Lesson 3: A Walk in the Park

Lesson 3: Ein Spaziergang im Park

Guten Morgen, Herr Schultz. *Wie geht's? - Good morning, Mr Schultz. How are you?

Gut, Danke. Das Wetter ist heute sehr schön. Die Sonne scheint. Warum hast du dein Regenmantel und Regenschirm heute *mitgebracht? - Good, thank you. Today the weather is very nice. The sun is shining. Why have you brought along your raincoat and umbrella?

Heute Nachmittag wird es regnerisch sein. Siehst du die Wolken aus dem Westen? - This afternoon it will be rainy. You see the clouds out of the west?

Ach, ja. Leider habe ich meinen Regenschirm im Hause hintergelassen. Ich muß sofort nach Hause zurückkehren. Ich werde sie in ein Paar Minuten wiedersehen. - Oh, yeah. Unfortunately, I left my umbrella behind in the house. I must go back home immediately. I'll see you again in a few minutes. 

Ich werde auf dich an der Bank dort warten. Bis später! - I'll wait on you at the park bench there. Till later!

Tschüß! - Bye!

*Here the informal expression 'Wie geht's?' is used while the two are friends.

*This is a special class of verb known as a separable prefix verb (mitbringen) used here in the present perfect tense 'hast mitgebracht'. These types of verbs use prefixes (usually prepositions such as in, on, under etc) which add special meaning or emphasis to the base verb, bringen in this case. Three others are used here: hinterlassen, zurückkehren, wiedersehen.

Should you need to refer to a grammar matter go to: German Language Reference

Lesson 2: At the Store

Lesson 2: Auf dem Markt

A Customer Shopping at the Grocery Store.

Guten Tag! Ich möchte Obst und Gemüse kaufen. Mein Kühlschrank is fast leer. Was können Sie mir heute empfehlen? - Good morning! I would like to buy some fruit and vegetables. My refrigerator is almost empty. What can you recommend today?


Äpfel* und Trauben sind heute ganz frisch. Auch Mais, Tomaten und Karotten. Sie sind alle billig auch. Sondern, Südfrüchte sind teuer weil es Winter ist. - Apples and grapes are very fresh today. Also corn, tomatoes and carrots. They are all cheap as well. On the other hand (but) citrus is expensive since it is wintertime.



Ja, natürlich. Ich kaufe Südfrüchte hauptsächlich nur im Sommer und im Herbst.
Wieviel kosten Äpfel und Tomaten? - Yes, of course. I buy citrus mainly only in the Summer or Fall. How much are the apples and tomatoes?


Äpfel kosten zwanzig Shilling für 5 und Tomaten sechszehn Shilling für 3 Stück. - Apples are twenty Shillings for 5 and tomatoes are sixteen for 3.


Gut. Ich nehme zehn Äpfel und drei Tomaten. Good. I'll take ten apples and three tomatoes.



Das wäre sechsundfünfzig Shilling. - That will be 56 Shilling.



Danke! Auf Wiedersehen! Thank you! Goodbye!



Danke schön! Haben Sie einen guten Tag! Wiedersehen! - Thank you very much. Have a good day! Goodbye!


*Äpfel is an example of an irregularly formed plural. Also note that in contrast to English where only formal nouns are capitalized, in German all nouns are capitalized.

Lesson 1: Greetings

Lesson 1: Begrüßungen

How people address each other when they meet on the street. These are common ways that people address each other, although there are others that we will touch on in later lessons.

Guten Tag - Good Morning (Good Day)

Wie geht es Ihnen? - How are you?*

Es geht mir sehr gut! Und Ihnen? - Very good! And you?

Sehr gut auch. Danke! - Very good too. Thanks!

Auf Wiedersehen! - Goodbye!

Tschuß! - See you later! (Goodbye!)

Although I present no formal grammar in the lessons in an effort to present things in a more natural way as you would learn your own language, should you need to refer to a grammar matter you can at: http://german-language-reference.blogspot.com/

*This is the formal version that you would use with someone that you don't know. For people you know, you would say 'Wie geht's?' More on that later.