time. I am back. I would like to get feedback. Feel free to comment on things you like or don't like. Danke!! Thanks!! Here are the notes for today's lesson.

German Dialogue:
Guten Tag!! Ich heisse Gustav.
Das ist meine Familie.

Das ist mein Vater.
Er heisst Georg.

Das ist meine Mutter.
Sie heisst Gisela.

Das ist mein Bruder.
Er heisst Gerhard.

Das ist meine Schwester.
Sie heisst Gabi.

Hier ist mein Freund.
Er heisst Joachim.

Und hier ist meine Freundin.
Sie heisst Julia.

English Dialogue:
Good day!! I am called Gustav.
This is my family.

This is my father.
He is called George.

This is my mother.
She is called Gisela.

This ismy brother.
He is called Gerhard.

This is my sister.
She is called Gabi.

Here is my friend.
He is called Joachim.

And here is my friend.
She is called Julia.

Vocabulary
der Vater - the father (masculine)
die Mutter - the mother (feminine)
der Bruder - the brother (masculine)
die Schwester - the sister (feminine)
der Freund - the friend (a male friend) (masculine)
die Freundin - the friend (a female friend) (feminine)

The masculine the is "der".
The feminine the is "die".
The neuter the is "das".
The masculine my is "mein".
The feminine my is "meine".
The neuter my is "meinen".

Expressions
heißen (to be called)
Ich heiße - I am called
er/sie/es - He/she/it is called

Das ist.. - This is..
Hier ist.. - Here is..

Guten tag alle!! Hello everybody!! I know that there hasn't been a lesson for a long time. Please forgive me for this. A lesson will be coming soon. In the meantime I think it would be pretty cool for you to listen to music in German. What a good idea!! I have posted here a video from Mulan 2 from Youtube onto this page with the Lyrics. Don't worry about understanding at first then try and use your dictionary to translate.

Hier kommt Lektion Eins Lyrics

Mulan
Nie genügt nur eins allein
Immer müssen' s zwei sein
Winter - Sommer, viel und keins
Hier kommt Lektion eins

Wie ein Fels haha
Bleib auch du hart haha
Wie ein Baum ha
Bleib auch du stark haha
Sei flink, handle klug
Sei schnell haha zeige Mut

Mädchen
Wie ein Fels haha
Ich bin so hart haha
Wie ein Baum ha
Ich bin so stark haha
Sei flink, handle klug
Sei schnell haha zeige Mut

Mulan
Wie ein Halm wieg' dich sanft
Wie der Bambus beuge dich im Wind
Man ist frei, wenn man heiter in sich ruht
Angst zu haben ist auch gut

Mädchen
Wie ein Halm wieg' dich sanft
Wie der Bambus beuge dich im Wind
Man ist frei, wenn man heiter in sich ruht
Angst zu haben ist auch gut

Mulan und Mädchen
Nie genügt nur eins allein,
Immer müssen' s zwei sein
Winter - Sommer, viel und keins
Hier kommt Lektion eins

(Chorus and Bridge)

Mulan
Du bist frei!

Mulan
Meins ist auch deins!

Mädchen
Hier kommt Lektion...
Hier kommt Lektion...
Hier kommt Lektion...
Hier kommt Lektion...
Hier kommt Lektion eins!

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Ok. I hope you have a good time doing that. I should mention relating to the music. If you got to youtube and search for "disney german" you should be able to find some songs in German. Mind you I think that the Disney ones are the best because they are simple and easy to follow. Of course any other music will do.

Servus,
Matthew.

Guten tag alle!! This is the 3rd lesson. So what are you called? Just like "How are you?", asking someone "What are you called?" etc. is really important.

-Guten Tag!!
-Guten Tag!!
-Wie heißt du?
-Ich heiße Matthias. Und du?
-Ich heiße Paul

-Guten Tag!!
-Guten Tag!!
-Wie heißen Sie?
-Ich heiße Matthias. Und Sie?
-Ich heiße Paul

Wie heißt du? - What are you called? (informal/casual)
Wie heißen Sie? - What are you called? (formal/polite)

Wie ist dein Name? - What is your name? (informal/casual)
Wie ist Ihr Name? - What is your name? (formal/polite)

Wer bist du? - Who are you?
Wer sind Sie? - Who are you?

Ich heiße .... - I am called ....
Mein Name ist .... - My name is ....
Ich bin .... - I am ....

"Du" is the more informal/casual "you" used in German.
"Sie" is the formal/polite "you" used in German.
Remember the du/Sie make all the difference.

Guten tag alle!! Hello everybody!! This is the 2nd lesson and it is about asking someone "How are you?". Here are the notes:

Wie gehts? - How are you? (lit. how goes?)
Wie gehts dir? - How are you? (lit. how goes it with you?
Wie gehts dir heute? - How are you today?

Gut. - Good!!
Gut, danke. - Good, thanks.
Nicht so gut. - Not so good.
Es gehts. - So-so.
Sehr gut. - Very good.
Fantastisch!! - Fantastic!!
Genial!! - Really good!! (cool expression)
Furchtbar!! - Terrible!!
Schlecht. - Bad!!
Ganz gut. - Quite good.

Hello Dear Listeners!! My name is Matt. I come from Australia. This is the first lesson. Here are the notes:

Hallo!! - informal greeting
Tag!! - informal "Good Day!!"
Morgen!! - informal "Good Morning!!"
Guten Tag!! - formal "Good Day!!" & "Good Afternoon!!"
Guten Morgen!! - formal "Good Morning!!"
Guten Abend!! - formal "Good Evening!!"
Tschüs!! - informal "Bye!!"
Auf Wiedersehen!! - formal "Goodbye!!"
Bis bald!! - informal 'See you soon!!"
Gute Nacht!! - formal "Good Night!!"

- informal means that you can use it with friends and family
- formal means that you can use it with people whom you don't know well or important people