Clothes and colours · apaslingo

Unit 21 is about what to wear. Lisa and Jonas are getting married in Berlin in July, and Daniel has nothing to wear. First the clothes for a special day: der Anzug, die Krawatte, das Kleid, die Bluse, and the word die Hochzeit. Then the colours again, with dunkel and hell. Press Play and say every word out loud.

Clothes for a special day, with Vicki

The wedding

die Hochzeit

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German	English	Note
die Hochzeit	the wedding	für die Hochzeit: for the wedding
der Anzug	the suit	plural: die Anzüge
die Krawatte	the tie	plural: die Krawatten
das Kleid	the dress	from Unit 8; plural: die Kleider
die Bluse	the blouse	plural: die Blusen
das Hemd · die Hose · die Schuhe	the shirt · the trousers · the shoes	from Unit 8

Note.

Learn the article with every word, as always: der Anzug, die Krawatte, das Kleid. In this unit the article matters even more: the ending of a colour before the noun follows it.

Colours, dark and light

Colours, with Daniel

The colours

schwarz · weiß · grau · blau · rot · braun · grün · gelb

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German	English	Note
dunkel	dark	dunkelblau, dunkelgrün, dunkelgrau
hell	light, bright	hellblau, hellgrün, hellgrau
dunkelblau	dark blue	one word
hellblau	light blue	one word
grün · gelb	green · yellow	from Unit 5

Note.

After sein, a colour has no ending, as in Unit 5 and Unit 8: Der Anzug ist dunkelblau. Die Schuhe sind schwarz. Two more colours you will see: rosa (pink) and lila (purple); they never take an ending at all.

A first look: der rote Mantel

Before the noun

After the verb, before the noun

Der Mantel ist rot. · der rote Mantel

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Practice

Listen: question 1

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Question

What did Vicki say?

A. The tieB. The suitC. The blouse

Hint

A masculine word.

Solution

Vicki said der Anzug: the suit.

Listen: question 2

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Question

What did Daniel say?

A. The tie is dark blue.B. The tie is light blue.C. The suit is light blue.

Hint

hell: light.

Solution

Daniel said Die Krawatte ist hellblau: the tie is light blue.

Question

Which one is the blouse?

A. die BluseB. das HemdC. das Kleid

Hint

Almost the English word.

Solution

die Bluse. das Hemd is a shirt; das Kleid is a dress.

Question

What is the article of Anzug?

A. derB. dieC. das

Hint

It is masculine.

Solution

der Anzug.

Question

How do you say dark blue?

A. hellblauB. dunkelblauC. blau-dunkel

Hint

dunkel: dark; one word, dunkel first.

Solution

dunkelblau: dark blue. hellblau is light blue.

Listen: question 6

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Question

What did Vicki say?

A. The weddingB. The tieC. The dress

Hint

A feminine word for a special day.

Solution

Vicki said die Hochzeit: the wedding.

Question

Complete: Der Mantel ist ___. (red)

A. roteB. roterC. rot

Hint

After ist: no ending.

Solution

Der Mantel ist rot. After sein, a colour has no ending.

Question

Which one has a colour before the noun?

A. Das Hemd ist weiß.B. das weiße HemdC. Die Schuhe sind schwarz.

Hint

Look for the ending.

Solution

das weiße Hemd: before the noun, the colour takes an ending.

Put the colours in order, from the lightest to the darkest

Click the items in the correct order. Click an item in your answer to move it back.

Available items

Your order

Note.

Next: how clothes are: new, elegant, comfortable, too tight; and the verbs tragen, anziehen, passen and stehen.