Baptist German Language Class

Video - Class #1 - Pronunciation

2010-07-15T06:09:00.001-07:00

Text - Class #2 - Personal Pronouns

2010-07-12T16:22:00.000-07:00

Class #2 meets on July 21, 2010, Wednesday, 8:15pm at Faithful Word Baptist Church, 2707 W Southern Ave #105, Tempe, AZ 85282 (602) 454-0263.

Memory Verse:

Joh 1:2 Dasselbe war im Anfang bei Gott.

Vocabulary List:

ich------------I

du------------you (familiar)

er-------------he

sie------------she

es-------------it

wir------------we

ihr-------------you (familiar plural)

sie-------------they

Sie-------------you (formal s. or pl.)

der Morgen----the morning

der Abend-----the evening

Pronunciation rules:

- “s” sounds like English “z” at the beginning of a word

- “s” sounds like English “s” in the middle or at the end of a word

- “ch” makes two unique sounds that will be explained in class

- “z” sounds like English “ts” in “rats”

- “v” sounds like English “f” in “fox”

- “ä” sounds like German “e”

- “ü”

- “au” sounds like English “ow” in “cow”

Grammatical concept:

Personal pronouns (nominative case):

1^st person singular – “ich”

2^nd person singular – “du”

3^rd person singular – “er” (masculine)

3^rd person singular – “sie” (feminine)

3^rd person singular – “es” (neuter)

1^st person plural – “wir”

2^nd person plural – “ihr”

3^rd person plural – “sie”

Song of the Week:

Bald Kommt der Herr
(Look and Live)

Text - Class #1 - Pronunciation

2010-07-09T19:15:00.000-07:00

Class #1 meets on July 14, 2010, Wednesday, 8:15pm at Faithful Word Baptist Church, 2707 W Southern Ave #105, Tempe, AZ 85282 (602) 454-0263.

Memory Verse:

John 1:1 Im Anfang war das Wort, und das Wort war bei Gott, und Gott war das Wort.

Vocabulary List:

Guten Tag---------------hello
wie----------------------how
geht---------------------goes
es------------------------it
Ihnen--------------------to you (formal)
dir-----------------------to you (informal)
und----------------------and
danke--------------------thank you
der Anfang---------------the beginning
das Wort-----------------the word

Pronunciation rules:

- “w” sounds like English “v”
- “a” sounds like English “o” in “hot”
- “e” sounds like English “a” in “say”
- “i” sounds like English “e” in “me”
- “o” sounds like English “o” in “so”
- “u” sounds like English “oo” in “too”
- “ie” sounds like English “e” in “me”
- “ei” sounds like English “i” in “ice”
- “ö” sounds like English “er” in “her”

Grammatical concept:

Masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns in German:

“der”, “die”, oder “das”

der Anfang (masculine)
die Hölle (feminine)
das Wort (neuter)

Phrases:
Wie geht es Ihnen?
Wie geht’s dir?

Song of the week:

O Gnade Gottes, Wunderbar
(Amazing Grace)

O Gnade Gottes, wunderbar
Hast du errettet mich.
Ich war verloren ganz und gar,
War blind, jetzt sehe ich.

Die Gnade hat mich Furcht gelehrt
Und auch von Furcht befreit,
Seitdem ich mich zu Gott bekehrt
Bis hin zur Herrlichkeit.

Durch Schwierigkeiten mancher Art
Wurd’ ich ja schon geführt,
Doch hat die Gnade mich bewahrt,
Die Ehre Gott gebührt.

Wenn wir zehntausend Jahre sind
In seiner Herrlichkeit,
Mein Herz noch von der Gnade singt
Wie in der ersten Zeit.

Video - Basic Soul-winning Demo in German

2009-01-27T19:17:00.000-08:00