das Leben (-) life
der Alltag everyday life
wie ist Ihr Alltag? what's your everyday life like?
aufstehen (sep.) This separable verb means "to get up". (Literally: "to stand up")
Sie haben es gut! "You're lucky!" (Literally "You have it good".) The "es" is invariable.
frühstücken This means "to have breakfast". It is an inseparable verb.
gegen sieben "At about seven o'clock". The word "Uhr" is often omitted in the German construction.
aus dem Haus gehen to leave the house
die Grundschule (-n) primary school
auf einer Grundschule This means "in a primary school". Although the preposition "auf" usually means "on", it can also be used with certain nouns to mean "to" (with the accusative case) or "in" (with the dative case).
der Vorort (-e) suburb
die Schule (-n) school
ich fahre zur Schule "I travel to school". Mareike doesn't say in die Schule, because the bus isn't actually entering the school.
etwa 10 minuten about 10 minutes; approximately 10 minutes.
ziemlich fairly
ich hab's ziemlich gut I'm pretty lucky
denn for; because
die Stunde (-n) This also means "a school class" as well as "an hour".
frei haben to have off
das heißt this means...
erst um Viertel vor neun not until a quarter to nine
jeden Tag This means "every day". It is one of many German time phrases which is in the accusative case no matter wher it comes in the sentence.
fertig It means "finished" in this context. It can also mean "ready" of a meal.
verlassen (insep.) to leave
die Stadt ist mir zu groß I find the city too big
Schularbeiten machen to do school work
dabei A very useful word which means "while I'm/you're (etc.) doing it".
das mache ich nicht so gerne I don't really like doing that
abholen (sep.) This separable verb means "to fetch". What you are fetching is in the accusative case.
der Freund (-e) This means "boyfriend" here - you have to work it out from the context.
das Abendbrot evening meal; tea
normalerweise normally
das Wohnzimmer (-) living room
fernsehen (sep.) This is a separable verb meaning "to watch television". The prefix "fern" is invariable but the "sehen" element of the verb declines in exactly the way which we have already encountered.
zweimal twice
zweimal in der Woche twice a week
die Aerobicstunde (-n) aerobics class
Aerobic machen to do aerobics
der Spaß fun
es macht Spaß it's fun
fit fit (!)
Sport treiben to do sport
jeden Mittwoch every Wednesday
das Sportzentrum (pl. -zentren) sports centre
spielen to play
der Federball badminton
der Handball Handball is a much more popular sport in German-speaking countries than it is in Britain.
unternehmen (insep.) to undertake; to do
zum Beispiel (z.B.) for example
jeden Freitagabend "Every Friday evening". Another time phrase which is always in the accusative case. Note too that "Friday evening" is one word in German.
kegeln to go bowling; to play skittles
wir treffen uns zum Kegeln "We meet to go bowling." The grammatical construction with the second verb will be explained in a later section.
trinken to drink
wir gehen ein Bier trinken we go and have a beer
die Kneipe (-n) bar; pub
es ist viel los there's a lot going on
meistens mostly
vor zwei Uhr before two o'clock
nie never
zu Hause at home
das Bett (-en) bed
ins Bett gehen to go to bed
