LESSON NOTES

Learn German in Three Minutes #3

Greetings

CONTENTS

Vocabulary
Sample sentences
Grammar

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VOCABULARY

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hallo hello, hello (on the phone) interjection, greeting

guten Tag good day expression

tschüss bye interjection

guten Morgen good morning expression

guten Abend good evening expression

Auf Wiedersehen! Goodbye! See you! expression

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Hallo, kann ich mit Anna sprechen? Hallo! Wie geht es Dir?

Hello, can I speak to Anna? Hello! How are you?

Guten Tag Herr Dr. Heinrich. Ich wünsche Ihnen einen guten Tag!

Good day doctor Heinrich. Have a good day!

Guten Tag Herr Dr. Heinrich. Vielen Dank für alles. Tschüss!

Good day doctor Heinrich. Thanks for everything. Bye!

Guten Morgen, mein Schatz! Marie wünscht ihrer Familie einen guten
Morgen.
Good morning, my dear!
Marie wishes her family a good morning.

Guten Abend! Kann ich Ihnen helfen? Guten Abend Mama.

Good evening! May I help you? Good evening, mom.

Auf Wiedersehen! Bis zum nächsten Mal. Auf Wiedersehen, Professor Martins!

Goodbye! See you next time. Goodbye, professor Martins!

GRAMMAR
The focus of this lesson is Greetings in German

Topic 1: Greetings - "Hello"

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Sentence from the lesson:

'Hallo'
"Hello" (Informal Greeting)

1. Hallo means "Hi" or "Hello." We should only use this greeting with friends or relatives.
2. In the case of formal greetings, they will change depending on the time of day. Let's start
with:Guten Tag! Literally, Guten Tag means "Good day." As a rule of thumb we can use Guten Tag
only during the daytime—from late morning until early evening. In the morning we say Guten
Morgen, "Good morning! In the evening we say: Guten Abend!

For Example:

Guten Tag! Guten Morgen! Guten Abend!

"Good day," "Good morning," "Good evening" (Formal Greetings)"

Topic 2: Greetings - "Good-bye"

Sentence from the lesson:

'Tschüss!'
"Good-bye (informal)"

1. In formal situations, German people usually say Auf Wiedersehen! when leaving. Auf Wiedersehen
means "Good-bye."

Language Tip!

Due to a huge variety of dialects in Gemany you might hear many different greeting phrases in different
area. In Austria and in the catholic southern part of Germany they even say Grüß Gott, which means
"Greetings to god." In the past, people from the north could barely talk to people from the south, since
they spoke very different languages.

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