Practice Discussing Hotel Rules in German

Expand your vocabulary with our core 2000 words e-book. It's free and packed with essential expressions that you'll use on a daily basis. Start building your vocabulary today. Click the link in the description below to download your free German e-book before it's gone. Do you know how to talk about hotel policies in German? Welcome to 3-step German practice by GermanPod101.com. In this lesson, you'll practice using this to say until and up to say from when talking about times, whether at a hotel, gym, or café. Let's look at the main dialogue. Two people are having a conversation. Schön, der Checkout ist bis 10 Uhr. Frühstück ab 7 Uhr. Great, checkout is until 10. Breakfast starts at 7. Alles klar, danke. Das passt uns gut. Alright, thanks. That works well for us. In this lesson, you learned how to describe when services start or end using the structure der, das, die, service, ist, hat, plus bis ab, plus wirdzeit. This is especially useful in hotels or travel situations. Use bis to say when something ends like der Checkout ist bis 10 Uhr. Checkout is until 10. And use ab to say when something begins like Frühstück ist ab 7 Uhr. Breakfast starts at 7. In German, you'll often hear or see the 24-hour clock in places like hotels, stores, and transport schedules. So it's important to get comfortable with this format. Now let's practice using bis and ab to talk about service times in German. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? The supermarket is open until 9 pm. Der Supermarkt ist 21 Uhr geöffnet. bis Der Supermarkt ist bis 21 Uhr geöffnet. The supermarket is open until 9 pm. We use bis in this sentence because it tells us the end time of when something is available or open. In German, bis means until and it comes before a time expression like 21 Uhr, 21, or 9 pm. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? The bar is open from 6 pm. Die Bar hat 18 Uhr offen. ab Die Bar hat ab 18 Uhr offen. The bar is open from 6 pm. We use ab in this sentence because it shows the starting time for when something becomes available or open. Ab means from in the sense of starting at a specific time. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? The parking lot is available until 11 pm. Der Parkplatz ist 23 Uhr verfügbar. bis Der Parkplatz ist bis 23 Uhr verfügbar. The parking lot is available until 11 pm. We use bis in this sentence because we are talking about when the availability ends. Bis always marks a time limit or deadline. Unscramble the words to make a sentence. Ready? die Die Sauna Die Sauna ist Die Sauna ist ab Die Sauna ist ab 16. Die Sauna ist ab 16 Uhr. Die Sauna ist ab 16 Uhr warm. The sauna is warm from 4 pm. Die Sauna ist ab 16 Uhr warm. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? The restaurant is open until 10 pm. Das Restaurant hat ab or bis 22 Uhr offen. bis Das Restaurant hat bis 22 Uhr offen. The restaurant is open until 10 pm. Bis is used here because it tells us the ending time for when the restaurant is open. In German, bis means until and it's used before a specific time to show how late something stays open or available. Bis 22 Uhr means until 22 or 10 pm. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? The shuttle service is available from 6 am. Der Shuttle-Service ist ab or bis 6 Uhr verfügbar. ab Der Shuttle-Service ist ab 6 Uhr verfügbar. The shuttle service is available from 6 am. Ab is used here because it shows the starting time of the service. Ab means from in the sense of beginning at a specific hour. When we say ab 6 Uhr, we mean starting from 6 o'clock or from 6 am in this case. Let's translate some sentences into German. Translate the library is open until 8 pm into German. Die Bibliothek, the subject, followed by ist, the present tense of the verb sein meaning is. Next, bis 20 Uhr meaning until 20 o'clock, 8 pm. And geöffnet, the past particle used here as an adjective meaning open. We use bis because sein is used to describe the current state of being open and bis tells us until what time. The past particle geöffnet acts like an adjective here to describe the library status. Die Bibliothek ist bis 20 Uhr geöffnet. The library is open until 8 pm. Translate the playground is open from 9 am into German. Der Spielplatz, the subject, followed by ist, the present tense of sein meaning is. Next, ab 9 Uhr meaning from 9 o'clock and offen meaning open. We use ab because sein expresses the condition of being open starting at a certain time and ab means from or starting at. The word offen is an adjective meaning open. The playground is open from 9 am. Translate the museum is open until 5 pm into German. Das Museum, the subject, followed by hat, the present tense of haben meaning has. Next, bis 17 Uhr meaning until 17 o'clock, 5 pm and geöffnet meaning open. We use bis again which marks the end time and geöffnet describes the state of being open. The museum is open until 5 pm. Listen to me as I speak. Which time expression is used in the sentences? Let's listen one more time. Did you hear 21 Uhr? That means 9 pm in German. We use bis to show that the supermarket stays open until that time. How about? Let's listen one more time. Did you hear 16 Uhr? That means 4 pm in German. Here we use ab to say the sauna is warm from that time onward. Next, One more time. Did you hear 22 Uhr? That means 10 pm in German. Again, we use bis to say the restaurant is open until that time. One more time. Did you hear 9 Uhr? That's 9 am. The word ab shows when the playground opens from that time. Thank you for watching. Now you know how to talk about hotel policies in German. And now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway. Bis bald!