Pimsleur German I - Exercises Lesson 3

1. Are you American (female)?

Lesson 1
2. Is she American?
1. I don’t understand English.
3. Are they American?
2. She understands German.
4. please
3. We understand a little German.
5. She isn’t German.
4. Are you American? (female)
6. He isn’t American.
5. Yes, I am American.
7. I am Brazilian and you?
6. Excuse me, are you German? (male)
8. She isn’t American.
7. the English
9. I’m not German but I understand a little German.
8. She is American.
10. No, not very well.
9. He is German.
11. I don’t understand German very well.
10. We understand Portuguese.
12. I only understand English.
11. Are you American? ( informal)
12. Is she German?
Lesson 4
1. How are you?
Lesson 2
2. I’m fine and you?
1. Hello.
3. Not very well.
2. How are you?
4. Are you German (male)?
3. I’m fine, thanks.
5. Do you understand English?
4. Very well, thanks.
6. No, I don’t understand English?
5. Good bye.
7. You don’t understand English?
6. I don’t understand.
8. No, I speak English.
7. I am Brazilian.
9. Where is Goethe street?
8. She is Brazilian.
10. Where is Opera square?
9. They are Brazilian.
11. The Opera square is here.
10. They understand Portuguese.
12. Goethe street is over there.
Lesson 5
1. I understand English.
2. Goethe street is not here.
3. I know.
4. I don’t know.
5. Do you know it?
6. I would like.
7. Would you like to eat something?
8. Yes, I would like to eat something.
9. I’d like milk.
10. Where would you like to eat?
11. You would like to eat something.
12. I would like to drink something.
13. But not me.
Lesson 6
1. Would you like to drink something?
2. Yes, I would like to drink something.
3. Where would you like to eat?
4. At my place.
5. At your place.
6. I would like to eat too.
7. When would you like to eat?
8. Now.
9. Would you like to eat now?
10. No, not now, later.
11. Where would you like to eat?
12. At your place.
13. At Opera square.
14. Would you like to eat something at my place?
15. Yes, gladly.
Lesson 7
1. Would you like to eat here?
2. No, not here.
3. Where would you like to eat?
4. In the restaurant.
5. What would you like to eat?
6. I would like to drink wine in the restaurant.
7. I would like to drink beer.
8. In the restaurant to the lion.
9. Where is the restaurant to the lion?
10. In Goethe street, not at Opera square.
Lesson 8
1. Would you like to eat now?
2. Where would you like to eat?
3. When would you like to drink something?
4. The beer is good.
5. Would you like beer or wine?
6. Two beers, please.
7. I would like not beer.
 8. I would like to buy something. Lesson 10
9. What would you like to do? 1. What would you like to do?
10. What would you like to buy? 2. I would like to buy something.
11. With whom? 3. I would like nothing to drink.
12. With you. 4. At what time?
13. With me? 5. What time is it?
14. I would like to buy something now. 6. It’s nine o’clock.
15. I would like to eat with you too. 7. I would like to eat something much later.
8. I’m going to eat now.
Lesson 9 9. Are you going to eat now?
1. Excuse me. 10. I’m going to eat at five o’clock.
2. Tell me. 11. Are you going to eat at six o’clock?
3. I wouldn’t like to eat anything now.
4. I would like to buy wine with you. Lesson 11
5. With whom? 1. I’m going to drink wine at nine o’clock.
6. But I would like to drink something with you. 2. Certainly not now.
7. At what time? 3. Listen and repeat.
8. At one o’clock. 4. Well, then at seven o’clock.
9. Is that all right? 5. I would like to eat with you tonight.
10. Yes, that’s all right, but I would like to eat something at your place. 6. I’m going to eat with you tonight.
11. Tell me, where is the hotel to the bear? 7. Is that all right?
12. Over there, in the Goethe street. 8. I’m going to eat with you tomorrow evening.
13. No, thank you. 9. Would you like to eat with me today?
14. Yes, thank you. 10. Not this evening, tomorrow.
15. Certainly not. 11. Until tomorrow.
12. What? (repeat)
Lesson 12
1. Until tomorrow at six o’clock.
2. What time is it now?
3. I would like to eat too.
4. How much do I owe you?
5. One Euro.
6. Do I owe you twelve euros?
7. No, eleven euros.
8. You owe me thirteen euros.
9. I owe you fourteen euros.
Lesson 13
1. I don’t understand you.
2. I’m listening well.
3. Good bye (on the telephone).
4. How many euros do you have?
5. I have fifteen euros.
6. Do you have sixteen dollars?
7. No, I have fourteen dollars.
8. You don’t have fifteen dollars?
9. No, I don’t have fifteen dollars.
10. Here are ten dollars.
11. You speak with the saleswoman.
12. How much is that in dollars?
Lesson 14
1. I don’t have any dollars.
2. You are not an American.
3. Yes, I am an American.
4. I have a couple of euros.
5. I have a couple of dollars, but no euros.
6. Give me a couple of euros.
7. I have many euros.
8. How many euros do you have?
9. I have no wine.
10. I have some beer.
11. I still have some beer.
12. Would you like to drink something too?
13. I would still like to buy some wine.
Lesson 15
1. Where are you going? (less abrupt)
2. Well then give me a beer.
3. I also have a couple of euros.
4. Here are fifteen euros.
5. That is fourteen.
6. How much do I owe you?
7. Not much.
8. The beer is for you.
9. For me?
10. How much is a beer?
 11. A beer costs one euro.
12. Give me three euros.
13. I can’t.
14. Can you give me three euros?
15. You don’t have any wine?
16. Yes, I still have some wine.
Lesson 16
1. Here it is.
2. What is that?
3. I don’t know.
4. I have no euros.
5. I can give you dollars.
6. That’s a lot of money.
7. That’s too much money.
8. How much money do you have?
9. I have thirty dollars.
10. That’s enough.
Lesson 17
1. thirty nine
2. Do you still have some money?
3. I can still give you some money.
4. Do you still have a couple of euros for me?
5. I have forty one euros.
6. You owe me thirty one euros.
7. That’s very expensive.
8. That’s not very expensive.
9. Do you understand English?
10. You understand very well.
11. You speak very fast.
12. No, I don’t speak very fast.
13. You speak very fast when you speak English.
14. I understand you when you speak English.
15. I would like German beer.
Lesson 18
1. Do you have enough euros?
2. That’s too much.
3. It’s more expensive here.
4. Speak faster.
5. My husband speaks fast.
6. My wife is over there.
7. My wife would like to drink something.
8. I would like to drink tee too.
9. My wife can drink water.
10. Your husband is here.
11. Where is my wife?
12. Who is over there?
13. What would you wife like to do?
14. I’m eating with my husband.
15. I’m eating with my husband this evening
16. I’m drinking a tea.
Lesson 19
1. I’m giving you fifty three euros.
2. Where is your wife?
3. My wife? I don’t know.
4. She is over there.
5. Is he over there?
6. He would like to drink tea.
7. Come in.
8. Pleased to meet you. (1 word = pleasant)
9. Where do you live?
10. In the Beethoven street.
11. Do you live here?
12. I live here with my wife.
13. My husband and I would like to drink tea.
14. We’d like a mineral water.
15. We can drink something now.
Lesson 20
1. I have no tea.
2. Where is your husband?
3. I don’t know where he is.
4. Is your husband also in the restaurant?
5. Where is he? (less abrupt)
6. How many kids do you have? We have three kids.
7. We have two boys and one daughter.
8. We would like a boy.
9. We have two girls.
10. The boy is already big.
11. Is the girl already big? Yes, she is already big.
12. They are here in Germany.
13. The boys are already very big.
14. You are American, right?
Lesson 21
1. We have a boy.
2. We can wait.
3. Can you wait?
4. We would like a lot of children.
5. We have a son and a daughter.
6. The children are in America.
7. Where are they? They are here in Germany.
8. Our son is here.
9. Our daughter is also here.
10. Is your son still little? No, he is already big.
11. Is your daughter also here?
12. Our little daughter is here.
13. Our son is still little.
14. He is really little.
15. Where is the bathroom?
16. Where are the big kids?
Lesson 22 6. You need ten liters of gas.

1. He is a very big boy. 7. Wait a moment.

2. How many children do you have? We have three children. 8. Where are you going? I’m going to Berlin tomorrow.

3. Ask me. 9. It’s far to Berlin.

4. Are they already big? Yes, they are already big. 10. Is Berlin really far? Wait, I don’t know.

5. Is that your son? 11. Which road goes to Berlin? Berlin, that’s far.

6. That is a big family. 12. How many kilometers? Seventy five.

7. Do you have a car? Yes, I have a big car. 13. Straight ahead.

8. I have a big car and a big family. 14. How many liters of gas do you need? Not too much.

9. Is your family here in Germany? 15. Give me thirty liters.

10. We have a German car. 16. Enough for seventy five kilometers? Yes, if the car is small.

11. Is it big or small? It’s not very big and it’s not really little.
12. My car is big enough for our family. Lesson 24
13. Do you speak German? Not really well. 1. I’m going to Berlin with my family.
14. I have a small car, but it’s big enough for our family. 2. With my wife and my children.
15. We need gas. 3. Is gas expensive in Germany? Yes, gas is expensive in Germany.
16. We need twenty liters of gas. 4. How much is it a liter? Two euros a liter.
17. That’s a lot of gas, right? 5. Are you going with me?
18. There are many cars in America. 6. With you? It’s too far for me.
7. Go straight ahead.

Lesson 23 8. Take the road to Berlin.

1. In the car. 9. Drive to the right.

2. In the restaurant. 10. Don’t drive straight ahead.

3. Our family is not very big. 11. The correct road goes to the right.

4. You have a very big car. 12. Which is the correct road?

5. Do you still have gas? Yes, but not enough. 13. The correct road goes to the left.
14. Drive to the right and then straight ahead.
 15. Sie sprechen zu schnell für mich. = You speak too fast for me. 2. I would like to buy something, and that’s not possible.
16. I’m repeating for you. 3. Why not? Because the stores are closed.
17. Drive farther. 4. It’s late, but they are open.
18. How far is it to Berlin? 5. You can buy something tomorrow.
19. Is it really farther? 6. Don’t take your car.
20. I don’t have a big car, but I’m going to Berlin. 7. Take a taxi.
8. No, I’m taking my car.

Lesson 25 9. Because, I’m driving to Munich.

1. Can I buy something in Berlin? No, not today. 10. Who is in Munich? I’m visiting some friends.

2. Why not? Because the stores are closed. 11. I have some friends there, and I would like to work.

3. Are the stores closed? No, they are open. 12. Would you like to work there? Yes, only a little.

4. The stores are open now, right? 13. I’m staying in Munich for two days.

5. Because it is late. 14. How many days are you staying there? A few days, perhaps three days.

6. What would you like to buy? I don’t know. 15. I think so. I don’t think so.

7. Would you like to eat something later at the restaurant To the lion? 16. Are you going to visit him? I believe I’m going to visit him.

8. Because they are open tonight. 17. I need a little money because I’m going to Salzburg.

9. You still have money, don’t you?

10. Do you have money? Yes, I have eighty euros.
11. I would like to buy something for my children.
12. My children would like a German car, but that is very expensive.
13. But that is very expensive.
14. Buy a big car.
15. That costs only twenty euros.
Lesson 27
1. Are you going to work this evening? I don’t think so.
2. What are you going to do there? I’m going to visit them there.
3. I’m going to visit my friend. I’m going to visit them.
4. How much do I owe you? You owe me ninety one euros.
5. Here is a hundred euros.
6. One hundred and twenty six.

Lesson 26 7. Why? Because you owe me nothing.

1. Are you ok? Yes, I’m fine. 8. I don’t have anything.

9. I would like to go away tomorrow.
 10. Me too. 1. We’ve been here for three days.
11. We are going together. 2. We’re going to stay a couple of weeks.
12. I would like to go away with you. 3. We’ve been here for a week.
13. That’s not possible. 4. We’ve been here since yesterday.
14. You can go away if you would like. 5. Since when have you been here? For a week.
15. Are you alone? No, I’m here with my husband. 6. I bought something yesterday.
16. Why are you driving alone? We can go away together. 7. What did you buy yesterday? I bought something to drink.
8. I bought something for you.

Lesson 28 9. I have bought a book.

1. I need ninety euros. 10. Did you already eat something? I ate something yesterday.

2. Can you give me ninety euros? No, that’s not possible. 11. You ate something yesterday and you can eat something today too.

3. Where would you like to go? I don’t know, perhaps to Vienna. 12. I bought something to drink.

4. And you? Would you like to go away too? I don’t think so. 13. What did you buy? I bought wine.

5. What does that mean? 14. Do you like wine? Yes, I like wine.

6. What does the word Shade mean? 15. Not bad.

7. That’s a German word.

8. Is that a German word? Yes, I think so. Lesson 30
9. We have been here a couple of days. 1. What does this word mean?
10. How long have you been here? For a couple of days. 2. How does one say this word in German?
11. How long are you still staying here? 3. We’re going to stay (still) a couple of days.
12. I don’t have much time. 4. I like it in Germany. (please)
13. Since when have you been here? We have been here for three days. 5. Do you like (it in) Germany? I like it a lot.
14. I don’t know what the word Schade means. 6. What did you buy? I don’t need anything.
15. We would like to stay in Germany, but we don’t have enough time. 7. I bought something to drink.
8. We spoke German yesterday.

Lesson 29 9. With whom? With you.

10. When did you arrive in Frankfurt? We arrived yesterday.
11. I arrived with my family.
12. We arrived together.
13. At what time? We arrived at five o’clock.
14. I arrived yesterday at four o’clock.
15. When did you go to Bonn?
16. We went to Bonn this morning.
17. We visited friends.