German Vocabulary The Family die Familie GrandmotherGromutter Aunt

German Vocabulary: The Family (die Familie) Grandmother-Großmutter Aunt – die Tante Cousin (m) – der Vetter Grandfather - Großvater Mother – die Mutter Cousin (f) – die Kusine Uncle – der Onkel Father - der Vater das Baby Brother -der Bruder Sister -- die Schwester MICHAEL JUSTIN ELLIS

German Alphabet and Pronunciation Review A= ah J= vot P= pay Y= uep-si-lohn B= bay K= kah Q= koo Z= tset C= tsay L= ell R= er D= day M= em S= es Ä= similar to the e in melon E= ay N= en T= tay F= eff O= oh U= ooh Ö= similar to the i in girl G= gay V= fow Ü= no equivalent in English H= haa W= vay ß= double s sound i= eeh X= ix

German Vocabulary – Greetings and Introductions -- Review SAYING HELLO Hallo (Hello) Grüß Gott (Hello [in Southern Germany]) Guten Morgen (Good morning) Guten Tag (Hello, Good afternoon) Guten Abend (Good evening) SAYING GOODBYE Auf Wiedersehen (Goodbye) Bis morgen (See you tomorrow) Tschüs (Goodbye [Informal]) Bis Freitag (See you on Friday) Auf Wiederhören (Goodbye [on the telephone]) Alles Gute (All the best) Viel Glück (Good luck) Bis spatter (See you Machs gut (Take care later) [S]) Bis bald (See you soon)

German Vocabulary – Greetings and Introductions -- Review Ja Yes Nicht not Nein No Sehr very Heißen verb meaning “to be called” or “am” Und and Wie geht’s? How are you? Wie geht es dir? How are you? (more formal) Gut good Dir/dich you (not at the beginning of a sentence) Mir/mich Me Danke Thanks Bitte please Wie how

German Review – Introductions, Greetings and Common Phrases Ich heiße. . . ikh hie-ssuh My name is. . . [I am called. . . ] Wie heißt du? vee hiesst doo What's your name? (informal) Ich komme aus. . . ikh koh-muh ows. . . I'm from. . . Woher kommst du? vo-hair kohmst doo Where are you from? (informal) Es geht. ess gate I'm ok. (informal) Wie geht's? vee gayts How are you? (informal) Wo wohnst du? vo vohnst doo Where do you live? (informal) Ich wohne in. . . ikh voh-nuh in I live in. . .

Let’s practice some of our new vocabulary using the following Web 2. 0 tools I. German Flashcards : http: //www. german-flashcards. com/ II. Babbel German Online: http: //www. babbel. com/learn-german-online III. Try out one of the vocabulary games at Wie Geht’s: http: //www. wiegehtsgerman. com/games IV. Create a drawing of your family using: http: //drawisland. com/ V. Label the family members in your drawing using the German vocabulary that you learned in this week’s lesson.

German Vocabulary - Meine Familie – Part Two I. For this section of the lesson, we will use our new vocabulary to compose an email to a friend or family member using Google Docs. II. Watch the instructional video for using Google Docs. The video can be found here: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=tzfto. Xr. Nn 0 Q III. Set up a new document for your email and share the document with your group members and the instructor. We will work together, as a group, to compose our emails.

References Di Donato, R. , Clyde, M. , & Vansant, J. (2007). Deutsch, na klar!: An introductory German course (5 th ed. ). Boston: Mc. Graw-Hill. German Words and Phrases. (n. d. ). BBC. com. Retrieved April 24 th, 2014, from http: //www. bbc. co. uk/languages/german/guide/ Michael Justin Ellis