| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| "Shall we watch a movie tonight?" |
| Wollen wir heute Abend einen Film (pause with a tap of the finger)? |
| Wollen wir heute Abend einen Film (pause with a tap of the finger)? |
| sehen |
| sehen |
| Wollen wir heute Abend einen Film sehen? |
| Wollen wir heute Abend einen Film sehen? |
| "Shall we watch a movie tonight?" |
| We use sehen here, meaning "to watch." In this pattern with wollen wir, the main verb always stays in the infinitive form and goes to the end of the sentence. |
| Sehe is incorrect, because sehe is the conjugated form of ich "I see." Since this sentence is not about "I," but a shared plan with wir "we," we need the infinitive sehen at the end. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| "Shall we cook dinner together?" |
| Wollen wir zusammen Abendessen (pause with a tap of the finger)? |
| Wollen wir zusammen Abendessen (pause with a tap of the finger)? |
| kochen |
| kochen |
| Wollen wir zusammen Abendessen kochen? |
| Wollen wir zusammen Abendessen kochen? |
| "Shall we cook dinner together?" |
| We use kochen here, meaning "to cook." This is a common activity suggestion for friends or family. |
| Trinken means "to drink." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| "Shall we meet in the park tomorrow?" |
| Wollen wir uns morgen im Park (pause with a tap of the finger)? |
| Wollen wir uns morgen im Park (pause with a tap of the finger)? |
| treffen |
| treffen |
| Wollen wir uns morgen im Park treffen? |
| Wollen wir uns morgen im Park treffen? |
| "Shall we meet in the park tomorrow?" |
| We use treffen here, meaning "to meet." Notice also the word uns. Treffen is a reflexive verb when used in the sense of "meet each other," so we need uns (ourselves) right after wir. |
| Schlafen means "to sleep." |
| Unscramble the words to make a sentence. |
| Ready? |
| Wollen |
| Wollen wir |
| Wollen wir am |
| Wollen wir am Samstag |
| Wollen wir am Samstag einkaufen |
| Wollen wir am Samstag einkaufen gehen? |
| "Shall we go shopping on Saturday?" |
| Wollen wir am Samstag einkaufen gehen? |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| "Shall we take the train to Berlin?" |
| (Wollen wir or Willst du) mit dem Zug nach Berlin fahren? |
| (Wollen wir or Willst du) mit dem Zug nach Berlin fahren? |
| Wollen wir |
| Wollen wir |
| Wollen wir mit dem Zug nach Berlin fahren? |
| "Shall we take the train to Berlin?" |
| Wollen wir is used here because the phrase means "Shall we…?" |
| Willst du means "Do you want to…?" and is directed only at the other person, not including yourself in the action, so it does not fit when suggesting something you will both do. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? |
| "Shall we have breakfast at the café?" |
| Wollen wir im Café (zu Mittag essen or frühstücken)? |
| Wollen wir im Café (zu Mittag essen or frühstücken)? |
| frühstücken |
| frühstücken |
| Wollen wir im Café frühstücken? |
| "Shall we have breakfast at the café?" |
| Frühstücken is used here because it is the verb meaning "to have breakfast." |
| Zu Mittag essen means "to have lunch" and would not match the time of day suggested by "breakfast." |
| Let's translate some sentences into German. |
| Translate "Shall we go for a walk in the park?" into German. |
| Wollen wir, the phrase meaning "shall we," |
| followed by |
| im Park, meaning "in the park," |
| next |
| spazieren gehen, meaning "go for a walk." |
| We use Wollen wir here to make a friendly suggestion, and the verb phrase spazieren gehen is placed at the end. |
| Wollen wir im Park spazieren gehen? |
| Wollen wir im Park spazieren gehen? |
| "Shall we go for a walk in the park?" |
| Translate "Shall we play cards after dinner?" into German. |
| Wollen wir, the phrase meaning "shall we," |
| followed by |
| nach dem Abendessen, meaning "after dinner," |
| next |
| Karten spielen, meaning "play cards." |
| We use Wollen wir to suggest the activity, and Karten spielen is the verb phrase, kept together at the end in German word order. |
| Wollen wir nach dem Abendessen Karten spielen? |
| Wollen wir nach dem Abendessen Karten spielen? |
| "Shall we play cards after dinner?" |
| Translate "Shall we meet at the train station?" into German. |
| Wollen wir, the phrase meaning "shall we," |
| followed by |
| uns am Bahnhof, meaning "ourselves at the train station," |
| next |
| treffen, the infinitive of the verb treffen, meaning "meet." |
| The sentence starts with Wollen wir, and uns am Bahnhof treffen is the verb phrase. |
| We use the reflexive uns here because in German you "meet yourself with someone else." |
| Wollen wir uns am Bahnhof treffen? |
| Wollen wir uns am Bahnhof treffen? |
| "Shall we meet at the train station?" |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which activity is suggested in the sentences? |
| Wollen wir heute Abend einen Film sehen? |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Wollen wir heute Abend einen Film sehen? |
| (3) |
| (2) |
| (1) |
| The suggested activity is einen Film sehen "watching a movie." |
| How about...? |
| Wollen wir morgen im Park spazieren gehen? |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Wollen wir morgen im Park spazieren gehen? |
| (3) |
| (2) |
| (1) |
| The suggested activity is spazieren gehen "going for a walk." |
| Next… |
| Wollen wir im Café frühstücken? |
| One more time. |
| Wollen wir im Café frühstücken? |
| (3) |
| (2) |
| (1) |
| The suggested activity is frühstücken, "having breakfast." |
| And... |
| Wollen wir am Samstag einkaufen gehen? |
| One more time. |
| Wollen wir am Samstag einkaufen gehen? |
| (3) |
| (2) |
| (1) |
| The suggested activity is einkaufen gehen "going shopping." |
| Thank you for watching. |
| Now you know how to make and discuss plans in German. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. |
| Bis bald! |
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