What's your name?

This post describes different ways of asking name of a person and telling your name.

You can ask someone's name with Wie ist Ihr Name, bitte?
This expression literally means "What is your name, please?"
The answer to this question can be Mein Name ist XYZ

Another way of asking someone's name is Wie heissen Sie?
Wie means "How", heissen means "to be called as" and Sie is formal case for "you". Hence this expression can be translated as "How are you called as".
The answer to this question can be Ich heisse XYZ.

The expression Wer sind Sie? can be used to ask name. This means "Who are you?"
The reply for this question can be Ich bin XYZ which means "I am XYZ".

The above three expressions formal ways of asking someone's name.

Wie heisst du? also is used to ask someone's name, but this is used in informal context. The reply to this question can be Ich heisse XYZ

Vocabulary from this post (click on the word for more information):

Wie	How
ist	Is
Ihr	You
Name	Name
bitte	Please
Mein	My
Heissen	to be called as
Wer	Who
Ich	I

Days, Months and Seasons!

In this post, we will see names of Days, Months and Seasons in German.

Day in German is called as Tag and the plural form is Tage
Week in German is called as Woche.
so One Week = Seven Days => Eine Woche = Sieben Tage

Days of the week in German:
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Monday -- Montag
Tuesday -- Dienstag
Wedensday -- Mittwoch
Thursday -- Donnerstag
Friday -- Freitag
Saturday -- Samstag
Sunday -- Sonntag

Weekend is called as Wochenende

German word for Month is Monat and the plural for monat is Monate
so One Month = Eine Monat and Two Months = Zwei Monate
Year in German is called as Jahr and plural is Jahre
so One Year = Eine Jahr = Zwölf Monate

Months in German:
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January -- Januar
February -- Februar
March -- März
April -- April
May -- Mai
June -- Juni
July -- Juli
August -- August
September -- September
October -- Oktober
November -- November
December -- Dezember

Seasons in German:
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Spring -- Frühling
Summer -- Sommer
Autumn/Fall -- Herbst
Winter -- Winter


You can learn the pronunciation of German, Months and Seasons in the video : Click Here

Few sentences in German.

In this post, we will learn few sentences in German.

1.) If you want to ask someone "How are you?" in German, you have to ask: Wie Geht's Dir?
And as a response to this question you can say Mir Geht's Gut, Danke! Und du? which means "I am good, Thank you! And you?".

2.) If you want to know someone's name, you have ask Wie heisst du? which means "What is your name?". And as you can tell your name by saying Ich heisse XYZ which means "My name is XYZ"

3.) If you have to ask someone where he/she came from, you can ask Woher kommst du? which means "Where do you come from?". The response to this question could be Ich Komme aus XYZ which means "I come from XYZ".

German word for "Yes" is Ja, "No" is Nein and Maybe is Vielleicht.

You can learn the pronunciation of these sentences from this Video: Click here