Thema 6: Mahlzeit und Prost

If you look back at your daily schedule, you can see that you are now able to talk about two of the three big parts of your day: your free time and your college work. This final Thema focuses on that remaining part, which is also an important part of social interactions with friends and people you are getting to know: meals. In Thema 6 Mahlzeit! und Prost! You will be introduced to many words and phrases related to food and drink. As was the case for previous topics, you will see many more words than you are expected to commit to memory. Instead, you should continue building your passive vocabulary (the words you can at least recognize belonging to a certain topic/group while listening and reading) and your active vocabulary (the words you can use in speaking and writing). In the end, you will be able to name some specific foods you like to eat and others that you do not like to eat or cannot eat due to allergies or food sensitivities. You will be able read a menu and order food online and in a restaurant as well as shop for groceries in order to cook for yourself and friends.

Mahlzeit! und Prost!

6.1 Äpfel mit Birnen vergleichen

1. name at least 5 kinds of fruit
2. make some comparisons of fruit
3. say which kinds of fruit you prefer to eat.

6.2 Tomaten auf den Augen haben

1. name at least 5 vegetables
2. say which kinds of vegetables you prefer to eat
3. say which kinds of vegetable preparation you prefer

6.3 Weder Fisch noch Fleisch – oder doch?

1. name at least 5 kinds of eiweishaltige Lebensmittel
2. say which kinds of eiweishaltige Lebensmittel you prefer to eat
3. say which kinds of preparation you prefer

6.4 Stille Wasser sind tief

1. name at least 5 kinds of beverages
2. say which beverages you prefer to drink
3. say how you prefer the beverages served

6.5 Das ist ein schönes Frühstück!

1. talk about the frequency with which you consume some breakfast foods
2. say which breakfast foods you prefer over others
3. say what you like to eat for breakfast the most

6.6 Schwarzes Brot macht Wangen rot

1. talk about the frequency with which you consume some typical kalte Mahlzeit foods
2. ask others about their preferences
3. talk about your preferences.

6.7 Abwarten und Tee trinken

1. talk about the frequency of having a Zwischenmahlzeit
2. respond to an invitation to coffee
3. ask someone to coffee

6.8 Den Braten riechen

1. talk about the frequency with which you consume some typical warme Mahlzeit foods
2. ask others about their preferences
3. talk about your preferences

6.9 Um den Pudding gehen

• talk about how often you have Nachtisch
• ask others about their Nachtisch preferences
• talk about your Nachtisch preferences

6.10 Hunger haben und Essensvielfalt

1. ask if someone wants to eat or drink something
2. say whether you are hungry and thirsty and what you would like to eat and/or drink
3. discuss food through art

6.11 Eine Einkaufsliste schreiben

1. use metric weights and measurements
2. read a recipe
3. write a shopping list based on recipes.

6.12 Lebensmittel einkaufen

1. recognize and say relevant words for specialty shops and the farmer’s market
2. say basic phrases while grocery shopping at specialty stores and farmer’s market
3. say where you will go shopping

6.13 Essen gehen

1. pick a restaurant based on what you want to eat
2. read a menu
3. order your meal
4. pay for your meal