Languages Around the World

Vocabulary

along/down: entlang
at (number) o'clock: um... uhr
back: zürch
bakery: der Bäkerei
bank: die Bank (Banken)
butcher: der Fleischer/Metzger
church: die Kirche (Kirchen)
day after tomorrow: übermorgen
day before yesterday: vorgestern
direction: die Richtung (Richtungen)
drive: fahren
east/to the east/east of: der Ost(en)/nach Osten/östlich von
elsewhere: anderswo
flea market: der Flohmarkt (Flohmärkte)
from...to...: von...bis
hotel: das Hotel (Hotels)
in the direction of/towards: in Richtung auf
lake: der See (Seen)
left/to the left: links/nach links
market: der Markt (Märkte)
north/to the north/north of: der Nord(en)/nach Norden/nördlich von
now: jetzt
post office: die Post
restaurant: das Restaurant (Restaurants)
right/to the right: rechts/nach rechts
school: die Schule (Schulen)
south/to the south/south of: der Süd(en)/nach Süden/südlich von
straight ahead: geradeaus
street: die Straße (Straßen)
supermarkett: der Supermarkt (Supermärkte)
this afternoon: Heute Nachmittag
this morning: Heute Morgen
tomorrow: morgen
traffic light: die Ampel (Ampel)
up to/until: bis zum/zur (m,n/f)
when: wann
where: wo/wohin
work: die Arbeit
yesterday: gestern

Where

Wo and wohin both mean where but they cannot be used interchangeably. Wo is used for asking where the location of things is and wohin is used for direction and motion.

Example:

Where is the table?
Wo ist der tisch?

Where is the girl going?
Wohin geht das Mädchen?

Wohin can also be seperated so the second example can also be written "Wo geht das Mädchen hin?"

Directions

Just like in English you can combine directions to get southwest, northeast, etc. So Southeast is der Südosten

To

There are several different ways to say to as in going somewhere, but there are some rules. Most places use nach, feminine, masculine, or plural places use in. If talking about somewhere in town, use in or zu. In means going inside of a place while zum is more for meeting at the location. Zu+der/das-->zum, zu+die-->zur, in+das-->ins

Word Placement

In German when saying where you're going you say the time before the place, so it's Wir gehen morgen ins Kino.

Restaurants

To say you're going to a chinese/italian/british/etc restaurant you just das masc. pl. form of the adjective.

Examples:
An American restaurant: ein Amerikaner
the Russian restaurant: das Russen

To Go

Fahren is used when going by car, gehen is used for shorter distances and for going by foot.

I go to Warsaw.
Ich fahre nach Warschau.

I go to the movies.
Ich gehe ins Kino.