MT Foundation CD 1 Duetsch Flashcards
good morning and welcome
Duetsch
guten Morgen und willkommen
to wish
Duetsch
wünschen
welcome
Duetsch
willkommen
good morning
Duetsch
guten Morgen
to learn
Duetsch
lernen
very quickly
Duetsch
sehr schnell
Key to similar vocabulary. Consonant shifts that took place in the Middle Ages
(Duetsch)
d>t>th>s>z,
b>p>ph>f>v>w,
g>gh>c>ch>k>ck>y>g
good
Duetsch
gut
it is
Duetsch
es ist
‘t’ verb ending for ‘he/she/it’
Duetsch
-t
he goes
Duetsch
er geht
it is good
Duetsch
es ist gut
Pronunciation of ‘u’ in German is like ‘oo’ in English.
Duetsch
u-oo
what
Duetsch
was
water
Duetsch
Wasser
The ‘to’ form of the verb, the infinitive, always ends in ‘n’, usually ‘en’, in German.
trinken
to drink
Duetsch
trinken
Do you want?
Duetsch
Wollen Sie?
German ‘w’ is pronounced like English ‘v’.
w-v
Will you
Duetsch
Wollen Sie
What do you want?
Duetsch
Was wollen Sie?
What do you want to drink?
Duetsch
Was wollen Sie trinken?
to eat
Duetsch
essen
What do you want to eat?
Duetsch
Was wollen Sie essen?