German · A116 min

Anna orders coffee and a croissant before work

Practice A1 German in a short story where Anna orders coffee and a croissant before work. Tap individual words, follow line-by-line meaning, and review vocabulary from the scene.

  1. Vocabulary
  2. Story
  3. Support
  4. Grammar
  5. Practice
  6. Review

Start with the short scene first. Tap individual words when you want the vocabulary, then use the line-by-line support to confirm the full sentence before you reread it.

Core vocabulary

Target wordTranslationType
Kaffee

coffee

noun

Croissant

croissant

noun

zusammen

together

adverb

Karte

card

noun

zahlen

to pay

expression

Tisch

table

noun

Milch

milk

adjective

heiß

hot

adjective

bitte

please

expression

Alltag

everyday life

noun

Core text

Line-by-line support

Read each line with the direct translation beside it. Use this section to slow down and confirm exactly what each speaker says.

Grammar in context

These are the two patterns doing the most work in this lesson. Learn them as reusable sentence frames, not as isolated rules.

ich hätte gern

This phrase is one of the most natural polite ways to order food or drinks in German.

Ich hätte gern einen Kaffee.A polite ordering phrase.

Kann ich ... ?

Use kann ich to ask whether an action is possible, especially with payment or service questions.

Kann ich mit Karte bezahlen?A practical service question.

Extension reading

.,.,.

Review

Story check: What is Anna trying to do in this lesson, and what detail changes the situation?

Vocabulary check: Find Kaffee, Croissant, zusammen, and Karte in the story text again. Explain what each word is doing in its sentence.

Retell: Retell the scene in two or three sentences using Kaffee and Croissant. Then add one sentence about why the ending matters for Anna.

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