After-work drinks: Suggesting a drink after work
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Key Phrases
Hast du Lust auf ein Bier nach der Arbeit?
Do you feel like having a beer after work?
Um wie viel Uhr? Passt dir das?
What time? Does that work for you?
Ich warte unten am Eingang.
I'll wait downstairs at the entrance.
Skills You'll Learn
Making suggestions and asking about interest (Do you feel like...?)
Vorschläge machen und nach Interesse fragen (Hast du Lust auf...?)
Arranging meetups: agreeing on time and place
Verabredungen treffen: Uhrzeit und Ort vereinbaren
Talking about the end of the workday and saying you're waiting
Über den Feierabend sprechen und sagen, dass man wartet
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at work and the day is almost over. You want to invite your coworker Lena for a beer after work.
Hallo Lena! Bist du heute schon fertig?
Hi Lena! Are you done for today already?
Hallo Emily ! Ja, gleich. Endlich Feierabend!
Hi Emily! Yes, almost. Finally, end of the workday!
Hast du Lust auf ein Bier nach der Arbeit?
Do you feel like having a beer after work?
Gute Idee! Wohin denn?
Good idea! Where to?
Vielleicht ins Café Moritz? Das ist gleich um die Ecke.
Maybe Café Moritz? It's just around the corner.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Bist du heute schon fertig?
bist doo hoin-te shohn FER-tikh
Are you done for today already?
Ja, gleich.
yah glykh
Yes, almost.
💬 gleich here means "in a moment", not "same". You'll hear it constantly: ich komme gleich "I'm coming right away".
See breakdown →Endlich Feierabend!
ENT-likh FY-er-ah-bent
Finally, end of the workday!
🇩🇪 Said with real relief as people pack up. Wishing colleagues schönen Feierabend "have a nice evening off" on the way out is standard.
See breakdown →Der Feierabend
dair FY-er-ah-bent
End of the workday
💬 Built from feiern "to celebrate" and Abend "evening", but it just means your time off after work, whatever the hour.
See breakdown →Hast du Lust?
hahst doo loost
Do you feel like it?
💬 Lust looks like English "lust" but just means being in the mood for something. It's completely innocent here.
See breakdown →Hast du Lust auf...?
hahst doo loost owf
Do you feel like...?
💬 Put any thing after auf to make an offer: Hast du Lust auf einen Kaffee? "Fancy a coffee?". For an activity, use zu: Hast du Lust, ins Kino zu gehen? "Fancy going to the cinema?".
🇩🇪 A relaxed, no-pressure way to suggest something. It's easy for the other person to say no without awkwardness.
See breakdown →Ein Bier
ine beer
A beer
Nach der Arbeit
nahkh dair AR-bite
After work
💬 After nach, die Arbeit becomes der Arbeit. Same with other words that take die: nach der Schule "after school".
See breakdown →Hast du Lust auf ein Bier nach der Arbeit?
hahst doo loost owf ine beer nahkh dair AR-bite
Do you feel like having a beer after work?
🇩🇪 A common, casual invitation between colleagues on du terms. Inviting someone for one drink doesn't commit anyone to a long night.
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