German Language

From Foreignliving

If you want ask something in any office then first of all you must say "Guten Tag" (Good day) generally, in morning time "Guten Morgen" (Good morning), in evening time "Guten Abend" (Good evening). But if you want ask something from out of office then always start your dialogue with "Entschuldigung Sie bitte" (Excuse me). Prounciation of "Sie" is "Zee" in English.

• Remember you pronounce german word as it is written, for example the sound of "u" is always "oo" (as book) and sound of "ss", "ß", "sch", "st" and "sp" are "s" (as soap), "s" (as silence), "sh" (as sheep), "sht" and "shp" respectively, otherwise sound of "s" is "z" in English and sound of "z" is "s" in English.

Travel Information

If you go to railway station (Bahnhof or HauptBahnhof (main railway station)), then either buy your ticket from a machine (if you find) or find a room "Reise-zentrum" (travel center) and say the following question to the person/lady "Entschuldigung Sie bitte, Ich möchte reise nach XXX" (Excuse me, I want to travel to XXX (your target station, for example Frankfurt hauptbahnhof)). Then you say "Jetzt" (prounce it as Yetst in English) if you want to travel now, or tell him time such as "Acht Uhr" (8'o clock morning) for example, or "Vierzehn Uhr" (14'o clock) (pronounce it "Feyersehn Ooar", in German the sound of "V" is same as "F" in English). You need to learn countings in German. He/She will tell you the price of ticket and then you pay the cost to her/him. That's done.

Shopping Information

If you go to stores like Aldi, Lidl or Plus then you don't need to ask the total amount of your shopping at "Kasse" (cashpoint), since each "Kasse" has a machine that shows you the total amount of your shopping. Otherwise if go to "Flow market" (open market) then you need two senteces "Ich möchte XXX" (I need XXX (name of desired thing in German)) and "Was kostet das?" (What's price of this?).

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