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3-Minute German S1 #24

Invitations

CONTENTS
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German
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar
Cultural Insight

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GERMAN
1.

Kommst du mit uns?

2.

Ja, ich komme mit euch!

3.

Kommt ihr zu meiner Party?

4.

Ja, ich komme mit Begleitung.

ENGLISH
1.

Are you coming with us? (informal)

2.

Yes Im coming with you guys! (informal)

3.

Are you coming to my party? (formal)

4.

Yes, I am coming with some friends.

VOCABULARY
Ge r man

English

C lass

Kommst

to come

verb

du

you (informal)

personal pronoun,
nominative

mit

with

preposition

uns

us

pronoun

ja

yes

adverb

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personal pronoun;
nominative

kommen

to come

verb

euch

you (plural, as an
object); yourselves

personal pronoun

Kommt ihr

will you come

zu

to

preposition

meiner

my

personal pronoun

Party

party

noun

Begleitung

company,some
company

noun

ich

feminine

SAMPLE SENTENCES
D u bi st g u t.

Bi st d u d i r si ch e r?

You are good.

Are you sure?

Ich m u ss m i t d e m H u n d ra u sg e h e n .

Er spi e l t m i t d e m H u n d .

I have to go out with the dog. / I have to

walk the dog.

He plays with the dog.

L a ss u n s h e u te a u sru h e n .

N a sch n , d u h a st j a R e ch t.

Let's relax today.

Fair enough, you're right. (In the sense of

"I'm giving in.")

J a , d a s sti m m t.

Ich h a tte l e tz te Wo ch e so vi e l z u
tu n !

Yes, that's right.

I was so busy last week!

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Ich bi n L i sa .

Ich w e i , d a ss d u n i ch t w i l l st, d a ss
i ch z u r Fe i e r ko m m e .

I am Lisa.

I know you don't want me to come to the

party.
Ich w rd e g e rn e m o rg e n
w i e d e rko m m e n , w e n n m g l i ch .

L i sa ko m m t h e u te n i ch t.
Lisa isn't coming today.

I would like to come again tomorrow, if

possible.
Ich m a g e u ch be i d e .

Ich ko m m e m i t z u m Stra n d , a be r
i ch w e rd e m i ch n u r so n n e n , n i ch t
sch w i m m e n .

I like both of you.

I'm coming along to the beach, but I will

just sun-bathe, I won't swim.
Bi tte g i b m i r e tw a s z u tri n ke n !

Al l e ko m m e n z u r Pa rty, d u a u ch ?

Please give me something to drink!

Everybody is coming to the party, you too?

D i e Pa rty w a r e i n R e i n fa l l .
The party was a failure.

GRAMMAR
In this lesson you will learn how to invite someone out.
R e g i ste r

G e rm a n

En g l i sh

i n fo rm a l

Ko m m st d u m i t
u n s?

Are yo u co m i n g
w i th u s?

Word 1

Kommst

to come

Word 2

du

you (informal)

Word 3

mit

with

Ph ra se 1

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Word 4

uns

us

Ph ra se 2

J a , i ch ko m m e
m i t e u ch !

Ye s I m co m i n g
w i th yo u g u ys!

Word 1

Ja

yes

Word 2

ich

Word 3

komme

to come

Word 4

mit

with

Word 5

euch

you (plural)

Ph ra se 3

Ko m m t i h r z u
m e i n e r Pa rty?

Are yo u co m i n g
to m y pa rty?

Word 1

Kommt ihr

will you come

Word 2

zu

to

Word 3

meiner

my

Word 4

party

party

Ph ra se 4

J a , i ch ko m m e
m i t Be g l e i tu n g .

Ye s, I a m co m i n g
w i th so m e
fri e n d s.

Word 1

Ja

Yes

Word 2

ich

Word 3

komme

to come

Word 4

mit

with

i n fo rm a l

fo rm a l

CULTURAL INSIGHT

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When using the verb kommen together with other verbs like "come and see" you always use
the infinitive form kommen. For example, kommen und gehen - "come and go", or kommen
und sehen - "come and see". When you combine verbs in this way, they actually function like
a noun!

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