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Scene illustrating a German-language basic colors conversation

Key Phrases

Gibt es dieses T-Shirt auch in Blau?

Does this T-shirt also come in blue?

Ist das Grün hell oder dunkel?

Is the green light or dark?

Dann nehme ich das grüne.

Then I'll take the green one.

Skills You'll Learn

Asking about colors and availability of clothing

Nach Farben und Verfügbarkeit von Kleidung fragen

Describing and comparing shades of color

Farbtöne beschreiben und vergleichen

Expressing a purchasing decision and asking about the payment process

Eine Kaufentscheidung ausdrücken und nach dem Bezahlvorgang fragen

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you're in a clothing store in Germany. You like a T-shirt and want to find it in a different color and your size.

Hallo, Entschuldigung! Gibt es dieses T-Shirt auch in Blau?

Hello, excuse me! Does this T-shirt also come in blue?

Hallo! Nein, leider nicht. Wir haben es in Schwarz, Weiß und Grün.

Hello! No, unfortunately not. We have it in black, white and green.

Ist das Grün hell oder dunkel?

Is the green light or dark?

Dunkelgrün. Moment, ich zeige es Ihnen.

Dark green. One moment, I'll show you.

Oh, das ist schön. Gibt es das in M?

Oh, that's nice. Do you have it in a medium?

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

🙋‍♂️❗

Entschuldigung!

ent-shool-dee-goong

Excuse me!

🇩🇪 The normal way to get a shop assistant's attention in Germany. It works as both "excuse me" and "sorry".

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👕

Dieses T-Shirt

dee-ses TEE-shurt

This T-shirt

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🔵❓

Auch in Blau?

owkh in blow

In blue too?

💬 After in, colour names are capitalised because they act as nouns: in Rot "in red", in Gelb "in yellow".

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👕🔵❓

Gibt es dieses T-Shirt auch in Blau?

gibt ess dee-ses TEE-shurt owkh in blow

Does this T-shirt also come in blue?

💬 Gibt es ...? is the go-to way to ask whether something exists or is available. Swap in what you need: Gibt es das auch in Rot? "Does it also come in red?"

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🚫😔

Nein, leider nicht.

nine LY-dair nicht

No, unfortunately not.

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👍✅

Wir haben es

veer hah-ben es

We have it

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⚫⚪🟢

In Schwarz, Weiß und Grün

in shvarts vice oont groon

In black, white and green

💬 ß in Weiß is just a sharp s sound: (vice). The W sounds like an English v.

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✅⚫⚪🟢

Wir haben es in Schwarz, Weiß und Grün.

veer hah-ben es in shvarts vice oont groon

We have it in black, white and green.

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🟢

Das Grün

dahs groon

The green

💬 Colours used as nouns always take das: das Blau, das Rot.

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