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A1 German · Basics · Lesson 11 Telling Time in German: Wie Spät Ist Es? Deutsch lernen — Die Uhrzeit We already covered the days of the week back in Lesson 3 — now let's handle the other half of "when": the actual clock. Fair warning, this is one of those topics where German logic doesn't quite match English logic, especially around the half-hour. Stick with it, though, it clicks faster than it seems at first. Time Vocabulary German Word Pronunciation English Meaning die Uhrzeit dee OOR-tsyt the time (clock time) die Stunde dee SHTOON-deh the hour die Minute dee mi-NOO-teh the minute halb hahlp half Viertel FEER-tel quarter vor for to / before nach nahkh past / after Mittag MIT-tahk noon Mitternacht MIT-ter-nahkht midnight Saying the Time Wie spät ist es? What time is it? Es ist zwei Uhr. ...

A1 German · Real Life · Lesson 10 German Food Vocabulary & How to Order Like a Local Deutsch lernen — Essen bestellen Standing at a counter in Germany trying to order and just pointing at the menu instead of speaking? We've all been there. This lesson fixes that — the food words and ordering phrases you'll actually use, whether you're grabbing a quick Currywurst on the street or sitting down at a restaurant. Food Vocabulary German Word Pronunciation English Meaning der Burger dair BUR-ger the burger die Pommes dee POM-mess the fries die Pizza dee PIT-sah the pizza das Hähnchen dahs HAYN-khen the chicken die Currywurst dee KUR-ree-voorst currywurst (a German classic) das Getränk dahs geh-TRENK the drink das Wasser dahs VAH-ser the water die Rechnung dee REKH-noong the bill Fun fact worth knowing before you go: Currywurst genu...

A1 German · Grammar · Lesson 9 German Question Words: Wer,Was, Wo, Wann, Warum, Wie Deutsch lernen — Die W-Fragen Go back through the last eight lessons and you'll notice something — half the example sentences were questions. Wie heißt du? Wie alt bist du? Wo wohnst du? That's not an accident. Question words (Germans just call them W-Fragen , because almost all of them start with W) are how you actually keep a conversation going, instead of just reciting facts about yourself. Important! Please subscribe our blog you will update every new lesson when we update on blog. The Six Question Words You Need German Word Pronunciation English Meaning wer vair who was vahs what wo voh where wann vahn when warum vah-ROOM why wie vee how You'll also run into wie viel (how much) and welche (which) fairly early on too, but these six will carry you throug...

A1 German · Basics · Lesson 8 German Colors: Die Farben, Explained the Easy Way Deutsch lernen — Die Farben Colors don't usually get much love in language courses — they feel almost too simple to deserve their own lesson. But here's the thing: you'll use them constantly, in ways you don't expect. Describing a jacket you want to buy, giving directions ("the red door, not the blue one"), even just complaining about traffic lights. So let's actually sit with this one instead of rushing past it. The Core Colors German Word Pronunciation English Meaning rot roht red blau blow (rhymes with "cow") blue grün grewn green gelb gelp yellow schwarz shvarts black weiß vice white braun brown (same as English, roughly) brown orange oh-RAHNJ-eh orange lila LEE-lah purple rosa ROH-zah pink grau grow (rhymes ...

A1 German · Grammar · Lesson 7 The Verb "Haben" (To Have): How to Conjugate and Use It Deutsch lernen — Das Verb "haben" Alongside sein (to be), the verb haben (to have) is the second essential building block of German grammar. You've already seen it in action — "Ich habe einen Bruder," "Ich habe drei Jahre Erfahrung." Now let's learn the full conjugation properly. Conjugation of "Haben" German Pronunciation English Meaning ich habe ikh HAH-beh I have du hast doo hahst you have (informal) er/sie/es hat air/zee/es haht he/she/it has wir haben veer HAH-ben we have ihr habt eer hahpt you have (plural informal) sie/Sie haben zee HAH-ben they have / you have (formal) Tip: notice the pattern — du and er/sie/es drop the "-en" ending and shorten irregularly. These two forms are the ones wo...