GermanA1Lesson 6.1
🇩🇪 German A1 · Lesson 6.1

Auf dem Markt — Food & quantities

Buy food at the market and ask for quantities.

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A shopper buys fruit at the market.

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das Brotthe bread 🔊
der Apfelthe apple 🔊
ein Kiloa kilo 🔊
der Käsethe cheese 🔊
Was macht das?How much is that (total)? 🔊
ein halbes Kilohalf a kilo 🔊

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« Ein Kilo Äpfel, bitte. » 🔊
A kilo of apples, please.
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Guten Morgen. Ein Kilo Äpfel, bitte. 🔊Good morning. A kilo of apples, please.
Bitte schön. Sonst noch etwas? 🔊Here you are. Anything else?
Ein halbes Kilo Käse. 🔊Half a kilo of cheese.
Das macht sechs Euro. 🔊That's six euros.
Grammar in focus · quantity + noun

In German the quantity sits directly before the food, no « of »: ein Kilo Äpfel, eine Flasche Wasser, ein Stück Kuchen.

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Write a short market list of three items with quantities (e.g. « ein Kilo … »).

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Gut! No « von »: « ein Kilo Äpfel », « eine Flasche Wasser ».

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1. “A kilo of apples” is…
2. « das Brot » is…
3. « ein halbes Kilo » means…
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