Essen und Trinken

Order in a café, say what you like and dislike, shop for food and understand prices.

Module 3 of German A1 · about 90 minutes · 14 new words.

Lessons in this module

• Vocabulary — Flashcards with spaced repetition
• Grammar — Rules, tables and guided drills
• Reading — Texts with comprehension questions
• Listening — Listen, transcribe, understand
• Writing — Guided tasks with instant feedback
• Speaking — Say it, hear it, get a score
• Conversation — Real conversations, line by line
• Module quiz — Check what this module taught

Grammar in this module

• Present tense: regular verbs and vowel-changing verbs — Regular verbs drop -en and add the personal ending. A small group also changes its stem vowel in du and er/sie/es.
• The accusative case and gern / lieber — The direct object stands in the accusative. Only the masculine article changes: der → den, ein → einen. Add gern after the verb to say you like doing something.

Vocabulary you will meet

das Frühstück · das Mittagessen · das Abendessen · das Restaurant · die Rechnung · die Speisekarte · bestellen · bezahlen · lecker · süß and 4 more. Every word is stored with its article and an example sentence, then scheduled for review by spaced repetition.

Reading: Ein Tag im Café Sonne. Conversation: Im Café Sonne.

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