Hallo/Hi – inf. , (Hello/Hi) Grüß Gott (AUT)/Guten Tag (DE) – f Hallo/Hi – inf., (Hello/Hi) Grüß Gott (AUT)/Guten Tag (DE) – f. (Hello) Wie ist Ihr Name? -f (What is your name?) Mein Name ist …. (My name is …) Wie heißen Sie? – f (What is your name?) Ich heiße …. (My name is…)
Wie bitte? – (I beg your pardon.) Wie geht es Ihnen? – f (How are you?) Wie geht es dir? – inf. (How are you?) Auf Wiedersehen. – f. (Bye) Tschüß – inf. (Bye) Ciao – inf. (Bye) Danke (Thank you)
Diphthongs Ai (ai) / Ei (ei) ---- eye Au (au) ---- ow Eu (eu) / Äu (äu) ---- oy Ie (ie) ---- eeh
Grouped Consonants Ck (ck) ---- k Ch (ch) ---- Pf (pf) ---- pf Qu (qu) ---- kv Sch (sch) ---- sh Sp (sp) ---- shp St (st) ---- sht
Personal Pronouns set of short words which stand for or replace nouns or noun phrases they stand for nouns which have already been mentioned or which are known so well to the speaker and the listener that they do not need to be repeated in full
Personal Pronouns Sie you (f.) sie she es it 1st Person Singular ich I 2nd Person Singular du you Sie you (f.) 3rd Person Singular er he sie she es it
Personal Pronouns Sie you (f.) 1st Person Plural wir we 2nd Person Plural ihr you (inf.) Sie you (f.) 3rd Person Plural sie they