Anprobieren
Lesson 38 gave you clothing vocabulary and colors. Today's the actual shopping interaction: sizes, fitting rooms, and asking for a different size - reusing passen from Lesson 98's dative verbs.
| die Umkleidekabine | fitting room | die Größe | size |
| anprobieren | to try on | umtauschen | to exchange (Lesson 77) |
Quick check: what's the German word for "fitting room"?
Welche Größe haben Sie? (What size do you have? - clerk's question.)
Ich habe Größe M. (I'm a size M.)
Kann ich das anprobieren? (Can I try this on?)
Quick check: "Can I try this on?" - ______ ich das anprobieren?
Es passt mir nicht. (It doesn't fit me. - dative-verb structure, Lesson 98.)
Haben Sie das eine Nummer größer? (Do you have that one size larger?)
Quick check: "It doesn't fit me." - Es ______ mir nicht.
1. "What size do you have?" - Welche ______ haben Sie?
2. What's the German word for "to try on"?
3. Which case does "passen" take for the person, per Lesson 98?
Vocabulary cross-checked against the "Kleidung" topic in the official Goethe-Zertifikat A1 Wortliste.
Shopping for something specific? Ask your teaching agent for the exact phrasing.