• Good morning. ---------- Guten Morgen!
• Good afternoon. ---------- Guten Tag!
• Good evening. ---------- Guten Abend!
• Good night. ---------- Gute Nacht!
• Hi. ---------- Hallo!

INFO -- Up till 10 am it is customary to say "Guten Morgen". (The quotation signs shouldn't be written this way but I cannot find the right one to copy and paste or to type. I will show them to yo when we get back to school or when we meet, we might do do during this holidays. Haha.) For the rest of the day until evening "Guten Tag" is used, or, "Grüß Gott" in Bavaria and Austria and "Grüezi" in Switzerland. In the evening, from about 7pm onwards, "Guten Abend" is used. The casual greeting "Hallo" is used at any time of the day especially among young people and colleagues. When leaving you say "Auf Wiedersehen" (polite form) or you can use "Tschüs", espacially in Northern Germany and increasingly so in other parts of Germany, as a casual farewell greeting. When parting late in the evening, "Gute Nacht" is used.

• Good-bye. ---------- Auf Wiedersehen!
• May I join you? ---------- Darf ich mich zu Ihnen/dir setzen?
• How are you? ---------- Wie geht as Ihnen/dir? (formal)/ Wie geht's? (informal)
• I'm fine, thank you. And you? ---------- Danke, gut. Und Ihnen/dir?
• I'm sorry, but I have to go now. ---------- Es tut mir leid, aber ich muss jetzt gehen.
• See you soon/tomorrow! ---------- Bis bald/morgen!
• Bye! ---------- Tschüs!
• Nice to have met you. ---------- Schön, Sie/dich kennen gelernt zu haben.
• Have a safe trip home! ---------- Komm(t) gut nach Hause!

INFO -- In German there are two different forms of "you". The familiar form "du" is used to address children, friends and relatives in singular, becoming "ihr" in the plural. The second form "Sie" (singular and plural) is used for all other adults and young people from the age of 14-15 upwards. When you get to know a person or a colleague better you can agree tp use the familiar "du" form of address instead of "Sie". This is traditionally done by entwining your arms and drinking a sip of wine from your own glass. This creats a bond of familiarity and you can now call each other "du".

Others

• ..., please. ---------- ... bitte!
• Thank you. ---------- Danke!
• Yes. ---------- Ja.
• No. ---------- Nein.
• Excuse me. ---------- Entshuldigung!
• I am sorry. ---------- Es tut mir Leid.
• OK! ---------- In Ordnung!
• Help! ---------- Hilfe!
• Quick, call a doctor! ---------- Rufen Sie schnell einen Artzt!
• Call an ambulance! ---------- Rufen Sie einen Krankenwagen!
• Where is the restroom? ---------- Wo ist die Toilette?
• When? ---------- Wann?
• What? ---------- Was?
• Where? ---------- Wo?
• Here. ---------- Hier.
• There. ---------- Dort.
• On/To the right. ---------- Rechts.
• On/To the left. ---------- Links.
• Straight on. ---------- Geradeaus.
• Do you hve...? ---------- Haben Sie...?
• I would like... ---------- Ich möchte...
• How much does this cost? ---------- Was kostet das?
• Could you please write that down for me? ---------- Bitte schreiben Sie mir das auf.
• Where is...? ---------- Wo ist...?
• Where is/are there? ---------- Wo gibt es...?
• Today. ---------- Heute.
• Tomorrow. ---------- Morgen.
• I don't want to. ---------- Ich will nicht.
• I can't. ---------- I kann nicht.
• Just a minute, please. ---------- Einen Moment, bitte!
• Leave me alone! ---------- Lassen Sie mich in Ruhe!

Repeat after me!

"Deutschland ist ein sehr schönes Land."