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Even if you don't want to learn a whole language, it's always good to know a few basic words from as many lanuages as possible! You never know when some important basic phrases will come in handy for you!

I can speak german so that's why I chose it to be the subject of this page.

Here's some basic German words you might find helpfull.

Greetings

Guten Tag - (gew-tuhn tahk) - Hello.

Aufwiedersehen - (off-weed-er-sain) - Goodbye

Bitte (beet-ah) - Please

Guten Abend - (gew-tuhn ah-bent) - Good evening.

mein Herr - (mayn heR) - Sir

meine Dame - (may-nuh dah-muh) - Miss, Mrs.

Ich heibe… - (iH hay-suh) - My name is…

Wie heiben Sie? - (vee hay-suhn zee) - What is your name?

Wie geht es Ihnen? - (vee gayt es ee-nuhn) - How are you?

Sehr gut - (zeyR gewt) - Very well.

Nicht schlecht - (niHt shleHt) - Not bad.

Es geht so - (es gayt zo) - So so.

Having trouble understanding

Entschuldigen Sie - (ent-shool-dee-guhn zee) - Excuse me (formal)

Entschuldigung, ich habe Sie nicht erstanden - (ent-shool-dee-goonk,

iH hah-buh zee niHt eR-shtan-duhn) - Excuse me, I didn't understand you.

Ich verstehe nicht - (iH feR-shtey-huh niHt) - I don't understand.

Sprechen Sie langsamer, bitte - (shpRe-Hun zee

lAng-zah-muhR, bi-tuh) - Please speak more slowly.

Was haben Sie gesagt? - (vAs hah-buhn zee

guh-zahkt) - What did you say?

Wiederholen Sie, bitte - (vee-deR-hoh-luhn zee,bi-tuh) - Please repeat (what you just said).

Where is .. ?

Wo Ist ...- (Vi ist) - Where is ...?

der Bus - (deyR boos) - bus

der Zug - (deyR tsewk) - train

die U-Bahn, S-Bahn - (dee ew-bahn, es-bahn) - subway

die Strabenbahn - (dee shtRah-suhn-bahn) - streetcar

das Polizeiamt - (dAs poh-li-tsay-Amt) - the police station

There's a few basic German words that you may find helpfull. Of course that's only the tip of the ice berg! My intention here is not to teach the world to be fluent in speaking German!

German is a fun and easy language to learn. There's plenty of advantages to learning German!

It really is easy to learn a whole language in a short time. Myself and hundreds and thousands of other people learned to do, so why can't you? Give it a go!