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📘 Colloquial German for Beginners

🟩 UNIT 2: Small Talk and Introductions

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🗣️ Conversations & Vocabulary

Explore dialogues in Standard German, Colloquial German, and regional dialects (Bavarian, Swabian). Click phrases to hear pronunciation.

Markus: Guten Morgen! Wie geht es Ihnen?

Lisa: Guten Morgen! Mir geht es gut, danke. Und Ihnen?

Markus: Auch gut, danke. Ich heiße Markus. Wie heißen Sie?

Translation:

Markus: Good morning! How are you?

Lisa: Good morning! I’m good, thanks. And you?

Markus: Also good, thanks. My name is Markus. What’s your name?

Standard Guten Morgen /ˈɡuːtən ˈmɔrɡən/

Guten Morgen! Wie geht es Ihnen?

Colloquial Na, wie läuft’s /naː viː ˈlɔɪfts/

Na, wie läuft’s bei dir?

Bavarian Servus /ˈsɛrvʊs/

Servus! Was machst’n so, gell?

Swabian Grüß di /ɡʁyːs di/

Grüß di! Was machst’n, gudd?

English Translation: Good morning / Hello

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📚 Grammar Focus: Present Tense of Regular Verbs

Learn how regular verbs like “machen” and “kommen” are conjugated in Standard German, Colloquial German, and dialects.

Ich

Machen (Standard): Mache

Quick Practice

Match the conjugation to the pronoun (Standard German).

mache

machst

macht

Ich

Du

Er/Sie

✍️ Exercises

Exercise 1: Fill in the Blank (Standard German)

Fill in the blank with the correct form of “machen” in Standard German.

1. Ich meine Hausaufgaben.

2. Du was?

Exercise 2: Matching Phrases to Dialects

Drag each phrase to its corresponding dialect.

Guten Morgen

Na, wie läuft’s

Servus

Grüß di

Standard German

Colloquial German

Bavarian

Swabian

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