First date dinner: Choosing dishes from the menu together

💬 noch nicht is the fixed way to say "not yet". Same use: Ich habe noch nicht bestellt. "I haven't ordered yet."

💬 After mit, plural nouns add an extra -n if they don't already end in one: Pilze becomes Pilzen. Same with mit Kindern.

💬 Dropping das at the start is fine in casual speech, just like English "Sounds good". Swap the adjective: Klingt gut.

🇩🇪 Ich nehme... is the normal, polite way to order in Germany. It isn't blunt, and ich hätte gern... "I'd like..." works equally well.

💬 Dropped mid-sentence, glaube ich flips the usual order, with the verb first. It softens a choice, like English "I think": Das ist, glaube ich, gut.

💬 Wollen wir...? is a friendly way to suggest something, like "Shall we...?". The second verb goes to the end: Wollen wir gehen?

🇩🇪 Suggesting a shared starter is a warm, low-pressure move on a date. Germans often share starters but rarely share mains.

🇩🇪 Gerne is the warm, everyday way to accept an offer or suggestion. It's also a common reply to danke, meaning "my pleasure".

💬 mögen changes shape in its forms: ich mag, du magst, er mag. Note the ich form has no -e.

💬 With möchten, the second verb goes to the end: Was möchtest du essen? "What would you like to eat?"

💬 German needs no word for "of" with amounts: ein Glas Wasser, eine Tasse Kaffee.

💬 German says ich, never mich, here. Same with ich nicht "me neither".

💬 Starting with dann pushes the verb forward, before wir. Same with Jetzt können wir gehen.

🇩🇪 Waiters in Germany usually won't come by unprompted. Catching their eye or calling Entschuldigung! is normal, not rude.

💬 German keeps the French ending sound: (res-toh-RAHNG), with a nasal finish and no clear t.

💬 After dass, the verb goes to the very end: hast comes last. ausgesucht is from aussuchen "to pick out", and the ge slots in after aus.