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Den Alldag

A2

Daily routine & time

Walk through a typical day and tell the time — from getting up in the morning to going to bed.

Vocabulary

  • everyday life / daily routine
    Mäin Alldag ass ganz reegelméisseg. — My daily routine is very regular.
  • to get up
    Ech stinn all Dag um sechs op. — I get up at six every day.
    Separable (stinn … op) and perfect with sinn: Ech sinn opgestan.
  • the hour / o'clock / the watch
    Et ass elo dräi Auer. — It is three o'clock now.
  • in the morning
    Moies drénken ech e Kaffi. — In the morning I drink a coffee.
    Adverb; note the verb comes second: 'Moies drénken ech …'.
  • in the evening
    Owes kucken ech e bësse Fernseh. — In the evening I watch a bit of TV.
  • lunch (the midday meal)
    D'Mëttegiessen iesse mir um zwielef. — We have lunch at twelve.
  • free time
    An menger Fräizäit lafen ech. — In my free time I go running.
  • to shop / go shopping
    Samschdes ginn ech akafen. — On Saturdays I go shopping.
    Separable: Ech kafe Brout an.
  • to rest / relax
    Owes rouen ech mech aus. — In the evening I rest.
    Separable and reflexive: rouen … mech … aus.
  • regular / regularly
    Ech iessen ëmmer reegelméisseg. — I always eat regularly.

Grammar that powers this topic

Separable verbs
opstoen, opraumen an akafen split in a main clause: 'Ech stinn um sechs op.'
The perfect tense: hunn vs sinn
Movement and change take sinn ('Ech sinn opgestan'); most other verbs take hunn.
Verb-second word order
A fronted time word pushes the subject after the verb: 'Moies drénken ech e Kaffi.'

Your ~5-minute answer

Tier 2 · your target (A2)
  • Ënnert der Woch stinn ech ëmmer um sechs Auer op.
  • Moies drénken ech e Kaffi an iessen eppes Klenges.
  • Da fueren ech mam Bus op d'Aarbecht.
  • Mëttes maache mir eng Paus an iessen zesummen.
  • Owes kachen ech an duerno kucken ech e bësse Fernseh.
  • Gëschter sinn ech eréischt géint Mëtternuecht schlofe gaangen.
▸Tier 3 · if you freeze (survival floor)
  • Ech stinn um sechs Auer op.
  • Ech schaffe vun aacht bis fënnef.
  • Owes kachen ech an ech rouen mech aus.
  • Ëm zéng ginn ech schlofen.
▸Tier 1 · for awareness only — don't drill this
  • Wärend der Woch ass mäin Dag ganz strukturéiert, mee um Weekend loossen ech et méi roueg ugoen.
  • Ech probéieren, moies fréi opzestoen, well ech dann méi Zäit fir mech hunn.

Could you say this out loud right now?

Examiner follow-ups (formal Dir/Är)

This is where interactivity and consistency points are won or lost. Practise the answers, not just the monologue.

Q

Wéini stitt Dir moies op?

When do you get up in the morning?

↳ keep this consistent with your “routine” story

Q

Wéi kommt Dir op d'Aarbecht?

How do you get to work?

↳ keep this consistent with your “routine” story

Q

Wat maacht Dir owes no der Aarbecht?

What do you do in the evening after work?

↳ keep this consistent with your “routine” story

Q

Wéi verbréngt Dir Äre Weekend?

How do you spend your weekend?

↳ keep this consistent with your “routine” story

Escape-hatch phrases (anti-freeze)

  • Wéi soll ech soen …

    How should I put it …

  • Dat maachen ech all Dag, also …

    I do that every day, so …

  • Mengt Dir d'Auerzäit?

    Do you mean the time of day?

  • Ech muss e Moment nodenken.

    I need to think for a moment.

  • Wéi heescht dat nach eng Kéier?

    What's that called again?