Hallo allerseits!

Zum Aufwärmen machen wir unseren Tagesminiplausch und eine Wiederholung.

Wiederholung

In the previous lesson, you learned to say where you go to school, what you are studying, and where you are at on your educational journey. Let’s review.

Read the descriptions of the subjects and choose the field of study being described.

Lektionsüberblick

When you are speaking German in Germany, people will be impressed to encounter an American learning German. They will inevitably ask how long (and why) you are learning German. (Being able to respond to “why” requires more complicated structures, so we’ll return to that in the next semester.) We will also review and expand on a previous conversation topic: the languages you already speak. In the end, you will be able to 1) say how long you have been learning German and 2) say what other languages you speak.

1) Ich lerne Deutsch seit…

Recall the little word seit as in, Ich kenne meine beste Freundin seit zwei Jahren. We have the opportunity to use the little word again. See if you can catch the meaning in the comic below.

Let’s practice.

2) Kannst du andere Sprachen sprechen?

When talking about learning German, you may be asked whether you speak additional languages. Or you may wish to say that you speak languages other than English. In Lektion 2.4, you learned how to say that you speak a language other than English at home, e.g. “Ich spreche Spanisch zu Hause.”

Let’s look at how to say that you can speak another language, if it is not a language you speak at home.

	Ich spreche Spanisch Ich kann Spanisch sprechen.

Don’t forget the spectrum of words you can use to show how much.

Ich spreche ein bisschen/etwas italianisch.

Ich spreche nicht viel italianisch.

Let’s practice.

*As you conclude this lesson, don’t forget to check Canvas!*