German Skill:Errands

Errands is the forty-sixth skill in the language tree for German. It has five lessons and the subject of the skill are errands, such as going to the bank or seeing a Beamte, a civil servant to get some paperwork done.

Grammar Notes[]

Some verbs in German don't always have objects in the accusative; sometimes they have them in the dative. Some verbs only have objects in the dative, and the verbs gehen and sein can have different meanings depending on the case you use them with:

Ich danke Ihnen für das Essen. = I thank you for the food (Ihnen is in the dative)
Meinen Kindern geht es gut. = My children are doing well.
Dem Jungen ist schlecht. = The boy isn't feeling well.

Lessons[]

Lesson 1[]

kochen = to cook
die Botschaft = embassy
mir = me (dative)
dir = you (dative)
viel zu tun = a lot to do
nachher = afterwards
die Bank = bank

Lesson 2[]

seit = since
der Geburtsort = birthplace
das Passfoto = passport photo
das Visum = visa
verlängern = to extend, to renew
beantworten = to answer
Ihr = your (formal)
die Fragen = questions

Lesson 3[]

bedeuten = to mean
das Wort = word
Ihnen = you (dative, formal)
Es gibt ein Problem mit... = There is a problem with...
verstehen = to understand
die Formulare = forms
die Beamtin = civil servant (f.)
der Beamte = civil servant (m.)

Lesson 4[]

das Konto = account
eröffnen = to open up
die EC-Karte = debit card
der Bankkaufmann = banker (m.)
die Bankkauffrau = banker (f.)
überweisen = to transfer
helfen = to help (dative objects!)

Lesson 5[]

meistens = usually
der Parkplatz = parking space
das alte Auto = the old car
der Fahrradhelm = bicycle helmet
fahren = to drive, to ride
er/sie/es fährt = he/she/it drives/rides
die Straßenbahn = street car

References[]

Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/de/Errands