Learn a very important German word that will help you say what you want or make a suggestion
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Chuck: Chuck here, Absolute Beginner Season 2 Lesson 8, Getting What You Want in German. Hello and welcome back to GermanPod101.com the fastest, easiest and most fun way to learn German. I’m joined in the studio by... |
| Judith: Hello everyone, Judith here. |
| Chuck: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about what you want. |
| Judith: This conversation takes place at a German home where Paul is staying with the host family. |
| Chuck: The conversation is between Paul and Mrs. Schneider, the mother in his host family. |
| Judith: The speakers don’t know each other well. Therefore, they would be speaking formal German. |
| Chuck: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUES |
| Judith: Is everything all right, do you need anything? |
| Chuck: Bitte... ich möchte Deutsch lernen. |
| Judith: Okay. Möchten Sie etwas essen? |
| Chuck: Ja, gerne. |
| Judith: In zehn Minuten gibt es Essen. |
| Chuck: Essen wir alle zusammen? |
| Judith: Ja, mein Mann und meine Tochter möchten auch etwas essen. |
| Judith: Now, slowly. |
| Judith: Is everything all right, do you need anything? |
| Chuck: Bitte... ich möchte Deutsch lernen. |
| Judith: Okay. Möchten Sie etwas essen? |
| Chuck: Ja, gerne. |
| Judith: In zehn Minuten gibt es Essen. |
| Chuck: Essen wir alle zusammen? |
| Judith: Ja, mein Mann und meine Tochter möchten auch etwas essen. |
| Judith: Now with the translation. |
| Judith: Is everything all right, do you need anything? |
| Judith: Bitte... ich möchte Deutsch lernen. |
| Chuck: Please I’d like to learn German. |
| Judith: Okay. Möchten Sie etwas essen? |
| Chuck: Okay. Would you like to eat something? |
| Judith: Ja, gerne |
| Chuck: Yes, I’d like that. |
| Judith: In zehn Minuten gibt es Essen. |
| Chuck: In 10 minutes there would be food. |
| Judith: Essen wir alle zusammen? |
| Chuck: Are we all eating together? |
| Judith: Ja, mein Mann und meine Tochter möchten auch etwas essen. |
| Chuck: Yes. My husband and my daughter would also like to eat something. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Judith: Okay. Let’s talk about food. |
| Chuck: How about German meals in meal times. |
| Judith: Yes. The meal times are easy. Breakfast is whenever people get up. And then the traditional lunch time in Germany is from 12 to2 PM and traditional dinner time is somewhere between 6 and 8. |
| Chuck: Lunch is the biggest meal of the day while dinner is often just some bread with cheese or the like. |
| Judith: If you’re going to have a meal with a German family, here’s some useful things to know. |
| Chuck: Families have meals together. That means they don’t eat meals on the side while watching TV or the like. |
| Judith: Yeah. And when you have a meal, first of all, you sit down and then you say “Guten Appetit” or “Danke, gleichfalls” if somebody already said so. And then everyone can start eating. Don’t start before. |
| Chuck: Some families pray before the meal. If you’re with a big party, somebody might want to make a speech before people start eating. |
| Judith: Just assume it’s going to be like this. And if different, people will tell you. |
| Chuck: Don’t get up immediately when you’re done either. That feels like you’re rushing people. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Judith: bitte |
| Chuck: Please. |
| Judith: bitte |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: möchte |
| Chuck: Would like. |
| Judith: möchte |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: etwas |
| Chuck: Something. |
| Judith: etwas |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: essen |
| Chuck: To eat. |
| Judith: essen |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: Essen |
| Chuck: Food. |
| Judith: Essen This one is spelled with a capital letter. This means it’s a noun and is neuter. |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: gern(e) |
| Chuck: Gladly. |
| Judith: gern(e) |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: zehn |
| Chuck: “Ten” as in the number. |
| Judith: zehn |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: Minute |
| Chuck: Minute. |
| Judith: Minute. Minute, die Minute this is feminine and the plural is Minuten. |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: es gibt |
| Chuck: “There is” or “there are.” |
| Judith: es gibt |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: zusammen |
| Chuck: Together. |
| Judith: zusammen |
| 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 phrase we’ll look at is „es gibt“. This is a special expression which can’t be translated literally. Well, literally, it would be “it gives” but it doesn’t give you any clue as to how it’s used. In English, you translate „es gibt“ as “there is.” For example, „Es gibt eine Schule“ |
| Chuck: There’s a school. |
| Judith: Or „Es gibt Essen“. |
| Chuck: There’s food. |
| Judith: Note that even for plural words, you still say „Es gibt“, for example, „Es gibt Gäste“. |
| Chuck: There are guests. |
| Judith: „Es gibt Städte“ |
| Chuck: There are cities. |
Lesson focus |
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| Chuck: The focus of this lesson is the German word „möchte“ and also the word order after an adverbial. |
| Judith: „möchte“ is an important German word because it’s so common. We use it to talk about what we want as in „Ich möchte Deutsch lernen“. |
| Chuck: I’d like to learn German. |
| Judith: And we can also use it to make suggestions like „Möchten Sie etwas essen?“. |
| Chuck: Would you like to eat something? |
| Judith: „möchte“ is not actually a full German verb. It’s the conditional of “to like” the direct equivalent of the English, “would like.” |
| Chuck: Ignore this for now though because you can use „möchte“ just like a normal verb. The only difference in conjugation is the missing “T” when talking about “he”, “she” or “it.” |
| Judith: So the forms are ich möchte, du möchtest, er möchte careful there, er möchte not er möchtet. Then wir möchten, ihr möchtet, sie möchten. |
| Chuck: Oh, one more thing. You may be confused about the word order in the phrase „In zehn Minuten gibt es Essen“. |
| Judith: Normally, you should expect something like „Es gibt Essen“. |
| Chuck: However in German, the rule is that the verb must be in the second position. In this sentence, the time is the most important information. So we put it in the first position in order to stress it. |
| Judith: Then, the verb has to follow in second position and everything else is relegated to the back. |
| Chuck: Do you have a second example maybe? |
| Judith: Yeah. I could say "Ich kenne Colorado." or I could say "Colorado kenne ich." |
| Chuck: Wait, could you say „Colorado ich kenne“? |
| Judith: No, no that’s wrong. You have to say "Ich kenne Colorado." because the verb has to be in second position and it usually comes out the same as in English because the English you have subject verb object, so the verb would be always after the subject, but if you have anything other than the subject in front, then German and English differ. And in German the verb’s always in the second position. |
| Chuck: Well, that just about does it for today. |
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| Chuck: So, see you next week. |
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