GERM 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Diphthong

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: German Studies
• Course: GERM 1100
• Professor: Viktoriya Melnykevych

Document Summary

There are two types of you in the german language depending on the person you are talking to and their standing/ position: formal. Used for people of higher rank than you like teachers, professors, bosses, older classmates etc. Question: wie hei en sie? (what"s your name, formal: answer: ich hei e [last name] Informal du informal you, singular ihr informal you, plural used for friends and family or anyone of close relationship. Question: wie hei t du: answer: ich hei e [first name] Der diphthong (die diphthonge) ei hei en, dein ie wie, wiedersehen (e is silent) Au auf, haus eu leute, heute. Ch ich (i), richtig (right), nicht (not) Sch schnell (fast), schreiben (write), falsch (wrong) Question: wie geht es dir? (how are you, informal) Es geht mir nicht gut. (it is not going well) Question: wie geht es ihnen? (how are you, formal) Es geht mir gut. (it is going well)