improve my German

Here’s my number.
Hier ist meine Nummer.
Here ist mine-ne new-mer.

I need to eat breakfast.
Ich muss fruhstucken.
Ick mus frew-stuk-ken. Umlauts over both U’s in fruhstucken.

Where is the post office?
Wo ist die Post?
Vo ist dee Post?

Im staying with a friend.
Ich ubernachte [bei einem Freund/einer Freundin].
ik oober-nakh-tuh [by eye-em froynt/eye-ner froy din]. [male/female]

I need a blanket.
Ich brauche eine Bettdecke.
Ick brow-khe eye-ne bett-de-ke.

Is it supposed to get cold?
Soll es kalt werden?
zol es kalt, vair-den?

Get away from me!
Gehen Sie (Geh) weg von mir!
Geh-en zee (geh) wek fon meer!

Do you want a drink?
Mochten Sie (mochtest du)etwas trinken? Umlaut over O in Mochten.
Murk-ten zee (murk-test-doo) et-vas trink-en? Zie is formal, du is informal.

I dont feel well.
Ich fuhle mich nicht woll. Umlauts over the U in fuhle.
Ick fuu-le mick nikht vall.

Next week we can try to brave prepositions.
My german teacher taught me a cute little song and 17 years later I remember it….wow. Das is traurig.

I just entered in 7 new phrases and when I went to enter, they were gone. Ugh. I dont have it in me right now to do it again. I will try again later. I have to pretend to work since I caught up and put myself ahead of schedule yesterday.

What time is breakfast?
Wann gibt es Fruhstuck? Umlauts over both U’s.
Van gipt es Frew-stewk?

I don’t eat [raw fish].
Ich esse keinen [rohen Fisch]
ich es-e kai-nen [ro-nen fish]. Insert whatever you want. This is what the calendar said. I personally love sushi, not so much sashimi.

How is everything?
Ist alles in Ordnung?
ist ah-less in ord-nung?

What are you wearing?
Was tragen Sie (tragst du)? umlaut over a in tragst.
vas trah-gen zee (trag-st doo)?

I think they are running out of interesting things to say because the rest really blew.

Cheers.

This calendar is all over the place. But if I look at these entries that I tore out, it seems to be things you would say to someone staying with you (?)

Your english is great!
Sie Sprechen (Du sprichst)aber gut Englisch.
zee shpre-khen (do shpri-kst) ah-bear goot eng-lish.
(Sie sprechen is formal, du sprichtst is non formal. If someone is staying at your home, I assume you know them and its ok to use du)

My friends call me__.
Meine Fruende nennen mich_.
Mine-e froyn-da nen-en mikh__.

I lost my passport.
Ich habe meinen Pass verloren.
Ick hab-e mine-en pas fer-law-ren.

I’ve heard so much about you.
Ich habe so viel von Ihnen (dir) gehort. (umlauts over o in gehort).
Ick hab-e zo feel fon ee-nen (deer) ge-hurt.

How old are you?
Vie alt sind Sie (bist du)?
vee alt zint zee (bist doo)?

Sweet dreams
Traum Suß.(umlauts over a in traum. Remember the funny looking B at the end is actually and Eszett and takes the place of 2 s’s. There is also an umlaut over the u. Seems intimidating, but not so much. Give it try.
troy-m sews.

Have a blessed week.
Cheers.

This calendar is all over the place lately. Usually its a week of subjects, but the person putting it together must have gotten bored.

I really appreciate it.
Ich bedanke mich sehr dafur. (umlauts over the a in dafur)
ick be-don-ke mikh zehr da-fewr.

I am [23] years old.
Ich bin [dreiundzwanzig] Jahre alt.
ick bin [dry-und-zwan-zikh] yah-re alt.

I’m broke.
Ich bin pleite.
ick bin plai-tuh

I’m on flight [101] to NYC.
Ich fliege mit Flug 101 nach NYC.
ick flee-ge flook [hun-dert-ains] nakh New York City.

What is your email address?
Wie ist deine Emailadresse?
vie ist dine-e e-mail-address-suh?

Can you forgive me?
Konnen Sie (kannst du)mir je vergeben? (umlauts over o in Konnen)
Kur-nen zee (kanst do) meer yeh fer-geh-ben?
Konnen Sie is formal (someone you dont know), kannst du is informal, used for friends and family.

Where is the bus station?
Wo ist die Bushaltestelle?
vo ist dee Buss-hall-tuh-shtel-luh?

May I have a napkin?
Darf ich bitte eine serviette haben?
darf ick bit-tuh ein-ne noy-eh zer-vee-et-tuh ha-ben?
replace napkin for anything; fork, water, etc. For a “new” something, add “neue” pronounced noy-eh. Eine neue Gabel (fork).

Cheers.

Is it supposed to rain this weekend?
Soll es dieses Wochenende regnen?
Zol es dee-za Voken-en-de reg-nen

I’d like to see the zoo.
Ich mochte [den Zoo] besuchen.
Ick muhr-kthe [den tso] be-zoo-ken.

Do you like yoga?
Machen Sie (Machst du) gern Yoga?
Ma-kehn zie (makst doo) gehrn Yoga?
Machen sie is formal—someone just met
Machst du is informal—buddy or friend of yours

I need a gift for…[my parents].
Ich brauche ein Geschenk fur [meine Eltern].
Ick brow-ke ein ge-schenk fuhr(fewr) [mine-a El-tern].

I need 5 more minutes.
Ich brauche noch funf Minuten.
Ick brow-ke nokh fewnf min-nu-ten.

I cannot believe how much of this is coming back to me. For some horrible reason the word schwenger popped in my head the other day.
schwenger [sch-ven-ger]. Pregnant; knocked up. The things we remember from high school.

Cheers. Have a good week.

How’s it going?
Wie geht’s?
Vee gates.

I have to go home now.
Ich muss jetzt nach Hause gehen
Ikh mus yetst nakh how-se gay-en.

What time is it?
Wie viel Uhr ist es?
Vie veel ouhr ist es?
Which really means “how many hours is it”?

Where is the bathroom?
Wo ist die toilette?
Vo ist dee toy-let-ta

Now try to understand the directions to get there. :)

My friends will be here in 10 minutes.
Meine Freunde werden in zehn Minuten hier sein.
Mine-a froyn-de ver-den in tzane min-nu-ten heer zine.
you can change the minutes. Five (funfe), etc.

I’ll be there in 30 minutes.
Ich werde in einer halben Stunde dort sein.
Ick ver-de in eye-nur hal-ben shtoon-de dort zine.
I learned 30 minutes (dreissig minuten). The double s would be that funny looking B i told you about.

and of course and essential:
HELP!
Hilf
Hilf

Help me!
Hilf mir
hilf meer

Stuff to use when you travel.

How much is the taxi [to the museum]?
Was kostet ein Taxi bis [zum Museum]?
vas kos tet ine tak-zi bis [tsoom moo-zeh-um]?
(I learned wie viel (vie feel) kostet eine Taxi). Wie viel is how much is a taxi, was kostet is what does it cost.

We have a reservation.
Wir haben eine Reservierung.
veer hah-ben ine-a re-zer-veer-ung.

and one everyone can use:
I can’t find my keys!
Ich kann meine Schlussel nicht finden.
Ich kan mine-a schlew-sel nikt fine-den.

over Schlussel is what is called an umlaut. They are 2 little dots over the U. Like Motley Crue, over the U. It changes the sound of the vowel slightly. Umlauts are cool. Even cooler are Eszetts. Instead of writing S twice like strasse (street), Germans use a little symbol that looks like an B-- daß