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Neue Horizonte: Introductory German, Eighth Edition
David B. Dollenmayer, Thomas S. Hansen
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About the Authors
David B. Dollenmayer is an emeritus professor of German at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. He received his BA and PhD from Princeton University and was a Fulbright fellow at the University of Munich. He has written on the twentieth-century writers Alfred Döblin, Joseph Roth, Christa Wolf, and Ingeborg Bachmann and is the author of The Berlin Novels of Alfred Döblin (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1988). He has translated works by Elias and Veza Canetti, Peter Stephan Jungk, Michael Kleeberg, Anna Mitgutsch, Perikles Monioudis, Mitek Pemper, Moses Rosenkranz, and Hansjörg Schertenleib and is the recipient of the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize and the Austrian Cultural Forum Translation Prize.
Thomas S. Hansen is a professor of German at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He received his BA from Tufts University, studied six semesters at the University of Tübingen, and received his PhD from Harvard University. His research areas include German exile literature (1933–1945), GermanAmerican literary relations, and twentieth-century book design. He is the author (with Burton R. Pollin) of The German Face of Edgar Allan Poe: A Study of Literary References in His Works (Columbia, SC: Camden House, 1995) and Classic Book Jackets: The Design Legacy of George Salter (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005). His website on Salter’s book design can be viewed at: http://www.wellesley. edu/German/GeorgeSalter/Documents/home.html. He has also translated German and Austrian literature into English, notably writers such as Matthias Claudius, Wilhelm Hauff, Wolf Haas, and Josef Haslinger and most recently prepared the Centennial Translation of Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice (Boston: Lido Editions at the Club of Odd Volumes, 2012).
Ellen W. Crocker, author of the Student Activities Manual, is a senior lecturer in German at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She received her BA from Skidmore College and her Magister Artium from the University of Freiburg, Germany. She is the coauthor (with Claire J. Kramsch) of Reden, Mitreden, Dazwischenreden (Boston, MA: Heinle, 1990), a workbook/audio CD for conversational management, and the coaauthor (with Kurt E. Fendt) of Berliner sehen (Cambridge, MA: M.I.T., 2000), a hypermedia documentary funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning. Her current research is on the design of digital learning environments based on pedagogical practice.
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: The feminine suffix -in 34
Wie sagt man „you“ auf Deutsch? 36
Schreibtipp:
Writing e-mails in german 38 Vokabeln im Alltag: Das Wetter 38
Profile of the Federal Republic of germany 40
1. Accusative case 48
2. Verbs with stem-vowel change: e S i(e) 51
3. The verb wissen 53
4. Possessive adjectives 54
5. Cardinal numbers above 20 56
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: Compound nouns 58
Die Familie heute 60
Schreibtipp:
eine Postkarte schreiben 61
Vokabeln im Alltag: Familie und Freunde 62
essen (Wochenmarkt) 64
1. The predicate 72
2. Modal verbs 72
3. Verbs with stem-vowel change a S ä, au S äu 79
4. Negation 81
5. The indefinite pronoun man 85
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: Masculine nouns ending in -er 86
Eine Klassendiskussion 88
Schreibtipp:
Writing with modal verbs 90 Vokabeln im Alltag: Farben und Kleidung 91
Schools in german-Speaking Countries 94
Kapitel 4
Land und Leute 96
Kapitel 5
Arbeit und Freizeit
126
Kapitel 6
An der Universität 154
Kapitel 7
Auf Reisen
186
Dialoge 98
• Am Starnberger See
• Winterurlaub in Österreich
• Morgens um halb zehn
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 101 „Die Jahreszeiten“
Dialoge 128
• Der neue Bäckerlehrling
• Beim Bäcker
• Schule oder Beruf?
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 131 georg Weerth, 131 „Die gold’ne Sonne“
Dialoge 156
• Alina sucht ein Zimmer
• Am Semesteranfang
• An der Universität in Tübingen
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 159 Johann Wolfgang von goethe, Wanderers Nachtlied Wanderer’s Nightsong ii
Dialoge 188
• Am Bahnhof
• Vor der Urlaubsreise
• Am Telefon
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 191 Wilhelm Müller, „Das Wandern“ 191
gRAMMAT i K l e S e ST ü CK Al MANACH
1. More uses of the accusative case 102
2. Suggestions and commands: the imperative 105
3. The verb werden 111
4. equivalents of english to like 112
5. Sentence adverbs 115
6. Gehen 1 infinitive 98
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: Masculine Nouns 116
Deutschland: Geographie und Klima 118
Schreibtipp: Free writing in german 121
Vokabeln im Alltag: geographie, landschaft und Klima 122
The Common origin of german and english 124
1. Dative case 132
2. Dative personal pronouns 135
3. Word order of nouns and pronouns 136
4. Prepositions with the dative case 137
5. Verbs with separable prefixes 139
6. Verbs with inseparable prefixes 142
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: Masculine agent nouns 143
Drei Deutsche bei der Arbeit 146
Vokabeln im Alltag: Berufe 150
Schreibtipp: Writing a dialogue 151
Freizeitbeschäftigungen 152
1. Simple past tense of sein 160
2. Perfect tense 160
3. Two-way prepositions 170
4. Masculine N-nouns 174
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: Strong Verbs in English and German 176
Eine E-Mail aus Freiburg 178
Schreibtipp: einen Brief schreiben 180
Vokabeln im Alltag: Das Studium 181
Universities in the german-Speaking Countries 184
1. Der-words and ein-words 192
2. Coordinating conjunctions 194
3. Verbs with dative objects 196
4. Personal dative 198
5. Using würden + infinitive 199
6. Verbs with two-way prepositions 201
7. official time-telling: the twenty-four-hour clock 203
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: Translating “to spend” 204
Unterwegs mit Fahrrad, Auto und Bahn 207
Schreibtipp: More on free writing 208
Vokabeln im Alltag: Reisen und Verkehr 209
Jugendherbergen 212
Kapitel 8
Das Leben in der Stadt 214
Kapitel 9
Unsere Umwelt 248
Kapitel 10
Deutschland im 20. Jahrhundert 276
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Deutschland nach der Mauer 306
Dialoge 216
• ein Stadtbummel
• im Restaurant: Zahlen bitte!
• Die einkaufsliste
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 219
Marlene Dietrich „ich hab’ noch einen Koffer in Berlin“
Dialoge 250
• Recycling im Studentenwohnheim
• ein umweltfreundliches geburtstagsgeschenk
• Treibst du gern Sport?
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 252
Heinrich Heine, „ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten“
Dialoge 278
• Damals
• Das ärgert mich!
• Schlimme Zeiten
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 281
Bertolt Brecht, „Mein junger Sohn fragt mich“
Dialoge 308
• Am Brandenburger Tor
• ein Unfall: Stefan bricht sich das Bein
• Anna besucht Stefan im Krankenhaus
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 311
Hoffmann von Fallersleben, „Das lied der Deutschen“
Kapitel
gRAMMAT i K
1. Subordinate clauses and subordinating conjunctions 220
2. infinitive phrases with zu 225
3. The genitive case 229
4. Prepositions with the genitive case 232
5. Nouns of measure, weight, and number 233
6. Wohin? equivalents of english to 235
1. Adjective endings 254
2. Word order of adverbs: time/ manner/place 261
3. ordinal numbers and dates 262
e S e ST ü CK Al MANACH
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: Compounds with -stadt 238
Aspekte der Großstadt 240
Schreibtipp:
Brainstorming ideas for a topic 242
Vokabeln im Alltag: gebäude und orte 243
1. Simple past tense 282
2. equivalents of “when”: als, wenn, wann 290
3. Past perfect tense 292
4. More time expressions 293
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: identifying noun gender 266 Unsere Umwelt in Gefahr 270
Schreibtipp:
Using adjectives in descriptions 272
Vokabeln im Alltag: Sport 273
1. Reflexive verbs and pronouns 312
2. Dative pronouns with clothing and parts of the body 318
3. Adjectives and pronouns of indefinite number 320
4. Adjectival nouns 321
5. More on bei 326
6. Designating decades: The 90s, etc. 326
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: Nouns ending in -ismus 296
Eine Ausstellung historischer Plakate aus der Weimarer Republik 297
Schreibtipp:
Using simple past tense to write about the past 302
Vokabeln im Alltag: Politik 302
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: Country names; nouns and adjectives of nationality 328
Michael Kleeberg, „Berlin nach der Wende: Wo sind wir eigentlich?“ 330
Schreibtipp: enhancing your writing style 336
Vokabeln im Alltag: Aussehen 337
Drei Kulturstädte 246
Seid ihr schlaue Umweltfüchse? 274
german Politics and the european Union 304
Zeittafel zur deutschen geschichte, 1939 bis heute 338
Kapitel 12
Erinnerungen 340
Kapitel 13
Die Schweiz 372
Kapitel 14
Österreich 396
Kapitel 15
Kulturelle Vielfalt 424
DiAloge, lYRiK zum
Dialoge 342
• erinnerungen
• Klatsch
• Vor der Haustür
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 345 Joseph von eichendorff, „Heimweh“
Dialoge 374
• Skifahren in der Schweiz
• Probleme in der Wg: im Wohnzimmer ist es unordentlich
• Am informationsschalter in Basel
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 377 eugen gomringer, „nachwort“
Dialoge 398
• Auf Urlaub in Salzburg
• An der Rezeption
• Ausflug zum Heurigen
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 401 ernst Jandl, „ottos mops“
Dialoge 426
• Wo liegt die Heimat?
• Die verpasste geburtstagsfeier
• Vor der Post
Lyrik zum Vorlesen 429 Vier gedichte von Mascha Kaléko
gRAMMAT i K
1. Comparison of adjectives and adverbs 346
2. Relative pronouns and relative clauses 355
3. The verb lassen 361
4. Parts of the day 363
1. Verbs with prepositional complements 378
2. da- and wo-compounds 381
3. Future tense 383
4. Directional prefixes: hin- and her- 384
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: The suffix -mal 364
The prefix irgend- 364
Anna Seghers, „Zwei Denkmäler“ 366
Schreibtipp:
Creative writing in german 368
Vokabeln im Alltag: Hobbys und Freizeit 369
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: german equivalents for only 386
Zwei Schweizer stellen ihre Heimat vor 387
Schreibtipp:
Formulating interview questions 390
Vokabeln im Alltag: Haus und Wohnung 392
1. Subjunctive: Present tense 402
2. Subjunctive: Past tense 411
1. Passive voice 430
2. The present participle 437
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: Adverbs of time: The suffix -lang 414
Zwei Österreicher stellen sich vor 416
Schreibtipp:
Using the subjunctive to write a speculative essay 419
Vokabeln im Alltag: im Hotel 420
Tipps zum Lesen und Lernen: german equivalents for to think 438
Zafer S¸enocak, „Ich bin das andere Kind“ 440
Schreibtipp:
Choosing between the subjunctive and the indicative 441
Vokabeln im Alltag: Freundschaft, Partnerschaft, ehe 442
Denkmäler 370
Profile of Switzerland 394
Profile of Austria 422
Foreigners living and Working in germany 444
Preface
Neue Horizonte, Eighth Edition, is a comprehensive first-year German program for college and university students. True to its name, the goal of Neue Horizonte is to guide you, the learner, across the boundaries of your first language and open new horizons onto the world of contemporary Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The text also aims to excite your curiosity about German-speaking cultures and to help you view your own culture through the prism of another.
The main goal of the program is to help you reach a basic level of communicative competence in German. Such competence includes grammatical, lexical, and discursive knowledge of the language as well as awareness of cultural differences. You will learn to use German to understand and produce meaningful utterances and texts, communicate your thoughts and ideas, and interact with other speakers of German.
Neue Horizonte offers a variety of activities that practice the four basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. You will learn to talk and write in German about yourself, your interests, your family, and your life in college or at the university. In addition, you will encounter many aspects of German-speaking culture. Neue Horizonte includes a variety of texts on family life, school and university studies, and the workplace, as well as on travel and on the geography
and climate of the German-speaking countries. You will read about city life, history, and the current politics of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. You will also learn to use different modes of address and registers of politeness, to talk and write in German about past and future occurrences, to express wishes and possibilities, and to recognize and apply differences between the active and the passive voice.
Neue Horizonte not only prepares you for intermediate German courses but gives you the basic linguistic tools you need for traveling and studying in a German-speaking country. Once you are there, you will be able to communicate in many everyday situations and continue to build on what you have learned in this course.
We subscribe to the words of the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, who wrote, “Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die Grenzen meiner Welt ” (The boundaries of my language represent the boundaries of my world). There is no better way to expand those boundaries than to learn another language. With this course in introductory German, we encourage you to cross linguistic, geographical, and personal boundaries. Through your study of German you will begin to achieve an international intellectual identity as you discover new dimensions of the imagination.
Student Components
Student Text
Neue Horizonte consists of an introductory chapter and fifteen regular chapters. Each chapter presents and practices vocabulary ( Dialoge and Variationen , Wortschatz 1) and grammar (Grammatik) and introduces you to poems for reading aloud ( Lyrik zum Vorlesen). In several chapters, a cartoon or joke ( Mal was Lustiges) punctuates the grammar presentation with a bit of humor. A prose text ( Lesestück) introduces the cultural topic in more depth and features related vocabulary ( Leicht zu merken and Wortschatz 2), reading strategies ( Einstieg in den Text), and post-reading activities ( Nach dem Lesen and Vokabeln im Alltag). The Almanach , illustrated with photos, maps, or realia, presents more information on the cultural theme in English. Each chapter concludes with a self-assesment ( Rückschau: Was habe ich gelernt?) that helps you measure your own progress.
Einführung (Introductory chapter)
You will begin talking with your fellow students in German from the very first day of the course. In this two-day sequence ( Tag 1 and Tag 2) you will learn greetings and farewells as well as basic vocabulary such as the names of classroom objects, the days of the week, and the months of the year. In addition, you will learn how to spell, count to twenty, tell time, and say where you are from. In other words, after the first two days of this course, you will already be able to carry on simple conversations.
Reference Section
Neue Horizonte includes appendices that contain the English equivalents of the Dialoge, lists of particular categories of verbs for learning and quick reference, and brief summaries of two advanced grammar topics you will learn more about in the second year of German.
Both the German-English and the English-German end vocabularies include all the active vocabulary in the Wortschatz sections as well as the optional vocabulary from the Vokabeln im Alltag sections and the guessable cognates from Leicht zu merken .
For quick reference, the book ends with a comprehensive index of grammatical and communicative topics included in the text.
Text Audio Program
The Text Audio Program includes Dialoge (recorded at normal speed), Lyrik zum Vorlesen , and Lesestücke for each regular chapter. In addition, the mini-dialogues and basic expressions from the Einführung chapter are also recorded. You can access the Text Audio Program through the Companion Website www.cengage.com/german
iLrn Heinle Learning Center
With the iLrnTM Heinle Learning Center, everything you need to master the skills and concepts of the course is built into this dynamic learning environment. The iLrnTM Heinle Learning Center includes an audio-enhanced eBook, assignable textbook activities, partnered voice-recorded activities, the online SAM (Student Activities Manual) including the Workbook, Lab Manual with audio, and Video Manual with video, enrichment activities, and a diagnostic study tool to help you prepare for exams.
Student Activities Manual (SAM) and SAM Audio and Video Programs
The SAM Audio and Video Programs and their coordinated SAM Workbook, Lab Manual, and Video Manual are integral parts of Neue Horizonte, Eighth Edition. The Workbook and Lab Manual sections are fully integrated with the Student Textbook chapters, while the Video Manual offers thematically related situational videos and interviews.
In order to use the SAM and the SAM Audio and Video Programs to their best advantage, you should follow the sequence suggested in the marginal cross-references in your Student Textbook.
The SAM Lab Manual icon directs you to the Lab Manual section of the SAM and the coordinated SAM Audio Program. The SAM Audio Program contains the Dialoge from the Student Text with accompanying comprehension checks, pronunciation practice, and self-correcting grammar exercises to help you gain proficiency in listening and speaking as you proceed through each chapter.
The red SAM Workbook icon directs you to a variety of written exercises in the Workbook section of the SAM. These exercises provide graduated practice with the grammar and vocabulary presented in each chapter.
An especially valuable feature of the Workbook is the Zusammenfassung und Wiederholung (Summary and Review) section located after every five chapters, thus after chapters 5, 10, and 15. This section contains condensed grammar summaries and reviews useful expressions. It also includes the self-correcting Test Your Progress, which you can use to review the preceding chapters of the textbook.
The Video Program, coordinated with the Video Manual, consists of fifteen modules, one to accompany each chapter of the Student Textbook. This two-tier video was shot on location in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and features situational clips with recurring characters as well as interview segments. The script for these brief, colloquial scenes was written to reinforce and augment the material in the textbook. In each situational clip, a group of young people played by native German-speaking actors using idiomatic language engages in social situations related to the chapter’s cultural theme.
Neue Horizonte, Eighth Edition Premium Website
The Premium Website includes a variety of resources and practice to be used as you study each chapter or as you review for quizzes and exams. Each chapter contains the following free resources:
• Vocabulary and Grammar Tutorial Quizzes
• Audio flashcards
• Web search activities
• Web links
• Text audio files
• SAM audio program
• Video Program
Acknowledgments
We wish to express our special gratitude to our colleagues and students at Wellesley College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who have used and improved Neue Horizonte along with us, as well as to our users, whose comments and criticisms help improve the program from edition to edition. Thanks also to our Development Editor, Esther Bach. Special thanks to Maia Fitzstevens, Susanne Even, Kurt Fendt, Arthur Jaffe, and Alexander Simec for providing photographs and realia.
We wish to thank the following colleagues and institutions for their advice and help through the development of the Eighth Edition:
Zsuzsanna Abrams, University of California – Santa Cruz
Karen R. Achberger, St. Olaf College
Vance Byrd, Grinnell College
Anthony Colucci, Penn State University
Cori Crane, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sharon DiFino, University of Florida
Susanne Even, Indiana University
Margit Grieb, University of South Florida
Alexandra Hagen, Grinnell College
Elizabeth Hamilton, Oberlin College
Amelia Harris, University of Virginia
Doris Herwig, San Diego Mesa College
Stefan Huber, University of South Florida
Robin Huff, Georgia State University
Dirk Johnson, Hampden Sydney College
Daniel Kramer, Washington and Lee University
Caroline Kreide, Merced College
Lynn Kutch, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Ute S. Lahaie, Gardner-Webb University
Aneka Meier, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
Marcel Rotter, University of Mary Washington
Heidi Schlipphacke, Old Dominion University
Karl L Stenger, University of South Carolina Aiken
Daniela Weinert, Central Piedmont Community College
Ingrid Wollank, Long Beach City College
We wish to thank especially the following colleagues and institutions for their advice and help through several editions of Neue Horizonte.
Deutsche Schule, Washington, D.C.
Prof. Ulrike Brisson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Prof. Sharon M. DiFino, University of Florida at Gainesville
Dr. Kurt Fendt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Anjena Hans, Wellesley College
Dr. Dagmar Jaeger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Wighart von Koenigswald, Universität Bonn
Prof. Jens Kruse, Wellesley College
Prof. Thomas Nolden, Wellesley College
Dr. Peter Weise, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
We welcome reactions and suggestions from instructors and students using Neue Horizonte. Please feel free to contact us.
Prof. David B. Dollenmayer
Department of Humanities and Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-2280 e-mail: dbd@wpi.edu
Prof. Thomas S. Hansen
Department of German, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02481 e-mail: thansen@wellesley.edu
Ellen W. Crocker
Foreign Languages and Literatures, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 e-mail: ecrocker@mit.edu
Table of Equivalent Weights and Measures
Weight
1 Gramm 5 0.03 ounces
1 Pfund (500 Gramm) 5 1.1 pounds
1 Kilogramm oder Kilo (1 000 Gramm) 5 2.2 pounds
1 ounce 5 28 Gramm
1 pound 5 0,45 Kilo
1 U.S. ton (2,000 lbs) 5 900 Kilo
Liquid Measure
1/4 Liter 5 0.53 pints
1/2 Liter 5 1.06 pints
1 Liter 5 1.06 quarts
1 pint 5 0,47 Liter
1 quart 5 0,95 Liter
1 gallon 5 3,8 Liter
Distance
1 Zentimeter (10 Millimeter) 5 0.4 inches
1 Meter (100 Zentimeter) 5 39.5 inches or 1.1 yards
1 Kilometer (1 000 Meter) 5 0.62 miles
1 inch 5 2,5 Zentimeter
1 foot 5 0,3 Meter
1 yard 5 0,9 Meter
1 mile 5 1,6 Kilometer
Temperature
5
Einführung (Introduction)
Kommunikation ( Communication)
■ Greetings and Introductions
■ Classroom Objects
■ Saying Good-bye
■ Days of the Week
■ Alphabet and Spelling
■ Counting to 20
■ Telling Time
■ Where do you come from?
Kultur
■ Almanach (Almanac)
Where Is German Spoken?
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Village in the Dolemites in South Tyrol (Northern Italy)
Tag 1
Tag 1 5 Day 1
The shaded boxes in this Einführung (Introduction) contain useful words and phrases that you should memorize. You will find a complete list of this vocabulary on p. 14.
German has no equivalent to English Ms. One can avoid the increasingly rare Fräulein (Miss) by using Frau for women of all ages. In restaurants, a waitress is frequently called by saying Bedienung (service), bitte!
The Lab Manual icon indicates that this material is recorded in the SAM Audio Program and is coordinated with exercises in the Lab Manual
All the dialogues in Tag 1 are in the Einführung chapter of the SAM. A complete introduction to The Sounds of German is at the end of the SAM Audio Program for the Einführung
Guten Tag! (Hello!)
German speakers greet each other in various ways depending on the time of day:
Guten Morgen! Good morning! (until about 10:00 am)
Guten Tag! Hello! (literally, “Good day,” after about 10:00 am)
Guten Abend! Good evening! (after about 5:00 pm)
Shorter forms are common in informal speech:
Morgen! Tag! n’Abend! Hi! Hallo! {
1 Gruppenarbeit: Guten Tag! (Group work: Hello! ) Germans often shake hands when greeting each other. Greet other students in German and shake hands.
2 Partnerarbeit: Was sagen diese Leute? (Partner work: What are these people saying?) With a partner, complete the following conversations aloud.
You: du or Sie? German has two forms of the pronoun you. If you’re talking to a relative or good friend, use the form du Students use du even when they’re meeting for the first time. If you’re talking to an adult whom you don’t know well, use the formal Sie.
When you meet people for the first time, you want to learn their names. Listen to your instructor, and then repeat the following dialogue.
a : Hallo, ich hei ße Anna. Hello, my name is Anna. Wie hei ßt du? What’s your name?
b: Hallo, Anna. Ich hei ße Hello, Anna. My name’s Thomas. Thomas.
If you’re meeting an adult who is not a fellow student, the dialogue would go like this.
a : Ich hei ße Schönhuber, und wie hei ßen Sie?
b: Guten Tag, Herr Schönhuber. Mein Name ist Meyer.
The blue text audio icon indicates that this material is available in mp3 format on the Companion Website.
These dialogues and variations are in the Einführung chapter of the SAM Audio Program.
3. , Mia! , Frau Königstein!
4. , Peter! , Julia!
5. , Franz! , Josef!
>> Ich heiße = My name is . . .
German verbs have endings that agree with their subject. ich heiß e my name is (literally: I am called ) du heißt your name is Sie heiß en
er heißt his name is sie heißt her name is
Wie heißt du? What’s your name? (literally: How Wie heißen Sie? are you called? )
3 Partnerarbeit: Wie heißt du? Practice the first dialogue at the bottom of p. 5 with a partner. Use your own names and don’t forget to switch roles.
4 Gruppenarbeit: Ich heiße ... Now introduce yourself to three or four other people you don’t know. Don’t forget to shake hands.
Wie heißt du?
Wie heißt er?
Wie heißt sie?
5 Gruppenarbeit: Wie heißt ...? Your instructor will ask you the names of other students. If you can’t remember someone’s name, just ask that person, Wie heißt du?
WEr IST DAS? WAS IST DAS? (Who IS ThaT? WhaT IS ThaT?)
1. der Professor (der Lehrer)
2. die Professorin (die Lehrerin)
3. der Student (der Schüler)
4. die Studentin (die Schülerin)
5. die Tafel
6. der Tisch
7. die Uhr
8. die Wand
9. das Fenster
10. der Stuhl 11. die Tür 12. die Landkarte 13. das Poster 14. die Kreide 15. der Wischer
■ Nouns are always capitalized in German, wherever they occur.
■ The -in suffix denotes a female.
1. das Buch
2. das Heft
3. das Papier
4. der Bleistift
5. der Kuli
6. der Radiergummi
a : Was ist das? What is that?
b: Das ist der Tisch. That’s the table. das Buch. the book. die Tafel. the blackboard.
In items 1–4, the first word in each item refers to someone in a university classroom (professor and student), while the second word, in parentheses, refers to someone in a secondary school classroom (teacher and pupil). Student in German always means university student.
>> the = der, das, or die
Every German noun belongs to one of three genders: masculine , neuter, or feminine. The form of the definite article (der, das, die = the ) shows the noun’s gender. When you learn a new noun, always learn the article along with it.
masculine der Mann the man der Stuhl the chair
neuter das Kind the child das Buch the book
feminine die Frau the woman die Tafel the blackboard
a : Wer ist das?
Who is that?
b: Das ist Lukas. That’s Lukas. die Professorin. the (female) professor. der Professor. the (male) professor. die Studentin. the (female) student. der Student. the (male) student.
6 Partnerarbeit: Was ist das? Wer ist das? Work together and see how many people and things in the room you can identify.
BEISPIEL: a: Was ist das?
b: Das ist der/das/die ___________.
a: Wer ist das?
b: Das ist ___________.
Now ask each other where (wo?) things are. Respond by pointing to the object and saying it is there (da).
