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.
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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