Haben - the German version of "have has"

Lets discuss German grammar a bit. In German, the last couple of letters in every verb changes based on the pronoun. The following examples should make it clear.

I have: ich habe (hab E)
You have: du hast (ha ST)
She has er/sie hat (ha T)
We have: wir haben (hab EN)
They have: sie haben (hab EN)
It has: es hat (ha T)

Similarly for some other verb, let's say lernen (to learn)

Ich learne
du learnst
er learnt
wir learnen
sie learnen
es learnt

Memory aid

plural - Ends with EN : hen is plural
it/her/him - Ends with T : Tea is singular (is it?)

Pronouns

er - he (the german war against english)
sie - she/they/ you (easy enough)
wir - we
ich - I
es - it

A simple conversation - Wassup?

Wie geht's - wassup
guten - good
tag - day
abend - evening
tschuss - bye
Auf wiedersehen - good bye (formal)
bis bald - until soon
no - nein


A: Hallo/Hi/Guten Tag/ Abend. Wie geht's?
B: Danke, mir geht es...

{besschissen - shitty
schlecht - bad
gut - good
super - great
}

A: Oh. Bis Bald/Tschuss/Auf Wiedersehen

B: Oh. Bis Bald/ Tschuss/ Auf Wiedersehen.

Easy German - with love, from Accra.

Ich heise Aswath und komme aus Chennai. Das ist in Indien.

Didn't get that?

I am Aswath and I am from Chennai, in India.

So I am in Accra working with a NGO training software entrepreneurs. We call it an international territory - Ghanaians, Singaporeans, Indians, Italians, Germans, Americans...we're a diverse group.

One of my colleagues, Thorsten, who happens to be from Germany, is trying real hard to teach us German. This blog is to help myself and help others to learn the language. Hope you and I enjoy it. Danke.