9.5 Buying Clothes-2

zeigen This means "to show". The thing which you are showing is in the accusative case. The person to whom you are showing it ("Ihnen") is in the dative case.

was darf ich Ihnen zeigen? What may I show you? 

das T-Shirt (-s) T-Shirt 

suchen to look for 

die Baumwolle cotton 

aus Baumwolle made of cotton 

selbst This means "self" i.e. the full question reads: "Would you like it for yourself?" 

verschenken to give sth as a present

der Geburtstag (-e) birthday

wann hat sie Geburtstag? when is her birthday?

Januar January

am einunddreißigsten Januar on the thirty-first of January 

die Farbe (-n) colour

welche Farben...? which colours...?

hellblau light blue 

dunkelblau dark blue

die Größe (-n) size

welche Größe muss es denn sein? which size do you need? 

klein small 

etwas kleiner als ich a little smaller than me

(Größe) S small (size)

ich glaube so Größe S I think she's a small size. 

(Größe) M medium (size)

reichen to be sufficient 

S reicht "Small" will do 

Sehen Sie mal Look!; Here you are! (= polite imperative)

rund round

der Ausschnitt (-e) neck (of shirt)

mit rundem Ausschnitt This means "with a round neck". Note the strong adjective endings on "rund" as there is no article preceding the adjective.

schauen This is another verb meaning "to look" or "to see". 

preiswert good value 

ein preiswertes T-Shirt a T-Shirt which is good value (for money)