Learn what the future tense of German verbs consist of and what it's like to go out in Germany
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Chuck: Chuck here. Absolute Beginner Season 2, Lesson 15; Who are you Making Plans with in German? Hello and welcome to GermanPod101.com, where we study modern German in a fun educational format. |
| Judith: So brush up on the German that you started learning long ago or start learning today. |
| Chuck: Thanks for being here with us for this lesson, Judith. What are we looking at today? |
| Judith: In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about your plans for the day. This conversation takes place at school, after classes. |
| Chuck: The conversation is between Sarah and Paul, two students. |
| Judith: The speakers are classmates. Therefore, they’ll be speaking informal German. |
| Chuck: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUES |
| Judith: So, Paul, was machst du jetzt? |
| Chuck: Ich fahre nach Hause und esse etwas. Ich habe Hunger. |
| Judith: Ich auch. Hast du heute Abend schon etwas vor? |
| Chuck: Wir haben noch keine neuen Vokabeln, also werde ich vielleicht etwas Grammatik lernen. |
| Judith: Bah! Grammatik lernen wir in der Schule. Ich werde heute Abend ausgehen. Kommst du mit? |
| Chuck: Wohin wirst du gehen? |
| Judith: Ein Freund von mir, Simon, wird heute im „International Pub“ Jazz spielen. Danach werden wir zusammen etwas trinken. |
| Chuck: Klingt gut. Ich komme mit. |
| Judith: Now, slowly. |
| Judith: So, Paul, was machst du jetzt? |
| Chuck: Ich fahre nach Hause und esse etwas. Ich habe Hunger. |
| Judith: Ich auch. Hast du heute Abend schon etwas vor? |
| Chuck: Wir haben noch keine neuen Vokabeln, also werde ich vielleicht etwas Grammatik lernen. |
| Judith: Bah! Grammatik lernen wir in der Schule. Ich werde heute Abend ausgehen. Kommst du mit? |
| Chuck: Wohin wirst du gehen? |
| Judith: Ein Freund von mir, Simon, wird heute im „International Pub“ Jazz spielen. Danach werden wir zusammen etwas trinken. |
| Chuck: Klingt gut. Ich komme mit. |
| Judith: Now with the translation. |
| Judith: So, Paul, was machst du jetzt? |
| Chuck: So Paul, what are you doing now? |
| Judith: Ich fahre nach Hause und esse etwas. Ich habe Hunger. |
| Chuck: I’m going home and eating something. I’m hungry. |
| Judith: Ich auch. Hast du heute Abend schon etwas vor? |
| Chuck: Me too. Do you have something planned this evening? |
| Judith: Wir haben noch keine neuen Vokabeln, also werde ich vielleicht etwas Grammatik lernen. |
| Chuck: We don’t have any new vocabulary so maybe I’ll study some grammar. |
| Judith: Bah! Grammatik lernen wir in der Schule. |
| Chuck: We study grammar in school. |
| Judith: Ich werde heute Abend ausgehen. Kommst du mit? |
| Chuck: I’m going out tonight. Are you coming along? |
| Judith: Wohin wirst du gehen? |
| Chuck: Where will you go? |
| Judith: Ein Freund von mir, Simon, wird heute im „International Pub“ Jazz spielen. |
| Chuck: My friend Simone will play jazz today in the international pub. |
| Judith: Danach werden wir zusammen etwas trinken. |
| Chuck: After that, we’ll drink something together. |
| Judith: Klingt gut. Ich komme mit. |
| Chuck: Sounds good. I’m coming along. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Judith: All right. What exactly is going out in Germany? One thing I can tell you is that because of the climate, Germans are a lot less likely to go outside than people in Latin countries. This is just a historic development. |
| Chuck: People may sit outside in cafes or restaurants in the afternoons in summer but not so much in the evenings. |
| Judith: Yeah. Also if you walk around Berlin, if you see people outside in the cafes and restaurants in the evenings, it’s usually tourists. Most appointments are still foregoing inside. For example, to go to some of this place, to go to a club, to go to the movies. |
| Chuck: And appoints have to have a purpose. There’s very few times you just go out to see what’s happening. And also note that you pretty much always have to go out at least one or two days in advance, maybe even further because Germans aren’t typically the kind of people where you say, “Hey, you want to go out tonight?” It’s like, “Oh, I already have plans.” |
| Judith: Yeah. That’s very likely. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Chuck: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we shall see is. |
| Judith: machen |
| Chuck: To make or to do. |
| Judith: machen |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: jetzt |
| Chuck: Now. |
| Judith: jetzt |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: fahren |
| Chuck: To drive or go. And this is a vowel-changing verb so it is er fährt |
| Judith: fahren |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: Haus |
| Chuck: House. |
| Judith: Haus and the plural is Häuser |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: Hunger |
| Chuck: Hunger. |
| Judith: Hunger |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: vorhaben |
| Chuck: To plan, to have in mind or to intend. |
| Judith: vorhaben and this is a splitting verb so it’s er hat vor. |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: heute |
| Chuck: Today. |
| Judith: heute |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: wohin |
| Chuck: Where to? |
| Judith: wohin |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: Freund |
| Chuck: male friend. |
| Judith: Freund and the plural is Freunde |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: spielen |
| Chuck: To play. |
| Judith: spielen |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: danach |
| Chuck: Afterwards. |
| Judith: danach |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: klingen |
| Chuck: To sound. |
| Judith: klingen |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Chuck:Let's have a closer look at the usuage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Judith:The first word/phrase we’ll look at is.... |
| Chuck: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Judith: The first phrase we’ll look at is „nach Hause“. |
| Chuck: Going home. |
| Judith: It’s a sad expression. It’s a combination of „nach“. |
| Chuck: To |
| Judith: And „Haus“. |
| Chuck: House. |
| Judith: Where house implies your own house, your home. The „Hause“ at the end of e is a relic of old times when certain prepositions required words to add an e. This is no longer done today. So „nach Hause“ has to be considered as sad expression. Then we should look at „mit-“ A lot of separable verbs stored with „mit-“. |
| Chuck: With. |
| Judith: This has the same meaning as along in English. For example, „mitkommen“. |
| Chuck: To come along. |
| Judith: „mitgehen“ |
| Chuck: To go along. |
| Judith: „mittrinken“ |
| Chuck: To have a drink along with other people. |
| Judith: And „mitessen“. |
| Chuck: To share a meal. |
| Judith: As you can see, it's more versatile than in English. Finally, the expression „Klingt gut“. |
| Chuck: Sounds good. |
| Judith: It’s a different equivalent of sounds good. You can say „klingt gut“ or you can say „das klingt gut“, both work. |
Lesson focus |
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| Grammar:The focus of this lesson is the future tense |
| Chuck: The focus of this lesson is the future tense. The future tense Zukunft is formed using a form of the auxiliary “werden” and the infinitive of the verb that she meant to use. “werden” is conjugated similarly to a vowel-changing verb. |
| Judith: ich werde |
| Chuck: I will. |
| Judith: du wirst |
| Chuck: You will. |
| Judith: er wird |
| Chuck: He will. |
| Judith: wir werden |
| Chuck: We will. |
| Judith: ihr werdet |
| Chuck: You all will. |
| Judith: sie werden |
| Chuck: They will. The future tense is easier than the present tense because all verbs are regular in the future tense and splitting verbs are never split for this. |
| Judith: However, there is one thing you’ll have to get used to. Whenever there is more than one verb in a sentence, the second verb as has to go to the very end of the sentence after everything else. This is the case here as well. |
| Chuck: If the phrases, he will only understand that later because he’s that stupid, then Germans will say the equivalent of “he will it” because he is that stupid, only later to understand. |
| Judith: We’ll work with simple phrases for now though. Germans rarely use such convoluted phrases in everyday speech. |
| Chuck: Just remember that the verb goes at the end of the sentence. |
| Judith: And the forms of „werden“ are ich werde, du wirst, er wird, sie wird, es wird, wir werden, ihr werdet, sie werden, |
| Chuck: Okay. Can you give us some German examples using the future tense. |
| Judith: Er wird es verstehen |
| Chuck: He will understand it. |
| Judith: Was wirst du in Deutschland machen? |
| Chuck: What will you do in Germany? |
| Judith: Ich werde viel Bier trinken |
| Chuck: I will drink a lot of beer. |
Outro |
| Chuck: That’s just about does it for today. |
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| Chuck:So, see you next week! |
| Judith:Also, bis nächste Woche! |
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