Lesson 2: Shopping and First Steps with Perfekt
An introduction to everyday shopping and a first look at the Perfekt past tense using verbs with haben and sein.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will expand your German shopping skills: how to ask for items, pay, and express a simple opinion (cheap/expensive). We'll take our first steps with the Perfekt past tense and practise the most common patterns with haben and sein. Designed for early A2 level, this lesson builds on your everyday conversational foundation.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Use essential shopping vocabulary (shop, checkout, payment).
- Ask and answer simple questions about paying (cash/card).
- Form basic sentences in the Perfekt with haben and sein (I bought, I went).
- Express short opinions about prices and deals (cheap/expensive, special offer).
- Understand short sentences from context (listening/dictation).