Learn how to talk about your likes and dislikes
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Gina: Hi everyone, and welcome back to GermanPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner, Season 3, Lesson 19 - This is Bread Worth Moving To Germany For! I’m Gina. |
| Frank: Hallo! Ich bin Frank and thanks again for being here with us for this lesson. |
| Gina: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about your likes and dislikes, and word order in subclauses. |
| Frank: This conversation takes place at a German pub. |
| Gina: It’s between Kate and Jens. |
| Frank: The speakers are classmates at a German Language school. So they’ll be using informal German. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Kate: Wie findest du Deutschland, Jens? |
| Jens: Es ist nicht schlecht. Es gibt viele alte Gebäude und viel Grün. Ich bin noch nicht lange hier, aber ich denke, dass ich eine schöne Zeit in Deutschland verbringen werde. Und du? Wie findest du Deutschland? |
| Kate: Bitte? Ich wohne ja schon seit zwei Jahren hier. |
| Jens: Es interessiert mich trotzdem, wie du es findest. |
| Kate: Es ist etwas kalt hier im Moment, aber ich wohne gerne in Deutschland. Ich mag die Menschen gerne. |
| Jens: Und das Bier! Ich bin sicher, dass es in Spanien nicht so gutes Bier gibt. |
| Kate: Warum? |
| Jens: Ähm… die Menschen in Spanien mögen Wein lieber, oder? |
| Kate: Vielleicht. Meine Eltern trinken viel Wein, aber meine Freunde und ich nicht. Wir mögen Bier lieber. |
| Gina: Let's hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Kate: Wie findest du Deutschland, Jens? |
| Jens: Es ist nicht schlecht. Es gibt viele alte Gebäude und viel Grün. Ich bin noch nicht lange hier, aber ich denke, dass ich eine schöne Zeit in Deutschland verbringen werde. Und du? Wie findest du Deutschland? |
| Kate: Bitte? Ich wohne ja schon seit zwei Jahren hier. |
| Jens: Es interessiert mich trotzdem, wie du es findest. |
| Kate: Es ist etwas kalt hier im Moment, aber ich wohne gerne in Deutschland. Ich mag die Menschen gerne. |
| Jens: Und das Bier! Ich bin sicher, dass es in Spanien nicht so gutes Bier gibt. |
| Kate: Warum? |
| Jens: Ähm… die Menschen in Spanien mögen Wein lieber, oder? |
| Kate: Vielleicht. Meine Eltern trinken viel Wein, aber meine Freunde und ich nicht. Wir mögen Bier lieber. |
| Gina: Now, let's hear it with English translation. |
| Kate: Wie findest du Deutschland, Jens? |
| Gina: How are you finding Germany, Jens? |
| Jens: Es ist nicht schlecht. Es gibt viele alte Gebäude und viel Grün. Ich bin noch nicht lange hier, aber ich denke, dass ich eine schöne Zeit in Deutschland verbringen werde. Und du? Wie findest du Deutschland? |
| Gina: It’s not bad. There are many old buildings and a lot of green. I haven’t been here long, but I think that I’ll have a pleasant time in Germany. And you? How are you finding Germany? |
| Kate: Bitte? Ich wohne ja schon seit zwei Jahren hier. |
| Gina: Sorry? I’ve been living here for two years. |
| Jens: Es interessiert mich trotzdem, wie du es findest. |
| Gina: Nevertheless, I’m interested in how you find it. |
| Kate: Es ist etwas kalt hier im Moment, aber ich wohne gerne in Deutschland. Ich mag die Menschen gerne. |
| Gina: It’s quite cold here at the moment, but I enjoy living in Germany. I like the people. |
| Jens: Und das Bier! Ich bin sicher, dass es in Spanien nicht so gutes Bier gibt. |
| Gina: And the beer! I’m sure that in Spain the beer isn’t as good. |
| Kate: Warum? |
| Gina: Why? |
| Jens: Ähm… die Menschen in Spanien mögen Wein lieber, oder? |
| Gina: Erm…the people in Spain prefer wine, don’t they? |
| Kate: Vielleicht. Meine Eltern trinken viel Wein, aber meine Freunde und ich nicht. Wir mögen Bier lieber. |
| Gina: Perhaps. My parents drink a lot of wine, but my friends and I don’t. We prefer beer. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Gina: So Kate and Jens were talking about what they like about Germany. |
| Frank: Yes, Germany is a wonderful place and it’s very popular for its natural environment. |
| Gina: That’s very true! Hamburg, for example, is a very green city with a lot of parks and open spaces. |
| Frank: Yes, even the cities boast some wonderful parks and gardens. And Germany has some beautiful landscapes and forests too. |
| Gina: So Frank, can you give our listeners some other reasons why Germany is a great place to live? |
| Frank: Well, the standard of living is pretty high. |
| Gina: And the food is pretty good too. |
| Frank: Yeah! Glorious dark whole grain rye bread that doesn’t budge if you try to squeeze it. More than a few expats have moved back to Germany because of it! |
| Gina: And German rye bread is pretty healthy too! |
| Frank: We haven’t even mentioned the cakes and sausages either. |
| Gina: I’m getting hungry. |
| Frank: Okay, so before we get too hungrig…. |
| Gina: let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Gina: The first word we shall see is... |
| Frank: finden [natural native speed] |
| Gina: to find |
| Frank: finden [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: finden [natural native speed] |
| Frank: Mensch [natural native speed] |
| Gina : human |
| Frank: Mensch [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: Mensch [natural native speed] |
| Frank: mögen [natural native speed] |
| Gina: to like |
| Frank: mögen [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: mögen [natural native speed] |
| Frank: kalt [natural native speed] |
| Gina: cold |
| Frank: kalt [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: kalt [natural native speed] |
| Frank: alt [natural native speed] |
| Gina: old |
| Frank: alt [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: alt [natural native speed] |
| Frank: grün [natural native speed] |
| Gina: green |
| Frank: grün [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: grün [natural native speed] |
| Frank: interessieren (für) [natural native speed] |
| Gina: to interest, to intrigue |
| Frank: interessieren (für) [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: interessieren (für) [natural native speed] |
| Frank: denken [natural native speed] |
| Gina : to think |
| Frank: denken [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: denken [natural native speed] |
| Frank: lang [natural native speed] |
| Gina: long, a long time |
| Frank: lang [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: lang [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Gina: Let’s take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word we’ll look at is... |
| Frank: Bitte? |
| Gina: It's the equivalent of "sorry?" or "pardon me?" and can also be used as a way to ask for something. |
| Frank: For example, Einen Orangensaft, bitte. |
| Gina: “An orange juice, please”. You can also say it if you don’t understand something. |
| Frank: Since it’s slightly informal, we would advise you to use it together with the word wie, as in the expression wie bitte? |
| Gina: There’s another word you can use in this case, and it has a very similar tone to “what?” in English. |
| Frank: Yes, that’s Was? It serves the same purpose but it’s a lot less polite. It can be considered too direct and rude. |
| Gina: In other contexts, it’s used following the normal question-word rules. |
| Frank: For example, Was haben Sie gegessen? |
| Gina: “What did you eat?” |
| Frank: Richtig. That’s correct! Okay, and the next word is lieber. |
| Gina: Which means “rather”, “more sweet”, “nice” or “dear” depending on the context. |
| Frank: There’s the expression lieber mögen which is best translated as “to prefer”, so that would fall under the meaning of “rather”. |
| Gina: There’s no better way to say “to prefer” in German unless you’re looking for something really stiff. |
| Frank: And also note that Lieber is the most common way to start an informal letter in German. You can write Lieber Jens or Liebe Kate, but remember that for women the final “R” is dropped. |
| Gina: This is the same as writing “dear someone” in English. |
| Frank: And the last word we’ll look at is the term grün. |
| Gina: It can mean "green" as in the color, and also describe anything that's environmentally-friendly. It’s an important word as Germany is a very green country, not only because of its landscapes and plants in the cities, but also because of its admirable approach to recycling and maintaining. |
| Frank: Right. Eine grüne Umwelt. |
| Gina: “A green environment”, yes. Okay, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
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| Gina: In this lesson you’ll learn about word order and sub-clauses. |
| Frank: Let’s start with the verb mögen. |
| Gina: Which means “to like”. It’s another irregular German verb, and in this lesson’s dialogue, you encountered several forms of it. |
| Frank: Such as ich mag, wir mögen and sie mögen. Mögen behaves just like other modal verbs. So like sollen, it doesn’t get the “E” or “T” ending in singular. |
| Gina: In fact, we’re dealing with two different stems for this verb. |
| Frank: Everything in the singular is based on mag, while everything in the plural is based on mög. |
| Gina: What are the complete forms? Shall we go through them, Frank? |
| Frank: Sure! ich mag. |
| Gina: “I like”. |
| Frank: (slow) ich mag |
| Gina: Okay! Next? |
| Frank: du magst |
| Gina: “you like”. |
| Frank: (slow) du magst |
| Gina: Next? |
| Frank: er mag |
| Gina: “he likes” |
| Frank: (slow) er mag |
| Gina: Next? |
| Frank: Sie mag |
| Gina: “she likes” |
| Frank: (slow) Sie mag |
| Gina: What about the impersonal pronoun, “it”? |
| Frank: es mag. (slow) es mag. |
| Gina: “it likes”. Ok, now onto the plural pronouns. |
| Frank: Wir mögen |
| Gina: “we like” |
| Frank: (slow) wir mögen |
| Gina: And how about “you like” in the plural? |
| Frank: ihr mögt |
| Gina: One more time? |
| Frank: (slow) ihr mögt |
| Gina: And finally, “they like”? |
| Frank: sie mögen. (slow) sie mögen. |
| Gina: Okay! Great! |
| Frank: mögen is an extremely useful verb when talking about your likes and dislikes. |
| Gina: So make sure you remember it with all its forms! |
| Frank: Also, you’ll find that almost all modal verbs do the split between singular and plural forms. So they use a different stem or a different vowel to keep them apart. |
| Gina: Another thing we want to talk about in this lesson is that the order in German sub-clauses varies. In sub-clauses, all verbs go to the very end of the sentence as if there was already another verb present in the sentence. |
| Frank: Yeah, for example, ich denke, dass ich eine schöne Zeit in Deutschland haben werde. |
| Gina: “I think that I will have a nice time in Germany.” |
| Frank: That’s right! So you can see that the verbs haben and werden, are placed at the end of the sentence. |
| Gina: Let’s hear the sentence one more time. |
| Frank: ich denke, dass ich eine schöne Zeit in Deutschland haben werde. |
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| Gina: Well, that does it for this lesson. Remember to check the lesson notes, and we’ll see you next time. Bye! |
| Frank: Ja! Bestimmt! Bis zum nächsten Mal! |
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