Introduction to german language....

German is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Globally, German is spoken by approximately 120 million native speakers and also by about 80 million non-native speakers. Standard German is widely taught in schools, universities and Goethe Institutes worldwide....



Origins

The history of the language begins with the High German consonant shift during the migration period, separating Old High German dialects fromOld Saxon. The earliest testimonies of Old High German are from scattered Elder Futhark inscriptions, especially in Alemannic, from the 6th century AD; the earliest glosses (Abrogans) date to the 8th; and the oldest coherent texts (the Hildebrandslied, the Muspilli and the Merseburg Incantations) to the 9th century. Old Saxon at this time belongs to the North Sea Germanic cultural sphere, and Low Saxon should fall under German rather than Anglo-Frisian influence during the Holy Roman Empire.

As Germany was divided into many different states, the only force working for a unification or standardization of German during a period of several hundred years was the general preference of writers trying to write in a way that could be understood in the largest possible area.

Greetings in German


There are two types of greetings. They are

·         Formal

·         Informal

INFORMAL GREETINGS:

Hi!

Hallo!                          -           Hello!

FORMAL GREETINGS:

Guten Morgen!           -           Good Morning!

Guten Tag!                  -           Good Afternoon! / Good day!

Guten Abend!             -           Good Evening!

Guten Nacht!              -           Good Night!

Willkommen!              -           Welcome!

Bis Später!                  -           See you later!

Auf Wiedersehen!       -           Good Bye!

Viel Spaß                    -           Have fun

How Are You?           -Wie geht's dir/ Ihnen?

I'm Fine, Thanks!        -Danke, mir geht's gut!

And You?       =Und dir/ Ihnen?

Good/ So-So.  =Gut/ So la-la

Thank You (Very Much)!       =Danke (vielmals)!/ Vielen Dank!

You're Welcome! (answering "thank you")    =Gern gescheh'n!/ Keine Ursache!/ Kein Problem!

Hey! Friend!   =Hey! Kumpel! (only for male people)

I Missed You So Much!         =Du hast/ Sie haben mir so gefehlt!

What's New?   =Was gibt's Neues?

Nothing Much =Nicht viel.

Good Night!   =Gute Nacht

See You Later!      =Bis später!

Good Bye!            =Auf Wiedersehen!/ Tschüß! 

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