Great now I know like thousands of words but I don’t know how to pronounce them

How to pronounce the “Ö”: take the word way (orbetray,lay) and now just say the ay.Amazing now tightly round your lips. If you have problems with that use a mirror to see if your lips are actually rounded.

How to pronounce the Ü: take the word knee(orweed,bee) and just say the ee. You have to round your lips just like with the Ö. The result is the Ü sound.

How to pronounce the “Ä”: You already have that in English! Take the word airand remove ther.And that’s how the GermanÄsounds like!

1 = eins

2 = zwei

3 = drei

4 = vier

5 = fünf

6 = sechs

7 = sieben

8 = acht

9 = neun

10 = zehn

!!!Attention!!! The German word for “sex” sounds very similar to “sechs”

Vocabulary! (2)

“A rainy day” - “Ein regnerischer tag”

der Regen (m) - the rain

Es regnet. - It rains.

regnen - (to) rain

der Tee (m) - the tea

die Tasse (f) - the cup

der Film (m) - the film

der Sturm (m) - the storm

Es ist kalt. - It is cold.

Only a few words because it’s better to learn them!

how to conjugate regular verbs (1)

Alright this might be confusing because in English you only conjugate the 3rd person singular (remember that “he she it - the s must fit” thing? That’s exactly what I mean)

But German does that with every verb. So let’s take the verb “(to) learn” - “lernen”.

!!Almost every regular verb ends with “-en”!!

ich lerne (-e)

du lernst (-st)

er/sie/es lernt (-t)

wir lernen (-en)

ihr lernt (-t)

sie lernen (-en)

Just remember the endings and everything will be fine!

new letter!!

ß omg what are you

Ok calm down, maybe it’s just a weird looking “B” but that’s ok not everyone is perfect. It’s not. It’s actually a way to say “s”.

Great but how do I pronounce it?

Just act like you’re a snake! Ssssssssss. See? it’s actually really easy.

nouns (1)

Ok, but why do I write nouns with a capital letter? That’s because you write nouns with a capital letter! Always. That’s it. Just remember this simple rule.

the verb (to) be in German

Ich bin

Du bist

Er/sie/es ist

Wir sind

Ihr seid

Sie sind

Vocabulary! (2)

Introduce yourself! Stelle dich vor!

Ich heiße (insert name here). = I am (insert name here).

Ich bin (insert age here) Jahre alt. = I am (insert age here) years old.

Ich komme aus (insert country/city here). = I am from (insert country/city here).

Ich bin ein Nachtmensch. = I am a night person.

Ich lerne Deutsch. = I learn German.

Ich liebe Hunde. = I love dogs.

Ich liebe Katzen. = I love cats.

!!! Attention: It is really important here to pronounce “Nachtmensch” (m) properly! If you don’t pronounce the “ch” like you should, it will sound like “Nacktmensch” which means “naked person”.

Vocabulary! (1)

This is only a small list of random nouns just to show you how random the grammar genders are!

der Apfel (m) = the apple

der Baum (m) = the tree

das Mädchen (n) = the girl

der Junge (m) = the boy

die Sonne (f) = the sun

die Flasche (f) = the bottle

das Haus (n) = the house

If you have any pronunciation questions about these feel free to ask me!

german articles (2)

Alright now you know the basics of the German articles, but how do you pronounce them?

der = in this case you pronounce the “r” like an “a” so it’s more like a “dea” (Attention: e is NOT pronounced like the 2nd “e” in the word “Mercedes”, it’s more like the last “e”.)

die = No. This is not pronounced like the English word. It’s actually pronounced like the English letter “d”, but a little bit harder.

das = the “s” sounds in this case like a snake. You know? Ssssssnake. But don’t focus that much on the s because if you say it too long, it will turn into another word.

articles in German

Wait a sec… Der, die, das, dem, dessen, den(…)?? Why the fuck does she want me to die?

German has a lot of articles, but let’s start with the main ones.

Just like in English, German has indefinite articles and definite articles. Let’s take a look at the (main) definite articles:

“der”, “die” and “das”.

But why are there 3 ways to say the? That’s because words have one of three genders in German. The German grammar gender are called “maskulin” (=masculine), “feminin” (=feminine) and neutral (=neuter).

Wow enough German grammar words in one sentence. But why do I tell you that?

Depending of the grammar gender of the noun, you have to decide what word for “the” you have to use!

“Der” is an article for the masculine nouns. “Die” is an article for the feminine nouns. “Das” is an article for the neuter nouns.

But what do you use for the plural? Well that’s simple: You use “die”. But watch out: Some words don’t have a plural! But they are veeeery rare, so don’t worry about them!

Pronunciation

ch = idk why??? but maaaany people think it’s pronounced like “k” but it sounds like a hissing cat

sch = no, this is not pronounced like “sk”, more like “sh” as in “shoes”

r = I think the English “r” sounds like a pirate or something, but in German it sound more like a cat’s purring

Personal pronouns

singular

1. ich = I/me

2. du = you

3. er/sie/es = he/she/it

plural

1. wir = we

2. ihr = you

3. sie = they

These are the basics, if you have any problems with pronouncing these just text me and I’ll help you!

Note: “ch” is NOT pronounced like k. I’ll do a pronunciation post soon!