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Week 6 · At the Market and Supermarket

Auf dem Markt und im Supermarkt

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 36

Ein Kilo Kartoffeln, bitte.

A kilo of potatoes, please.

Tuesday · day 37

Sind die Tomaten aus der Region?

Are the tomatoes grown locally?

Wednesday · day 38

Wo finde ich die Linsen?

Where would I find the lentils?

Thursday · day 39

Ich brauche keine Tüte, danke.

No bag for me, thanks.

Friday · day 40

Die Äpfel sind heute im Angebot.

The apples are on offer today.

Saturday · day 41

Darf ich einen Pfirsich probieren?

May I try a peach?

Sunday · day 42

Ich nehme noch einen Bund Petersilie.

I'll also take a bunch of parsley.

Step-by-step solutions

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

Monday (day 36): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “kilo” and there are 4 bricks (the first letter, K, is already printed). The word is KILO; you met it in week 6, Monday.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “I take” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, N, is already printed). The word is NEHME; you met it in week 6, Sunday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “I need” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BRAUCHE; you met it in week 6, Thursday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: O, M, A → OMA, which means “grandma”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Tuesday (day 37): 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 “parents” and there are 6 bricks (the first letter, E, is already printed). The word is ELTERN; you met it in week 4, Thursday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “tomatoes” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, T, is already printed). The word is TOMATEN; you met it in week 6, Tuesday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: A, L, T → ALT, which means “old (age)”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Wednesday (day 38): 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 “I find” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, F, is already printed). The word is FINDE; you met it in week 6, Wednesday.
  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 39): show the solution
  1. Row 1: the clue is “grandma” and there are 3 bricks (the first letter, O, is already printed). The word is OMA; you met it in week 4, Sunday.
  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 “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: M, A, L → MAL, which means “time (occasion)”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Friday (day 40): show the solution
  1. Row 1: 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.
  2. Row 2: the clue is “special offer” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, A, is already printed). The word is ANGEBOT; you met it in week 6, Friday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “bread rolls” and there are 8 bricks (the first letter, B, is already printed). The word is BRÖTCHEN; you met it in week 5, Monday.
  4. Grey bricks from top to bottom: W, A, R → WAR, which means “I was”. It matches the printed check, so every row is right.
Saturday (day 41): 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 “where from” and there are 5 bricks (the first letter, W, is already printed). The word is WOHER; you met it in week 1, Thursday.
  3. Row 3: the clue is “I work” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, A, is already printed). The word is ARBEITE; you met it in week 4, Monday.
  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.
Sunday (day 42): 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 “Sunday” and there are 7 bricks (the first letter, S, is already printed). The word is SONNTAG; you met it in week 4, Sunday.
  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.

W6 · 1A kilo of potatoes, please.
Ein Kilo Kartoffeln, bitte.
W6 · 2Are the tomatoes grown locally?
Sind die Tomaten aus der Region?
W6 · 3Where would I find the lentils?
Wo finde ich die Linsen?
W6 · 4No bag for me, thanks.
Ich brauche keine Tüte, danke.
W6 · 5The apples are on offer today.
Die Äpfel sind heute im Angebot.
W6 · 6May I try a peach?
Darf ich einen Pfirsich probieren?
W6 · 7I'll also take a bunch of parsley.
Ich nehme noch einen Bund Petersilie.