German basic words game
The scaffolding rather than the vocabulary: ich, du, Sie, er, sie, wir, then und, oder, aber, auch, mit, ohne, and the place words hier, dort and jetzt. Three of these are spelled sie, and the games label which one they mean.
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Thirty-two words, all seven games. Worth returning to more than any other set here, because these words appear in every German sentence you will ever hear rather than only in ones about their own topic.
The 32 words you will practise
| German | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| ja | yes | yah |
| nein | no | nyne |
| bitte | please | BIT-teh |
| danke | thank you | DAN-keh |
| vielleicht | maybe | fee-LYKHT |
| Entschuldigung | excuse me, sorry | ent-SHOOL-dee-goong |
| gut | good | goot |
| schlecht | bad | shlekht |
| nicht | not | nikht |
| sehr | very | zehr |
| ich | I | ikh |
| du | you (informal) | doo |
| Sie | you (formal) | zee |
| er | he | ehr |
| sie | she | zee |
| wir | we | veer |
| sie | they | zee |
| und | and | oont |
| oder | or | OH-der |
| aber | but | AH-ber |
| auch | also | owkh |
| mit | with | mit |
| ohne | without | OH-neh |
| hier | here | heer |
| dort | there | dort |
| jetzt | now | yetst |
| das Wasser | water | dass VAS-ser |
| das Essen | food | dass ES-sen |
| das Haus | house | dass hows |
| der Freund | friend | dehr froynt |
| groß | big | grohs |
| klein | small | klyne |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the German basic words lesson.
7 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
- Grid Hack: 6 rounds
- The Vault: 14 rounds
Questions
How do the games handle sie meaning she, they and you?
They never offer two of them as answers to the same prompt. Each is labelled: she, they, or the formal you. Capitalised Sie is always the formal you; the other two are told apart by the verb, which is a lesson topic rather than a drill.
When do I use du and when Sie?
Du for one person you know well and for children. Sie for everyone else, including shop staff and colleagues, until they offer the switch. Germany is stricter about this than most of its neighbours.
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