Willkommen!!

• If you can work this with a partner, it would be a great speaking exercise, but otherwise, I'm sure you'll do just fine. Any questions can be directed to my ask box.
• Albert: Hallo, wie Heißt du?
• Gisela: Ich Heiße Gisela, und du?
• Albert: Ich Heiße Albert.
• Gisela: Wie alt bist du, Albert?
• Albert: Ich bin 19 (neunzehn) Jahre alt. Du?
• Gisela: 20 (zwanzig). Wo wohnst du?
• Albert: Ich wohne im Berlin.
• Gisela: Ganz toll! (Very cool!) Ich wohne I'm Berlin, auch! Was ist dein Telefonnummer?
• Albert: Es ist (Nummer). Dein?
• Gisela: (nummer). Ruft mich an? (call me?)
• Albert: Ja, sehr gut!
• Gisela: Bis später, Albert!
• Albert: Tchüss!

Heute wort:  KENNEN

Kennen = to know (a person)

Ex:  ”Ich kenne Michael, und ihrem Freunde, Rachel”. (I know Michael, and his girlfriend Rachel)

Ich kenne…

du kennst… (Ex:  Kennst du Dieter?)

er/sie/es kennt… (Ex:  Er kennt mir sehr gut)

wir kennen…

ihr kennt…

Sie kennen…

Kennen is used to say that you know another person. If you want to say that you know, for example, a FACT, you would use the verb “wissen”, which will be covered in a later lesson, as it is an irregular verb. 

I’ve had a rather full plate.

A very full plate, indeed. 

But I’m here now, and that’s all that matters, right?

Will be posting a few vocabulary words, as well as a refresher on the way to pronounce a word with umlauts. That lesson will be later on tonight, because I want to make a video for you. 

I’ll be making a separate YouTube account just for this occasion, so that if you ever need to see any of the material videos, you may do so. 

Be sure to tell your friends, if any of them are interested! Tell your followers! :3

Bis später, 

Rach

So, welcome to this blog and welcome to this online course. 

Right now, put yourself in the situation that you’re actually in here. You presently have the vocabulary of a newborn German baby. You don’t know any of it, and that’s OK! That’s why you’re here, and this is how you fix that! SINCE you only have the vocabulary of a baby, we have to start off with BABY STEPS! 

When you learned your first language formally, they taught you the ALPHABET! If you need any help with pronunciation, ask me for a private Skype tutoring session! I will be happy to help you. At any rate, here you go. 

A- ah

B- beh

C- tseh

D- deh

E- eh

F- eff

G- geh

H- hah

I- ih

J- jott

K- kah

L- ell

M- emm

N- enn

O- ohh 

P- peh

Q- kuh

R- err

S- ess

T- teh

U- uh

V- fau

W- veh

X- iks

Y- upsilon

Z-tset!

and let’s not forget…

ä- ayy

ö- owh

ü- oooh

(When you pronounce an umlaut, you should be making a sort of kissy face)

ß

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You still have to do the work yourself :) 

But I will be happy to help. 

So how do you get started? Go ahead and go through all the links. That should help you get acquainted. Still not getting it? Ask me, and I’ll help you. 

Anon is NOT on, because anon doesn’t NEED to be on. There’s no reason to feel embarrassed, everyone is going to mess up. :)

I will have plenty posted for you to learn from in the coming days.