Let's look at the dialogue. |
When I read, I want you to pay attention to the days of the week. |
Find where the days of the week are and see how they are used in the dialogue. |
Welcher Tag ist heute? |
Welcher Tag ist heute? |
What day is today? |
Heute ist Mittwoch. |
Heute ist Mittwoch. |
Today is Wednesday. |
Now let's look at the sentence pattern. |
This pattern will be the structure that all of our dialogues will follow. |
Heute ist Day. |
Today is Day. |
Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
Heute ist Montag. |
Today is Monday. |
Heute ist Freitag. |
Today is Friday. |
Heute ist Sonntag. |
Today is Sunday. |
Every day of the week in German ends with Tag |
the German word for day, except Mittwoch. |
This is an abbreviation for the term Mitte der Woche |
which means middle of the week. |
This day marks the middle of the typical working week in Germany |
going from Monday to Friday. |
Both Samstag and Sonnabend mean Saturday. |
Sonnabend can be heard in the north and center of Germany. |
The word means the evening before Sunday and is used mostly by older generations. |
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