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German Feminine Nouns Continued Posted by Transparent Language on May 15, 2009
This is part 2 of the feminine noun post. Sometimes, loan words that come from English are used in German. Take a look at some of these foreign word endings: -isse : die Hornisse (hornet) -ive : die Initiative (initiative) -ette : die Serviette (napkin) -ade : die Parade (parade) Now here are some groupings…
German Feminine Nouns Posted by Transparent Language on May 12, 2009
Of course the best way is to memorize the “die” as a part of the word. However, there may be cases where you just might not be sure. Here are some noun endings that may indicate that the noun is feminine. I just want to clarify that this isn’t 100% true in all cases, but…
German Masculine Nouns Posted by Transparent Language on May 9, 2009
Every German noun is either masculine, feminine, or neuter. It’s easy to figure out a German noun just by looking at it, because all German nouns are capitalized. Sometimes, it’s obvious as to whether a noun is feminine, masculine or neuter. Take for example, (der Vater) father. Other times there are no logical connections between…
German Greetings Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 26, 2009
We’re going to learn Grüße und Nettigkeiten or greetings and courtesies. These greetings are a great way to start a conversation in German Chances are you’ve probably heard this before, countless times: (Guten Tag) hello (Grüß Gott) also means hello, but it’s more common in southern Germany (Grüß dich) Hello in an informal way. One…
German Consonants Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 24, 2009
Letters b, d, g, p, t, k are pretty much the same as English, but there are exceptions. When b, d, g is at the end of the syllable it changes to p, t, k respectively. b to p: (abheben) is pronounced as apheben d to t: (sind) is pronounced as sint g to k…
German Vowels Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 23, 2009
We’re going to take a look at the short vowels first, and then go straight to the long vowels. The German word that contains these vowel will be in parentheses and the English translation of the word will follow. The German language does not mark the difference between long and short vowels with adequate punctuation…
Typing German Characters Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 22, 2009
Have you ever wondered how to type German characters on an English language keyboard? I have a PC and this is how I do it: 1) Go to control panel 2) Under Clock, Language, Region click on change keyboards 3) Go to keyboards and languages 4) Go to general 5) Click add 6) Click on…