In the last two lessons, you've already used some "interrogatives" like "wo" and "wie". Here you find all of them together with some common questions, in which they are used.
Wo = where | Wo ist die Post? | Where is the post-office? |
Was = what | Was kostet es? | What does it cost ?(How much is it?) |
Wie = how | Wie geht es Dir? (Wie heißen Sie? Wie spät ist es?) | How are you? (What is your name? What time is it?) |
Wer = who | Wer bist Du? | Who are you? |
Warum = why | Warum kostet dies mehr als das? | Why is this more expensive than that? |
Woher = where from | Woher kommst Du? / Wo kommen Sie her? | Where are you from? |
Wann = when | Wann fährt der Zug/Bus ab? | When does the train/bus leave? |
You may have noticed that these words are used differently in both language. Sometimes it is simply not possible to translate an English sentence word-by-word. If you do this, you will have the laughter on your side :-), but people will probably understand you nevertheless. So
have courage and try to use all the words you know in the German language.
Another very important word is "have = haben".
How you use the word "haben" together with the personal pronouns | English translation | exceptions and specialities of the German language |
ich habe zwei Kinder. | I have two kids. | Ich habe Hunger. = I am hungry. |
du hast kein Geld. | You don't have money. | Du hast keine Lust = you are in no mood for it. |
Sie haben den Job. | You have the job. |   |
er hat es geschafft. | He has done it! he made it! |   |
sie hat nur zehn Röcke. | She only has ten skirts. |   |
es hat eine gelbe Tür. | It has a yellow door. | Es hat drei Etagen = there are three floors. |
wir haben viel Spaß. | We have a lot of fun. |   |
Ihr habt Zimmer Nummer einhundert. | You have room number 100. |   |
sie haben dieselben Eltern. | They have the same parents. |   |
And now some usefull little words, that can be used in all the sentences, that you already know. You put it directly after the first verb, for example:
I only have two kids = Ich habe nur zwei Kinder. Did you get it? Then here are the words:
only - nur
already - schon
still - noch
always - immer
never - nie
soon - bald
And now some numbers
eins/elf/einundzwanzig | 1/11/21 |
zwei/zwölf/zeiundzwanzig | 2/12/22 |
drei/dreizehn/dreiundzwanzig | 3/13/23 |
vier/vierzehn/vierundzwanzig | 4/14/24 |
fünf/fünfzehn/fünfundzwanzig | 5/15/25 |
sechs/sechszehn/sechsundzwanzig | 6/16/26 |
sieben/siebzehn/siebenundzwanzig | 7/17/27 |
acht/achtzehn/achtundzwanzig | 8/18/28 |
neun/neunzehn/neunundzwanzig | 9/19/29 |
zehn/zwanzig/einhundert | 10/20/100 |
Can you figure out how the other numbers are put together in German? Easy as this:
zwei-und-dreißig = 32
drei-und-vierzig = 43
vier-und-fünfzig = 54
dreißig | 30 |
vierzig | 40 |
fünfzig | 50 |
sechzig | 60 |
siebzig | 70 |
achtzig | 80 |
neunzig | 90 |
zweitausend | 2000 |
If everything is more or less clear now, then you can proceed with the Test.
You might need a dictionary for it. And as we aren't in school here, that is allowed. :-))
Good luck!
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