5 Flashcards

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Objects -

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Gegenstände -Gegenstand (der)
GEH-gen-shten-deh” (geh like in “get”, shten like in “stone”, deh like “deh” in “den”).
Here’s a breakdown of the sounds:
“Ge” - Like the “geh” in “get”
“gen” - A nasal sound like the “en” in “pen” but with a slight “g” sound before it.
“stände” - Like “shten-deh” where “shten” is like the “sh” in “ship” and “deh” is like “deh” in “den”.
Sentence:

Ich räume gerade die Gegenstände auf dem Tisch auf. (Ikh roy-me geradeh dee GEH-gen-shten-deh owf dem tish owf. - I am currently clearing up the objects on the table.

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Um widerholung bitten

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ask for repetition
Entschuldigung, könnten Sie bitte um Wiederholung bitten? Ich habe den letzten Punkt nicht ganz verstanden.” (Excuse me, could you please ask for a repeat? I didn’t quite understand the last point.)

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Pencil

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Bleistift -der -Bleistifte
Ich brauche neue Bleistifte, weil meine alle leer sind. (EEch broy-che noi-e BLAI-shtif-te, weil mai-ne a-le lehr sind.) - This translates to “I need new pencils because all mine are empty.”

Pronunciation tip:

“ei” - This combination makes a long “i” sound, similar to the “ee” in “feet”.
“ft” - In German, unlike English, “ft” is pronounced separately. Here, it’s “f” (like the “f” in “fish”) followed by a very light “t” sound

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Bag

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Die tasche -taschen Sie hat viele bunte Taschen in ihrem Schrank. (Zee haht fee-le boon-te TAH-shn in ee-rem shrahnk.) - This translates to “She has many colorful bags in her closet.”

Pronunciation tip:

“sch” - This combination makes a sound similar to the “sh” in “ship”.

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Camera

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Die kamera - der -fotoapparat
Fotoapparate -die kameras

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Pen

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Der -Kugelschreiber
Die Kugelschreiber
Auf meinem Schreibtisch liegen die blauen Kugelschreiber. (Owf mei-nem SHRAIB-tish lee-gn die BLAU-en KOO-gel-shrai-ber.) - This translates to “The blue pens are lying on my desk.” (Here, “die” is used as the nominative article for the plural subject “Kugelschreiber”).

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Book

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Das buch -Die bücher
Ich lese jeden Tag gerne in meinen neuen Büchern. (Ich LEE-ze yeh-den TAHK ger-ne in mai-nen NOI-en BUE-chern.) - This translates to “I enjoy reading my new books every day.” (Here, “die” is used as the article for the plural accusative object “Bücher”).

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Chain

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Die kette -die ketten
Die Frau trug eine schöne goldene Kette. (The woman wore a beautiful gold chain.)

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9
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Key

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Der Schlüssel -Die Schlüssel
Ich habe meine Schlüssel verloren, jetzt komme ich nicht ins Haus! (Ich hah-be mei-ne SHLÜS-sel fer-LOHR-en, jetzt kom-me ich nich ins HOUS!) - This translates to “I lost my keys, now I can’t get into the hous

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Glasses

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Die Brille -die brillen
Ich muss meine Brillen putzen, denn ich sehe nichts mehr! (Ich muss mei-ne BRIL-len put-zen, den ich seh ni-chts mehr!) - This translates to “I need to clean my glasses, because I can’t see anything anymore!” (Here, “meine Brillen” is grammatically correct, but using “meine Brille” would also be perfectly normal in spoken German.)

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Bottle

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Die Flasche -Die Flaschen
Wir brauchen noch zwei Flaschen Wasser für das Picknick. (Viir brauchen noh TSVAI FLA-shn VAS-ser fur das PIK-nik) - This translates to “We still need two bottles of water for the picnic.

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Lighter

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Das Feuerzeug -
The plural of “Feuerzeug” (FOY-er-tsoyk) is “Feuerzeuge” (FOY-er-tsoy-ge).

Here’s a sentence using the plural form:

Kannst du mir bitte eins der Feuerzeuge geben? Ich kann mein eigenes nicht finden. (Kanst doo mir bitte eins der FOY-er-tsoy-ge GE-ben? Ich kan mein eige-nes nich fin-den.) - This translates to “Can you please give me one of the lighters? I can’t find mine.

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13
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At the ophthalmologist

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Beim Augenarzt

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14
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Colours

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Farben -
Die farbe

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Wood

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Das Holz (materialien)
Die Hölzer

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Paper

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Papier

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Square

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Of plastic

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Aus kunststoff
Der kunststoff

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Green -black

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Grün-Schwarz

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Ohne Gläser

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Without glasses

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Grau

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Purple

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Welche farbe hat das auto

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Which color is the car

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Yellow

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Brown
Braun
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Dunkelgrün
Dark green
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Light green
Hellgrün
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Watch
Die Uhr -Uhren An der Wand hängen viele antike Uhren. (An der VANT hen-gen fee-le ANTI-ke OO-ren.)
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Umbrella
Der schirm -Schrime
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Soap
Die seife -die Seifen Im Bad liegen meine duftenden Seifen. (Im baht lee-gn mei-ne DOOF-ten-den ZAI-fen) - This translates to "My scented soaps are lying in the bathroom." (Here, "die" is used with "Seifen" in the nominative case as the subject of the sentence.)
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Ah now I understand.
Ach so, jetzt verstehe ich.
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Welcome to our house!
Herzlich willkommen in unserem Haus!
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wallet
die Geldbörse Geldbörsen
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How do you write
Wie schreibt man
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excuse me , what is it called in german
Entschuldigung, wie heißt das auf Deutsch?
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what does that mean
was bedeutet das
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wie sagt man auf deutsch
What's the German for it
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Können sie das bitte wiedaholen
Can you please repeat that
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Können sie das bitte noch einmal sagen
Can you please say that again
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could you please spell that
können sie das bitte buchstabieren