German · A1 · Family moment
Morning School Steps in German
Use warm greetings and simple present-tense sentences to talk about your family's school morning.
What you'll learn
- Greet your child warmly and say goodbye.
- Describe familiar morning routines in the present tense.
- Use ich, du and wir with the correct verb endings.
German phrases for morning school steps
Guten Morgen, du Schlafmütze!
Good morning, sleepyhead!
Schlafmütze is a playful name for someone who is still sleepy. Use a warm tone.
Hallo, mein Sonnenschein!
Hello, my sunshine!
Mein Sonnenschein is an affectionate name for a child.
Ich mache Frühstück.
I make breakfast.
Ich means “I.” Mache is the ich form of machen, “to make.”
Du packst deine Schultasche.
You pack your bag.
Du is the familiar “you” for one person. Schultasche means “schoolbag.”
Wir essen zusammen.
We eat together.
Wir means “we,” and zusammen means “together.”
Wir gehen zu Fuß zur Schule.
We walk to school.
Zu Fuß means “on foot,” so it makes clear that you are walking.
Deine Lehrerin sagt Hallo.
Your teacher says hello.
Lehrerin refers to a female teacher. For a male teacher, say: Dein Lehrer sagt Hallo.
Tschüss, viel Spaß!
Goodbye, have fun!
Tschüss is a friendly, informal goodbye. Viel Spaß means “have fun.”
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die Schlafmütze
sleepyhead
Literally “nightcap.” As a playful nickname, it can refer to any child.
der Sonnenschein
sunshine
An affectionate nickname. Mein Sonnenschein can be used for any child.
das Frühstück
breakfast
Frühstück machen means “to make breakfast.”
die Schultasche
schoolbag
German nouns begin with a capital letter.
zusammen
together
Use it to describe something you do as a family.
die Schule
school
Zur Schule means “to school.” Zur combines zu and der.
die Lehrerin / der Lehrer
teacher
Lehrerin is the female form; Lehrer is the male form.
Friendly greetings
Learn these expressions as whole phrases. They do not need a subject or a verb.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Morning greeting | Guten Morgen! | Guten Morgen, du Schlafmütze! |
| Informal greeting | Hallo! | Hallo, mein Sonnenschein! |
| Friendly goodbye | Tschüss! | Tschüss, viel Spaß! |
Simple present: who does the action?
German verb endings change with the subject. The present tense can describe a routine or something happening now. In these statements, the subject comes first and the verb comes second.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| I | ich + verb ending -e | Ich mache Frühstück. |
| You: one familiar person | du + verb ending -st | Du packst deine Schultasche. |
| We | wir + verb ending -en | Wir essen zusammen. |
| One person: the teacher | singular subject + verb ending -t | Deine Lehrerin sagt Hallo. |
Saying “my” and “your”
Possessive words change to match the noun. In these phrases, use mein with Sonnenschein and deine with Schultasche or Lehrerin. The form follows the noun's grammatical gender, not the child's gender.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| My sunshine | mein Sonnenschein | Hallo, mein Sonnenschein! |
| Your schoolbag | deine Schultasche | Du packst deine Schultasche. |
| Your teacher: female | deine Lehrerin | Deine Lehrerin sagt Hallo. |
| Your teacher: male | dein Lehrer | Dein Lehrer sagt Hallo. |
More examples
Wir machen Frühstück.
We make breakfast.
With wir, use machen instead of mache.
Ich packe deine Schultasche.
I pack your schoolbag.
With ich, use packe instead of packst.
Wir gehen zusammen zur Schule.
We go to school together.
Zusammen adds the idea of doing something together.