German lesson 1

1. Lesson

• Alphabet

• Vowel combinations
  • au; ei; eu; ie

• Consonant combinations
  • ch-wirklich; ch-auch
    • difference between ch after a,e and i or after o and u
  • ck (k) e.g. dick
  • pf e.g. Pferd(das)
  • ph (f) e.g. Alphabet(das)
  • qu (kv) e.g. Quittung(die)
  • sp (shp - only if at beginning of word) e.g. sprechen
  • st (sht - only if at beginning of word) e.g. stehen
  • sch (sh) e.g. schön
  • th (t) e.g. Theater(das)

• Pronouns
  • German Du/Sie

• Conjugate basic verbs
  • sein - to be
  • haben - to have
  • werden - to become
  • können - to be able, can
  • wollen - want
  • müssen - have to, must

• regularities for conjugation
  • infinitiv ends with -en (exception 'sein')
  • 1st singular -e
  • 2nd singular -st
  • 3rd singular -t
  • 1st plural -en (same as infinitiv)
  • 2nd plural -t
  • 3rd pluarl -en (same as infinitiv)