Questions
Place of origin (Wo kommst du her?)
Where are you from?
öffentliche Verkehrsmittel
public transport(ation)
pünktlich
punctual
comparative and superlative forms of "tall"
comparative: taller (than)
superlative: the tallest
residence (Wohnort)
Where do you live?
Stau
traffic jam
gemütlich
comfortable
genauso groß wie
as big/tall as
Ask about job/occupation
What do you do?
to move regularly between home and work; pendeln
to commute
verlässlich, zuverlässig
reliable
present tense used for talking about:
1. something happening right now or around now
2. something that is generally true
1. I am learning English (Present Continuous)
2. I work for the VHS (Present Simple)
^Ask two questions about the last holiday:
Wo hast du deinen letzten Urlaub verbracht?
Was hast du da gemacht?
Where did you spend your last holiday?
What did you do there?
es dauert (fünf Minuten)
it takes five minutes
near or easy to get to or use; causing the least difficulty
convenient
Berlin ist wesentlich größer als Paris
Berlin is much bigger than Paris
Ask three questions about TV/cinema/literature
What do you like to watch on TV?
When were you at the cinema last time?
Do you have any favourite authors?
advantage and disadvantage
verschmutzt
polluted
Who called you?