Learn how to talk about things you have
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Chuck: Chuck here. Beginner series, Season 2, Lesson #8. Do You Have What it takes? |
| Judith: Hello everyone. I am Judith and welcome to germanpod101. |
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| Chuck: In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about things you have. |
| Judith: Once you know the verb [Haben], you will also be able to use a lot of colloquial expressions. |
| Chuck: Today’s conversation takes place at the hero’s home. |
| Judith: As before, the conversation is between Maria and her boyfriend. |
| Chuck: The speakers are friends. Therefore the speakers will be speaking informal German. |
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| Chuck: So let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| M: Hast du schon Hunger? |
| B: Ja. Was kochst du heute? |
| M: Wir haben noch Suppe von gestern, also koche ich Suppe. |
| B: Suppe?? Ich habe großen Hunger. Denkst du nicht, dass Suppe zu wenig ist? |
| M: Vielleicht. Vielleicht ist Suppe zu wenig. |
| B: Haben wir noch etwas anderes zu essen? |
| M: Hmm, ich gucke mal. |
| Judith: Now read slowly. |
| M: Hast du schon Hunger? |
| B: Ja. Was kochst du heute? |
| M: Wir haben noch Suppe von gestern, also koche ich Suppe. |
| B: Suppe?? Ich habe großen Hunger. Denkst du nicht, dass Suppe zu wenig ist? |
| M: Vielleicht. Vielleicht ist Suppe zu wenig. |
| B: Haben wir noch etwas anderes zu essen? |
| M: Hmm, ich gucke mal. |
| Judith: Now with the translation. |
| M: Hast du schon Hunger? |
| M: Are you hungry yet? [Do you have hunger?] |
| B: Ja. Was kochst du heute? |
| B: Yes. What are you cooking today? |
| M: Wir haben noch Suppe von gestern, also koche ich Suppe. |
| M: We still have yesterday's soup, so I'm cooking soup. |
| B: Suppe?? Ich habe großen Hunger. Denkst du nicht, dass Suppe zu wenig ist? |
| B: Soup?? I am very hunger. [I have big hunger.] Don't you think that soup is too little? |
| M: Vielleicht. Vielleicht ist Suppe zu wenig. |
| M: Maybe. Maybe soup is too little. |
| B: Haben wir noch etwas anderes zu essen? |
| B: Do we have anything else to eat? |
| M: Hmm, ich gucke mal. |
| M: Hmm, I'll have a look. |
| CULTURAL SECTION |
| Judith: Chuck, do you like the way we do soup in Germany? |
| Chuck: One thing I like is that you generally have bread in the side. |
| Judith: Yeah I like German bread. That’s one thing you can really be proud of here in Germany. |
| Chuck: It’s pretty much always buttered with the soup isn’t it? |
| Judith: Yes. Do you know any other typical German foods? |
| Chuck: Sausage like, when you get the big sausage on the plate and you have some really spicy mustard on the side. |
| Judith: Yeah sausages are one of the specialties here and potatoes, you can find it in almost every dish and cabbage. |
| Chuck: In almost every form. |
| Judith: Yeah cabbage. All kinds of cabbage like [Sauerkraut], of course, [Rotkohl] I think that’s red kale in English, [Grünkohl] Green kale [Kohlrabi, Rosenkohl it’s Brussels sprouts, I hate those but all the rest, sure] |
| Chuck: Yeah sometimes I joke that typical German dishes have some kind of meat with sauce on it and then some kind of potatoes and then maybe some pudding or Yogurt for dessert. |
| Judith: But you’re forgetting the vegetables… |
| Chuck: Ah yes… |
| Judith: Almost everything comes with vegetables. |
| Chuck: Yeah or salad. |
| Judith: Or you can have a potato salad. There is also [Knödel] dumplings that are made from potatoes but they don’t taste like potatoes at all. |
| Chuck: Yeah it is actually interesting. We once had a guest come over who didn’t like potatoes at all and he was surprised to find that he liked most of the potato dishes that they have here. I think it’s the way they are spiced with the sauce in them. |
| Judith: Yeah oh! And there is also potato pancakes [Reibekuchen] |
| Chuck: Uhoo somewhat similar to Hash browns I would say. |
| Judith: Of course there are other specialties especially in different regions. |
| Chuck: But you forgot to mention what you typically eat on [Reibekuchen] |
| Judith: Apple sauce. |
| Chuck: Yeah anything else? |
| Judith: Sugar wheat syrup. That’s also regional specialty. And of course, you mustn’t forget schnitzel. I believe you are a big fan of that. |
| Chuck: Yeah schnitzel |
| Judith: That’s a type of breaded meat. |
| Chuck: And it’s typically eaten with either Bratkartoffeln or fries. |
| Judith: And then of course, Germany has adopted some foods from the immigrants. I mean first here were the Italians and they brought Pizza and Pasta you can find everywhere and I mean everywhere. |
| Chuck: Yeah. |
| Judith: And the Turks brought Doner kebab and the Greeks brought [Gyros]. Those are the three most common types of fast food apart from Hamburgers and fries and alike. |
| Chuck: And just like you can find in pretty much every other country, there is also Chinese food. |
| Judith: Yeah. Very common. |
| Chuck: Pretty readily available. |
| Judith: But Europeanized. |
| Chuck: Yeah of course. Alright, enough talk about food. You are making me hungry. Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Judith: The first word is [Haben] |
| Chuck: To have |
| Judith: [Haben, haben] Next [Hunger] |
| Chuck: [Hunger] |
| Judith: Hunger, hunger. Next [Heute] |
| Chuck: [Today] |
| Judith: [Heute, heute]. Next [Noch] |
| Chuck: Still, yet or another. |
| Judith: [Noch, noch] Next [Suppe] |
| Chuck: Soup |
| Judith: [Suppe, Suppe, die Suppe] this is feminine. Next [Groß] |
| Chuck: Tall or big. |
| Judith: [Groß, groß] Next [Zu] |
| Chuck: Too as in too much. |
| Judith: [Zu, zu] Next [Wenig] |
| Chuck: Little |
| Judith: [Wenig, wenig] Next [Vielleicht] |
| Chuck: Maybe |
| Judith: [Vielleicht, vielleicht] Next [Anderer] |
| Chuck: Other or another. |
| Judith: [Anderer, anderer] Next [Essen] |
| Chuck: To eat. |
| Judith: [Essen, essen] Next [Gucken] |
| Chuck: To look or watch. |
| Judith: [Gucken, gucken] Next [Mal] |
| Chuck: Have a, colloquial particle for doing something in a leisurely way. |
| Judith: [Mal, mal] |
| Chuck: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Judith: The first word we will look at is [Mal] |
| Chuck: When you are talking to a German, this word will come out so often in conversation but it’s hard to translate. |
| Judith: I can’t think of a good translation myself. |
| Chuck: I think it could be roughly translated as sometime. When you add it to a sentence, you reply that there is no hurry. |
| Judith: Or that something is done in a leisurely way. |
| Chuck: Judith, could you give us some example sentences? |
| Judith: Of course. For example, [Komm mal bitte] |
| Chuck: Please come when you can. |
| Judith: [Bitte guck mal wer an der Tür ist] |
| Chuck: Please have a look who is at the door. |
| Judith: Or in the sentence, that’s not a request. [Ich bin mal in New York gewesen] |
| Chuck: I have been to New York some time. |
| Judith: Alright. Now let’s move on to the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
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| Judith: The focus of this lesson is the irregular verb [Haben]. |
| Chuck: To have. |
| Judith: This verb came up several times in today’s dialogue. For example in [Wir haben noch Suppe von gestern] |
| Chuck: We still have yesterday’s soup. [Haben] to have is one of the most important German verbs. It’s used not only to talk about possession but also to form other tenses as we shall see later. |
| Judith: And it’s used in a non literal sense in various expressions such as [Hunger haben] |
| Chuck: To be hungry. |
| Judith: [Durst haben] |
| Chuck: To be thirsty. |
| Judith: [Zeit haben] |
| Chuck: To have time. |
| Judith: And others. Unfortunately [Haben] is an irregular verb. Here are the forms for present tense. [Ich habe] |
| Chuck: I have |
| Judith: [Du hast] |
| Chuck: You have |
| Judith: [Er hat] |
| Chuck: He has |
| Judith: [Wir haben] |
| Chuck: We have |
| Judith: [Ihr habt] |
| Chuck: You have plural |
| Judith: [Sie haben] |
| Chuck: They have or you have singular and formal. |
| Judith: Alright. |
Outro |
| Chuck: That just about does it for today. Testing yourself is one of the most effective ways to learn. |
| Judith: That is why we have three types of quizzes. |
| Chuck: Vocabulary, grammar and content specific. |
| Judith: Each quiz targets specific skills. |
| Chuck: And together these quizzes will help you master several fundamental skills. |
| Judith: You can find them in the learning center at |
| Chuck: Germanpod101.com. Practice using the learning center until next week. See you then. |
| Judith: [Bis dann!] |
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