Learn German for Beginners & Dummies
By Glenn Nora
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Have you ever wanted to learn the third most taught language in the world? If you are a native English speaker, you will be surprised at how easy it can be to learn the German language.
Easy to understand and simple phonetics will keep you eager, and interested to learn more. Let this book work hand in hand with you to accomplish your goal of learning German. The following chapters will discuss basic grammar rules, sentence structure, and everyday phrases for easy learning. It includes the alphabet, numbers list, and extensive vocabulary lists. It will even help you put sentences together on your own!
Also, it includes short stories to help with your reading comprehension and get you used to the flow of the language. This book covers everything you need to know to start learning the German language. Let's start today! Willkommen!
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Learn German for Beginners & Dummies - Glenn Nora
Einführung
Do you want to join the 90 million people who speak German? Are you thinking of visiting one of the many countries that speak German as their native language? Have you ever wanted to learn the third most taught language in the world? If you are a native English speaker, you will be surprised at how easy it can be to learn the German language.
Easy to understand and simple phonetics will keep you eager, and interested to learn more. Let this book work hand in hand with you to accomplish your goal of learning German. The following chapters will discuss basic grammar rules, sentence structure, and everyday phrases for easy learning. It includes the alphabet, numbers list, and extensive vocabulary lists. It will even help you put sentences together on your own!
Also, it includes short stories to help with your reading comprehension and get you used to the flow of the language. This book covers everything you need to know to start learning the German language. Let’s start today! Willkommen!
Chapter 1: The Basics
Die Grundlagen
Many think that learning German would be quite difficult. Luckily, they are wrong. Being a native speaker of English actually gives you a leg up. There are many similarities between the two languages. This is due in part to English actually being derived from an old West Germanic language. Our Alphabets are similar, as are our numbering systems. Not only do many German words sound similar, but are even shared between the English and German language. Many of the grammatical rules are shared as we will learn later on in this book. We will be taking it easy, and slow to introduce this new language to you to make this experience enjoyable. Lasst uns beginnen!
The Alphabet
Alphabet
The German alphabet comprises of the same 26 letters the English language contains, with only four additional letters. Three of these additional letters are called "Umlaute." They are ä, ö, and ü respectively. When writing the Umlaute, if you do not have the appropriate keyboard, you can write them as ae, oe, and ue. If you write a word with this in place of the Umlaute, it is widely recognized. The last letter is a symbol called "esszett", ß, and in most circumstances can also be written as ss as this is the sound it makes. The following is the full alphabet, along with the sounds the letters make, with an English word to help you understand the sound:
A ah as in arm
Ä eh as in air
B beh as in tabby
C tseh as in Ceaser
D deh as in day
E eh as in hey
F eff as in family
G geh as in gold
H hah as in house
I ih as in idea
J yott as in yet
K kah as in car
L ell as in cold
M emm as in man
N enn as in noise
O oh as in boat
Ö oo as in