Die Grundlagen · Unit 8 of 10 · Erste wichtige Ausdrücke
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Step 1 of 20: Überblick (Overview)
Überblick
(Overview)
What this unit gives you, and what you will be able to do at the end.
The survival set — greetings, thanks, apologies and asking people to slow down.
This is survival German: greetings, thanks, apologies, and the handful of sentences that let you stay in a conversation you only half understand.
Learning objectives
- Greet and take leave appropriately at different times of day.
- Use the informal du confidently, and recognise formal Sie when you hear it.
- Ask for repetition, slower speech or a translation.
Can-Do outcomes
- I can greet someone and say goodbye politely.
- I can say that I do not understand and ask for help.
- I can use du as my everyday register and recognise Sie when someone uses it with me.
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