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      And “I am very busy”?

      Ich bin sehr beschäftigt.

      (ikh bin zair be-shef-tigt)

      And so how would you say “because I am very busy”?

      weil ich sehr beschäftigt bin

      (vile ikh zair be-shef-tigt bin)

      Excellent!

      So, that’s how catapult words work. There are a number of other catapult words that exist in German but don’t worry because, whenever a catapult word is introduced in this book, I will make sure to let you know that it is one. For the moment though, you only need to know about “because” (weil).

      Now, what is “I would like”?

      ich möchte

       (ikh murkh-ter)

      And how would you say “I would like to do it”?

      Ich möchte es tun.

       (ikh murkh-ter es toon)

      How would you say “I wouldn’t like to do it”?

      Ich möchte es nicht tun.

       (ikh murkh-ter es nikht toon)

      And “I wouldn’t like to do it today”?

      Ich möchte es nicht heute tun.

       (ikh murkh-ter es nikht hoy-ter toon)

      What is “now”?

      jetzt

      (yetst)

      So how would you say “I wouldn’t like to do it now”?

      Ich möchte es nicht jetzt tun.

       (ikh murkh-ter es nikht yetst toon)

      And again, how would you say “I am very busy”?

      Ich bin sehr beschäftigt.

      (ikh bin zair be-shef-tigt)

      And, using our catapult word “weil” (because), how would you say “because I am very busy”?

      weil ich sehr beschäftigt bin

      (vile ikh zair be-shef-tigt bin)

      And so, finally, how would you say “I wouldn’t like to do it now because I am very busy”?

      Ich möchte es nicht jetzt tun, weil ich sehr beschäftigt bin.

       (ikh murkh-ter es nikht yetst toon vile ikh zair be-shef-tigt bin)

      Well, you’ve now worked your way back to the sentence we started with and, although we are only at the end of the second chapter, you are already building long, complex sentences in German and beginning to understand how the language works!

       Building Blocks 2

      As before, it’s time to add some new building blocks to the mix. Again, it will be just six new ones. Here they are:

      

      Once more, these new building blocks have been put into several piles below and what I want you to do is to again make sentences with them, each time using one building block from the first pile, one from the second, one from the third and one from the fourth. Make as many as you can!

       Checklist 2

      You have now reached your second checklist. Remember, don’t skip anything! The checklists are essential if you want what you’ve learnt to remain in your memory for the long term.

      So again, cover up the English words on the right-hand side while you read through the list of German words on the left, trying to recall what they mean in English. If you can go through the entire list, giving the correct English meaning for each of the German words / expressions without making more than three mistakes in total, then you’re done. If not, then go through the list again. Keep doing this, either working from the top of the list to the bottom or from the bottom to the top (it doesn’t matter which) until you can do it without making more than three mistakes.

      Okay. Ready, set, go!

ich kann (ikh kan)	I can
nicht (nikht)	not
beginnen (baig-in-urn)	begin / to begin
Ich kann nicht beginnen. (ikh kan nikht baig-in-urn)	I cannot begin.
parken (park-urn)	park / to park
bringen (bring-urn)	bring / to bring
campen (camp-urn)	camp / to camp
sie kann (zee kan)	She can
kommen (kom-urn)	come / to come
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