The time of day and how well you know the person you are speaking to should help you choose which greeting to use.

You can practice your German vocabulary with the Super Movers. 

Using the vocabulary in the table above. Can you write a dialogue to greet someone?  

German:

Jamie: Hallo Sophie.

Sophie: Guten Tag, Jamie.

Jamie: Auf Wiedersehen

Sophie: Auf Wiedersehen!

English:

Jamie: Hello Sophie.

Sophie: Good day, Jamie.

Jamie: Goodbye

Sophie: Goodbye!

• German introductions 

Being able to greet someone and introduce yourself is useful when speaking a foreign language. These phrases will help you begin a conversation in German.

German

The verb heißen is used to ask someone their name:

• Wie heißt du? - What is your name? (This literally means ‘how are you called?’)
• Ich heiße - I am called
• Ich heiße Beth - I am called Beth

To ask the question back, you could repeat wie heißt du? or simply ask und du? (and you?).

You can also say mein Name ist Beth  (my name is Beth).

German

To ask how someone is, use the question wie geht’s? This literally means 'how is it going?’ in German.

To say how you are, use the following phrases:

To talk about where you live, use the verb wohnen (to live):

• Wo wohnst du? - Where do you live?
• Ich wohne - I live
• Ich wohne in Youlrave- I live in Youlgrave.
• Ich wohne in Bakewell- I live in Bakewell.

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• German Greetings