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Dialogue

Was machst du nach dem Unterricht?

vahs MAHKST doo nahkh daym OON-ter-rikht What do you do after class?

Ich bleibe hier und wiederhole den Stoff.

ikh BLY-buh heer oont vee-der-HOH-luh dehn shtoff I stay here and review.

Können wir diesen Raum noch eine Weile nutzen?

KURN-en veer DEE-zen roum nokh EYE-nuh VY-luh NOOT-tsen Can we use this room for a while longer?

Wir können nach dem Unterricht hier bleiben.

veer KURN-en nahkh daym OON-ter-rikht heer BLY-ben We can stay here after the lesson.

Das ist gut zu wissen.

dahs ist goot tsoo VISS-en That is helpful to know.

Dann wiederholen wir hier gemeinsam.

dahn vee-der-HOH-len veer heer guh-MYN-zahm Then let's review here together.

Word by Word

Was Was means what and asks about the activity someone does after class in Was machst du nach dem Unterricht? It commonly begins a question asking for information, such as about an activity or thing. Use it when you need someone to identify what is involved.

machst machst is the form of machen used with du and means do here. In Was machst du nach dem Unterricht?, it asks about the other person’s activity after class. A reusable question pattern is Was machst du nach ...? for asking about someone’s activities.

du du means you and refers to one person addressed directly in this conversation. It is the subject in Was machst du nach dem Unterricht? and is used with machst. Use it when speaking directly to one person in the same informal form of address.

nach nach means after here and places the action after the lesson in nach dem Unterricht. In this time expression, nach is followed by dem Unterricht. Use nach dem + an event or time period to describe when something happens afterward.

dem dem is the definite article used with Unterricht after nach in nach dem Unterricht. It helps form the expression meaning after the class or lesson. Reuse nach dem + noun for a time relationship such as an action after an event.

Unterricht Unterricht means class or lesson here, specifically the language lesson that has just finished. In nach dem Unterricht, it names the event after which the speakers stay and review. Use it in this phrase when referring to class or instruction as an activity.

Ich Ich means I and identifies the speaker in Ich bleibe hier und wiederhole den Stoff. It is the subject of the two actions connected by und. Use Ich at the start of a statement about your own action or situation.

bleibe bleibe is the form of bleiben used with Ich and means stay or remain here. In Ich bleibe hier, it says that the speaker does not leave the classroom. Reuse Ich bleibe + a place to say where you will remain, for example Ich bleibe hier in a new example.

hier hier means here and identifies the place where the speaker stays and reviews. It works with bleibe in Ich bleibe hier and also with the later review action. Use it when the location is the place shared by the speakers.

und und means and and joins the two actions in Ich bleibe hier und wiederhole den Stoff. It shows that staying and reviewing are both part of the speaker’s plan. Use und to connect two actions or pieces of information in one statement.

wiederhole wiederhole is the form of wiederholen used with Ich and means review or repeat here. In wiederhole den Stoff, the speaker reviews the lesson material. Reuse wiederholen + an object such as den Stoff when naming what is reviewed.

den den is the definite article before Stoff in den Stoff and marks that noun as the object of wiederhole. Together, wiederhole den Stoff means review the material. Reuse den + a masculine direct object when referring to a specific item affected by an action.

Stoff Stoff means material or subject matter here, specifically the material from the lesson. In den Stoff wiederholen, it names what the speaker reviews. Use den Stoff wiederholen when talking about reviewing learning material.

Können Können means can or be able to and introduces a question about whether the speakers may use the room. Sentence-initial capitalization gives Können here, while the same word appears as können after Wir. Use Können wir ...? to ask about a shared possibility or permission, followed by an action such as nutzen.

wir wir means we and refers to the speaker together with the other person. It is the subject in Können wir diesen Raum noch eine Weile nutzen? and Wir können nach dem Unterricht hier bleiben. Use wir können + an action when discussing what both people can do.

diesen diesen means this here and points to the specific room the speakers are currently considering. In diesen Raum, it is the form used before the direct object Raum. Use diesen + a specific masculine object when pointing out which item or place is meant.

Raum Raum means room and identifies the classroom space the speakers want to continue using. In diesen Raum nutzen, it is the thing being used. Reuse diesen Raum nutzen when asking or talking about using this particular room.

noch noch adds the idea of continuing for additional time in noch eine Weile, meaning for a while longer. It modifies the duration rather than naming the room or the action itself. Use noch with a time expression when something continues beyond the present point.

eine eine contributes a or one in the duration expression eine Weile. Together with Weile, it forms the phrase meaning for a while, and noch makes it for a while longer here. Reuse eine Weile when describing an unspecified short period of time.

Weile Weile means a while or a period of time in noch eine Weile. The expression describes how much longer the speakers would like to use the room. Use eine Weile to refer to an unspecified period when making a request or describing how long an action continues.

nutzen nutzen means use here and is the action the speakers are asking to do with the room. It follows können in Können wir diesen Raum noch eine Weile nutzen? as the action enabled by the modal verb. Use können + nutzen when asking whether someone can use a place or thing.

bleiben bleiben means stay or remain and is the action made possible in Wir können nach dem Unterricht hier bleiben. It follows können and is combined with nach dem Unterricht and hier to specify when and where they stay. Use können + bleiben when discussing whether people may remain somewhere.

Das Das means that here and refers to the information just given about being able to stay after the lesson. It is the subject of Das ist gut zu wissen. Use Das ist ... to react to a fact or piece of information that has just been mentioned.

ist ist is the form of sein used in Das ist gut zu wissen and means is. It links Das with the evaluation gut zu wissen. Reuse Das ist + an evaluation when responding to information or a situation.

gut gut means good and, in gut zu wissen, expresses that the information is helpful or useful to know. Its meaning comes from the whole expression Das ist gut zu wissen, not from gut alone. Use gut zu wissen when acknowledging that information is useful.

zu zu is the infinitive marker in gut zu wissen. It connects the evaluation gut with the action wissen, creating the expression meaning good or helpful to know; it does not indicate movement here. Reuse adjective + zu + an infinitive when describing an action as good or useful.

wissen wissen means know in gut zu wissen and refers to having this information. Together with zu, it completes the expression Das ist gut zu wissen, meaning that the information is helpful to know. Use gut zu wissen when reacting positively to useful information.

Dann Dann means then and signals the next action after the speakers learn that they can stay. In Dann wiederholen wir hier gemeinsam, it introduces their decision to review together. Use Dann at the beginning of a statement when one action follows from newly available information or a previous event.

wiederholen wiederholen means review or repeat and introduces the shared review action in Dann wiederholen wir hier gemeinsam. Here it refers to reviewing the lesson material, with the location and manner supplied by hier and gemeinsam. Reuse wir wiederholen + an object when saying what a group reviews.

gemeinsam gemeinsam means together and shows that the speakers will review as a shared activity. In wiederholen wir hier gemeinsam, it describes how they will review, not what they will review. Use it with an action when emphasizing that people do something jointly.

Grammar Points

Was + Verb + Subjekt ...?

Was machst du nach dem Unterricht?

vahs MAHKST doo nahkh daym OON-ter-rikht

What are you doing after class?

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

nach + Dativ

nach dem Unterricht

nahkh daym OON-ter-rikht

after class

The preposition nach takes the dative case, so der Unterricht becomes dem Unterricht.

German Vocabulary

bleiben verb

BLY-ben to stay bleibe

dieser det

DEE-zer this diesen

du pron

doo you

hier adv

heer here

machen verb

MAHKH-en to do machst

nach prep

nahkh after

nach dem Unterricht

noch adv

nokh still; longer

Raum noun

roum room

Stoff noun

shtoff material; content den Stoff

Unterricht noun

OON-ter-rikht class; lesson dem Unterricht

was pron

vahs what Was

wiederholen verb

vee-der-HOH-len to review; to repeat wiederhole

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

What do you do after class?

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Was machst du nach dem Unterricht?

That is helpful to know.

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Das ist gut zu wissen.

Then let's review here together.

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Dann wiederholen wir hier gemeinsam.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

to review; to repeat

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wiederhole

to do

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machst

here

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hier

to stay

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bleibe