Planning a vacation
Vocabulary
| keine Lust | no interest |
| Lust auf ____ | Interested in ______ |
| alleine | on one’s own |
| Der Plan | plan |
| geplant | to have planned |
| zusammen | together |
| zu | too |
| viele | many |
| teuer | expensive |
| Italien | Italy |
| Frankreich | France |
| China | China |
| Spanien | Spain |
| England | England |
| Der Regen | rain |
| Was hällst du von ______ ? | What do you think about _______ ? |
| Wie währ’s mit _____ ? | How about _____ ? |
Dialog
Karen: Hallo Robert! Gehst du diesen Sommer in Urlaub?
Robert: Ich weiss es noch nicht. Ich will schon, aber ich habe keine Lust alleine zu gehen.
Karen: Ich habe noch nichts geplant. Sollen wir zusammen gehen?
Robert: Das wäre spitze! Sollen wir nach Italien gehen?
Karen: Nein, ich habe keine Lust auf Italian. Italien ist mir zu klein. Wie wär’s mit China?
Robert: China? Nein, China ist mir zu groß, und es gibt zu viele Leute. Was hälst du von Frankreich?
Karen: Frankreich ist mir zu teuer. Was hälst du von England?
Robert: In England regnet es häufig. Und es kostet auch zu viel.
Karen: Das stimmt. Ja, dann fahren wir eben nach Spanien.
Robert: Super! Spanien ist mein Lieblingsland!
Karen: Hi Robert! Are you going to travel this summer?
Robert: I don’t know yet. I would like to, but I don’t really want to go on my own.
Karen: I don’t have any plans yet. Do you want to go together?
Robert: That would be great! Do you want to go to Italy?
Karen: No, I don’t feel like going to Italy. Italy is too small. How about China?
Robert: China? No, China is too big for me, and there are too many people. What do you think about France?
Karen: France is too expensive. What do you think of England?
Robert: It often rains in England. And it also costs a lot.
Karen: That’s true. Well, then let’s go to Spain.
Robert: Great! Spain is my favorite country.
Grammar
It is easy to form the comparative and superlative in German. In most cases, you simply add the endings -er, -ste
So, let’s take some basic adjectives and work through them:
big
groß, größer, größte
expensive
teuer, teuerer, teuerste
cheap
billig, billiger, billigste
beautiful
schön, schöner, schönste
old
alt, älter, älteste
new
neu, neuer, neueste
bad
schlecht, schlechter, schlechteste
As you can see, if the stem word ends in a -t, you add an e before the -ste of the superlative form.
There are, however, some exceptions that you should know about:
good
gut, besser, beste
If you want to emphasize the superlative, you can add “aller” before the word. For example:
| der Allerneueste | the absolute newest |
| die Allerschlechteste | the absolute worst |
| das Allerbeste | the very best |
Also, if you have a favorite thing in a particular category, you can add the category name to the word Lieblings- meaning favorite.
For example:
| Mein Lieblingstier | My favorite animal |
| Mein Lieblingsbuch | My favorite book |
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