Meeting date's friends: Sharing something you love about your date

💬 Put das in front of a verb, capitalize it, and it becomes a noun: lachen "to laugh" gives das Lachen "the laugh". Same with das Essen "the food".

💬 sie can mean "she" or "they". The verb ending tells you which: sie lacht is "she", sie lachen is "they".

💬 German uses the same word for describing a thing and describing an action. laut is "loud" or "loudly", with no extra ending like English -ly.

🇩🇪 Stimmt on its own is a very common, casual way to agree in conversation. It sounds natural and warm, not curt.

💬 Putting das first gives it emphasis, and the verb still comes second: das kenne ich, not das ich kenne. Here kennen means you recognize it from experience, not that you know a fact.

🇩🇪 Honesty and directness are prized in Germany, so this lands as real praise rather than a backhanded compliment.

💬 Use finden "to find" to give your opinion: Das finde ich toll. Swap the adjective: Das finde ich schade "That's a pity."

💬 After was linking two parts of a sentence, the verb jumps to the end: was sie denkt, not was denkt sie. Same with was sie sagt "what she says".

💬 super works directly after a verb to mean "really well": Sie singt super "She sings really well."

💬 Lasagne is feminine in German, so "her" is ihre with an -e. For a masculine word it's ihr: ihr Kuchen "her cake".

💬 After für, "you" is always dich, never dir. Same with "me": für mich.

💬 In the past with hat, the main verb goes to the very end in its ge- form: gekocht. Swap it: Hat sie schon für dich gebacken? "Has she baked for you yet?"

💬 No word for "on" is needed with time phrases like this. letzten Samstag alone means "last Saturday"; likewise nächsten Montag "next Monday".

💬 After ein, the describing word shows the gender: ein schöner Abend for a masculine word, but ein schönes Essen "a lovely meal" for a neuter one.

💬 was here is short for etwas "something". In casual speech was zu essen means "something to eat".

💬 hol is a casual spoken form of hole, dropping the final -e. kurz "briefly" softens it to "just quickly".

💬 gleich here means "in a moment", not "same". Pair bis with other times: bis morgen "see you tomorrow".

💬 kennenlernen splits around zu, which goes inside: kennenzulernen. Formally it's Schön, Sie kennenzulernen.