Meeting the in laws again: Health and well-being

💬 After words like [schön], German often uses [zu] + verb for "to do something": [schön, euch wiederzusehen], [schwer, das zu erklären]. Here [euch] means "you" as the object, so compare [euch wiederzusehen] with [dich wiederzusehen].

💬 After words like [schön], German often uses [zu] + verb for "to do something": [Es ist schön, euch wiederzusehen], [Es ist schwer, früh aufzustehen]. [Wiederzusehen] is from [wiedersehen], and the [zu] sits inside the verb: [wiederzusehen].

💬 [Wie geht es dir?] literally uses [es geht] — German says "How goes it for you?" rather than "How are you?" Swap the last word for the person: [dir] for one [du] person, [euch] for more than one.

💬 [Aussehen] is a separable verb, so it splits in a normal sentence: [Du siehst gut aus]. The same thing happens with [ankommen] → [Er kommt morgen an].

🇩🇪 [Danke] alone when something is offered often sounds like "no, thank you." If you want it, say [ja, bitte].

💬 German often says [Mir geht es gut] rather than a direct "I am well." The first word changes with the person: [mir], [dir], [ihm], [ihr].

💬 With [haben], the other verb often moves to the end in this finished form: [Ich habe angefangen]. You'll see the same pattern in [Ich habe gearbeitet] or [Wir haben gekocht].