The Smart Choice: Learning German at UEA LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

“Is German difficult to learn?” LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

As an English speaker you already know more German than you may realise .... Ball Butter Bus Fest Glas Land Vater Mutter English and German share the same roots – they are both Germanic languages! LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Do you recognise some of these words? Kindergarten Rucksack Gesundheit Volkswagen Diesel Frankfurter Poltergeist Strudel English has borrowed words and expressions from German. They are commonly used in today’s English language. LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

These words should look very familiar ... English loan words have slipped into everyday German. People refer to them as ‘Denglish’. chatten checken cheaten Song Computer LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

AUTOSTADT VOLKSWAGEN, Wolfsburg LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

“What about the pronunciation?” LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

What you see is what you get! German is a very phonetic language - Once you know how letters or letter combinations are pronounced, you should be able to say almost all words correctly. Bade-ente Sonnen-blume LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Some vowel combination sounds nein Wein allein ei = long “I” sound as in find, shy eu äu neun Deutschland Bäume = OY sound as in noise, voice au = pronounced as the English sound OW as in owl Haus kaufen ie Wie? sieben = long “ee” sound as in bee, she LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Some consonant combination sounds Schule waschen deutsch sch = SH sound as in fish, shy ch (after a, o, u) = “KH”, slightly gutteral, almost like gargling Buch Nacht ch (after i, e, ä, ö, ü) = similar to the sound the "h" makes in "huge", but more drawn out in time ich China Stein, sprechen Taste, Wespe sp st = SHP / SHT sound at the beginning of a syllable, otherwise as in English best LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

β One very special sound Fuβball Straβe Meiβener Porzellan = the strange letter that looks a bit like B, but is actually a combination of s and z. Pronounce like the hissing sound of a snake: ssssss Fuβball Straβe Meiβener Porzellan LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Can you pronounce this word? Fuβballeuropameister Fuβball-europa-meister Fuβball-europa-meister-schafts-finale LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Willkommen In 2015 kamen fast 1 Millionen Flüchtlinge nach Deutschland. LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Willkommen Guten Tag/ Hallo! Wie heiβt du? Guten Tag! Ich heiβe Ben. Und du? Ich heiβe Johanna. Woher kommst du? Ich komme aus Leeds. Das ist in Yorkshire. Und du? Ich komme aus Bremen. Das ist in Deutschland. LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

KARNEVAL IN KÖLN LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

“Is a beer male or female in German” LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Das Bier beim Oktoberfest ist lecker. LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Beer is neuter! Every noun in German has a gender, a grammatical gender. This is indicated by the article. There are three genders. Masculine Feminine Neuter DER DIE DAS der Fuβball die Badeente das Bier LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Motorbikes are female! There are some rules to remember. der Volkswagen die Kawasaki There are some rules to remember. All male persons are masculine. All days of the week, all months and seasons are masculine. All makes of cars are masculine. All makes of motorbikes are feminine. All female persons are feminine. All alcoholic drinks are masculine, except for beer (neuter). Many plants are feminine. 70% of all nouns ending in –e are feminine. Nouns ending in –schaft, -heit, -keit, -ung, -tion, -ik are feminine. Nouns ending in –chen, -lein, -um, -ium are neuter. LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

DAS SPAGHETTI-EIS LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Ich möchte einen Eiskaffee. Masculine: der Espresso der Eiskaffee der Cappuccino der Tee Feminine: die Latte Caramel die Latte Macciato die Heiβe Schokolade Neuter: das Bier das Spaghetti-Eis einen = I would like eine ein LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Pedestrian Roller Coaster, Duisburg EINE ACHTERBAHN FÜR FUβGÄNGER IN DUISBURG (A rollercoaster for pedestrians) LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

Be smart – give German a go. LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN

The Smart Choice: Learning German at UEA LANGUAGE TASTER SESSIONS UEA - GERMAN