Prices, weather, and discoveries | Learn German in English

German lesson set in a contemporary Berlin everyday setting: A beginner practices six useful English phrases about basic price, weather, and discoveries..

EN → DE / Level: A1

About This Lesson

Use Prices, weather, and discoveries to practice German conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

Wie viel kostet das?

vee FEEL KOSS-tuht dahss How much is this?
B

Wo wohnst du?

voh VOHNTST doo Where do you live?
A

Das Wetter ist schön.

dahss VET-tuh ihst shurn The weather is nice.
B

Jetzt regnet es.

yetst RAYG-nuht ess It is raining now.
A

Ich habe mein Handy vergessen.

ikh HAH-buh mine HEN-dee fuh-GESS-un I forgot my phone.
B

Ich habe es gefunden.

ikh HAH-buh ess guh-FOON-den I found it.

Word by Word

Wie Wie means “how” in Wie viel kostet das? and helps form the question asking for an amount. It is used together with viel when asking how much of something there is or what something costs. Use it when asking about a quantity or price, such as in this price question.
viel viel means “much” in Wie viel kostet das? and contributes to the question about the amount or price. Together with Wie, it asks for a quantity rather than naming the item itself. Use Wie viel when asking how much something costs or how much of something there is.
kostet kostet means “costs” in Wie viel kostet das? It is the form of kosten used with das in this question. Use it in a price question with the item being asked about, as in Wie viel kostet das?
das das has two uses in this dialogue. In Wie viel kostet das? it means “this” or “that” item, while capitalized Das in Das Wetter ist schön. means “the” before Wetter. Use the first form to point to an item being discussed and the second form as part of Das Wetter.
Wo Wo means “where” at the beginning of Wo wohnst du? It asks about a place or location. Use it at the start of a question when asking where someone lives or where something is.
wohnst wohnst means “live” in Wo wohnst du? It is the form of wohnen used with du. Use it to ask one person about their place of residence, as in Wo wohnst du?
du du means “you” when one person is addressed directly in Wo wohnst du? It identifies the person whose place of residence is being asked about. Use du in direct conversation with one person, as in this question.
Wetter Wetter means “weather” in Das Wetter ist schön. It names the weather being described as nice. Use it with Das Wetter when talking about current weather, such as in this sentence.
ist ist means “is” in Das Wetter ist schön. It links Wetter with the description schön. It is the form of sein used with the subject here. Use it to connect a subject with a description, as in Das Wetter ist schön.
schön schön means “nice” or “pleasant” in Das Wetter ist schön. It describes the weather positively after ist. Use it when giving a positive description, especially in a statement about the weather.
Jetzt Jetzt means “now” in Jetzt regnet es. It places the weather event in the present moment. Use it when reporting what is happening at the current time, as in this weather statement.
regnet regnet means “is raining” in Jetzt regnet es. It describes rain happening at the time indicated by Jetzt. Use it with es in a weather statement when reporting rain, as in Jetzt regnet es.
es es means “it” in Jetzt regnet es. Here it does not refer to a particular object; it accompanies regnet in the weather statement. Use this form when reporting rain with regnet, as in Jetzt regnet es.
Ich Ich means “I” in Ich habe mein Handy vergessen. and Ich habe es gefunden. It identifies the speaker as the person who forgot or found something. Use it at the beginning when talking about your own action or experience.
habe habe means “have” in Ich habe mein Handy vergessen. and Ich habe es gefunden. Here it works with the later forms vergessen and gefunden to describe completed events. Reuse Ich habe with an object and the completed-action form, as in Ich habe mein Handy vergessen or Ich habe es gefunden.
mein mein means “my” in mein Handy. It shows that the phone belongs to or is connected with the speaker Ich. Use it directly before a noun when identifying something as your own, as in mein Handy.
Handy Handy means “phone” in Ich habe mein Handy vergessen. In this context it refers to the speaker’s mobile phone. Use it with mein when talking about your own phone, as in mein Handy.
vergessen vergessen means “forgot” in Ich habe mein Handy vergessen. It names the completed action involving mein Handy after habe. Use Ich habe with an object before vergessen when saying that you forgot something, as in Ich habe mein Handy vergessen.
gefunden gefunden means “found” in Ich habe es gefunden. It names the completed action of locating es after habe. It is the form of finden used in this completed-action expression. Use Ich habe with the thing found before gefunden, as in Ich habe es gefunden.

Grammar Points

W-Frage: Fragewort + Verb + Subjekt

Wo wohnst du?

voh VOHNTST doo

Where do you live?

In German, the conjugated verb comes before the subject in a question beginning with a question word.

Possessivartikel: mein + Nomen

mein Handy

mine HEN-dee

my mobile phone

mein means “my” and comes before the noun; the noun is capitalized in German.

German Vocabulary

du pron
doo you
ich pron
ikh I
jetzt adv
yetst now
kosten verb
KOSS-tun to cost kostet
mein det
mine my
regnen verb
RAYG-nun to rain regnet
schön adj
shurn nice; beautiful
Wetter noun
VET-tuh weather
Wie viel kostet das? phrase
vee FEEL KOSS-tuht dahss How much is this?

How much is this?

wo adv
voh where
Wo wohnst du? phrase
voh VOHNTST doo Where do you live?

Where do you live?

wohnen verb
VOH-nun to live wohnst

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

How much is this?

Show AnswerWie viel kostet das?

Where do you live?

Show AnswerWo wohnst du?

The weather is nice.

Show AnswerDas Wetter ist schön.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

now

Show Answerjetzt

weather

Show AnswerWetter

to cost

Show Answerkostet

to live

Show Answerwohnst