🎨 Bring more color into your spoken German!
Now that you know the German words for colors — rot, blau, and so on (see Better German Podcast, Episode 40) — let’s go one step further. In this episode, I show you how to move from simply naming colors to using them naturally in sentences, both in questions and answers.
💡 There’s a free PDF with all the examples in the Better German Community (free to join at bettergerman.info/community).
Start simple, then build
Begin by describing what you see:
“Der Tisch ist grün.” (The table is green.)
Then turn it into a question:
“Ist der Tisch grün?” (Is the table green?)
And answer:
“Ja, der Tisch ist grün.” (Yes, the table is green.)
“Nein, der Tisch ist gelb.” (No, the table is yellow.)
This episode gives you plenty of examples to practice — and shows you a common German way of asking about colors that’s a little different from English.
Listen and practice along
🎧 Listen to the full episode here and practice with me.
🤝 Join the Better German Community to download your free PDF guide for this episode and get support from other learners — it’s free: bettergerman.info/community.
A tip for practicing
If speaking in sentences feels slow at first, that’s fine — it means you’re learning. Use the PDF guide while you listen, repeat the sentences until they flow, and you’ll soon be describing your surroundings in German without even thinking about it.
Related episodes
- Episode 6: Wordlist – Body Parts
- Episode 7: Your First German Sentences
- Episode 8: How Much Grammar Do We Need?
- Episode 12: Wordlist – Classroom
- Episode 39: Restart and Conversation
- Episode 40: Colors
Additional resources
- Free PDF guide for this episode — available in the Better German Community.
- Interactive Movie Guide — find German movies and shows with subtitles in your language.
- German Language Workshop — free live and on-demand workshop to experience my teaching method and learn how to really start speaking German.
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