Greeting People and Saying Hello

Guten Tag. Ich heiße Michael Neumann. (Good day. I am called Michael Neumann.)

Hallo. Mein Name ist Katherine Hilga. (Hello. My name is Katherine Hilga.)

Guten Tag. Wie heißen Sie? (Good day. What are you called?)
Ich heiße Elizabeth Wong. (I am called Elizabeth Wong.)

Wie ist Ihr Name, bitte? (What is your name, please?)
Mein Name ist Paul Schumann. (My name is Paul Schumann.)

Und Sie? Wie heißen Sie? (And you? What are you called?)
Ich heiße Hannah Brooks. (I am called Hannah Brooks.)

Guten Abend. Wie ist Ihr Name, bitte? (Good evening. What is your name, please?)
Mein Name ist Duncan Madden. (My name is Duncan Madden.)

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Now, let's learn all the greetings:

Hallo (Hello)
Guten Morgen (Good morning)
Geten Tag (Good day)
Guten Abend (Good evening)
Gute Nacht (Good night) *Please note that it is Gute WITHOUT the "n".
Auf Wiedersehen (Goodbye)

NOTE: There is no German greeting for Good afternoon. You may use Guten Tag.

All nouns begin with a capital letter in German: Guten Tag, Guten Morgen, Guten Abend, Gute Nacht, Mein Name ist...

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Now, let's learn how to introduce yourself...

Ich heiße Daniel Bowmann. Ich komme aus den USA, aus New York. Ich wohne jetzt in Berlin.
(I am called Daniel Bowmann. I come from the USA, from New York. I live now in Berlin.)

Mein Name is Tony Linker. Ich komme aus Wien in Österreich. Ich wohne in Hamburg.
(My name is Tony Linker. I come from Vienna in Austria. I live in Hamburg.)

Ich komme aus ... (I come from ...)
Ich wohne in ... (I live in ...)


If you want to ask a person where do they come from and where do they live, here's how you ask...

Woher kommen Sie? (Where do you come from?)
Wo wohnen Sie? (Where do you live?)

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Now, let's learn some Personal Pronouns:

SINGULAR (one person)
ich = I
du = you (informal)
Sie = you (formal) *with a capital S
er = he
sie = she
es = it

PLURAL (more than one person)
wir = we
ihr = you (informal)
Sie = you (formal) *with a capital S
sie = they