1 | Ich bin Paul

I am Paul

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Greet someone, speak formally
Personal pronouns: Sie, ich, er

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Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Gutengood
adjective Tagday
noun (m.) ! IchI
personal pronoun binam
verb PaulPaul (name)
noun (m.) .

Paul: Hello! I am Paul.

Meili:Meili (name)
noun (f.) Gutengood
adjective Tagday
noun (m.) ! Woherfrom where
adverb kommento come; appear
verb Sieyou (formal)
personal pronoun ?

Meili: Hello! Where do you come from?

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) IchI
personal pronoun kommecome
verb ausout; out of; from
preposition DeutschlandGermany
noun . Undand
conjunction Sieyou (formal)
personal pronoun ?

Paul: I come from Germany. And you?

Meili:Meili (name)
noun (f.) Ausout; out of; from
preposition ChinaChina
noun .

Meili: From China.

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Undand
conjunction wiehow / like; as (comparison)
adverb heißento be called; named / to mean
verb Sieyou (formal)
personal pronoun ?

Paul: And what's your name?

Meili:Meili (name)
noun (f.) IchI
personal pronoun heißeam called
verb MeiliMeili (Chinese name)
noun (f.) .

Meili: My name is Meili.

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Hallohello
interjection .

Paul: Hello!

Meili:Meili (name)
noun (f.) Ohoh
interjection , werwho; whoever
adverb istis
verb dasthe (neuter); that
article ?

Meili: Oh, who is that?

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) IgorIgor (name)
noun (m.) , erhe
personal pronoun kommtcomes
verb ausout; out of; from
preposition RusslandRussia
noun . … Wowhere
adverb wohnento live; reside
verb Sieyou (formal)
personal pronoun ?

Paul: Igor, he comes from Russia. ... where do you live?

Meili:Meili (name)
noun (f.) IchI
personal pronoun wohnelive
verb inin; into
preposition FrankfurtFrankfurt (city)
noun .

Meili: I live in Frankfurt.

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New words

aus China
from China

ich bin
I am

das
that; the

Deutschland
Germany

er ist
he is

Frankfurt
Frankfurt (city)

Guten Tag!
Hello! (‘good day‘)

hallo
hello

heißen
to be called

ich heiße
my name is

Igor
Igor (name)

in
in; into

ich komme
I come

kommen
to come

er kommt
he comes

Paul
Paul (name)

Meili
Meili (name)

Russland
Russia

Sie
you (formal)

und
and

wer
who

wie
how

wo
where

woher
from where

ich wohne
I live

wohnen
to live; reside

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If you talk or write to

– a stranger
– an older person
– your boss

you usually address that person in a formal way. So, if you are new in Germany, you would say Sie to almost everybody. Otherwise you might offend people.

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1 | Ich bin Paul

I am Paul

Greet someone, speak formally Personal pronouns: Sie, ich, er

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