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Hello everyone and welcome to our video series on learn German for beginners.
In the last lesson you learned how to introduce yourself in German, and in this lesson you
will learn, how to get to know someone by asking questions in German.
You can visit our page on www.patreon.com/learngerman to get free worksheets, podcasts,
transcripts, early access to our videos and more!
We will learn how to ask questions in a formal and in an informal way. What are these two
forms?
Sie is the formal form and Du is the informal form. You might have come across these in the
previous lesson.
SIE Form is generally used when you are talking to strangers or in official situations.
Whereas the DU Form is used amongst friends, family and acquaintances. So let’s start by
using these forms in questions.
Both these questions are the same, only used in different contexts. The answer to these
questions would be:
Ich heiße Monika. noch einmal: Ich heiße Monika.
Don't spend too many thoughts on the sentence structure, we'll be doing that in the next
lessons, just remember these questions as they are.
The answer to this question is:
Mein Familienname ist Schmidt. noch einmal: Mein Familienname ist Schmidt.
Ich komme aus Deutschland. noch einmal: Ich komme aus Deutschland.
You can replace Deutschland with your country.
The answer to this question: Ich wohne in Berlin. noch einmal: Ich wohne in Berlin.
You can replace Berlin with your own city.
Wie alt sind Sie? noch einmal: Wie alt sind Sie?
Informally this question will be: Wie alt bist du? noch einmal: Wie alt bist du?
We have already learned how to answer this question. You can go through lesson 4 once
again if you want to learn:
Ich bin dreiundzwanzig Jahre alt. noch einmal: Ich bin dreiundzwanzig Jahre alt.
Welche Sprachen sprechen Sie? noch einmal: Welche Sprachen sprechen Sie?
informal: Welche Sprachen sprichst du? noch einmal: Welche Sprachen sprichst du?
Ich spreche Deutsch und Englisch. noch einmal: Ich spreche Deutsch und Englisch.
You can replace Deutsch und Englisch with the languages you speak. You can watch our
video on Countries and languages to know the names of various languages in German. The
link to this video can be found below in the description.
The answer to this one could be: Ich bin Lehrerin. noch einmal: Ich bin Lehrerin.
The answer will vary according to your profession. To learn various professions in German,
you can watch our video on this topic. Link can be found below in the description.
Was sind Ihre Hobbys? noch einmal: Was sind Ihre Hobbys?
and informally: Was sind deine Hobbys? noch einmal: Was sind deine Hobbys?
Meine Hobbys sind fernsehen und Musik hören. noch einmal: Meine Hobbys sind fernsehen
und Musik hören.
Here also you can replace with your own hobbies. You can learn hobbies in german in our
video. The link to this video can be also be found below in the description.
Here you should answer according to the number of children you have.
Ja, ich habe zwei Kinder / Nein, ich habe keine Kinder.
noch einmal: Ja, ich habe zwei Kinder / Nein, ich habe keine Kinder.
Great! So this is how you can ask questions to get to know someone. And you should also
know how to answer these questions, when someone asks you.
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