This little book was designed to introduce you to some basic principles of German. While it’s not a pocket phrase book or a vocabulary book, it is an ideal text for the serious student, traveler, and explorer searching for a fast introduction to the German language. Most importantly, this book is meant to be fun! We all learned our first language when we were kids. That’s a fact worth keeping in mind. In one sense, learning the basics of another language asks that you become a little kid again, that you do things little kids do all the time: that you enjoy yourself without fear, that you make mistakes without worry, and that you play. If you can do that, if you play with the material that we’ve put together for you in this little book, then you’ll learn some basic German, and you’ll have fun doing it. Now, stop reading this English! Go GET YOUR DEUTSCH ON!