Giving a date compliments: Telling them you enjoy their company

💬 gern after a verb means "like doing it": ich koche gern "I like cooking". Swap in any verb to say what you enjoy.

💬 After mit, du becomes dir. Same with ich: mit mir "with me".

🇩🇪 Warm but not over the top, which suits German dating. Germans tend to prefer sincere, low-key compliments to big declarations early on.

💬 Here the thing that pleases comes first and mich "me" follows: Das freut mich. Compare ich freue mich "I'm glad", with the person first.

💬 With kann, the second verb goes to the very end: Ich kann gut kochen "I can cook well". Starting with Mit dir puts the verb kann right after it, before ich.

💬 Feelings often use mir "to me" plus geht es, not "I feel": Mir geht es gut "I'm well".

💬 jemanden zum Lachen bringen means "make someone laugh". The same shape works for crying: zum Weinen bringen "make someone cry".

🇩🇪 Here it's a sweet "you make me laugh too". On its own, though, Du mich auch! is also a well-known rude comeback meaning roughly "Same to you, get lost". Only use it when the context makes your meaning clear.

💬 wieder "again" splits off in normal sentences: Wir sehen uns bald wieder. It only stays attached at the end, after wollen and similar verbs.

💬 Wollen wir ...? is a friendly way to suggest something, like "Shall we...?": Wollen wir essen gehen? "Shall we go eat?"

💬 Days take am: am Montag, am Freitag. It's short for an dem "on the".

💬 passen "to suit" is the everyday way to agree on a time: Passt dir 19 Uhr? "Does 7pm work for you?"

💬 After für, der Abend becomes den Abend, and the adjective takes -en: schönen. Same with für den guten Kaffee "for the good coffee".

🇩🇪 Warmer and more personal than plain danke. It fits a sincere moment, like answering a compliment.

🇩🇪 Casual and friendly. Fine on a date, but with strangers in formal settings, Auf Wiedersehen is safer.

💬 bis plus a time means "see you then": bis morgen "see you tomorrow", bis später "see you later".