Giving a date compliments: Responding gracefully to a compliment
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Key Phrases
Schön, dich zu sehen.
Nice to see you.
Das Kleid steht dir sehr gut.
The dress suits you very well.
Wollen wir jetzt reingehen?
Shall we go in now?
Skills You'll Learn
Greeting someone and giving compliments
Jemanden begrüßen und Komplimente machen
Responding to a compliment and expressing thanks
Auf ein Kompliment reagieren und sich bedanken
Making a suggestion and agreeing to it
Einen Vorschlag machen und zustimmen
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're meeting your friend Lena outside before going in somewhere together. You want to greet her and compliment how she looks.
Hallo Lena! Schön, dich zu sehen.
Hi Lena! Nice to see you.
Hallo Emily ! Ich freue mich auch.
Hi Emily! I'm happy to see you too.
Du siehst heute wirklich toll aus.
You look really great today.
Oh, danke! Das ist lieb von dir.
Oh, thank you! That's sweet of you.
Das Kleid steht dir sehr gut.
The dress really suits you.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Schön
shern
Nice
Dich zu sehen
dikh tsoo ZAY-en
To see you
Schön, dich zu sehen.
shern dikh tsoo ZAY-en
Nice to see you.
🇩🇪 dich is for someone you already say du to, which on a date is usually the case. With someone you'd address as Sie, it becomes Schön, Sie zu sehen.
See breakdown →Auch
owkh
Too
Ich freue mich auch.
ikh FROY-uh mikh owkh
I'm happy too.
💬 sich freuen "to be glad" always needs the extra mich for "I": ich freue mich, du freust dich. Leaving it out sounds broken.
See breakdown →Heute
hoin-te
Today
Wirklich toll
VEERK-likh tol
Really great
Du siehst heute wirklich toll aus.
doo zeest hoin-te VEERK-likh tol ows
You look really great today.
💬 aussehen "to look (appearance)" splits, with aus going to the very end: du siehst … aus. Without that final aus, du siehst just means "you see".
See breakdown →Das ist lieb.
dahs ist leep
That's sweet.
💬 lieb here means "sweet" or "kind", not "love". You'll also hear it in Lieb von dir! as a short thank-you.
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