Thank you for getting this lesson up and best of luck sorting your studio!

Danke schön!

Danke für die sehr gute lektion !

@ Li:
Like always there are many ways to say what you want to know.
On way would be:
“Es ist schön sie endlich mal persönlich zu treffen.”
(It’s nice to finally meet you in person.)
It’s rather formal, because of the “Sie” and as far as I know a version with “du” is rather uncommon. If you got to know that person better before hand you could say:
“Endlich treffen wir uns mal.” (Finally we meet each other. - just that the German version doesn’t sound as stiff as this English translation)
or
“Endlich sehen wir uns mal.” (Finally we see each other - again not as stiff as the translation) That’s really casual and should be delivered as such. But it’s okay if you know the person beforehand. Note that these to versions say “seeing each other”
If you want to say it more along the line of “I see you at last” it would be
“Endlich sehe ich dich mal.” This is really casual and you should say it with a grin and a light note, cause if you deliver it to stern, it might sound like an accusion, like something a boss might say, when he has not seen a certain person around for days…
As for the “best regards”. If it is to a superior I would use
“Hochachtungsvoll, *your name*.”
If it is more toward a costumer you usually find
“Mit freundlichen Grüßen, *your name or name of the company*”
And if you write to a friend you can use a simple
“Grüße, *your name*” or “Bis dann, *your name*”
It’s kinda like a line. The first one says that you are really thinking high of the person you write to and it is really formal. The second on literaly means “to send kind greatings along” or something along that line. If you ever stumble upon MfG that will be the short version of that, sometimes used in circulars or something.
And the last one is a bit tricky. A friend of mine regularly uses the first form with “Grüße”. It does sound a tad choppy, but it suits him. And be sure to not miss the comma, otherwise it could be read as a request to great someone instead of greatings comming from you. And the last one is more like “Till than”. You can drop your name in that case, but it’s always better to add it. A lot of people have strange eMail addresses and sometimes people might not be sure who send the eMail….

@ petiteclaire:
“It’s been a long time” translate to “es ist lange her.” or if you want to emphasize that it was a really long time “es ist wirklich lange her”. However: you might find that you want to clarify what has last happened such a long time ago. So you likely want to say: “Es ist lange her, dass wir uns das letzte mal gesehen haben.”
Which translates to: “It’s been a long time, that we last meet each other.” Or with emphasize on the time. “Es ist wirklich lange her, dass wir uns das letzte mal gesehen haben.”

I hope I could help. ^_^;;

Will there be lesson(s) this week too ? Or are you on a once-every-other-week schedule at the moment ?
In case you are simply having problems with your studio, I hope this clears soon !

Danke schön, Anne
Thanks for your detailed explaination, that was very kind of you.

Not sure when I will be seeing our German friends, but I’m definately going to add a few German in my future emails.

Thanks again,
Li

i really like the 3 time repetition on the new words, and it would be nice to see more repetition in the full sentences: instead of only speaking the new sentence once in german and once translated in english, it would be useful for newbies to hear the sentence in german, then english, then german and english again; then one more time in german and english… this is how chinesepod.com has their lessons and it makes the new sentences easier to remember.

sehr gut!
im 13 and just started german in school. about two years ago when i did french i didnt listen much because i never realy saw the point of a language i dont like and to this date i know about 10 french words ^^. but i like german so im using these to get an upper hand in the lessons. there awsome!

Hello Peter,

to request introductions, you can ask a common acquaintance “Können Sie uns bitte vorstellen?” (Can you please introduce us?). Or if you want to just hint at that step, say “Darf ich mich vorstellen? Ich bin…” (May I introduce myself? I am…).

Now for the phrase you requested: “What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?” would be “Was macht ein nettes Mädchen wie du an einem Ort wie diesem?”. “nettes” means “nice” in the sense of “agreeable” or “friendly”, but you might want to opt for “schönes” (pretty) instead.

Good luck!