Practice how to use bis and ab with time expressions
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| Do you know how to talk about hotel policies in German? |
| Welcome to Three Step German Practice by GermanPod101.com. In this lesson, you'll practice using bis to say "until" and ab to say "from" when talking about times—whether at a hotel, gym, or café. |
| Let's look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| Schön. Der Checkout ist bis zehn Uhr. Frühstück ab sieben Uhr. |
| "Great. Checkout is until ten. Breakfast starts at seven." |
| Alles klar, danke. Das passt uns gut. |
| "All right, thanks. That works well for us." |
| [bis zehn Uhr] and [ab sieben Uhr] |
| In this lesson, you learned how to describe when services start or end using the structure Der/Das/Die (Service) ist/hat + bis/ab + Uhrzeit. |
| This is especially useful in hotels or travel situations. |
| Use bis to say when something ends, like Der Checkout ist bis zehn Uhr – "Checkout is until ten." |
| And use ab to say when something begins, like Frühstück ab sieben Uhr – "Breakfast starts at seven." |
| In German, you'll often hear or see the 24-hour clock in places like hotels, stores, and transport schedules, so it's important to get comfortable with this format. |
| Now let's practice using bis and ab to talk about service times in German! |
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