Reisen und Verkehr

Book travel, understand timetables and announcements, compare options and describe a trip.

Module 3 of German A2 · about 100 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

• Two-way prepositions: Wohin? (accusative) vs. Wo? (dative) — Nine prepositions take either case. Movement towards a place → accusative (Wohin?). Position at a place → dative (Wo?).
• Comparative and superlative — Add -er to compare and am …-sten for the top. Short adjectives usually take an umlaut, and a handful are irregular.

Vocabulary you will meet

die Fahrkarte · das Gleis · die Verspätung · umsteigen · die Rückfahrt · die Unterkunft · buchen · die Sehenswürdigkeit · das Gepäck · der Ausweis and 4 more. Every word is stored with its article and an example sentence, then scheduled for review by spaced repetition.

Reading: Mit dem Zug nach Prag. Conversation: An der Hotelrezeption.

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