German Language Game: Jetzt sollten wir...

Quick German Language Game: "Jetzt sollten wir..." - (Now we should...)

Level: A2 Elementary
Playing Time: 3 1/2 Minutes

A quick game to practice the German Conditional form "sollten" (should).

This quick language game also gives you some practice with simple German Word Order.
Playing this game won't make you a word order expert, but it will certainly help you understand basic patterns.
Even if you know the word-order "rules", using them while you talk takes plenty of practice.

Basic word order patterns

Renate;;Jetzt sollten wir ans Mittagessen denken.
Karl;;Ich sollte eine Pizza bestellen.
Michael;;Claudia, du solltest den Tisch decken.

Jetzt sollten wir ans Mittagessen denken.
(Now we should think of lunch.)
Note: In a basic German sentence, the verb is in 2nd position, vs English.

Ich sollte eine Pizza bestellen.
(I should order a Pizza.)
Note: In German, the "infinitve" goes to the end of the sentence, vs English.

Claudia, du solltest den Tisch decken.
(Claudia, you should set the table.)
Note the position of the German infinitive, vs English.

Words in German Language Game

• wir sollten - we should [sollen] 
• jetzt - now
• ans Mittagessen - (think) about lunch
• denken - to think
• ich sollte - I should
• eine Pizza- a pizza
• bestellen - to order
• du solltest - you should (familiar)
• den Tisch - (set) the table
• decken - to set 

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