How's it going? 'Wie' and the singular indefinite articles 'ein', 'eine', 'ein' | German

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True or false? In German, there is only one word for 'the'?
- True
- False ✓
Match the following German words to the correct gender.
- Tisch
  
  ⇔
  
  der ✓
- Tafel
  
  ⇔
  
  die ✓
- Paar
  
  ⇔
  
  das ✓
Which of these is the correct translation of the sentence 'Wo ist der Gast?' into English?
- Where is the guest? ✓
- How is the guest?
- Who is the guest?
Which of these words contain a long vowel sound?
- fragen ✓
- Flasche
- Mann
- geben ✓
- Idee ✓
Which of these words contain a short vowel sound?
- besser ✓
- Ende ✓
- Klasse ✓
- kann ✓
- Paar
True or false? 'Sein' and 'ist' mean 'to be, being' and 'is'.
- True ✓
- False

Match these English statements about how someone is doing to the correct German equivalents.
- not good, not well
  
  ⇔
  
  nicht so gut ✓
- good, well
  
  ⇔
  
  gut ✓
- it's going OK
  
  ⇔
  
  ja, es geht ✓
True or false? The German sound [ei] is pronounced like the English word 'eye'.
- True ✓
- False
Match each German question to the appropriate answer.
- Was ist das?
  
  ⇔
  
  Das ist ein Tisch. ✓
- Wie geht's?
  
  ⇔
  
  Gut! ✓
- Wo ist der Gast?
  
  ⇔
  
  Da! ✓
Which of these words are indefinite articles?
- der
- ein ✓
- eine ✓
- das
Match these German words to their English translations.
- das Ding
  
  ⇔
  
  the thing ✓
- die Form
  
  ⇔
  
  the shape ✓
- der Mensch
  
  ⇔
  
  the human being ✓
- klein
  
  ⇔
  
  small ✓
- groß
  
  ⇔
  
  big ✓
Which of these definitions correctly describes the indefinite article?
- introduces new information and identifies something unknown ✓
- refers to something already mentioned or known
- a word which describes an action or state

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[ei] sounds like the German word 'frei' and the English word 'eye'.
'Wie?' means 'How?', like in 'Wie geht's?' ('How's it going?').
German has three words for 'a': 'ein' (masculine), 'eine' (feminine) and 'ein' (neuter).
'A' (ein, eine, ein) introduces new information; 'the' (der, die, das) refers to something already mentioned or known.

[ei] is pronounced like the English [e].

[ei] is pronounced as in the key word 'frei' and like the English 'eye'.