language learning center · A1 · Lesson 3
Basic personal information
Practice this topic in German: Basic personal information.
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 heiße Lena.
My name is Lucía.
Jonas
Ich bin achtundzwanzig Jahre alt.
I am twenty-eight years old.
Lena
Ich wohne in Berlin.
I live in Madrid.
Jonas
Ich arbeite in einer Bibliothek.
I work in a library.
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 heiße Lena.
My name is Lucía.
Ich heiße Lena.
Ich bin achtundzwanzig Jahre alt.
I am twenty-eight years old.
Ich bin achtundzwanzig Jahre alt.
Ich wohne in Berlin.
I live in Madrid.
Ich wohne in Berlin.
Ich arbeite in einer Bibliothek.
I work in a library.
Ich arbeite in einer Bibliothek.
Was machst du beruflich?
What do you do?
Was machst du beruflich?
Notice, try, and speak
Which German sentence has this meaning: “My name is Lucía.”
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 heiße Lena.
- 2. Ich bin achtundzwanzig Jahre alt.
- 3. Ich wohne in Berlin.
- 4. Ich arbeite in einer Bibliothek.
- 5. Was machst du beruflich?