Das Deutsche Alphabet & Basic German

So you want to learn German, huh? Well then, lets get down to business! In order to learn a new language, you MUST learn the alphabet all over again. You might feel a little silly as we learned this when we were little children. Every language has its own unique alphabet and unique sounds of each letter. 

So lets get down to business. You will see the German alphabet below as well as German diphthong examples and useful German ALT codes.

I cannot stress enough how fast you can learn a language by listening to children's shows and music. A fun way to learn the alphabet is by music! This is how we all learned the alphabet. 

Here is a link to "Das Deutsche alphabet". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxQXEyMMC0E

Now that you have learned the alphabet, lets learn some basic German. 

English	German	Pronunciation
Do you speak English?	Sprechen Sie Englisch?	shprêH-en zee êng-lish?
How are you?	Wie geht es Ihnen?	vee geyt ês een-en?
Would you help me please?	Würden Sie mir bitte helfen?	vuer-den zee meer bi-te hêl-fen?
What’s your name?	Wie heißen Sie?	vee hays-en zee?
What time is it?	Wie viel Uhr ist es?	vee feel oohr ist ês?
What’s the weather like?	Wie ist das Wetter?	ee ist dâs vêt-er?
How much does . . . cost?	Wie viel kostet . . .?	vee feel kos-tet…?
Where do I find . . .?	Wo finde ich . . .?	voh fin-de iH…?
Where are the bathrooms?	Wo sind die Toiletten?	voh zint dee toy-lêt-en?
Do you have…?	Haben Sie…?	hah-ben zee…?
Where is…?	Wo ist…?	voh ist…?
Could you please talk more slowly?	Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen?	kern-en zee bi-te lâng-zâm-ershprêH-en?
Could you repeat that, please? Sources: http://eu.dummies.com/how-to/content/german-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html * I apologize for the short post today as I am not feeling good. Please take a look at the link above for more information about basic German. Peace & love to all, Yogi Queen.	Können Sie das bitte wiederholen?	kern-en zee dâs bi-te vee-der-hoh-len?