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How you can have a German conversation from day one.

 

Even if you only know a few words of German, it is possible to have a conversation in German while using almost no English in order to

communicate with the other person.  Given that the basic buidling blocks of a language are its words, all you need to be able to do is find a partner with some knowledge of English and discover the building blocks of German: enter the conversational toolbox, consisting of easy-to-remember useful phrases that you can employ every time you're stuck.

 

 

 

 

 

Ich verstehe nicht – I don’t understand

 

Kannst du das bitte wiederholen? – Can you please repeat that?

 

Was ist das? – what is that?

 

Wie sagt man or wie heißt ________ auf Deutsch/Englisch? - How do you say ________ in German/English?

Soak your brain in some German - even if you don't fully understand what people are saying.

Get your brain used to the sounds of spoken German by watching entertaining TV shows. Below are a few I'd recommend.

Heidi

Biene Maja

Or how about some Musik? Check out Munich Supercrew whose lyrics are aimed at listeners at beginner and intermediate levels of learning

Recommended Grammar resource:

Schaum's German Grammar, Fifth edition

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