Introduce yourself, talk about home, work and hobbies.
Use informal du with a fellow student.
Pick a fictional practice identity. You can try different backgrounds and interests without entering personal details.
This is a fictional practice situation. The dialogue below follows one example path; interactive practice lets you choose other meanings, complete the grammar and listen to German audio.
Tell your classmate your name.
Lena
Hallo! Ich heiße Lena. Wie heißt du?
Hello! My name is Lena. What is your name?
One possible reply
Ich heiße Anna.
Ich heiße and Mein Name ist both introduce a name. With du, the question is Wie heißt du?
Read the grammar guideSay which country you come from.
Lena
Woher kommst du?
Where do you come from?
One possible reply
Ich komme aus Deutschland.
Most country names have no article here: aus Deutschland or aus Rumänien. Aus still takes dative.
Read the grammar guideSay where you live.
Lena
Wo wohnst du?
Where do you live?
One possible reply
Ich wohne in Berlin.
Use in for living in a city. Nach describes a destination; aus describes origin. Ich wohne in Berlin describes a location.
Read the grammar guideSay what you do.
Lena
Was machst du beruflich?
What do you do for work?
One possible reply
Ich bin Student.
With sein, a profession normally has no indefinite article: Ich bin Lehrer. Im Büro is in dem Büro: in the office.
Read the grammar guideTell Lena about something you enjoy.
Lena
Was machst du gern in deiner Freizeit?
What do you like doing in your free time?
One possible reply
Ich lese gern.
With ich, use lese. Gern means that you enjoy doing the activity. The verb changes with the subject.
Read the grammar guideDas klingt interessant. Schön, dich kennenzulernen!
That sounds interesting. Nice to meet you!