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10
Jul
German #1: Sich vorstellen — Introduce oneself

Guten tag und Herzlich willkommen in diese Geöffnet deutsch kurs.

This first Lesson will give us a way to introduce ourself and, of course,

to introduce somebody to other people, etc.

 

 

To introduce yourself you have three main possibilities:

–Mein Name ist Mika <=>My name's Mika.*

–Ich bin Mika <=> I'm Mika.


–Ich heiße Mika<=>  My name's Mika.*


* Keep in Mind the first and third sentence have a subtle difference. The first translation is equivalent, whereas the third one introduce oneself by means of the periphrasis  ' to be called' + 'name'.


If you want to introduce other person instead of yourself here you got some options:

–Das ist Veronika  <=> This is Veronika.

–Sie ist Veronika   <=> She's Veronika.

 

Here goes the chart for verbs to be(sein) and to be called(heißen)

präsens Sein Heißen
Ich bin heiße
Du bist heißt
Er/sie/Sie/es ist heißt
Wir sind heißen
Ihr seid heißt
Sie sind heißen

 

 

 

 

 

 

And that's all for now. Please use the comment box to ask or suggest anything and, of course, 
let me know if there is  any error in the post.

 


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