Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Lesson 3: How to say 'hello' and 'good bye'.

The proper German word for 'hello' is
'Hallo!'
but 'Hi' or 'Hey' are also used frequently

If you want to greet someone in a more polite way you say:
'Guten Tag.'
which means 'good day', you can also change 'Tag' to 'Morgen'(morning) or 'Abend'(evening).

Guten Tag can also be used to say goodbye, but there are also other ways:

Tschüss! (bye)
Bis bald/dann! (roughly: See you soon/later)
Auf Wiedersehen. (means roughly: let's see each other again)

Another way, which ist especially used in southern Germany and Austria is
'Grüß Gott.'
Which literally means'Salute God' and has the meaning of 'god bye' as well as 'hello'
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36 comments:

  1. DanielFebruary 15, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    Thank god the german language looks like Dutch.

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  2. mtnFebruary 15, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    Grüß Gott verwende ich als süddeutscher zwar nicht als verabschiedung, ansonsten aber alles super. Und tolle Idee für ein Blog!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:07 AM

    Next Time I Try and Take Over The World I Will Use This

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  4. Kan GebeurenFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:10 AM

    I'm Dutch but I can't speak german. It's like chinese for me.

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  5. differenxeFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:37 AM

    I was in New York last september right during a German festival. There was a lot of beer allright

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  6. D.February 15, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    such a simple language!

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  7. Paul WelchFebruary 15, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    COOL STUFF IM GOING TO FOLLOW YOU! check out my blog and follow me as well!

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    Sehr Gut

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  9. jopjopjopFebruary 15, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    Grüß Gott als Verabschiedung wäre mir jetzt neu.
    Vielleicht kann ich ja einen Beitrag zu diesem Blog leisten. Wünsch dir viel glück dabei und

    ... "Grüß Gott" :D

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  10. jopjopjopFebruary 15, 2011 at 10:11 AM

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  11. level85nerdFebruary 15, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    'Moin' in nothern germany.

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  12. Choms1337February 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM

    I learn german in school :P but very good idea :D

    followed :)

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  13. WarlawFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    I am loving this blog haha. Tschüss!

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  14. CantstopthemeatFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    This is great, can't wait to try it out.

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  15. UnknownFebruary 15, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    I'm loving this. I just got Rosetta Stone for my bday, and am torn between Spanish, Greek or German. I'm thinking German!

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  16. ShockwaveFebruary 15, 2011 at 12:19 PM

    Very clever idea for a blog!

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  17. BilboFebruary 15, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    Learning German isn't so hard

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  18. STILLhumanFebruary 15, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    Hallo.

    Is this right?

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  19. D22 ZoneFebruary 15, 2011 at 12:27 PM

    I must say I visited germany last year to see some friends... They taught me one word to say and it ryhmes with Kotze.... :D

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  20. SpongeworthyFebruary 15, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    I was always interested in taking German in high school, but I figured the half credit wasn't worth it. I'll take a crack at trying to learn German... Right after french :P.

    Auf Wiedersehen

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  21. AtretiesFebruary 15, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    Wow. I might actually learn somethig from this blog! Very cool!

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  22. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    Yeah, don't use 'Gruess Gott' In the north of Germany we don't consider bavaria as Germany :P

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  23. AckerzFebruary 15, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    This is well helpful.

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  24. LhosreiffFebruary 15, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    Guten Abend! Was machen Sie?

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  25. Chris C.February 15, 2011 at 3:20 PM

    Gotta start with the basics after all.

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  26. RamsayFebruary 15, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    You can teach me the words, now I just need to learn how to pronounce all the letters.

    Good Blog! Bis dann learnin' German, bis dann.

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  27. Dr. GrimFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:44 PM

    i actually already know "guten tag" thanks to a friend of mine that is really interested in german

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  28. 'AuanaFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:53 PM

    I love your blog man, its like Kindergarden when you teach, everythings all relaced in ur posts...

    <3 your style!

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  29. lloyd redgraveFebruary 16, 2011 at 4:59 AM

    Awesome, I love learning languages, even if it's just a few words

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  30. S.S.February 16, 2011 at 5:04 AM

    Nice. I'll surprise my german uncles this weekend :D

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  31. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2011 at 5:30 AM

    Interesting. Thanks for this post man :)

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  32. SvipisFebruary 16, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    Now I could remember the German from school times, thanks.

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  33. l33 v4n cl33fFebruary 17, 2011 at 6:54 AM

    i love this language

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  34. Emijane BoscageFebruary 17, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    I've been wanting to learn German for quite a while now, so I'll be keeping up with this. Thanks for the resource :D

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  35. Kan GebeurenFebruary 19, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    I keep learning more german thanks to you. :D

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  36. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    I forgot everything i learned at school with german, these basics take me back.

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