Questions and statements

Magst du mich?

Sprechen sie Deutsch?

Remember, you can move the verb to the beginning of the sentence to ask a question in German!

Der Mann ist jung.	Ist der Mann jung?
Er heißt Hans. He is called Hans.	Heißt er Hans? Is he called Hans?

Talking Temperature

Keep in mind, only objects can be warm, kalt or heiß. For example, Der Tee ist kalt! or Die Kartoffeln sind warm! You'll learn how to complain about yourself being too hot or cold later.

Ist der Kaffee heiß?

Is the coffee hot?

Bist du neu?

Are you new?

Ist das Fleisch teuer?

Is the meat expensive?

Ist das Tier schwer?

Is the animal heavy?

Sind die Kartoffeln warm?

Are the potatoes warm?

Ich kenne Großbritannien.

I know Great Britain.

Which witch?

The word welch is another one that changes based on the noun after it. This word uses the der word endings.

	Maskulin	Neutrum	Feminin	Plural
Nominativ	welcher	welches	welche	welche
Akkusativ	welchen	welches	welche	welche
Dativ	welchem	welchem	welcher	welchen
Genitiv	welches*	welches*	welcher	welcher

Welche is demonstrative pronoun that follows the same declination as the word "der". Therefore, you would decline "welche" in the same way you would decline "der".

Welch es Kleid(n)?

Which dress?

Welchen Vogel(m) siehst du?

Which bird do you see?

Welches Pferd(n) ist stark?

Which horse is strong?

Welches Geschlecht?

what gender?

Where?

Asking where in German can be tricky! Let’s look at the difference between wo, wohin, and woher.

Wo ist sein Schuh?

Where is his shoe?

Woher kommst du?

Where do you come from?

Wohin gehst du?

Where are you going to?

Woher hast du das?

Where did you get that from?

What

Was ist ein Stuhl?

What is a chair?

Wie ist dein Name?

What is your name?

Don’t be fooled! The wo‑ in question words doesn't always mean where. Sometimes it means what.

Womit schreibt er?

What does he write with?

Wofür ist das Werkzeug?

What is the tool for?

Worüber spricht sie?

What does she talk about?

Das ist alles worüber er spricht.

That is all he talks about.

Notice the stealthy r in worüber? It gets stuck in there because it would be too difficult to pronounce the two vowels next to each other otherwise!

Who

Wer ist dieses Madchen?

Who is this girl?

When

Wan

How

Wie viel Wasser brauchen wir?

How much water do we need?

Wie viele Schuhe hast du?

How many shoes do you have?

WHY

Wieso

Warum nicht?

Why not?

Warum mögen alle Katzen?

Why does everyone like cats?