🇩🇪 German Learning Journey
Day 2 — Colors, Adjectives & Going Places
Progress: Day 0 ✅ | Day 1 ✅ | Day 2 ← You are here | Day 3 ...
🔁 Quick Review — Day 0 & Day 1
Cover the right column and test yourself before moving on!
What You Know English
der Hund / die Katze / das Kind / die Frau / der dog / cat / child / woman / man
Mann
das Haus / das Auto / die Schule / der Tisch / das house / car / school / table / book
Buch
der Vater / die Mutter / die Stadt / der Tag / das father / mother / city / day / water
Wasser
ich bin / du bist / er ist / wir sind / Sie sind I am / you are / he is / we are / you are
(formal)
ich habe / du hast / er hat / wir haben / Sie haben I have / you have / he has / we have /
you have (formal)
eins bis zehn (1–10) one through ten
Morgen / Mittag / Abend / Nacht / heute / morgen / morning/noon/evening/night/today/
jetzt / früh / spät / später tomorrow/now/early/late/later
Montag bis Sonntag (all 7 days) Monday through Sunday
Januar bis September (9 months) January through September
📚 1. 5 New Words (Singular & Plural)
# German Plural Pronunciation English
(Singular)
1 die Farbe die Farben dee Far-beh / dee Far- color / colors
ben
2 die Straße die Straßen dee Shtrah-seh / dee street / streets
Shtrah-sen
3 der Apfel die Äpfel dair Ap-fel / dee Ep-fel apple / apples
4 das Brot die Brote das Broht / dee Broh- bread / breads
teh
5 die Schule — (reviewed) dee Shoo-leh school (reviewed
Day 1)
💡 The ß (Eszett) makes an 'ss' sound. 'Straße' = Shtrah-seh. You will see ß often in German!
🔤 2. Verb Conjugation — gehen (to go)
gehen = to go | Pronunciation: gay-en
Pronoun German Pronunciation English
ich ich gehe ikh gay-eh I go
du du gehst doo gayst you go
er/sie/es er/sie/es geht air/zee/es gayt he/she/it goes
wir wir gehen veer gay-en we go
Sie (formal) Sie gehen zee gay-en you go (formal)
💡 You now have 3 verbs: sein (to be), haben (to have), gehen (to go). These 3 cover a huge range
of everyday sentences!
🔢 3. Numbers 11–20
Numb German Pronunciation English
er
11 elf elf eleven
12 zwölf tsvolf twelve
13 dreizehn dry-tsayn thirteen
14 vierzehn feer-tsayn fourteen
15 fünfzehn fewnf-tsayn fifteen
16 sechzehn zekh-tsayn sixteen
17 siebzehn zeeb-tsayn seventeen
18 achtzehn akht-tsayn eighteen
19 neunzehn noyn-tsayn nineteen
20 zwanzig tsvan-tsikh twenty
💡 Pattern trick: 13–19 are formed by adding '-zehn' (= ten) to the base number. dreizehn = drei +
zehn. Like English 'thirteen' = three + teen!
⏰ 4. 5 New Time Expressions
German Pronunciation English
gestern ges-tern yesterday
vorgestern for-ges-tern the day before yesterday
übermorgen ew-ber-mor-gen the day after tomorrow
die Woche dee Vo-kheh the week
das Jahr das Yar the year (reviewed)
💡 Time sequence: vorgestern → gestern → heute → morgen → übermorgen. Day before
yesterday → yesterday → today → tomorrow → day after tomorrow!
📅 5. Days — Full Week Review + Weekend Usage
German Pronunciatio English Tip
n
Montag Mon-tahg Monday Start of work week
Dienstag Deens-tahg Tuesday
Mittwoch Mit-vokh Wednesday 'Mitte' = middle of week!
Donnerstag Don-ners- Thursday Thor's day (like English)
tahg
Freitag Fry-tahg Friday
Samstag Zams-tahg Saturday Weekend!
Sonntag Zon-tahg Sunday 'Sonne' = sun — Sun-day!
6. Final 3 Months — Complete the Year!
German Pronunciatio English Status
n
Januar – (reviewed) January – Day 0 & 1 — REVIEW
September September
Oktober Ok-toh-ber October NEW TODAY
November No-vem-ber November NEW TODAY
Dezember Deh-tsem-ber December NEW TODAY
🎉 You now know ALL 12 months of the year!
⚧ 7. Colors with Genders (5 New Words)
Colors in German are usually adjectives, but as standalone nouns they take 'die' (feminine). Learn
them both ways!
Color (noun) As Pronunciatio English Gender
adjective n
die Farbe Rot rot roht red die (feminine noun)
die Farbe Blau blau blaw blue die (feminine noun)
die Farbe Grün grün grewn green die (feminine noun)
die Farbe Weiß weiß vise white die (feminine noun)
die Farbe schwarz shvarts black die (feminine noun)
Schwarz
💡 Using colors: 'Der Hund ist schwarz.' (The dog is black.) — adjective after 'ist' doesn't change.
Keep this simple for now!
💬 8. 5 New Sentences (Day 0 + 1 + 2)
German Sentence Pronunciation English Meaning
Ich gehe zur Schule. Ikh gay-eh tsoor I go to school.
Shoo-leh.
Die Katze ist schwarz. Dee Kat-seh ist The cat is black.
shvarts.
Wir haben zwölf Äpfel. Veer hah-ben tsvolf We have twelve apples.
Ep-fel.
Gestern war Montag. Ges-tern var Mon- Yesterday was Monday.
tahg.
Das Brot ist auf dem Das Broht ist owf The bread is on the table.
Tisch. daym Tish.
💡 New word sneaked in: 'war' = was (past tense of sein). 'Gestern war Montag' = Yesterday was
Monday. You just learned your first past tense!
❓ 9. 5 Questions with Answers (Day 0 + 1 + 2)
Question Answer English
Welche Farbe hat der Der Hund ist schwarz. What color is the dog? /
Hund? (What color is the (The dog is black.) The dog is black.
dog?)
Wohin gehst du? (Where Ich gehe zur Schule. (I go Where are you going? / I
are you going?) to school.) go to school.
Wie viele Äpfel hast du? Ich habe achtzehn Äpfel. How many apples? / I
(How many apples do you (I have eighteen apples.) have eighteen.
have?)
Was war gestern? (What Gestern war Sonntag. What was yesterday? /
was yesterday?) (Yesterday was Sunday.) Yesterday was Sunday.
Wann gehst du? (When Ich gehe jetzt. (I go now.) When do you go? / I go
do you go?) now.
📖 10. Reading Practice — Day 0 + 1 + 2 Words Only
Heute ist Mittwoch. Gestern war Dienstag. Ich bin ein Kind und ich gehe zur Schule. Die
Schule ist groß. Meine Katze ist schwarz und mein Hund ist weiß. Wir haben ein rotes
Auto und ein blaues Haus. Der Tisch hat zwölf Äpfel und vier Brote. Die Mutter hat das
Buch. Der Vater geht zur Stadt. Morgen ist Donnerstag. Es ist jetzt der Morgen und ich bin
früh. Wir sind eine Familie. Im Dezember ist es kalt.
Translation: Today is Wednesday. Yesterday was Tuesday. I am a child and I go to school. The
school is big. My cat is black and my dog is white. We have a red car and a blue house. The table
has twelve apples and four breads. The mother has the book. The father goes to the city.
Tomorrow is Thursday. It is now the morning and I am early. We are a family. In December it is
cold.
✨ BONUS: Adjectives — groß, klein, gut, schlecht + more
German Pronunciat English Example
ion
groß grohs big / tall Der Mann ist groß. (The man is tall.)
klein kline small / short Das Kind ist klein. (The child is small.)
gut goot good Das Brot ist gut. (The bread is good.)
schlecht shlekht bad Das Wetter ist schlecht. (The weather is bad.)
kalt kalt cold Das Wasser ist kalt. (The water is cold.)
warm varm warm Der Morgen ist warm. (The morning is warm.)
neu noy new Das Auto ist neu. (The car is new.)
alt alt old Der Mann ist alt. (The man is old.)
💡 Adjective rule for now: When an adjective comes AFTER the noun + 'ist', it does NOT change.
'Der Hund ist groß.' Easy! Changes happen when adjectives come BEFORE a noun — we'll learn
that later.
🎓 12. Day 2 Mentor Tips & Tricks
1. You now know 3 tenses! 'bin/ist/sind' = present (am/is/are). 'war/waren' = past (was/were).
Just sneak 'war' into sentences — 'Gestern war Montag' — and you're already using past tense!
2. Color + noun = instant sentences. Pick any noun + color: 'Das Auto ist rot.' 'Die Katze ist
schwarz.' 'Der Hund ist weiß.' Practice 10 of these today. This builds fluency fast.
3. Numbers pattern unlocked. You know 1–20 now. 21–99 follow a simple pattern:
'einundzwanzig' = one-and-twenty (21). 'dreißig' = thirty (30). German counts like an old clock —
ones before tens after 20.
4. 'zur' = to the (feminine). 'Ich gehe zur Schule' — 'zur' = zu + der (contracted). For
masculine/neuter: 'zum'. 'Ich gehe zum Haus.' Don't worry about mastering this yet — just
recognize the pattern.
5. Write a diary entry tonight. In German, write 3–5 sentences about your day using only what
you know. 'Heute ist ___. Ich habe ___. Ich gehe ___.' Diary writing is one of the fastest ways to
build writing fluency.
6. Vocabulary grows exponentially. Day 0: ~30 words. Day 1: ~55 words. Day 2: ~85 words.
Every day you combine old + new words to make HUNDREDS of sentences. You are growing
fast!
7. Start listening to German. Search YouTube for 'Deutsch für Anfänger' (German for beginners).
Even 10 minutes of listening daily trains your ear. You will start recognizing words you have
learned!
⭐ Day 3 Preview: Family members (Familie) + verb 'kommen' (to come) + numbers 21–50 +
prepositions (in, auf, unter, neben) + question words (wer, was, wo, wann, wie) + sentences that
combine everything. Weiter so! (Keep it up!) 🚀