Q&A for How to Talk About Yourself in German

"Beautiful" in German is "schön". If you want to address a man you say "schöner", for a lady you use "schöne" and for a thing "schönes". Use the appropriate articles (der, die, das).

The more conversational way to say "you're welcome" is "bitte". The word bitte can have a lot of meanings and can be used in many ways, but most often it is used as "you're welcome".

To say that you should say, "Ich habe zwei Brüder und eine Schwester." Pronounced: Ich habe ts-v-eye Br-oo-der unt eye-n-uh Sh-vest-er. Note that the "u" in Brüder has an umlaut, changing it to a plural.

To somebody you know well, say: "Wie geht es dir heute?" or "Wie geht's dir heute?". To somebody you don't know that well, say: "Wie geht es Ihnen heute?"

Good night is "gute nacht" and good morning is "guten morgen," with a slight roll of the "r."

To say "I am going to eat" you say "Ich esse jetzt"! Uncommon is when you say "ich werde essen"... It means the same, but no German actually says that!

You would say “Code rot!”, although it’s not a common saying. If there’s an emergency, you would say “Es liegt ein Notfall vor!” which means “There’s an emergency!”