Sunday, September 23, 2007

Common German phrases and words (part I)

Maybe there was time to write a post about common German phrases that are used everyday. Here are some of them (the order is English - German):

Hello - Hallo
Good day - Guten Tag
Good evening - Guten Abend
Good night - Gute Nacht
Hi - Hi / Tag
Good bye - Auf Wiedersehen
See you soon - Bis bald

Where? - Wo?
When - Wann?
Why - Warum?
What - Was?
Who - Wer?
How - Wie?
How much/many - Wieviel / Wie viele?
Is / are there - Gibt es?

Please - Bitte
Thank you (very much) - Danke (schön) / Vielen Dank
Excuse me - Entschuldigung Sie
I am sorry, but... - Es tut mir leid, aber...
May I... - Darf Ich?

I have lot more here to add, coming soon...