german_sentence_builder

In both informal and formal letters, Germans often add a postscript (das P.S.). Just as in an
English-language letter, it follows the closing and provides some additional information that was
not included in the body of the letter.
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Using the information provided, write three lines that give the date of the letter, the
salutation, and the closing.
1. Berlin / June 6, 2008 / Doctor Reinhard Kalb (your dentist)
a.
b.
c.
2. Bremen / March 29, 2009 / Sonja Schäfer (your girlfriend)
a.
b.
c.
E-mail
Using e-mail for communication is just as important in Europe and the rest of the world as it is
in North America. In German, e-mail is called die E-Mail or die elektronische Post. Let’s look
at the vocabulary used to identify the parts of an e-mail:
an
anhängen
Ansicht
bearbeiten
Betreff
Cc
Datei
einfügen
Entwurf
Größe
Hilfe
MIME-Typ
Name
PGP Unterschreiben
PGP Verschlüsseln
senden
später senden
Unterschrift
von
Werkzeug
to
to attach
view
to revise
subject
copy
data file
to insert
draft
size
help
MIME type
name
secure sign-in
encode for security
to send
to send later
signature
from
tools
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