
Fête de la Musique: Suggesting moving to next street for different band
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Key Phrases
Wie findest du die Band?
What do you think of the band?
Mir ist sie ein bisschen zu laut.
It's a bit too loud for me.
Gehen wir hin?
Shall we go?
Welche Straße meinst du?
Which street do you mean?
Wir haben noch zehn Minuten.
We still have ten minutes.
Danke für den Tipp!
Thanks for the tip!
Skills You'll Learn
Expressing and asking for an opinion
Eine Meinung äußern und erfragen
Expressing agreement
Zustimmung ausdrücken
Making a suggestion and responding to it
Einen Vorschlag machen und reagieren
Asking about place and time
Nach Ort und Zeit fragen
Expressing thanks
Sich bedanken
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at an outdoor concert and run into a friend. The band is too loud, so you want to suggest going to see a jazz band nearby.
Hey, hallo! Schön, dich hier zu sehen!
Hey, hi! Nice to see you here!
Hallo! Na, wie findest du die Band?
Hi! So, what do you think of the band?
Ganz okay. Aber mir ist sie ein bisschen zu laut.
Pretty okay. But it's a bit too loud for me.
Mir auch, ehrlich gesagt.
Me too, to be honest.
In der nächsten Straße spielt eine Jazzband. Gehen wir hin?
There's a jazz band playing on the next street. Shall we go?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Schön, dich hier zu sehen!
shern dikh heer tsoo ZAY-en
Nice to see you here!
Wie findest du die Band?
vee FIN-dest doo dee bent
What do you think of the band?
💬 finden literally means "to find", but Wie findest du ...? asks for an opinion. Swap in anything: Wie findest du das Essen? "What do you think of the food?"
See breakdown →Na, wie findest du die Band?
nah vee FIN-dest doo dee bent
So, what do you think of the band?
🇩🇪 Na is a relaxed opener, like "so" or "well then", for easing into chat with someone you know. It sounds too casual for a stranger or a formal setting.
See breakdown →Ganz okay.
gahnts oh-KAY
Pretty okay.
🇩🇪 ganz okay is lukewarm, not enthusiastic. Germans often use it to signal polite mild disappointment, which is a cue for the other person to suggest something else.
See breakdown →Ein bisschen
ine BISS-khen
A bit
Zu laut
tsoo lowt
Too loud
Aber mir ist sie ein bisschen zu laut.
AH-ber meer ist zee ine BISS-khen tsoo lowt
But it's a bit too loud for me.
💬 German puts the person affected first with mir "to me": mir ist ... zu laut is literally "to me it is too loud". Same pattern: mir ist kalt "I'm cold".
See breakdown →Mir auch
meer owkh
Same for me
💬 You answer mir auch because the earlier sentence used mir. After a sentence with ich, like Ich bin müde, you'd say ich auch instead.
See breakdown →Ehrlich gesagt
AIR-likh geh-ZAHKT
To be honest
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