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Week 3 · Numbers, Times and Dates

Zahlen, Uhrzeit und Datum

Play each sentence at normal and slow speed, pause, and repeat it out loud. The audio uses an AI-generated voice (standard German).

Monday · day 15

Wie spät ist es gerade?

What's the time right now?

Tuesday · day 16

Es ist halb neun.

It's half past eight.

Wednesday · day 17

Der Kurs beginnt um Viertel nach sieben.

The class starts at a quarter past seven.

Thursday · day 18

Heute ist der dritte März.

Today is the third of March.

Friday · day 19

Mein Geburtstag ist am zwölften Juli.

My birthday is on the twelfth of July.

Saturday · day 20

Ich bin vierunddreißig Jahre alt.

I'm thirty-four.

Sunday · day 21

Wir sehen uns in zwei Wochen.

See you in two weeks.

Step-by-step solutions

Try the pyramid in the book first. The solutions are hidden: open them one at a time.

Monday (day 15): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “March” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, M, is already printed). The word is MÄRZ; you met it in week 3, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “years” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, J, is already printed). The word is JAHRE; you met it in week 3, Saturday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “quarter” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, V, is already printed). The word is VIERTEL; you met it in week 3, Wednesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: M, A, I → MAI, which means “May (month)”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Tuesday (day 16): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “half” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, H, is already printed). The word is HALB; you met it in week 3, Tuesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “today” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, H, is already printed). The word is HEUTE; you met it in week 3, Thursday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “seven” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is SIEBEN; you met it in week 3, Wednesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: B, U, S → BUS, which means “bus”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Wednesday (day 17): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “new (basic form)” and there are 3 bricks (the first letter, N, is already printed). The word is NEU; you met it in week 1, Friday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “July” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, J, is already printed). The word is JULI; you met it in week 3, Friday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “to help” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, H, is already printed). The word is HELFEN; you met it in week 2, Monday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: E, L, F → ELF, which means “eleven”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Thursday (day 18): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “late” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is SPÄT; you met it in week 3, Monday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “a bit, somewhat” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, E, is already printed). The word is ETWAS; you met it in week 2, Wednesday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “colleague (male)” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KOLLEGE; you met it in week 1, Friday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: T, A, G → TAG, which means “day”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Friday (day 19): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “nine” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, N, is already printed). The word is NEUN; you met it in week 3, Tuesday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “weeks” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, W, is already printed). The word is WOCHEN; you met it in week 3, Sunday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “quarter” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, V, is already printed). The word is VIERTEL; you met it in week 3, Wednesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: U, H, R → UHR, which means “o'clock”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Saturday (day 20): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “thanks (noun)” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, D, is already printed). The word is DANK; you met it in week 2, Thursday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “years” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, J, is already printed). The word is JAHRE; you met it in week 3, Saturday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “you come (du)” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KOMMST; you met it in week 1, Thursday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: K, A, M → KAM, which means “came (he, she)”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Sunday (day 21): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “briefly, short” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KURZ; you met it in week 2, Saturday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “today” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, H, is already printed). The word is HEUTE; you met it in week 3, Thursday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “morning (noun)” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, M, is already printed). The word is MORGEN; you met it in week 1, Monday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: Z, U, G → ZUG, which means “train”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.

Printable review cards

Print, cut along the lines and fold each card in half: English on the front, German on the back.

W3 · 1What's the time right now?
Wie spät ist es gerade?
W3 · 2It's half past eight.
Es ist halb neun.
W3 · 3The class starts at a quarter past seven.
Der Kurs beginnt um Viertel nach sieben.
W3 · 4Today is the third of March.
Heute ist der dritte März.
W3 · 5My birthday is on the twelfth of July.
Mein Geburtstag ist am zwölften Juli.
W3 · 6I'm thirty-four.
Ich bin vierunddreißig Jahre alt.
W3 · 7See you in two weeks.
Wir sehen uns in zwei Wochen.