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3-Minute German S1 #12

What Are You Doing?

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German
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar
Cultural Insight

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GERMAN
1.

Was machst du?

2.

Was machen Sie?

3.

Ich mache meine Hausaufgaben

4.

Ich koche gerade!

ENGLISH
1.

What are you doing? (informal)

2.

What are you doing? (formal)

3.

I'm doing homework

4.

I'm cooking now.

VOCABULARY
Ge r man

English

C lass

was

what

pronoun

machst

to do

du

you (informal)

personal pronoun,
nominative

machen

to make, to do

verb

Sie

you (formal)

personal pronoun

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ich

personal pronoun;
nominative

meine

my

Hausaufgaben

homework

noun

kochen

to cook

verb

feminine

SAMPLE SENTENCES
Wa s i st d a s Th e m a ?

Wa s i st d a s?

What is the topic?

What is this?

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 a ch e Ka ffe e .

H a be n Si e e i n e a n d e re Kre d i tka rte ?

I am making coffee.

Do you have another credit card?

Si e si n d H e rr Sm i th .

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

You are Mr. Smith.

I was so busy last week!

Ich bi n L i sa .
I am Lisa.

Mi st! Ich h a be m e i n e H a u sa u fg a be n
ve rg e sse n !
Drats! I forgot my homework!

Im m e r w e n n i ch z u d e n Fe i e rta g e n
h e i m ko m m e , ko ch t m e i n e Mu tte r
m e i n L i e bl i n g se sse n .

Wa s ko ch st d u u n s h e u te ?
What are you cooking for us today?

My mother always cooks my favorite meal

when I come home for the holidays.

GRAMMAR

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In this lesson you will learn how to ask what someone is doing.

G e rm a n

En g l i sh

Wa s m a ch st d u ?

Wh a t a re yo u
doing?

Word 1

was

what

Word 2

machst

to do

Word 3

du

you (informal)

Ph ra se 2

Wa s m a ch e n
Si e ?

Wh a t a re yo u
doing?

Word 1

was

what

Word 2

machen

to do

Word 3

Sie

you (formal)

Ph ra se 3

Ich m a ch e m e i n e
H a u sa u fg a be n

I' m d o i n g
h o m e w o rk

Word 1

Ich

Word 2

mache

to do

Word 3

meine

my

Word 4

Hausaufgaben

homework

Ph ra se 4

Ich ko ch e
g e ra d e !

I' m co o ki n g n o w .

Word 1

Ich

Word 2

koche

to cook

gerade

straight, just, just

now, right now

R e g i ste r

Ph ra se 1

i n fo rm a l

fo rm a l

Word 3

CULTURAL INSIGHT
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In some situations, the question Was machst du? can also mean more generally "What do
you do?" or "What is your job?"
This is a really common question you can ask, or that you might be asked the first time you
meet someone.

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