2) First German lesson

After getting to know each other in our last meeting and noticing, that Iina and Mikka are quite serious about learning German, we saw this meeting as a trying out where the both are with their studies. Iina had already had a German course in the past while Miika just started his class this year. Nevertheless, we wanted to try out what they remember/have learned so far so we can help them with the next steps.

To get this information we started to ask them some basic questions like:

  • Wie heißt du? (What’s your name?)
  • Woher kommst du? (Where are you from?)
  • Wie geht es dir? (How are you?)
  • Wie alt bist du? (How old are you?)

Surprisingly the whole trying out took us no longer than 15 minutes and for this reason Saskia and I had to come up with something to teach them next, even though we had not prepared anything.

We decided to help them extend their vocabulary. Here are some examples of the new words we taught them:

  • das Buch –> the book
  • der Stift –> the pencil
  • die Flasche –> the bottle
  • leben –> to live
  • sprechen –> to speak
  • machen –> to do
  • haben –> to have
  • langsam –> slow

In addition we also went through some useful phrases i.e.

  • Ich verstehen das nicht. (I don’t understand that)
  • Entschuldigung ich bin zu spät. (Sorry, I am late)

Although Saskia and I were not prepared properly for this first lesson we did our  “job” alright and could help our Finnish friends with their German studies.

Nevertheless, for the next time we will be prepared!

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