Grammatik des Lebens - A1 - Sprachkenntnisse: Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Grammar of Life - A1 - Language skills: Do you speak German?
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Auf
to
die
the
Frage
question
"
Sprechen
speak
Sie
you
Deutsch
German
?
"
antwortet
answers
man
one
mit
with
"
Ja
yes
…
"
oder
or
"
Nein
no
…
"
The question "Do you speak German?" Is answered with "Yes ..." or "No ..."
Sprechen
speak
Sie
you
Deutsch
German
?
-
Ja
yes
,
ich
I
spreche
speak
ein
a
bisschen
bit of
Deutsch
German
.
Do you speak German? - Yes, I speak a bit of German.
Sprechen
speak
Sie
you
Englisch
English
?
-
Nein
no
,
leider
unfortunately
nicht
not
.
Do you speak English? - No, unfortunately not.
Auf
to
die
the
Frage
question
"
Welche
what
Sprache
language
sprechen
speak
Sie
you
?
"
antwortet
answers
man
one
mit
with
dem
the
Namen
name
der
of the
Sprache
language
.
When asked "What language do you speak?" you answer with the name of the language.
Welche
what
Sprache
language
sprechen
speak
Sie
you
?
-
Ich
I
spreche
speak
Deutsch
German
.
What language do you speak? - I speak German.
Welche
what
Sprachen
languages
sprechen
speak
Sie
you
?
-
Ich
I
spreche
speak
Arabisch
Arabic
und
and
Englisch
English
.
Which languages do you speak? - I speak Arabic and English.
Die
the
informelle
informal
Form
form
lautet
is
"
Sprichst
speak
du
you
…
?
"
The informal form is "Do you speak ...?"
Sprichst
speak
du
you
Französisch
French
?
-
Nein
no
,
ich
I
spreche
speak
kein
no
Französisch
French
.
Do you speak French? - No I do not speak French.
Welche
what
Sprachen
languages
sprichst
speak
du
you
?
-
Ich
I
spreche
speak
Deutsch
German
,
Italienisch
Italian
und
and
Spanisch
Spanish
.
Which languages do you speak? - I speak German, Italian and Spanish.
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