About This Lesson
Use Warming Up at Home to practice German conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
Mir ist jetzt kalt.
meer ist YETST kahlt. I feel cold now.
B
Wickle dich in diese warme Decke.
VIK-luh dikh in DEE-zuh VAHR-muh DEK-uh. Wrap yourself in this warm blanket.
A
Meine Hände sind auch kalt.
MY-nuh HEN-duh zint owkh kahlt. My hands are cold too.
B
Halte diese warme Tasse eine Weile.
HAHL-tuh DEE-zuh VAHR-muh TAH-suh EYE-nuh VYE-luh. Hold this warm cup for a while.
A
Das hilft ein bisschen.
dahs hilft ine BIS-hyun. That helps a little.
B
Setz dich auf das Sofa und ruh dich aus.
ZETS dikh owf dahs ZOH-fah oont ROO dikh owss. Sit on the sofa and rest.
A
Der Raum fühlt sich jetzt wärmer an.
dair ROWM fyoohlt zikh YETST VAIR-muh ahn. The room feels warmer now.
B
Ich schließe das Fenster. Dann bleibt es so.
ikh SHLEE-suh dahs FEN-stuh. dahn BLYPT ess zoh. I'll close the window so it stays that way.Word by Word
Mir
In “Mir ist jetzt kalt”, Mir means “to me” and identifies the person experiencing the cold. The pattern is used when telling someone about your own physical feeling, for example in this home conversation.
ist
In “Mir ist jetzt kalt”, ist connects the feeling of being cold with the person experiencing it. This form appears in the expression used to describe someone’s current condition, such as when saying that you feel cold.
jetzt
In “Mir ist jetzt kalt”, jetzt means “now” and shows that the feeling is happening at this moment. It is useful when describing a current condition or change.
kalt
In “Mir ist jetzt kalt”, kalt describes the speaker’s felt temperature: the speaker feels cold. This form is used in a conversation about needing warmth at home.
Wickle
Wickle is a direct instruction to wrap yourself, as in “Wickle dich in diese warme Decke.” The form is useful when telling one person how to use a blanket or another covering.
dich
In “Wickle dich in diese warme Decke”, dich refers to the person being addressed and means “yourself”. It is needed because the person is being told to wrap their own body in the blanket.
in
In “Wickle dich in diese warme Decke”, in introduces the blanket that the person wraps themselves in. The pattern is useful for giving an instruction about wrapping someone or something in an object.
diese
In “diese warme Decke”, diese means “this” and points to the particular blanket being offered. It comes before the noun and helps identify a nearby or indicated object.
warme
In “diese warme Decke”, warme describes the blanket as warm. The form is used before the noun when recommending this blanket as a way to get warmer.
Decke
In “diese warme Decke”, Decke means “blanket”, the covering that the speaker tells the other person to use. It is useful in a home situation involving warmth and rest.
Meine
In “Meine Hände sind auch kalt”, Meine means “my” and shows that the hands belong to the speaker. A possessive form before a body-part noun helps identify whose body part is being discussed.
Hände
In “Meine Hände sind auch kalt”, Hände means “hands” and names the body part that is cold. This form is useful when describing a physical feeling or symptom.
sind
In “Meine Hände sind auch kalt”, sind links the speaker’s hands to the condition kalt. This form is used with the plural subject Meine Hände when describing their state.
auch
In “Meine Hände sind auch kalt”, auch means “also” or “too” and adds that the hands share the cold condition already being discussed. It comes before kalt in this sentence and is useful for adding a matching fact.
Halte
Halte is a direct instruction to hold something, as in “Halte diese warme Tasse eine Weile.” It is useful when asking one person to keep an object in their hands for a short time.
Tasse
In “diese warme Tasse”, Tasse means “cup”, specifically the warm object the listener is told to hold. The phrase is useful when offering a warm drink container as a source of comfort.
eine
In “eine Weile”, eine is part of the expression meaning “for a while”. The complete expression is used to describe how long someone should hold the cup.
Weile
In “eine Weile”, Weile refers to a short period of time, or “a while”. It is useful when giving a general duration rather than an exact number of minutes.
Das
In “Das hilft ein bisschen”, Das means “that” and refers to the warming action or object just mentioned. It functions as the subject when someone comments that a recent measure is helping.
hilft
In “Das hilft ein bisschen”, hilft says that the recent warming measure provides some benefit. This form is useful when responding to a suggestion or remedy that improves a situation.
ein
In “ein bisschen”, ein is part of the fixed expression meaning “a little”. Together with bisschen, it expresses a small degree of help in the dialogue.
bisschen
In “ein bisschen”, bisschen means “little” or “bit” and limits how much the action helps. This expression is useful when acknowledging a small improvement rather than a complete solution.
Setz
Setz is a direct instruction to sit down, as in “Setz dich auf das Sofa”. It is useful when telling one person to take a place where they can rest.
auf
In “Setz dich auf das Sofa”, auf indicates the sofa as the place where the person should sit. This pattern is useful for directing someone to sit on a particular surface or piece of furniture.
Sofa
In “auf das Sofa”, Sofa means “sofa”, the place where the listener is told to sit. It is useful in a home conversation about resting and getting comfortable.
und
In “Setz dich auf das Sofa und ruh dich aus”, und connects the instructions to sit and rest. It is useful for linking two actions that should happen together.
ruh
In “ruh dich aus”, ruh gives the instruction to rest. Together with dich and aus, it forms the complete instruction to take a rest, useful when someone feels cold or unwell.
aus
In “ruh dich aus”, aus completes the expression meaning “rest”; here it does not mean “away” by itself. The complete expression is useful when telling someone to relax or recover.
Der
In “Der Raum fühlt sich jetzt wärmer an”, Der means “the” and introduces the room being described. It is used before Raum when talking about the room’s current condition.
Raum
In “Der Raum fühlt sich jetzt wärmer an”, Raum means “room”. The sentence is useful for reporting a perceived change in the temperature or atmosphere of a room.
fühlt
In “fühlt sich jetzt wärmer an”, fühlt contributes to the meaning “feels” or “seems”. Together with sich and an, it describes how the room is perceived after the warming actions.
sich
In “Der Raum fühlt sich jetzt wärmer an”, sich is part of the expression that means the room feels a certain way. The complete pattern is useful for describing a perceived quality or condition.
wärmer
In “fühlt sich jetzt wärmer an”, wärmer means “warmer” and shows a change from the earlier condition. It is useful when reporting that something now feels warmer than before.
an
In “fühlt sich jetzt wärmer an”, an completes the expression meaning “feels” or “seems”. The complete expression is useful for describing how a room, object, or situation is perceived.
Ich
In “Ich schließe das Fenster”, Ich means “I” and identifies the speaker as the person taking the action. It is useful when announcing an action that the speaker is about to carry out.
schließe
In “Ich schließe das Fenster”, schließe means “close” and describes the speaker’s action. This form is useful when saying that you are closing a window or another object.
Fenster
In “das Fenster”, Fenster means “window”, the object that the speaker will close. The pattern “schließe das Fenster” is useful when explaining how to keep a room warm.
Dann
In “Dann bleibt es so”, Dann means “then” and introduces the result expected after closing the window. It is useful at the start of a clause that explains a consequence.
bleibt
In “Dann bleibt es so”, bleibt means “stays” or “remains” and says that the current condition continues. This form is useful for explaining that a situation will not change.
es
In “Dann bleibt es so”, es means “it” and refers to the current situation or condition in the room. The pattern is useful when referring to an already understood state without naming it again.
so
In “Dann bleibt es so”, so means “that way” and refers to the warmer condition just described. It is useful for saying that a current state will continue unchanged.
Grammar Points
Mir ist kalt.
Mir ist jetzt kalt.
meer ist YETST kahlt.I am cold now.
German uses the dative mir for the person experiencing a state: literally, “to me it is cold.”
Wickle dich in ...
Wickle dich in diese warme Decke.
VIK-luh dikh in DEE-zuh VAHR-muh DEK-uh.Wrap yourself in this warm blanket.
In a reflexive imperative, the verb comes first and the reflexive pronoun dich follows it.
German Vocabulary
auch
adv
owkh
also; too
Meine Hände sind auch kalt.
Decke
noun
DEK-uh
blanket
diese warme Decke
dich
pron
dikh
yourself
Wickle dich in diese warme Decke.
dies
det
deess
this
diese
Wickle dich in diese warme Decke.
Hand
noun
hahnt
hand
Hände
Meine Hände sind auch kalt.
in
prep
in
into
Wickle dich in diese warme Decke.
jetzt
adv
YETST
now
Mir ist jetzt kalt.
kalt
adj
KAHLT
cold
Mir ist jetzt kalt.
mir
pron
meer
to me
Mir
Mir ist jetzt kalt.
sein
verb
zine
to be
ist
Mir ist jetzt kalt.
warm
adj
VAHRM
warm
warme
diese warme Decke
wickeln
verb
VIK-uhl-n
to wrap
Wickle
Wickle dich in diese warme Decke.
Quiz
Word Order
Arrange the words in the correct order.
I feel cold now.
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Mir ist jetzt kalt.Wrap yourself in this warm blanket.
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Wickle dich in diese warme Decke.My hands are cold too.
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Meine Hände sind auch kalt.Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
cold
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kaltto wrap
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Wicklethis
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dieseyourself