Just had my first German lesson today!
Our tutor, Frau Leucke, has trouble remembering Chinese names so, to be fair, she decided to give each of us a German name. So fun! Mine is Andrea -I liiiike :)
For the benefit of German beginners like me, shall post some of what we learned in class today, hurhur.
Begrüßung (Greetings)
Guten Tag = Good day!
Guten Morgen = Good morning!
Guten Abend = Good evening!
Gute Nacht = Good night!
Wie geht es Ihnen? = How are you? (formal)
Wie geht es dir? = How are you? (informal)
Danke sehr, mir geht es ausgezeichnet! = Thank you very much, I am excellent!
Danke, es geht mir schlecht = Thank you, I’m not well
Vorstellung (Introduction)
Wie ist Ihr Name? = What is your name? (formal)
Wie ist dein Name? = What is your name? (informal)
Mein Name ist Andrea = My name is Andrea
Was sind Sie von Beruf? = What are you by profession? (formal)
Was bist du von Beruf? = What are you by profession? (informal)
Ich bin Student(in) = I am a student
Verabschiedung (Saying goodbye)
Auf Wiedersehen! = Goodbye! (the only German phrase I knew before today, thanks to a regular dose of Heidi Klum on Project Runway, ahaha)
Can’t wait for the next German lesson on Wednesday!
I’m having my first French Level 5 class tomorrow (God please let the tutor be Mme. Sabine Moulin), so let’s just hope I won’t get my French and German tangled up. I suppose the two languages are pretty different, but who knows… The last time I took Spanish and French one semester after another, my French tutor then singled me out for mixing up some pronunciation, hurhur.
Mach’s gut!
