German conversation

Choose German address forms, ask useful questions, and turn an invitation into a confirmed plan with clear replies, times, and places.

Address the person you are speaking to

Begin with du and Sie so that the pronoun, verb and request fit the relationship already established. The lesson distinguishes one familiar listener, a familiar group and formal address without claiming one social formula suits every encounter.

Ask for the missing information

Practice yes or no questions separately from questions about a person, place, time or reason. A useful question narrows the information gap. Follow the answer with a short confirmation when the detail affects a practical plan.

Complete an invitation exchange

The invitations lesson connects an activity with a day, time and place. It distinguishes definite acceptance, uncertainty and declining, then uses a conversation game to track a request to bring bread. Produce a new exchange after the guided practice.

Sources

• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Separable verbs
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Separable verb participles
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Accusative
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Nominative pronouns
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Days of the week
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Haben
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Modal verbs
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Question words
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Word order
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Gefallen and gern
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Subordinating conjunctions
• Duden dictionary: absagen
• Duden dictionary: zusagen
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Negation
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Telling time
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Time adverbs
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Dative pronouns
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Dative
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Imperative
• University of Texas Grimm Grammar: Present regular verbs