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| INTRODUCTION |
| Chuck: Chuck here. Absolute Beginner Season 2, Lesson 5, You're Not in Kansas Anymore. This is Germany. 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 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 where you're from. |
| Chuck: This conversation takes place at the registration desk of a German Language School. |
| Judith: The conversation is between Paul and the woman doing the registration. |
| Chuck: The speakers are in a business relationship therefore they'll be speaking formal German. Let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUES |
| Judith: Sind Sie Engländer? |
| Chuck: Nein, ich bin Amerikaner. |
| Judith: Aus welcher Stadt sind Sie? |
| Chuck: Denver. Das ist in Colorado. Kennen Sie Colorado? |
| Judith: Colorado... Das ist links neben Kansas, oder? |
| Chuck: Haha, ja, wir sind links neben Kansas, und rechts von Utah. |
| Judith: Now slowly. |
| Judith: Sind Sie Engländer? |
| Chuck: Nein, ich bin Amerikaner. |
| Judith: Aus welcher Stadt sind Sie? |
| Chuck: Denver. Das ist in Colorado. Kennen Sie Colorado? |
| Judith: Colorado... Das ist links neben Kansas, oder? |
| Chuck: Haha, ja, wir sind links neben Kansas, und rechts von Utah. |
| Judith: Now with the translation. |
| Judith: Sind Sie Engländer? |
| Chuck: Are you English? |
| Judith: Nein, ich bin Amerikaner. |
| Chuck: No, I'm an American. |
| Judith: Aus welcher Stadt sind Sie? |
| Chuck: Which city are you from? |
| Judith: Denver. Das ist in Colorado. Kennen Sie Colorado? |
| Chuck: Denver that's in Colorado. Are you familiar with Colorado? |
| Judith: Colorado... Das ist links neben Kansas, oder? |
| Chuck: Colorado. That's next to Kansas to the left, isn’t it? |
| Judith: Haha, ja, wir sind links neben Kansas, und rechts von Utah. |
| Chuck: Yes, we're to the left of Kansas and to the right of Utah. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Judith: All right. So I think today we should cover a really important topic and that is the kind of words that you would encounter on a German form like if you want to stand up to the language school. |
| Chuck: All right. Sounds good. |
| Judith: This is actually a more advanced set of vocabulary but the German government has determined that they should be taught in beginner courses anyway because they're just so essential. |
| Chuck: Yeah, you really can't get any paperwork done without knowing them and we know Germans love paperwork. |
| Judith: All right. So here are the most common words that you'll need to be able to recognize in forms. One is Titel |
| Chuck: Title. |
| Judith: This is if you're like a doctor or professor or a PhD or whatever. There’s also Anrede |
| Chuck: That'll be the form of address like sir or what else would you have there? |
| Judith: Well, mostly “Herr” or “Frau”, you know, Mr., Mrs., Ms., anything like that. Then we have Name |
| Chuck: Name. |
| Judith: Which could also be split in to Vorname |
| Chuck: First name or given name. |
| Judith: And Nachname |
| Chuck: Last name or family name. |
| Judith: And then there's Geschlecht |
| Chuck: Gender. |
| Judith: Remember this word Geschlecht. Here you would put an M for man or a W for woman because the German words are „männlich“ |
| Chuck: Male. |
| Judith: And „weiblich“ |
| Chuck: Female. |
| Judith: Then we have Alter |
| Chuck: Age. |
| Judith: And then Nationalität |
| Chuck: Nationality. |
| Judith: This one should be easy for you to recognize or sometimes they use the German word Staatsangehörigkeit |
| Chuck: Citizenship. |
| Judith: Staatsangehörigkeit , It's a long word. You should look this up. And then we have Stadt |
| Chuck: City. |
| Judith: And Land |
| Chuck: Country. |
| Judith: Finally they might want to know your Beruf |
| Chuck: Profession. |
| Judith: And at the end you should put your Unterschrift |
| Chuck: Signature. |
| Judith: “Unterschrift” literally means under writing. Now this is a lot of words. You should look up these words in the lesson notes and familiarize yourself with them especially if you think that you will need to fill out a form in German soon. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Chuck: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we shall see is? |
| Judith: sein |
| Chuck: To be. |
| Judith: sein |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: Engländer |
| Chuck: Englishman. |
| Judith: Engländer |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: Amerikaner |
| Chuck: American. |
| Judith: Amerikaner |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: aus |
| Chuck: From. |
| Judith: aus |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: welcher |
| Chuck: Which. |
| Judith: welcher |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: Stadt |
| Chuck: Town or city. |
| Judith: Stadt. Stadt, that is feminine. |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: in |
| Chuck: In or into. |
| Judith: in |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: neben |
| Chuck: Next to. |
| Judith: neben |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: oder |
| Chuck: Or. |
| Judith: oder |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: von |
| Chuck: Of or from. |
| Judith: von |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Chuck: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Judith: The first thing we should look at is that if you're saying „Ich bin Amerikaner“, you’re using the word for the person, you're not using the adjective. The adjective would be „amerikanisch“. By the same token „Engländer“ is the word for a person from England and English is the adjective. |
| Chuck: If you're Judith, note that you usually have to indicate that in German when you're mentioning your nationality or profession. Fortunately it's enough to add the ending “IN” in the vast majority of cases. Could you give some examples for that? |
| Judith: Well, in this case you would say „Amerikanerin“ or „Engländerin“ |
Lesson focus |
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| Chuck: The focus of this lesson is the conjugation of sein part one. |
| Judith: In this lesson, we've seen a few forms of the verb to be which is irregular in German like in most languages. |
| Chuck: The infinitive is „sein“ so „sein“ is the equivalent of to be. |
| Judith: Then we have ich bin |
| Chuck: I am. |
| Judith: er ist |
| Chuck: He is. |
| Judith: Or you could also say er ist and then of course wir sind |
| Chuck: We are. |
| Judith: And Sie sind |
| Chuck: They are. |
| Judith: Sie sind can also mean you, formal, are. We'll learn the rest a little later. Each of these podcasts is very short and we don't want to overwhelm you. |
| Chuck: Well, that just about does it for today. Like our podcast? |
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| Judith: Danke fürs Zuhören und bis nächste Woche! |
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