Lesson 1: Greetings

Lesson 1: Begrüßungen

How people address each other when they meet on the street. These are common ways that people address each other, although there are others that we will touch on in later lessons.

Guten Tag - Good Morning (Good Day)

Wie geht es Ihnen? - How are you?*

Es geht mir sehr gut! Und Ihnen? - Very good! And you?

Sehr gut auch. Danke! - Very good too. Thanks!

Auf Wiedersehen! - Goodbye!

Tschuß! - See you later! (Goodbye!)

Although I present no formal grammar in the lessons in an effort to present things in a more natural way as you would learn your own language, should you need to refer to a grammar matter you can at: http://german-language-reference.blogspot.com/

*This is the formal version that you would use with someone that you don't know. For people you know, you would say 'Wie geht's?' More on that later.