Health is the twenty-fourth skill in the language tree for German on Duolingo. Its five lessons teach imperatives and some basic vocabulary around being sick or healthy.
Grammar Notes[]
Imperative[]
When you demand or ask someone to do (or not do) something, this uses the imperative tense. German imperatives, like English ones are very easy: simply use the du form of the verb minus the -st or the Sie form of the verb, depending on who you're talking to:
- Iss mehr Suppe! = Eat more soup! (du form)
- Gehen Sie bitte zum Arzt! = Please go to the doctor! (Sie form)
No more![]
The equivalent of the phrase "don't have X anymore" in German is kein X mehr haben:
- Ich habe keine Bauchschmerzen mehr. = I don't have a stomachache anymore.
24/7[]
Germans use the 24-hour clock to tell time, so times in the afternoon/evening will be in the 'teens:
- sechzehn Uhr = four o'clock p.m.
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- krank = sick
- ich schlafe = I sleep
- traurig = sad
- nachts = at night
- zu viel = too much
- nie = never
Lesson 2[]
- die Kopfschmerzen = headache(s)
- die Tablette = pill
- trink = drink (imperative)
- geh = go (imperative)
- iss = eat (imperative)
- zum Arzt gehen = to go to the doctor
- das Krankenhaus = hospital
Lesson 3[]
- der Termin = appointment
- der Name = name
- wie ist Ihr Name? = What's your name?
- um wie viel Uhr = at what time
- sechzehn = sixteen
- siebzehn = seventeen
Lesson 4[]
- die Bauchschmerzen = stomachache
- sprechen = to speak
- schlafen = to sleep
- bleiben = to stay
- müssen = to have to
- das Fieber = (a) fever
Lesson 5[]
- hurra = hooray
- gesund = healthy
- gute Besserung = feel better
- kein...mehr = not anymore (see above)
- glücklich = happy
- die Zahnschmerzen = toothache
References[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/de/Health
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