German · A117 min

Felix asks for the right train at the station

Practice A1 German in a short story where Felix asks for the right train at the station. 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
Zug

train

noun

Gleis

platform

noun

Ticket

ticket

noun

spät

late

adjective

fahren

to go / travel

verb

Bahnhof

station

noun

Abfahrt

departure

noun

Ankunft

arrival

noun

rechts

right

noun

Frage

question

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.

Welcher ... ?

Welcher helps you ask for the correct train, platform, or direction.

Welcher Zug fährt nach Köln?A realistic station question.

fährt nach

The verb fährt often combines with nach to show where a train is going.

Der Zug fährt nach Berlin.A useful travel pattern.

Extension reading

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Review

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

Vocabulary check: Find Zug, Gleis, Ticket, and spät in the story text again. Explain what each word is doing in its sentence.

Retell: Retell the scene in two or three sentences using Zug and Gleis. Then add one sentence about why the ending matters for Felix.

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