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am very busy”?
Ich möchte es nicht jetzt tun, weil ich sehr beschäftigt bin.
(ikh murkh-ter es nikht yetst toon vile ikh zair be-shef-tigt bin)
Well, you’ve now worked your way back to the sentence we started with and, although we are only at the end of the second chapter, you are already building long, complex sentences in German and beginning to understand how the language works!
Building Blocks 2
As before, it’s time to add some new building blocks to the mix. Again, it will be just six new ones. Here they are:
Once more, these new building blocks have been put into several piles below and what I want you to do is to again make sentences with them, each time using one building block from the first pile, one from the second, one from the third and one from the fourth. Make as many as you can!
Checklist 2
You have now reached your second checklist. Remember, don’t skip anything! The checklists are essential if you want what you’ve learnt to remain in your memory for the long term.
So again, cover up the English words on the right-hand side while you read through the list of German words on the left, trying to recall what they mean in English. If you can go through the entire list, giving the correct English meaning for each of the German words / expressions without making more than three mistakes in total, then you’re done. If not, then go through the list again. Keep doing this, either working from the top of the list to the bottom or from the bottom to the top (it doesn’t matter which) until you can do it without making more than three mistakes.
Okay. Ready, set, go!
| ich kann (ikh kan) | I can |
| nicht (nikht) | not |
| beginnen (baig-in-urn) | begin / to begin |
| Ich kann nicht beginnen. (ikh kan nikht baig-in-urn) | I cannot begin. |
| parken (park-urn) | park / to park |
| bringen (bring-urn) | bring / to bring |
| campen (camp-urn) | camp / to camp |
| sie kann (zee kan) | She can |
| kommen (kom-urn) | come / to come |
| Sie kann kommen. (zee kan kom-urn) | She can come. |
| Sie kann nicht kommen. (zee kan nikht kom-urn) | She cannot come. |
| aber (ah-ber) | but |
| Sie kann campen aber ich kann nicht kommen. (zee kan camp-urn ah-ber ikh kan nikht kom-urn) | She can camp but I can’t come. |
| heute (hoy-ter) | today |
| Sie kann heute kommen. (zee kan hoy-ter kom-urn) | She can come today. |
| hier (hear) | here |
| Ich kann hier campen. (ikh kan hear camp-urn) | I can camp here. |
| du kannst (doo kanst) | You can |
| Du kannst hier parken. (doo kanst hear park-urn) | You can park here. |
| Kannst du? (kanst doo) | Can you? |
| heute Nacht (hoy-ter nahkht) | tonight |
| vorbeikommen (for-by-kom-urn) | come over / to come over / to come by |
| Kannst du heute Nacht vorbeikommen? (kanst doo hoy-ter nahkht for-by-kom-urn) | Can you come over tonight? |
| Kann ich? (kan ikh) | Can I? |
| heute Morgen (hoy-ter mor-gurn) | this morning |
| Kann ich heute Morgen vorbeikommen? (kan ikh hoy-ter mor-gurn for-by-kom-urn) | Can I come over this morning? |
| Können wir? (kurn-urn veer) | Can we? |
| heute Nachmittag (hoy-ter nahkh-mit-arg) | this afternoon |
| gehen (gay-urn) | go / to go |
| Können wir heute Nachmittag gehen? (kurn-urn veer hoy-ter nahkh-mit-arg gay-urn) | Can we go this afternoon? |
| arbeiten (ar-bite-urn) | work / to work |
| Können wir heute Nachmittag arbeiten? (kurn-urn veer hoy-ter nahkh-mit-arg ar-bite-urn) | Can we work this afternoon? |
| trinken (trink-urn) | drink / to drink |
| tanzen (tants-urn) | dance / to dance |
| ich möchte (ikh murkh-ter) | I would like |
| sie möchte (zee murkh-ter) | she would like |
| es (es) | it |
| tun (toon) | do / to do |
| jetzt (yetst) | now |
| ich bin (ikh bin) | I am |
| betrunken (be-troon-kurn) | drunk |
| sehr (zair) | very |
| romantisch (roe-marn-tish) | romantic |
| beschäftigt (be-shef-tigt) | busy |
| weil (vile) | because |
| Kann ich hier trinken? (kan ikh hear trink-urn) | Can I drink here? |
| Ich möchte hier tanzen. (ikh murkh-ter hear tants-urn) | I would like to dance here. |
| Ich möchte es nicht. (ikh murkh-ter es nikht) | I wouldn’t like it. |
| Ich möchte es nicht bringen. (ikh murkh-ter es nikht bring-urn) | I wouldn’t like to bring it. |
| Ich möchte es nicht heute tun. (ikh murkh-ter es nikht hoy-ter toon) | I wouldn’t like to do it today. |
| Sie möchte es nicht jetzt bringen. (zee murkh-ter es nikht yetst bring-urn) | She wouldn’t like to bring it now. |
| Ich bin sehr betrunken. (ikh bin zair be-troon-kurn) | I am very drunk. |
| Ich bin nicht sehr romantisch. (ikh bin nikht zair roe-marn-tish) | I am not very romantic. |
| Ich bin sehr beschäftigt. (ikh bin zair be-shef-tigt) | I am very busy. |
| weil ich sehr beschäftigt bin (vile ikh zair be-shef-tigt bin) | because I am very busy |
| Ich möchte es nicht jetzt tun, weil ich sehr beschäftigt bin. (ikh murkh-ter es nikht yetst toon vile ikh zair be-shef-tigt bin) | I wouldn’t like to do it now because I am very busy. |
| Ich möchte es jetzt bekommen. (ikh murkh-ter es yetzt be-kom-urn) | I would like to get it now. |
| Sie möchte es später kaufen. (zee murkh-ter es shpay-ter kowf-urn) | She would like to buy it later. |
| Er möchte es morgen verkaufen. (air murkh-ter es mor-gurn fair-kowf-urn) | He would like to sell it tomorrow. |
Now,