german #3

I start to feel the pressure after not being able to get what the man behind the German speaking voice is trying to say. I shook my head and told Michelle "Noch einmal." over and over again, until she decided not to replay it anymore. It turns out that the string of numbers which I can't get is just 32 36 20 (zweiunddreißig sechsunddreißig zwanzig). I was pretty disappointed with myself for not being able to catch it even after listening to it 4-5 times.

Ok, let's start recalling today's lesson.

We learned how to count from 13 onward (we stopped at 12 during lesson #2), all the way to hundred thousands. Spelling out numbers in German is super tricky, and I hope I wouldn't make any mistakes during the midterms!

13 dreizehn
14 vierzehn
15 fünfzehn
16 sechzehn
17 siebzehn
18 achtzehn
19 neunzehn
20 zwanzig
21 einundzwanzig
22 zweiundzwanzig
23 dreiundzwanzig
24 vierundzwanzig
25 fünfundzwanzig
26 sechsundzwanzig
27 siebenundzwanzig
28 achtundzwanzig
29 neunundzwanzig
30 dreißig
31 einunddreißig
33 dreiunddreißig
40 vierzig
41 einundvierzig
44 vierundvierzig
50 fünfzig
55 fünfundfünfzig
60 sechzig
66 sechsundsechzig
70 siebzig
77 siebenundsiebzig
80 achtzig
88 achtundachtzig
90 neunzig
99 neunundneunzig
100 (ein)hundert
101 (ein)hunderteins
106 hundertsechs
110 hundertzehn
179 hundertneunundsiebzig
200 zweihundert
234 zweihundertvierunddreißig
345 dreihundertfünfundvierzig
1.000 (ein)tausend
2.897 zweitausendachthundertsiebenundneunzig
7.896 siebentausendachthundertsechsundneunzig
456.789 vierhundertsechsundfünfzigtausendsiebenhundertneunundachtzig
879.532 achthundertneunundsiebzigfünfhundertzweiunddreißig
1.000.000 ein million
2.000.000 zwei millionen
(1,5 in German = 1.5 in English and vice versa)

I know, the numbers go crazily long. And the worst part is the Germans tend to spell their telephone numbers out 2 by 2, which explains why I am super confused by the super fluent German speaking guy. And yes, notice that there are some small difference in some numbers i.e. the silenced "s" in einundzwanzig, sechzig, the shortened siebzig and the short "vier" in vierzehn, vierzig. Not to forget that zig is pronounced like "zih".
P.S. I'm pretty weak at differentiating sechs, sieben, drei and zwei.

The postal code is ___________.
What is the name of the place?

Die Postleitzahl ist ___________.
Wie heißt der ort?

A telephone conversation:
Ein Telefongespräch:

A: (Family name.)
B: Hello? Who is it, please?
A: (Family name.)
B: Is it not (some other person's name)? (Wrong telephone number)?
A: No, it is (A's name) here. My number is (A's telephone number).
B: Oh, sorry!
A: Please, please, don't worry!

A: (Familienname.) -Germans will always say their last name first when picking up a phone call.
B: Hallo? Wer ist da, bitte?
A: (Familienname.)
B: Ist da nicht (Name)? (Nummer)?
A: Nein, heir ist (Name). Meine Nummer ist (Nummer).
B: Oh, Entschuldigung!
A: Bitte, bitte. Macht nichts! -macht nichts literally means makes nothing

I was a bit sad after yesterday's English language class as I couldn't digest the content of this page from The Economist. We were divided into groups of three, and I couldn't give a good response to the essay during the discussion time. After the class I was kinda depressed so I went swimming alone to release this stress. This marks my first time to do an exercise after coming back to uni!
I finished my homework for today. Life's starting to get busy!

Good night!