Hadampson:
Sometimes, i wonder how dem German construct a sentence sef... Take these sentences below for example


Ich Koche dir heute das Essen

Heute Koche ich dir das Essen

dir Koche ich heute das Essen

das Essen Koche ich dir heute


If you look at these sentences, you will see that they all the same meaning. What i don't understand is this? how do they construct sentences?

You know in English language, the sentence pattern goes like this..... Subject + verb + object

The only thing i know that is constant in German sentences is the verb. Verb is always at the 2nd position.

From your experiences and what you understand very well, can you kindly put me through please?

cc: DisturbingEU willy2000

willy2000:


Sorry, I got banned by the spambot, so, for now, I will not type in German anymore.
Since you are still learning, make sure your Verbs is always in the second position, but this is not always the case. Verbs can take the first position when the sentence is a question and you are not using the 5WH words. Verbs are also flipped to the end of the sentence when using some subordinate clause. And take note only Nouns are written in capitals between sentences. So the verb you used up there should be in small letters.

Hadampson:
Noted bro. Thanks

What is the full meaning of 5WH?

willy2000:


Where, what, when, why, who and how

Hadampson:
Okay bro.

Have you asked the MOD why you were banned by the spambot?

willy2000:

I don't need to ask na, the spambot doesn't know German so if you type what it doesn't understand, it simply bans you.
What I still don't understand is why can't the spambot ban those who post mtn magic data and betnaija tickets. _It is really annoying

life is too short to learn German

Hadampson:
Hallo leute (Hello guys)

I noticed that there is no single thread about learning Deutsch(german) so i start this thread to help nairalanders who are willing to learn German for the sake of traveling to Germany and also those who loves the language naturally.

I have been on this platform (nairaland) for some years now. Teaching people some German basics is my small way of saying THANK YOU Seun because all the things i know about traveling stuff was acquired from this great platform(nairaland)


Those who know me here on nairaland know that i have a deep appreciation for everything related to Germanic countries most especially GERMANY, my number one country

Divineroyalty:


My nairaland hubby is at it again.
No mention hub
No wahala Shaa. Interested in learning too.

prince2pac:
Guten Tag alle.. wie geht es ihnen...

stopped learning my sweet German months back, i have no one to speak it to.. but its cools seeing you guys here

Hadampson:
I didn't know you will be interested in learning German... Sorry wifey

Divineroyalty:


Alright.
Apology accepted.

beatmonster:
Hadampson

Baba carry go, I am learning so much here

Ich lerne Deutsch

beatmonster:
My man Hadampson carry go

Hadampson:
The German R

The German R is one of the most challenging consonants for native speakers of English to master.

Unlike English, German uses either the uvular r (the uvula is the small flap of skin hanging from the soft palate at the back of the mouth) or the tongue-trilled r.

As far as the German, I assume the uvular ʀ is commonly used. In order to be able to pronounce it well, you need to gargle( do like hausa that want to spit )

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Take a sip of water in your mouth, put your head back and gargle. Basically, that is what you have to do if you want to pronounce the gargled r (uvular r)

Now try and make the same sound without the water

It will take a while until you can get the balance between tenseness and laxness of the sound.


There are some laws guiding the German R

1) If the first syllable is R, you have to use the gargled R... It is pronounced like krrrr in a gargle manner

Examples..... das Rathaus, die Ratte, Russland
Rechts, Rot, Rennen, aufräumen


2) After voiced consonant, you also have to pronounce it like gargled R

groß, die Größe, grün, Bremen, der Druck


3) When R follows an unvoiced consonants, then you have to pronounce it like KRA in a gargle manner.

der Preis, Prima, Krank, der Schrank, die Treppe

4) Before vowels, the R is pronounced RI in gargle manner

Fahren, Studieren, gehören


5) At the end of the syllable, the R will be silent. It will sound more like ah

Lernen, die Schwiegereltern, gefährlich


6) At the end of the word, the R sounds like ah

Für, das Wetter, der, der Politiker, der Fußballspieler, das Bier


7) Before consonant, the R is also pronounced ah

der Berg, dort, die Eltern, kurz, morgen



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To master the German R, you need alot of practice.

For pronunciation, search learn German with Jenny on youtube. Look for the GERMAN R by Jenny. The video is well explained.


#Shalom

janettee:


6. It's not the 'r' but rather the 'er' sounds like ah. Nice thread though.

Hadampson:



Thanks for the correction sis. Do come here more often cos it seems like you are good in German

Hadampson:
Lektion 2

Word order
Word order is much more flexible in German than in English, but there are some very important rules. The most important apply to the position of the finite verb.

Here are some basic principles, which illustrate the difference to English word order.

•The finite verb is the second idea in most statements:

Er hat drei brüder - He has three brothers.

Morgen fahre ich nach Manchester or you can also write it like this; ich fahre morgen nach Manchester which means tomorrow, am going to Manchester.

• The finite verb goes at the beginning of a sentence in orders and many questions:

Lernst beatmonster für die Prüfung? - Is beatmonster studying for the exam?

Öffnet das Fenster - Open the window please

Hast du morgen Zeit? - Are you free tomorrow


•The finite verb goes at the end in subordinate clauses:

Ich kann morgen nicht kommen, weil ich nach Manchester fahre - I can't come tomorrow because am going to Manchester.

•If there are two verb forms, one of them goes at the end:

Morgen muss ich nach Manchester fahren. - Tomorrow i have to go to Manchester




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Tenses

English tenses differentiate between an action happening at the moment (‘I am working’) and an action taking place regularly (‘I work at Harrods’).

In German, this difference does not exist. The finite verb form is the same in both statements:

Ich arbeite - I am working
Ich arbeite bei Harrods - I work at Harrods

The first sentence signify the action happening in the moment while the second sentence is about action that take place regularly. I hope you get what am saying??


Ich wünsche ein schönes Wochenende

Hadampson:
The German Alphabet


The German alphabet has the 26 standard letters found in the English alphabet plus four letters that are
specific to German.

They are as follows:-

Alphabet
Letter German Name
A. ah
B. bay
C. tsay
D. day
E. eh
F. eff
G. gay
H. hah
I. ee
J. yot
K. kah
L. ell
M. emm
N. enn
O. oh
P. peh
Q. kuh
R. err
S. ess
T. teh
U. uh
V. Fau
W. veh
X. iks
Y. üppsilon
Z. Tset



The 4 special letter are as follows


Ä or A-umlaut
English equivalent is melon, age

Ö(oeh) or O-umlaut
English equivalent is flirt, girl

Ü(ueh) or U-umlaut
There is no English equivalent for this

ß... This is called ess-tset or scharfes S(sharp S)
English equivalent for ß is kiss


Note that ß (ess-tset) is the only letter that will never be at the beginning of a word.

janettee:


It's lernt .