Describing rooms
To describe a house in more detail, you need to know the names of the individual rooms.
To describe how many rooms there are in your house or flat, you can use es gibt, which means both 'there is' or 'there are'.
- Es gibt acht Zimmer. – There are eight rooms.
- Es gibt zwei Badezimmer. – There are two bathrooms.
You can also use the following phrases:
- wir haben – we have
- mein Haus hat… – my house has…
- meine Wohnung hat… – my flat has…
After all these phrases you need to use the accusative case.
Look what happens to the The definite article goes before a noun and indicates that the person, place or thing can be identified, ie is specific. In English it would be 'the' or 'this', eg I took the suitcase on holiday. and the The indefinite article goes before a noun and indicates that the person, place or thing cannot be identified, ie it could be one of many. In English it would be 'a' or 'an', eg I took a suitcase on holiday. in the accusative case:
| Article | Accusative | |
| Masculine | der/ein | den/einen |
| Feminine | die/eine | no change |
| Neuter | das/ein | no change |
| Masculine | |
|---|---|
| Article | der/ein |
| Accusative | den/einen |
| Feminine | |
|---|---|
| Article | die/eine |
| Accusative | no change |
| Neuter | |
|---|---|
| Article | das/ein |
| Accusative | no change |
Examples in use:
der Keller (m) > es gibt einen Keller – there is a cellar
die Küche (f) > es gibt eine Küche – there is a kitchen
das Esszimmer (nt) > es gibt ein Esszimmer – there is a dining room
Question
How would you write these sentences in German?
- My house has a cellar and an attic room.
- There is a living room and a kitchen.
- We have three bedrooms.
- Mein Haus hat einen Keller und einen Dachboden.
- Es gibt ein Wohnzimmer und eine Küche.
- Wir haben drei Schlafzimmer.
