German Skill:Places

Places is the sixth skill in the language tree for German. It teaches a large number of place names and the verb kommen to ask someone where they're from in a series of four lessons.

Grammar Notes[]

Basic questions[]

In English, when you want to ask a "yes/no" style question, you add in the verb "to do" and a question mark.

You want to leave -> Do you want to leave?

But with the verb "to be", you simply switch the subject and the verb around:

You are from Canada -> Are you from Canada?

In German, it's simpler: all verbs simply switch with the subject like the second example:

Du kommst aus Deutschland -> Kommst du aus Deutschland?
Das Essen ist teuer -> Ist das Essen teuer?

The verb kommen[]

Kommen is a regular verb in German. German regular verbs all follow the same pattern when you use it with different subjects - this is called "conjugation". You remove the "-en" or "-n" from the end of the verb and change the ending to match the specific subject you're using it with:

du + kommen = du kommst
ich + kommen = ich komme

We'll learn more subjects to use verbs with in later skills.

Lessons[]

Lesson 1[]

Amerika = America
Deutschland = Germany
Kanada = Canada
Berlin = Berlin
wunderbar = wonderful
klein = small
Paris = Paris
wie = how

Lesson 2[]

Österreich = Austria
Wien = Vienna
woher = where from
du kommst = you come
cool = cool
es = it
in = in

Lesson 3[]

München = Munich
die Stadt = city, town
ich komme = I come
aus = from
Hamburg = Hamburg
Frankreich = France

Lesson 4[]

Chicago = Chicago
laut = loud
New York = New York
teuer = expensive
aufregend = exciting
auch = also, too

References[]

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