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Scene illustrating a German-language fête de la musique conversation

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!

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❓🎸🤔

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?"

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🤔❓🎸

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.

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👌

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.

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🤏

Ein bisschen

ine BISS-khen

A bit

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🔊‼️

Zu laut

tsoo lowt

Too loud

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🤏🔊‼️

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".

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🙋‍♂️➡️

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.

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🤷‍♂️💬

Ehrlich gesagt

AIR-likh geh-ZAHKT

To be honest

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