| Do you remember how the character said, |
| "Checkout is until ten. Breakfast starts at seven." |
| Der Checkout ist bis zehn Uhr. Frühstück ab sieben Uhr. |
| Der Checkout ist bis zehn Uhr. Frühstück ab sieben Uhr. |
| This sentence follows the pattern here: |
| Der/Das/Die (Service) ist/hat + [bis/ab] + [Time] |
| "The (service) is/starts/ends at (time)." |
| This structure is useful when talking about hotel services and their available times. |
| You can describe when something ends using bis, meaning "until," or when it starts using ab, meaning "from." |
| Use ist when describing a state. For example, Der Check‑out ist bis zehn Uhr. |
| And use hat when you talk about opening hours a place has. For example, Das Café hat bis neunzehn Uhr geöffnet. |
| Here's how the line from the dialogue uses the pattern. |
| Der Checkout ist bis zehn Uhr. Frühstück ab sieben Uhr. |
| "Checkout is until ten. Breakfast starts at seven." |
| Let's break it down: |
| Der Checkout means "The checkout" (masculine noun) |
| ist bis zehn Uhr means "is until ten o'clock" |
| Frühstück means "Breakfast" |
| And finally, |
| ab sieben Uhr means "from seven o'clock." |
| So altogether: |
| Der Checkout ist bis zehn Uhr. Frühstück ab sieben Uhr. |
| "Checkout is until ten. Breakfast starts at seven." |
| You'll hear this kind of phrasing often in hotels and travel settings. |
| Now you know how to use bis to say "until" and ab to say "from" when talking about times in German. |
| In Germany, people usually use the 24-hour clock, especially in formal or official situations. |
| You will see it on train schedules, at hotels, in stores, and on signs. |
| In casual conversation, Germans sometimes use the 12-hour clock, but they add words like "in the morning" or "in the evening" to be clear. |
| Still, the 24-hour clock is more common and helpful for avoiding confusion. |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples. |
| Das Fitnessstudio ist bis zehn Uhr geöffnet. |
| "The gym is open until ten o'clock." |
| Can you see how the pattern applies here? |
| Let's break it down: |
| Das Fitnessstudio – "The fitness studio" or "the gym" (neuter noun) |
| ist – "is" |
| bis zehn Uhr – "until ten o'clock" |
| geöffnet – "open" |
| This follows the pattern: |
| Das [service] ist bis [time] geöffnet. |
| A clear and common way to give opening hours. |
| Altogether: |
| Das Fitnessstudio ist bis zehn Uhr geöffnet. – "The gym is open until ten o'clock." |
| Here's another example |
| Frühstück ist ab sieben Uhr. |
| "Breakfast is from seven o'clock." |
| Frühstück ist ab sieben Uhr. |
| "Breakfast is from seven o'clock." |
| Let's try one more, |
| Der Pool hat bis zwanzig Uhr geöffnet. |
| "The pool is open until eight p.m." |
| Der Pool hat bis zwanzig Uhr geöffnet. |
| "The pool is open until eight p.m." |
| Another one. |
| Die Rezeption ist ab sechs Uhr besetzt. |
| "The reception is staffed from six a.m." |
| Die Rezeption ist ab sechs Uhr besetzt. |
| "The reception is staffed from six a.m." |
| One last example. |
| Das Café hat bis neunzehn Uhr offen. |
| "The café is open until seven p.m." |
| Das Café hat bis neunzehn Uhr offen. |
| "The café is open until seven p.m." |
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