German Conversation for Beginners | 50 German Phrases To Know (Casual)

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Learn German with this 13-minute German Conversation for Beginners lesson. In this video, you'll learn 50 basic German phrases to help you learn German fast. Our native English speaker will say each phrase, then our native German speaker will repeat the phrase twice in German.

These casual German phrases are good for friendships, relationships, dating, or just meeting a stranger, who is the same age as you, in a German-speaking country.

In German there are two different ways to translate the word “you”: Formal = Sie, Casual = Du. This video demonstrates a casual conversation between younger people of approximately the same age, so uses “du”. See our comment below for more details.

In German, many job titles have both a masculine and feminine form, with the masculine form being used to describe the occupation in general terms. In this video, the German phrase “Er ist Englischlehrer.” is used for “He is an English teacher”. If the English phrase was “She is an English teacher,” the German phrase would be “Sie ist Englischlehrerin.”

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In German there are two different ways to translate the word “you”: Formal = Sie, Casual = Du. In face-to-face interactions, the formal "Sie" is the standard way of addressing someone. However, when the person you are speaking to is the same age as you (or younger) and you are pretty young yourself - you could venture to use "du" right away, especially when the setting is relaxed (at a party, in a bar, etc). In this video, both people are fairly young, and around the same age, so the conversation starts with “du” phrases, although depending on the situation (official/business), it would sometimes start with "Sie” phrases, like: Wie heißen sie? (What’s your name?) Sprechen sie Deutsch? (Do you speak German?) You shouldn’t switch from sie to du without saying anything. Switching to the informal "du" at a official/business setting usually requires that you know and like each other well, at some point one will offer the "du" - traditionally, the older one to the younger one. If you would address someone in English by saying Sir ___, Mr. X or Mrs. Y, you should use Sie in German. Children are addressed with "du" by default. On the internet/social media, the informal "du" is the default form and being addressed with "Sie" is unusual.

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