German Language Game: Modal Verb "Können"
Quick German Language Game: Können - Present Tense (can, to be able)
Level: Elementary (A1)
Playing Time: 3 1/2 minutes
(The picture: Können Sie Taekwondo?)
A fun interactive language game to learn and practice the present form of "können" (can/to be able)
Present Tense: stem vowel changes: singular = "a"; plural = "ö" (including the formal "Sie")
This game is also a good way to practice pronouncing German "a", and "ö".
Können - Present Tense
Note the change in the stem vowel: singular "a", plural "ö"
ich kann - I can
du kannst - you can
er/sie/es kann - he/she/it can
wir können - we can
ihr könnt - you-all can
sie/Sie können - they/you(form.) can
You'll find more in our post: How to Use the German Modal Verb "Können"
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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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German Language Game: Ja gerne
Quick German Language Game: "Ja gerne!" - (Yes, I'd like to!)
A quick online German game to learn and practice 8 conversational words and phrases.
Say the words and phrases OUT LOUD, right after or along with the speaker.
That's a great way to sharpen your pronunciation and to internalize idiomatic expressions.
For example, a standard expression such as:
Wir können uns treffen. [We can meet.]
Ja, gerne. [Yes, I'd like to."
NOTE that "studieren" means "to study at a university or college".
Studierst du? [Do you go to university? (fam.)]
Gehst du in die Schule? [Do you go to school? = grade, middle or high school].
Words in German Language Game
- studieren - to go to university or college
- studierst du? - do you go to university? (fam.)
- hier in Heidelberg - here in Heidelberg
- ich studiere in München - I go to university in Munich
- vielleicht - perhaps
- sich treffen - to meet each other
- vielleicht können wir uns treffen - perhaps we can meet each other
- Ja gerne! - Yes, I'd like to!
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German Language Game: Ich freue mich
Quick German Language Game: "Ich freue mich..." - (I'm pleased...)
A quick online German game to try out and practice 15 words and phrases as part of a mini-story.
Michael is in Heidelberg to visit his friend Karl.
Karl's girlfriend Renate opens the door, and as it's the first time they meet introductions are in order.
Introducing yourself to someone in German is not a big deal, but you need to known how.
Here's your chance to practice it.
Say the words and phrases OUT LOUD, right after or together with the speaker.
That's a really good way to sharpen your pronunciation and absorb grammatical structures without thinking about them.
For example:
- ich freue mich (I'm pleased) is reflexive in German. Don't analyze, just learn the phrase.
- Komm herein. (Come in.) "Komm!" is "Come!" (fam.) "Herein" means "in" - to where the speaker is. ["Hinein" would mean away from the speaker.]
- ein Freund Karls (a friend of Karl's). Note: the German possessive "Karls" (of Karl's) does not have an apostrophe.
- aus Boston - means "originally from Boston". (That's where they met.)
Words in German Language Game
- er findet - he finds [finden]
- die Straße - the street
- sie öffnet - she opens [öffnen]
- die Tür - the door
- endlich - finally
- Schön dich kennenzulernen - Nice to meet you (fam.)
- auch - also
- ich freue mich - I'm pleased [sich freuen]
- Komm herein! - Come in! (fam.)
- meine Schwester - my sister
- sie besucht mich - she's visiting me
- gerade - just (now)
- Dies ist Michael - This is Michael
- ein Freund Karls - a friend of Karl's
- aus Boston - from Boston
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German Language Game: Ich suche...
Quick German Language Game: "Ich suche..." - (I'm looking for...)
A quick online German game to learn and practice 16 words and phrases in the context of a brief story.
Michael has arrived by train in Heidelberg.
Now he's looking for the street where his friend lives.
He asks a passerby, who gives him directions.
Asking for and understanding basic directions in German should really be part of your essential toolkit for traveling in a German-speaking country.
Say the words and phrases OUT LOUD, right after or along with the speaker.
It's an excellent way to improve your pronunciation and internalize grammar without thinking about it.
For example: folgen + dative case.
- die Straße = the street
- Sie folgen der Straße = you follow the street
No need to "learn" this structure ("die" becomes "der" with some verbs). Just be aware of it.
After it comes up a few times, it will seem quite familiar.
Words in German Language Game
- Entschuldigung - Excuse me
- ich suche - I'm looking for [suchen]
- die Straße - the street
- sie ist nicht weit - it's not far [ref. die Straße]
- gut - good
- laufen - to walk
- dann bin ich richtig gelaufen - then I took the right route
- Sie folgen der Endemannstraße - you follow Endemann Street
- nach links - to the left
- ich sehe - I see [sehen]
- dann geradeaus - then straight ahead
- nach rechts - to the right
- auf die Schillerstraße - onto Schiller Street
- das ist einfach - that's easy
- vielen Dank - many thanks
- gern geschehen - you're welcome
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