The most useful phrases I learned to say in German:
"Ich spreche kine Deutsch. Sprechen zie Englisch, Franzosisch, oder Spanisch?"
"Danke"
"Bitte"
Ironically, while I speak and read several Romance languages, and a smattering of several more obscure languages, I do not speak or read German, which constitutes a large part of my heritage. This book, in conjunction with a German-English dictionary, helped me communicate with those few Germans who don't speak English, Spanish, or French on my one trip to Germany.
"Ich spreche kine Deutsch. Sprechen zie Englisch, Franzosisch, oder Spanisch?"
"Danke"
"Bitte"
Ironically, while I speak and read several Romance languages, and a smattering of several more obscure languages, I do not speak or read German, which constitutes a large part of my heritage. This book, in conjunction with a German-English dictionary, helped me communicate with those few Germans who don't speak English, Spanish, or French on my one trip to Germany.
