language learning center · A1 · Lesson 4
Likes and dislikes
Practice this topic in German: Likes and dislikes.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Lena
Ich mag Musik.
I like music.
Jonas
Ich koche nicht gern.
I do not like cooking.
Lena
Reist du gern?
Do you like travelling?
Jonas
Ich lese lieber.
I prefer reading.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
Ich mag Musik.
I like music.
Ich mag Musik.
Ich koche nicht gern.
I do not like cooking.
Ich koche nicht gern.
Reist du gern?
Do you like travelling?
Reist du gern?
Ich lese lieber.
I prefer reading.
Ich lese lieber.
Ich auch.
Me too.
Ich auch.
Notice, try, and speak
Which German sentence has this meaning: “I like music.”
Make it yours
Say the five German turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.
Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.
Use it with someone
Use this German in a real conversation
- 1. Ich mag Musik.
- 2. Ich koche nicht gern.
- 3. Reist du gern?
- 4. Ich lese lieber.
- 5. Ich auch.