I hope you know to study in Germany, you’ve to understand German, unlike Nigeria, they barely teach in English language. To also have higher chances while applying to study over there, you must be sound in their language.
However, about 5 other countries have German as their official language, they are: Australia, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
These are the basics of German, kindly go through!
1. Hallo
This means hello. If you want to talk to someone, you can actually start with Hallo, which is pronounced “Ha-Low”
2. Guten Morgen
The German way of saying “Good morning”. It is pronounced as “Gutin-morjin”
3. Guten Tag
A way of saying Good afternoon in German. It is pronounced as “Gutin-Tak”.
4. Guten Abend
Meaning Good night/good evening, it’s pronounced as “Gutin-abendt”.
5. Wie geht’s?
Means How are you and is pronounced as “we-gets”
6. Es geht’s
Means, I’m alright/I’m fine, it’s pronounced as “es-gets”
7. Danke
Pronounced as spelt means thanks or thank you.
8. Bis Bald
Pronounced as “Bis-byed/baid” means see you!
9. Bis später
Pronounced as “Bis-shpater” means see you later.
10. Es tut mir leid:
Means I am sorry and is pronounced as “es-tut-me-lied”
11. Kein Problem
It’s pronounced as “kain-problem” and it means no problem.
12. Natürlich
Pronounced as “natulich” means of course.
13. Bitte
Means please and is pronounced as spelt.
14. Super
Meaning Great is pronounced as “Zupa”
15. Tschüss
Pronounced as “choose” means bye.
16. Auf Wiedersehen
Meaning Good-bye is pronounced as “of-widezen”
Looking at the German language closely, you’d notice most of it words sounds like English, without the meaning, you can guess most and guess right.
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