| Michael: | Hallo, hallo! |
| Jana: | Willkommen! Michael, remember last time we used the opening: Alles gut? Well, today I want to add the more common phrase Wie geht’s? How is it going? |
| Michael: | Gute Idee. And I can simply answer: Gut! Or sometimes: Nicht so gut. |
| Jana: | And then there is schlecht, which means bad. |
| Michael: | Oh ja! And we Germans are known for being proud of not being in a good mood. But that’s a different topic. |
| Jana: | Definitiv! And the long version of this greeting is actually: Wie geht es dir? Oder: Wie geht es Ihnen? How are you doing? |
| Michael: | Danke, mir geht es gut! Und dir? And you? |
| Jana: | Mir geht es auch gut. OK, are you ready to dive into another typically German topic? |
| Michael: | Natürlich! Of course. I’m curious, what is it? |
| Jana: | The imperative. Fangen wir an! Let us begin. |
| Michael: | Oh super! But what about this is typically German? |
| Jana: | Was ist typisch Deutsch daran? Because we love to order people around. |
