
Basic colors: Asking about tshirt color options
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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".
See breakdown →Dieses T-Shirt
dee-ses TEE-shurt
This T-shirt
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".
See breakdown →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?"
See breakdown →Nein, leider nicht.
nine LY-dair nicht
No, unfortunately not.
Wir haben es
veer hah-ben es
We have it
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.
See breakdown →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.
Das Grün
dahs groon
The green
💬 Colours used as nouns always take das: das Blau, das Rot.
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