Lesson 76 · German A1-2

Office Small Talk

Small Talk im Büro

Lesson 19 covered describing your job. Today is different: the everyday phrases that keep a German workplace running - greetings, small requests, meeting basics - reusing Sie-register throughout (Lesson 1's formal register).

Today's win: handle the small, constant interactions of a German office day - arriving, asking for something, wrapping up.

Arriving and greeting colleagues

Guten Morgen! Wie war Ihr Wochenende? (Good morning! How was your weekend? - reusing Lesson 1's greetings)
Gut, danke. Und Ihres? (Good, thanks. And yours?)

Meeting basics

die Besprechung / das Meetingmeetingdie Pausebreak
Die Besprechung beginnt um zehn Uhr. (reusing Lesson 10's time-telling)
Können wir das später besprechen? (Can we discuss that later? - können, Lesson 11)

Small requests

Könnten Sie mir das bitte schicken? (Could you send that to me, please? - a softened können form)
Ich melde mich später bei Ihnen. (I'll get back to you later. - literally "I'll report myself to you")

Wrapping up the day

Ich mache jetzt Feierabend. (I'm calling it a day. - Feierabend is a distinctly German concept: the clear end of the workday)
Bis morgen! (See you tomorrow!)
Try it out loud: greet a colleague, ask about their weekend, and say goodbye with "Bis morgen!"

Quick recall check

1. "How was your weekend?" - Wie ______ Ihr Wochenende?

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war

2. What does "Feierabend" mean?

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end of the workday

3. "See you tomorrow!" - Bis ______!

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morgen

4. What's the article for "Besprechung" (meeting)?

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die

5. "Could you send that to me, please?" - ______ Sie mir das bitte schicken?

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Könnten

Primary source

Vocabulary cross-checked against the "Arbeit" topic in the official Goethe-Zertifikat A1 Wortliste.

Have a specific workplace scenario you want to prepare for? Ask your teaching agent.

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