Lesson 1 - New Words

Here you find the new words in order of appearance. If you want to listen to the pronunciation, click on little arrow in front of the respective word or on the word itself.

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German	Phonetic Script	English
Frau ... f	[frau]	Mrs ..., woman
Herr ... m	[hɛr]	Mr...
Guten Tag m	['gu:tən ta:k]	Good afternoon
sprechen	['ʃprɛçən]	to speak (infinitive)
Sie	[zi:]	you (polite form)
sprechen Sie?	['ʃprɛçən zi:]	do you speak? (literally: speak you?)
Deutsch	[dɔytʃ]	German
ich	[ɪç]	I; me
verstehen	[fɛɐ'ʃte:ən]	to understand (infinitive)
ich verstehe	[ɪç fɛɐ'ʃte:ə]	I understand
ein	[ain]	a (undefined article, male and neutral form)
ein bisschen	[ain 'bɪsçən]	a little
sein	[zain]	to be (infinitive)
sind Sie?	[zɪnt zi:]	are you (polite form)?
Amerikaner m	[ameri'ka:nɐ]	American (male form)
Amerikanerin f	[ameri'ka:nərɪn]	American (female form)
nein	[nain]	no
ich bin	[ɪç bɪn]	I am
Engländer m	['ɛŋlɛndɐ]	English (male form)
Engländerin f	['ɛŋlɛndərɪn]	English (female form)
und	[ʊnt]	and
woher	[vo'he:ɐ]	where from
kommen	['kɔmən]	to come (infinitive)
ich komme	[ɪç 'kɔmə]	I come
aus	[aus]	from
Hamburg	['hambʊək]	city in the north of Germany
kennen	['kɛnən]	to know (infinitive)
kennen Sie?	['kɛnən zi:]	do you (polite form) know? (literally: know you?)
ja	[ja:]	yes
mögen	['mø:gən]	to like (infinitive)
ich mag	[ɪç ma:k]	I like
sehr	[ze:ɐ]	very much
ist	[ɪst]	is (he/she/it)
eine	['ainə]	a (undefined article, female form)
schön	[ʃø:n]	beautiful, nice (adjective, adverb)
schöne	['ʃø:nə]	beautiful, nice (adjective female and neutral form)
Stadt f	[ʃtat]	town, city