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       German is easy for English speakers to pronounce because almost all of its sounds are also
       found in English. If you read our coloured pronunciation guides as if they were English, you’ll
       have no problems being understood. Note that kh is like the ‘ch’ in ‘Bach’ or the Scottish ‘loch’
       (pronounced at the back of the throat), r is also pronounced at the back of the throat (almost
       like a g, but with some friction), zh is pronounced as the ‘s’ in ‘measure’, and ü as the ‘ee’ in
       ‘see’ but with rounded lips.The stressed syllables are indicated with italics.


       GERMAN BASICS                   at the traffic   bei der Ampel  bai dair am·pel
                                         lights
       Hello.    Guten Tag.    goo·ten tahk    left  links   lingks
       Goodbye.   Auf      owf         right    rechts   rekhts
                 Wiedersehen.   vee·der·zay·en
       Yes./No.   Ja./Nein.   yah/nain  ACCOMMODATION
       Please.   Bitte.    bi·te     Do you have   Haben Sie    hah·ben zee
       Thank you.    Danke.   dang·ke  a ... room?    ein ...?   ain ...
       You’re    Bitte.    bi·te       double  Doppelzimmer     do·pel·tsi·mer
         welcome.                      single  Einzelzimmer    ain·tsel·tsi·mer
       Excuse me.   Entschuldigung.  ent·shul·di·gung  How much    Wie viel kostet    vee feel kos·tet
       Sorry.    Entschuldigung.  ent·shul·di·gung  is it per ...?   es pro ...?   es praw ...
       Do you speak English?           night   Nacht     nakht
       Sprechen Sie   shpre·khen zee
       Englisch? (pol)   eng·lish      person  Person    per·zawn
       Sprichst      shprikhst       Is breakfast included?
       du Englisch? (inf)    doo eng·lish  Ist das Frühstück   ist das frü·shtük
       I don’t understand.           inklusive?    in·kloo·zee·ve
       Ich verstehe nicht.   ikh fer·shtay·e nikht
                                     ON THE ROAD
       DIRECTIONS                    I’d like to    Ich möchte   ikh merkh·te
       Where’s …?                    hire a ...   ein ... mieten.   ain ... mee·ten
       Wo ist …?     vaw ist …         4WD       Allrad-  al·raht·
       How far is it?                            fahrzeug     fahr·tsoyk
       Wie weit ist es?   vee vait ist es    car     Auto     ow·to
       Can you show me (on the map)?      motorbike     Motorrad  maw·tor·raht
       Können Sie es mir    ker·nen zee es meer
       (auf der Karte) zeigen?   (owf dair kar·te) tsai·gen
       How can I get there?            Want More?
       Wie kann ich da    vee kan ikh dah
       hinkommen?    hin·ko·men        For in-depth language information
       Turn ...   Biegen Sie ... ab.  bee·gen zee ... ab  and handy phrases, check out Lonely
                                       Planet’s German Phrasebook. You’ll
         at the corner  an der Ecke   an dair e·ke  find it at shop.lonelyplanet.com.

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