Glossary |
das Leben (-) |
life |
der Alltag |
everyday life |
wie ist Ihr Alltag? |
what's your everyday life like? |
aufstehen (sep.) |
This separable verb means "to get up". (Literally: "to stand up") |
Sie haben es gut! |
"You're lucky!" (Literally "You have it good".) The "es" is invariable. |
frühstücken |
This means "to have breakfast". It is an inseparable verb. |
gegen sieben |
"At about seven o'clock". The word "Uhr" is often omitted in the German construction. |
aus dem Haus gehen |
to leave the house |
die Grundschule (-n) |
primary school |
auf einer Grundschule |
This means "in a primary school". Although the preposition "auf" usually means "on", it can also be used with certain nouns to mean "to" (with the accusative case) or "in" (with the dative case). |
der Vorort (-e) |
suburb |
die Schule (-n) |
school |
ich fahre zur Schule |
"I travel to school". Mareike doesn't say in die Schule, because the bus isn't actually entering the school. |
etwa 10 minuten |
about 10 minutes; approximately 10 minutes. |
ziemlich |
fairly |
ich hab's ziemlich gut |
I'm pretty lucky |
denn |
for; because |
die Stunde (-n) |
This also means "a school class" as well as "an hour". |
frei haben |
to have off |
das heißt |
this means... |
erst um Viertel vor neun |
not until a quarter to nine |
jeden Tag |
This means "every day". It is one of many German time phrases which is in the accusative case no matter where it comes in the sentence. |
fertig |
It means "finished" in this context. It can also mean "ready" of a meal. |
verlassen (insep.) |
to leave |
die Stadt ist mir zu groß |
I find the city too big |
Schularbeiten machen |
to do school work |
dabei |
A very useful word which means "while I'm/you're (etc.) doing it". |
das mache ich nicht so gerne |
I don't really like doing that |
abholen (sep.) |
This separable verb means "to fetch". What you are fetching is in the accusative case. |
der Freund (-e) |
This means "boyfriend" here - you have to work it out from the context. |
das Abendbrot |
evening meal; tea |
normalerweise |
normally |
das Wohnzimmer (-) |
living room |
fernsehen (sep.) |
This is a separable verb meaning "to watch television". The prefix "fern" is
invariable but the "sehen" element of the verb declines in exactly the way which we have already encountered. |
zweimal |
twice |
zweimal in der Woche |
twice a week |
die Aerobicstunde (-n) |
aerobics class |
Aerobic machen |
to do aerobics |
der Spaß |
fun |
es macht Spaß |
it's fun |
fit |
fit (!) |
Sport treiben |
to do sport |
jeden Mittwoch |
every Wednesday |
das Sportzentrum (pl. -zentren) |
sports centre |
spielen |
to play |
der Federball |
badminton |
der Handball |
Handball is a much more popular sport in German-speaking countries than it is in Britain. |
unternehmen (insep.) |
to undertake; to do |
zum Beispiel (z.B.) |
for example |
jeden Freitagabend |
"Every Friday evening". Another time phrase which is always in the accusative case. Note too that "Friday evening" is one word in German. |
kegeln |
to go bowling; to play skittles |
wir treffen uns zum Kegeln |
"We meet to go bowling." The grammatical construction with the second verb will be explained in a later section. |
trinken |
to drink |
wir gehen ein Bier trinken |
we go and have a beer |
die Kneipe (-n) |
bar; pub |
es ist viel los |
there's a lot going on |
meistens |
mostly |
vor zwei Uhr |
before two o'clock |
nie |
never |
zu Hause |
at home |
das Bett (-en) |
bed |
ins Bett gehen |
to go to bed |