Hallo, this isn't really a chapter that associates with the story. But I'd like to teach some simple german. And you can skip this and head straight into the actual story.

Like spanish, there's genders to words. Like; 'Vater' is male since it's 'father' and that 'Mutter' is female since it's 'Mother.' Using vater in a sentence;

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"Mein Vater ist ein gut mann." - "My father is a good man."

Compare that sentence to using mother in a sentence;

"Meine Mutter ist eine gut frau." - "My mother is a good woman."

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You can obviously see that the words; 'Mein' and, 'ein' change. Adding an 'e' at the end of the two words. This is because the subject is feminine. Not having the 'e' suffix means that the subject is masculine or is neuter. 

In the newest chapter at the writing of this; 'Die Kriegsmarine' the word: 'Die' is used. And no, it is not pronounced; 'dye' but really in german is pronounced; 'dee.' And 'Die' is the feminine word for the word; 'the.'

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DIE, DER, DAS are the same words in different genders and they are all the words for; 'the.'

Using it in a sentence;

"Der mann ist sehr doof." - "The man is so dumb."

"War die frau doof?" - "Was the woman dumb?"

"Das Bett ist sauber" - "The bed is clean."

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So, depending on the subject, the function word; 'the' changes. Things like; 'mein and ein' like before; have gendered versions. By adding the suffix; 'e.' So in ooga booga, "Subject female add E!" I continued; "Subject male add no E! But if subject neither, add no E!"

Whether or not something is feminine or masculine or neuter you musn't guess the gender. Like the word for girl in german is; "Madchen" but it is not feminine, it is actually a neuter word! So using it in a sentence; "Das Madchen ist sehr grosse." - "The girl is so tall."

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Introducing yourself to someone German;

"Hallo! Ich bin [name]. Ich komme aus [country] and/or Ich komme aus das stadt [city name]."

"Hello! I am Hierd. I come from America and/or I come from the city of New York."

"Guten Morgen, Ich bin [name] und sie?"

"Good Morning, I'm Hierd and you?"

(There's a formal and informal way of saying you. 'Du' being informal, and 'Sie' being formal. Whether or not you use 'Du' or 'Sie' matters in context. Stranger, someone from top brass. But if don't know, just use the english word; 'you.' Germans are probably more better in English than even American students are).

To question someone whether they can or cannot speak english/german.

"Entschuldigung, kannst sie spreche englisch/deustch?"

"Excuse me, can you speak english/german?"

(Spreche changes to 'sprach' or 'gesprochen' when it comes to the when. Of course, in this sentence, you can't use the past tense; 'sprach' nor the perfect tense; 'gesprochen.' But atleast you know that sprach means 'I spoke' and gesprochen means 'I have spoken.).

"Mein deustch ist sehr schelcht, kannst wir spreche englisch?"

"My German is very bad, can we speak english?"

(Mein can be changed if you're of course, female."

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Describing something/someone;

"Du bist sehr super! Ich nicht verteshen warum!"

"You are great! I can't understand why!"

"Das ist ein grosse strasse."

"That is a long road."

(The subject is neuter, that's why it uses 'das').

"Mein hund ist sehr klug, und er lieben kalt essen!"

"My dog's very smart, and he loves cold food!"

(Dog is masculine).

"Du bist doof, du bist shisse! Ein Arschloch!"

"You are stupid, you are shit! An asshole!"

(When I am writing things with double s's, it means I'm using the german letter; "ß" which is a double "ss" when romanized. There are also german words with Two 'ss' in them that don't use the german letter. In spite of what it looks, it's actually pronouced with s's.) 

(But then, you question; what about; "oe, ie, ae"? Such things are the new letters added in the German alphabet, the DLC of the english alphabet. Ä, Ö, Ü. Which, upon pronoucing can be said as simple as saying the first letter then at the second half shaping your mouth to turn into the letter O. Try; "A-E.").

German is so confusing to an english reader. But is a wonderful language. It isn't romantic like french. In all reality we think germans are angry men. Which may be so, but german still an amazing language. There are lots of free courses in youtube, and if you wish to learn a language, german is one for your books.

-Awether