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A first hello. A useful connection.
You meet a neighbour at the entrance to your building. Start politely with Sie, introduce yourself and ask their name.
A short public adaptation of the app’s greeting scenario and pronoun practice.
Meet your new neighbour A1
Meet your new neighbour
You meet a neighbour at the entrance to your building. Start politely with Sie, introduce yourself and ask their name.
Guten Tag! Ich heiße Thomas.
Guten Tag! Freut mich.
Wie heißen Sie?
Dialogue meaning
Good day! My name is Thomas. / Good day! Nice to meet you. / What is your name?
One question. Two ways to address someone.
Use Sie for a formal first meeting. With Sie, the verb is heißen. With informal du, it becomes heißt. The verb comes directly after the question word Wie.
| Formal · Sie | Informal · du |
|---|---|
| Wie heißen Sie? | Wie heißt du? |
Use the question from the conversation
Read the answer and explanation
heißen is correct: formal Sie takes heißen. Compare the informal question Wie heißt du? and the answer Ich heiße … .
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