Giving personal information

It's important to be able to give basic information about yourself.

Look at Aydin's profile which provides some details.

Question

Read the following paragraph that Aydin has written about himself and answer the questions below.

Ich heiße Aydin Deniz. Ich bin fünfzehn Jahre alt und ich habe am 3. Februar Geburtstag. Ich bin mittelgroß und ich habe braune Augen und dunkelbraune Haare. Meine Eltern sind geschieden und ich wohne mit meinem Vater und meiner Stiefmutter in Kiel. Ich habe eine Schwester und einen Stiefbruder.

What is the German for ...?

my name is
I am 15
my birthday is on
separated
I live with
stepmother
stepbrother

Question

Now look at this profile.

Write what Adelina would say about herself.

Don't forget:

to change the word following mit to mit meinem (masculine), mit meiner (feminine) or mit meinen (plural)
to add Stief in front of the words for mother, father, brother, sister, eg Stief- + Vater = Stiefvater – stepfather, when talking about step families
to add Halb- to the front of words for family members such as half brothers or sisters, eg halb + Bruder > Halbbruder – half brother

You could enhance the paragraph about Adelina by adding intensifiers and link words. They are only little words, but really raise the quality of your written language, eg

auch – also
ein bisschen – a bit
ganz – quite
sehr – very
total – completely, totally
wirklich – really
ziemlich – fairly

Examples in use

Ich bin ziemlich klein. – I am quite small.
Ich habe auch eine Halbschwester. – I also have a stepsister.

Question

How would you say these phrases in German?

very big
really slim
a bit fat
I also have a brother

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