Learn how to give your email address
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| Welcome to Can-Do German by GermanPod101.com. |
| In this lesson, you’ll learn how to give your e-mail address in German. |
| For example, "My email is address aylin@innolang.com." is |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aylin@innolang.com. |
| Aylin Ahrens is at city hall registering her address. |
| A civil servant is asking for her email address. |
| Before you hear their conversation, let’s preview some of its key components. |
| E-Mail-Adresse |
| "E-mail address" |
| E-Mail-Adresse |
| E-Mail-Adresse |
| Listen to the conversation, and focus on the response. |
| Note: the civil servant in this conversation uses formal German. |
| Ready? |
| Ihre E-Mail-Adresse, bitte. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aylin@innolang.com. |
| Once more with the English translation. |
| Ihre E-Mail- Adresse, bitte. |
| "Your email address, please." |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aylin@innolang.com. |
| "My email is aylin@innolang.com." |
| Let's break down the conversation. |
| Do you remember how the civil servant says, |
| "Your email address, please." |
| Ihre E-Mail- Adresse, bitte. |
| Let’s start with E-Mail-Adresse, "e-mail address." E-Mail-Addresse. |
| Note, in German, words can sometimes be joined together to create a new word. E-Mail-Adresse is E-Mail, "e-mail," and Adresse, "address," together. |
| Together it's E-Mail-Adresse. "E-mail address." E-Mail-Adresse. |
| In German, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. E-Mail-Adresse is feminine and singular — a fact that determines the form of other words in the sentence. |
| Before this is Ihre, meaning "your" in this formal context. Ihre. |
| Ihre is feminine singular to agree with E-Mail-Adresse. |
| Note Ihre fundamentally means "their," but it’s also a formal way to say "your" when speaking to someone directly using formal German. Ihre. Ihre. |
| Now, you might be more familiar with deine, an informal word for "your," as in deine E-Mail-Adresse, an informal way to say "your e-mail address." As this is a city office setting, the formal form, Ihre, is more appropriate. |
| Together, Ihre E-Mail-Adresse. "Your e-mail address." Ihre E-Mail-Adresse. |
| Last is bitte, meaning "please" in this context. Bitte. Bitte. |
| All together, it’s Ihre E-Mail-Adresse, bitte. "Your e-mail address, please." |
| Ihre E-Mail-Adresse, bitte. |
| Remember this request. You’ll hear it again later. |
| Let’s take a closer look at the response. |
| Do you remember how Aylin says, |
| "My email is aylin@innolang.com." |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aylin@innolang.com. |
| Do you remember how to say "e-mail address?" |
| E-Mail-Adresse, "e-mail address." E-Mail-Adresse. |
| Before this is meine, "my." Meine. Meine. |
| Meine is feminine singular to agree with E-Mail-Adresse. |
| Together it’s meine E-Mail-Adresse, "My e-mail address." Meine E-Mail-Adresse. |
| Next is ist, "is," as in "my e-mail address is." Ist. Ist. |
| Ist is from the verb sein, meaning "to be." Sein. |
| All together, it’s Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist… "My e-mail address is.…" Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist… |
| Next is Aylin’s e-mail address: aylin@innolang.com. |
| Note how Aylin says her e-mail address. |
| First is Aylin’s name spelled out: a ypsilon el ieh en. |
| Next is the "at sign," which is At-Zeichen in German. At-Zeichen. At-Zeichen. |
| Note, when talking about e-mail addresses, At-Zeichen is usually shortened to at. |
| After this is the domain name, innolang, pronounced in German. Innolang. |
| And last is Punkt com, "dot com." Punkt com. Punkt com. |
| All together, it’s Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aylin@innolang.com. |
| "My email is aylin@innolang.com.." |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aylin@innolang.com. |
| The pattern is |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist E-MAIL ADDRESS. |
| "My e-mail address is E-MAIL ADDRESS." |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist E-MAIL ADDRESS. |
| To use this pattern, simply replace the {E-MAIL ADDRESS} placeholder with your e-mail address. |
| Imagine your e-mail address is hannah@innolang.com. ha a en en a ha at innolang Punkt com. |
| Say |
| "My email is hannah@innolang.com." |
| Ready? |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist hannah@innolang.com. |
| "My email is hannah@innolang.com." |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist hannah@innolang.com. |
| When giving your e-mail address in German, if the domain name is well-known, you don’t need to spell it out. For example, if your e-mail address has the domain, "gmail," as in "gmail.com," you can just say, gmail. |
| Outside of well-known domain names, however, it will usually be necessary to spell it out. |
| Again, the key pattern is |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist E-MAIL ADDRESS. |
| "My e-mail address is E-MAIL ADDRESS." |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist E-MAIL ADDRESS. |
| Let's look at some examples. |
| Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aylin@innolang.com. |
| "My email is aylin@innolang.com." |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aylin@innolang.com. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist hannah@innolang.com. |
| "My email is hannah@innolang.com." |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist hannah@innolang.com. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aron@innolang.com. |
| "My email is aron@innolang.com." |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aron@innolang.com. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist finja@innolang.com. |
| "My email is finja@innolang.com." |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist finja@innolang.com. |
| katrin@innolang.com. |
| "katrin@innolang.com." |
| katrin@innolang.com. |
| Did you notice how the last speaker omitted Meine E-Mail-Adresse? |
| katrin@innolang.com. |
| "katrin@innolang.com." |
| When directly responding to a request, it’s often possible to omit part of the response. |
| Here, by simply giving your e-mail address, there’s no need to say Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist, "My e-mail address is." |
| The pattern is |
| E-MAIL ADDRESS. |
| You should be aware of this shortcut, but you won’t need it for this lesson. |
| Let's review. |
| Respond to the prompts by speaking aloud. Then repeat after the native speakers, focusing on pronunciation. |
| Ready? |
| Do you remember how to say "com?" |
| com |
| com |
| And how to say "dot com?" |
| Punkt com |
| Punkt com |
| Do you remember how to say "innolang.com?" |
| innolang Punkt com |
| innolang Punkt com |
| And how to say "at sign?" |
| At-Zeichen |
| At-Zeichen |
| Do you remember how to spell "Aylin?" |
| A-y-l-i-n. |
| A-y-l-i-n. |
| And how to say "e-mail address?" |
| E-Mail-Adresse |
| E-Mail-Adresse |
| Do you remember how to say "my email address?" |
| meine E-Mail-Adresse |
| meine E-Mail-Adresse |
| Do you remember how Aylin says, |
| "My email is aylin@innolang.com.." |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aylin@innolang.com. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist aylin@innolang.com. |
| Do you remember the formal way to say |
| "your e-mail address." |
| Ihre E-Mail-Adresse |
| Ihre E-Mail-Adresse |
| Do you remember how the clerk says, |
| "Your e-mail address, please?" |
| Ihre E-Mail-Adresse, bitte. |
| Ihre E-Mail-Adresse, bitte. |
| Let's practice. |
| Imagine you're Arnold Ahrens , and your e-mail address is arnold@innolang.com.. |
| Respond to the civil servant’s request. |
| Ready? |
| Ihre E-Mail-Adresse, bitte. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist arnold@innolang.com. |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist arnold@innolang.com. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist arnold@innolang.com. |
| Let's try another. |
| Imagine you're Anouk Ahrens: a en oh uh kah. |
| Ready? |
| Ihre E-Mail-Adresse, bitte. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist anouk@innolang.com. |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist anouk@innolang.com. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist anouk@innolang.com. |
| Let’s try one more. |
| Imagine you're Johannes: jot, oh, ha, a, en, en, e, es. |
| Ready? |
| Ihre E-Mail-Adresse, bitte. |
| Meine E-Mail Adresse ist johannes@innolang.com. |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| Meine E-Mail Adresse ist johannes@innolang.com. |
| Meine E-Mail Adresse ist johannes@innolang.com. |
| In this lesson, you learned how to give your email address in German. This plays an essential role in the larger skill of sharing your contact information. Let’s review. |
| Do you remember how to say "phone number?" |
| Telefonnummer. |
| Telefonnummer. |
| And how to say "my phone number?" |
| Meine Telefonnummer. |
| Meine Telefonnummer. |
| Do you remember how to say |
| "My phone number is..." |
| Meine Telefonnummer ist. |
| Meine Telefonnummer ist. |
| Do you remember how Aylin says, |
| "My phone number is 0176 00005656." |
| Meine Telefonnummer ist 0176 00005656. |
| Meine Telefonnummer ist 0176 00005656. |
| Do you remember how the civil servant says, |
| "Your phone number, please." |
| Ihre Telefonnummer, bitte. |
| Ihre Telefonnummer, bitte. |
| Imagine you're Arnold Ahrens , and your telephone number is 0176 22347899, and your email address is arnold@innolang.com. |
| Do you remember how to read the number "0176 22347899" in German? |
| null eins sieben vier sechs zwei zwei drei vier sieben acht neun neun |
| null eins sieben vier sechs zwei zwei drei vier sieben acht neun neun |
| Respond to the civil servant's request to share the phone number. |
| Ready? |
| Ihre Telefonnummer, bitte. |
| Meine Telefonnummer ist 0176 22347899. |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| Meine Telefonnummer ist 0176 22347899. |
| Meine Telefonnummer ist 0176 22347899. |
| Now, she asks for your email address. |
| Ihre E-Mail- Adresse, bitte. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist arnold@innolang.com. |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist arnold@innolang.com.). |
| Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist arnold@innolang.com. |
| Well done! This is the end of the lesson and the Can Give Contact Information unit of this course. |
| Remember, these Can Do lessons are about learning practical language skills. |
| What's next? |
| Show us what you can do. |
| When you're ready, take your assessment. |
| You can take it again and again, so try anytime you like. |
| Our teachers will assess it, and give you your results. |
| Keep practicing — and move on to the next lesson! |
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