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How to Say ‘And how did you two meet?’ in German

Und wie habt ihr euch kennengelernt?

oont vee hahpt eer oykh KEN-en-guh-lairnt

[oont vee hahpt eer oykh KEN-en-guh-lairnt]

🇩🇪 In Germany: Expect this question from your date's friends almost immediately; having a short, fun answer ready helps.

Phrase Breakdown

Und wie habt ihr euch

oont vee hahpt eer oykh

And how did you (all)

'Und' opens the question in a friendly way.

Example

Und wie habt ihr euch verstanden?

And how did you get along?

Words in this phrase

Und

[oont]

and

A conjunction used to connect sentences or elements in a sentence.

Example

Und ich freue mich.

And I am happy.

wie

[vee]

how

Question word asking about manner or state.

Example

Wie geht es dir?

How are you?

habt

[hahpt]

have

The 'ihr' (you plural) form of 'haben', also used to form the past tense.

Example

Habt ihr Hunger?

Are you guys hungry?

ihr

[eer]

you (plural)

The informal 'you' for talking to two or more people.

Example

Kommt ihr heute Abend?

Are you guys coming tonight?

euch

[oykh]

each other / yourselves

Reflexive pronoun for 'ihr'; here it means 'each other'.

Example

Kennt ihr euch schon?

Do you already know each other?

kennengelernt?

KEN-en-guh-lairnt

meet?

The participle goes at the end. Say it as one smooth word: KEN-nen-ge-lernt.

Example

Wo habt ihr euch kennengelernt?

Where did you meet?

Words in this phrase

kennengelernt

[KEN-en-guh-lairnt]

got to know; met

Past participle of 'kennenlernen,' used when talking about meeting someone for the first time.

Example

Ich freue mich, dass wir uns kennengelernt haben.

I am glad that we met.

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