Learn how to talk about things you dislike
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| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute German Season 1, Lesson 21 - Talking about your dislikes. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to say that you don't like something in German. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the way to say 'I don't like soccer.' in German. |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich mag Fußball nicht. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'to like' |
| Albert: [Normal] mag [Slow] mag |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'soccer, soccer ball' |
| Albert: [Normal] Fußball [Slow] Fußball |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'not' |
| Albert: [Normal] nicht [Slow] nicht |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't like soccer.' |
| Albert: [Slow] Ich mag Fußball nicht. [Normal] Ich mag Fußball nicht. |
| Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say 'I don't like waiting.' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich mag nicht warten. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'to like' |
| Albert: [Normal] mag [Slow] mag |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'not' |
| Albert: [Normal] nicht [Slow] nicht |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'to wait' |
| Albert: [Normal] warten [Slow] warten |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't like waiting.' |
| Albert: [Slow] Ich mag nicht warten. [Normal] Ich mag nicht warten. |
| Eric: Next up is the way to say 'I hate this.' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich hasse das. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'to hate' |
| Albert: [Normal] hasse [Slow] hasse |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'that' |
| Albert: [Normal] das [Slow] das |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I hate this.' |
| Albert: [Slow] Ich hasse das. [Normal] Ich hasse das. |
| Eric: Finally, here is a way to say 'I hate waiting.' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich hasse warten. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'to hate' |
| Albert: [Normal] hasse [Slow] hasse |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'to wait' |
| Albert: [Normal] warten [Slow] warten |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I hate waiting.' |
| Albert: [Slow] Ich hasse warten. [Normal] Ich hasse warten. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Albert: In German, there are a couple of verbs that change stem for all singular forms. This concerns mostly German modal verbs, which are the equivalents of can, may, must and the like, but also the verb mögen meaning “to like”, which you have seen in this lesson. mögen uses the stem mag- for all singular forms - ich mag, du magst, and er mag – which is NOT er magt, as there’s no -t! For plural it reverts back to mögen as a stem, so you get wir mögen, ihr mögt, and sie mögen. |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
Comments
HideHi Listeners! Try translating this: 'I don't like exams.'
Hi Mridul,
Thank you for your feedback.
Why?😄
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Ich hasse Arbeiten😒
Hi Charlie,
I am not sure what happened there? I just read my
previous response to your comment again and I made
a mistake. The correct translation for the sentence
below should be: I mag Prüfungen nicht.
I apologize.😉
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Reinhard
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Hi Noumbissie Dorothée,
Great effort but not quite right.
It could be translated to:
Ich mag Prüfungen nicht.
Thank you.
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Reinhard
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Hi is this correct please?
ich mag nicht gehen!
Hi Charlie,
Very good!👍
Thank you.
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Reinhard
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I have mag Prüfungen nicht.
Hi Soraya,
You are a dedicated student.😉
Yes, as a rule "nicht" comes after nouns
and before adverbs.
Thank you.
If you have any further questions, please let us know.
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Reinhard
Team GermanPod101.com
Hi Soraya,
Thank you for your interesting comments.
Your German is coming along well. Please allow me to point out
one or two tiny little improvements:
"ich mag prufungen nicht !" ==> Ich mag Prüfungen nicht!
If you have any further questions, please let us know.
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Reinhard
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Hello Amit,
Thank you for your question, and sorry for the late reply.
Yes, you can say that. I would write "Examen" with a capital "E" though, since it is a noun.
By the way, you could also say: "Ich mag Prüfungen nicht."
If you have any further questions, please let us know.
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Reinhard
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Is this correct? "Ich mag examen nicht."
we must use "nicht" after a noun and before averb ?
ich mag prufungen nicht !
Hello Giulietta,
Thank you for posting.
With simple German sentences (i.e. sentences with only one verb) the sentence structure is Subject-Verb-Object. This is the case with "Ich mag Fußball nicht." The subject "Ich"(I), then the verb "mag" (like), and object "Fusball" (soccer), and almost always last is "nicht" (not). That is, unless the sentence is complex (i.e. has more than one verb) as in "Ich mag nicht warten."
In cases where there is more than one verb, the first verb [in this case, "mag" (like)] is considered the modal verb. It stays in between the Subject and Object, but "kicks" the second verb to the end of the sentence (called an infinitive verb), even further than "nicht"! So, with these sentences, the order is subject "Ich" (I), then modal verb "mag", then "nicht", and finally the infinitive verb "warten". The infinitive verb will always be last. I hope that cleared things up a bit!
Let us know if you have any questions.
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Patricia
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Hello!
I would like to know why 'nicht' follows the object in the example "I don't like football", but it precedes it in the example "I don't like waiting".
Thank you for your help!
Hello Akiko,
Thank you very much for your questions! :smile:
You could say "Ich mag die Tests nicht." for "I don't like these examinations". If you you just want to say that you don't like examinations the phrase "Ich mag keine Test" or "Ich mag Prüfungen nicht", would sound very natural.
"Ich mag Ich kein die Tests” is grammatically wrong and you should use "Ich mag keine Tests" instead. For "I don't like to get a tan" you could say "Ich mag es nicht mich zu sonnen". I hope this helps!
Please don’t hesitate to ask us if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Albert
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Sorry many times.
Can I also say "Ich mag Ich kein die Tests" instead of using "nicht"???
Akiko
How do you say "I don't like to get a tan." in German?
Hi,
Ich mag nicht die Tests. or Ich mag die Tests nicht..?
Can I say either way?
Danke!
Akiko
Hello Daniela,
Thank you very much for your comment! :thumbsup:
You are right, some exams are really exhausting.
Please let us know if you have any questions!
Sincerely,
Albert
Team Germanpod101.com