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Source: Berlin Partner\/FTB-Werbefotografie<\/p><\/div>\n

Though Canadians are often more aware of the similarities between English and French, both English and German belong to a separate family of Indo-European languages known as Germanic. Their common history is clear when you compare everyday words such as apple (Apfel), make (machen), heart (Herz), mother (Mutter), or father (Vater). Other languages in the Germanic branch include Dutch, Flemish, Afrikaans, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, and Yiddish.<\/p>\n

German is spoken by 101 million people worldwide (12th most widely spoken language) [1<\/a>] and is the mother tongue of 18% of the EU population (spoken by 30%) [2<\/a>]. Among the EU member states, German is a national\/official language in Germany, Austria, Belgium, and Luxembourg. In Italy, German is also spoken in the Province of Alto Adige (S\u00fcdtirol) and is recognised for administrative and educational purposes [3<\/a>]. The Council of Europe<\/a> and the European Union<\/a> both use German as a working language. In Canada, 438 080 people speak German as their mother tongue, making it the third-most-spoken, non-official language in the country after Chinese and Italian [4<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Useful Expressions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Hello<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Guten Tag\/Gr\u00fc\u00df Gott (formal)\/Hallo (informal)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Goodbye<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Auf Wiedersehen (formal)\/Tsch\u00fcss (informal)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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How are you?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Wie geht es Ihnen? (formal)\/Wie geht’s dir? (informal)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Excuse me<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Entschuldigung<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Do you speak English?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Sprechen Sie Englisch?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Yes\/no<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Ja\/nein<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Thank you<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Danke<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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My name is…<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Ich hei\u00dfe… (pronounced: heisse)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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I’m from Canada.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Ich komme aus Kanada.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’m lost. Where is the nearest telephone\/train station\/hospital?<\/td>\n\n
Ich habe mich verlaufen. Wo ist die n\u00e4chste Telefonzelle\/der n\u00e4chste Bahnhof\/das n\u00e4chste Krankenhaus?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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How much does it cost?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Wie viel kostet es?<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Language Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Try out this German dialogue: Die Europ\u00e4ische Union: Ein Modell f\u00fcr Nord Amerika?<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn German online with BBC (for beginners and intermediates)<\/a>
\nLEO English-German\/German-English Dictionary<\/a>
\ncanoonet – Free Online German Language Resources <\/a>
\nGoethe-Institute Canada – Canada’s Official German Cultural Centres <\/a><\/p>\n

Culture auf Deutsch<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n