German Language Mini-Story Game 5



German Language Mini-Story Game 5: In the fifth part of Michael's trip to Germany, (Michaels Reise 5), he travels to Munich.  (photo by Philipp Bachhuber on unsplash)

The Mini-Story game uses 5 sentences from the original story. With this game - a sequence of Memory, Flash Cards, Word Invaders - you can learn and practice vocabulary and German word order.

Level: Elementary (A2)
Playing Time: 4 minutes

Mini-Story 5

Erzählerin: Am Samstag nimmt Michael den Intercity nach München.
Erzählerin: Am Nachmittag ruft er auf seinem Handy Claudia an.
Michael: Hallo Claudia. Ich möchte heute Abend ins Hofbräuhaus.
Michael;;Können wir uns dort treffen?
Claudia;;Ja gerne!

Vocabulary

  • am Samstag - on Saturday
  • er nimmt - he takes
  • nehmen - to take
  • den Intercity - (takes) InterCity Express 
  • nach München - to need
  • am Nachmittag - to write down
  • er ruft an - he calls
  • anrufen - to call
  • auf seinem Handy - on his cell phone
  • ich möchte - I would like
  • mögen - to like
  • heute Abend - this evening
  • ins Hofbräuhaus - (to go) to the Hofbräuhaus
  • wir können - we can
  • uns - each other (us)
  • treffen - to meet
  • Ja gerne! - Yes gladly!

Word Order

Word Order in a simple sentence:
In German the verb, (nimmt) is the second element: Michael nimmt ... Am Samstag nimmt Michael ...
In English, the verb, (takes) follows the subject: Michael takes ... On Saturday, Michael takes ...

Michael nimmt den Intercity nach München.
(Michael takes the Intercity to Munich.)
Am Samstag nimmt Michael den Intercity nach München.
(On Saturday, Michael takes the Intercity to Munich.)

Er ruft Claudia an.
(He calls Claudia.)
Am Nachmittag ruft er Claudia an.
(In the afternoon, he calls Claudia.)

Ich möchte heute Abend ins Hofbräuhaus.
(I would like to go to the Hofbrauhaus this evening.)
Heute Abend möchte ich ins Hofbräuhaus.
(This evening, I would like to go to the Hofbrauhaus.)

A translation is available when you roll over a sentence. (Only on the computer)
Register or log in and go to German 1, Michael in Deutschland if you want to practice and recall the individual words and phrases of the full story of Michael's travels.

Posted 17:26PM on August 29 2020 by Ulrike Rettig
Categories: German | Tags: Deutsch, German, German mini-story, Munich