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| INTRODUCTION |
| Chuck: Chuck here. Beginner series, Season 2, Lesson #8. Do You Have What it takes? |
| Judith: Hello everyone. I am Judith and welcome to germanpod101. |
| Chuck: With us, you will learn how to speak German with fun and effective lessons. |
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| Judith: And you will be able to apply everything that you learned with germanpod101. |
| Chuck: In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about things you have. |
| Judith: Once you know the verb [Haben], you will also be able to use a lot of colloquial expressions. |
| Chuck: Todayโs conversation takes place at the heroโs home. |
| Judith: As before, the conversation is between Maria and her boyfriend. |
| Chuck: The speakers are friends. Therefore the speakers will be speaking informal German. |
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| Chuck: So letโs listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| M: Hast du schon Hunger? |
| B: Ja. Was kochst du heute? |
| M: Wir haben noch Suppe von gestern, also koche ich Suppe. |
| B: Suppe?? Ich habe groรen Hunger. Denkst du nicht, dass Suppe zu wenig ist? |
| M: Vielleicht. Vielleicht ist Suppe zu wenig. |
| B: Haben wir noch etwas anderes zu essen? |
| M: Hmm, ich gucke mal. |
| Judith: Now read slowly. |
| M: Hast du schon Hunger? |
| B: Ja. Was kochst du heute? |
| M: Wir haben noch Suppe von gestern, also koche ich Suppe. |
| B: Suppe?? Ich habe groรen Hunger. Denkst du nicht, dass Suppe zu wenig ist? |
| M: Vielleicht. Vielleicht ist Suppe zu wenig. |
| B: Haben wir noch etwas anderes zu essen? |
| M: Hmm, ich gucke mal. |
| Judith: Now with the translation. |
| M: Hast du schon Hunger? |
| M: Are you hungry yet? [Do you have hunger?] |
| B: Ja. Was kochst du heute? |
| B: Yes. What are you cooking today? |
| M: Wir haben noch Suppe von gestern, also koche ich Suppe. |
| M: We still have yesterday's soup, so I'm cooking soup. |
| B: Suppe?? Ich habe groรen Hunger. Denkst du nicht, dass Suppe zu wenig ist? |
| B: Soup?? I am very hunger. [I have big hunger.] Don't you think that soup is too little? |
| M: Vielleicht. Vielleicht ist Suppe zu wenig. |
| M: Maybe. Maybe soup is too little. |
| B: Haben wir noch etwas anderes zu essen? |
| B: Do we have anything else to eat? |
| M: Hmm, ich gucke mal. |
| M: Hmm, I'll have a look. |
| CULTURAL SECTION |
| Judith: Chuck, do you like the way we do soup in Germany? |
| Chuck: One thing I like is that you generally have bread in the side. |
| Judith: Yeah I like German bread. Thatโs one thing you can really be proud of here in Germany. |
| Chuck: Itโs pretty much always buttered with the soup isnโt it? |
| Judith: Yes. Do you know any other typical German foods? |
| Chuck: Sausage like, when you get the big sausage on the plate and you have some really spicy mustard on the side. |
| Judith: Yeah sausages are one of the specialties here and potatoes, you can find it in almost every dish and cabbage. |
| Chuck: In almost every form. |
| Judith: Yeah cabbage. All kinds of cabbage like [Sauerkraut], of course, [Rotkohl] I think thatโs red kale in English, [Grรผnkohl] Green kale [Kohlrabi, Rosenkohl itโs Brussels sprouts, I hate those but all the rest, sure] |
| Chuck: Yeah sometimes I joke that typical German dishes have some kind of meat with sauce on it and then some kind of potatoes and then maybe some pudding or Yogurt for dessert. |
| Judith: But youโre forgetting the vegetablesโฆ |
| Chuck: Ah yesโฆ |
| Judith: Almost everything comes with vegetables. |
| Chuck: Yeah or salad. |
| Judith: Or you can have a potato salad. There is also [Knรถdel] dumplings that are made from potatoes but they donโt taste like potatoes at all. |
| Chuck: Yeah it is actually interesting. We once had a guest come over who didnโt like potatoes at all and he was surprised to find that he liked most of the potato dishes that they have here. I think itโs the way they are spiced with the sauce in them. |
| Judith: Yeah oh! And there is also potato pancakes [Reibekuchen] |
| Chuck: Uhoo somewhat similar to Hash browns I would say. |
| Judith: Of course there are other specialties especially in different regions. |
| Chuck: But you forgot to mention what you typically eat on [Reibekuchen] |
| Judith: Apple sauce. |
| Chuck: Yeah anything else? |
| Judith: Sugar wheat syrup. Thatโs also regional specialty. And of course, you mustnโt forget schnitzel. I believe you are a big fan of that. |
| Chuck: Yeah schnitzel |
| Judith: Thatโs a type of breaded meat. |
| Chuck: And itโs typically eaten with either Bratkartoffeln or fries. |
| Judith: And then of course, Germany has adopted some foods from the immigrants. I mean first here were the Italians and they brought Pizza and Pasta you can find everywhere and I mean everywhere. |
| Chuck: Yeah. |
| Judith: And the Turks brought Doner kebab and the Greeks brought [Gyros]. Those are the three most common types of fast food apart from Hamburgers and fries and alike. |
| Chuck: And just like you can find in pretty much every other country, there is also Chinese food. |
| Judith: Yeah. Very common. |
| Chuck: Pretty readily available. |
| Judith: But Europeanized. |
| Chuck: Yeah of course. Alright, enough talk about food. You are making me hungry. Letโs take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Judith: The first word is [Haben] |
| Chuck: To have |
| Judith: [Haben, haben] Next [Hunger] |
| Chuck: [Hunger] |
| Judith: Hunger, hunger. Next [Heute] |
| Chuck: [Today] |
| Judith: [Heute, heute]. Next [Noch] |
| Chuck: Still, yet or another. |
| Judith: [Noch, noch] Next [Suppe] |
| Chuck: Soup |
| Judith: [Suppe, Suppe, die Suppe] this is feminine. Next [Groร] |
| Chuck: Tall or big. |
| Judith: [Groร, groร] Next [Zu] |
| Chuck: Too as in too much. |
| Judith: [Zu, zu] Next [Wenig] |
| Chuck: Little |
| Judith: [Wenig, wenig] Next [Vielleicht] |
| Chuck: Maybe |
| Judith: [Vielleicht, vielleicht] Next [Anderer] |
| Chuck: Other or another. |
| Judith: [Anderer, anderer] Next [Essen] |
| Chuck: To eat. |
| Judith: [Essen, essen] Next [Gucken] |
| Chuck: To look or watch. |
| Judith: [Gucken, gucken] Next [Mal] |
| Chuck: Have a, colloquial particle for doing something in a leisurely way. |
| Judith: [Mal, mal] |
| Chuck: Letโs have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Judith: The first word we will look at is [Mal] |
| Chuck: When you are talking to a German, this word will come out so often in conversation but itโs hard to translate. |
| Judith: I canโt think of a good translation myself. |
| Chuck: I think it could be roughly translated as sometime. When you add it to a sentence, you reply that there is no hurry. |
| Judith: Or that something is done in a leisurely way. |
| Chuck: Judith, could you give us some example sentences? |
| Judith: Of course. For example, [Komm mal bitte] |
| Chuck: Please come when you can. |
| Judith: [Bitte guck mal wer an der Tรผr ist] |
| Chuck: Please have a look who is at the door. |
| Judith: Or in the sentence, thatโs not a request. [Ich bin mal in New York gewesen] |
| Chuck: I have been to New York some time. |
| Judith: Alright. Now letโs move on to the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
|---|
| Judith: The focus of this lesson is the irregular verb [Haben]. |
| Chuck: To have. |
| Judith: This verb came up several times in todayโs dialogue. For example in [Wir haben noch Suppe von gestern] |
| Chuck: We still have yesterdayโs soup. [Haben] to have is one of the most important German verbs. Itโs used not only to talk about possession but also to form other tenses as we shall see later. |
| Judith: And itโs used in a non literal sense in various expressions such as [Hunger haben] |
| Chuck: To be hungry. |
| Judith: [Durst haben] |
| Chuck: To be thirsty. |
| Judith: [Zeit haben] |
| Chuck: To have time. |
| Judith: And others. Unfortunately [Haben] is an irregular verb. Here are the forms for present tense. [Ich habe] |
| Chuck: I have |
| Judith: [Du hast] |
| Chuck: You have |
| Judith: [Er hat] |
| Chuck: He has |
| Judith: [Wir haben] |
| Chuck: We have |
| Judith: [Ihr habt] |
| Chuck: You have plural |
| Judith: [Sie haben] |
| Chuck: They have or you have singular and formal. |
| Judith: Alright. |
Outro |
| Chuck: That just about does it for today. Testing yourself is one of the most effective ways to learn. |
| Judith: That is why we have three types of quizzes. |
| Chuck: Vocabulary, grammar and content specific. |
| Judith: Each quiz targets specific skills. |
| Chuck: And together these quizzes will help you master several fundamental skills. |
| Judith: You can find them in the learning center at |
| Chuck: Germanpod101.com. Practice using the learning center until next week. See you then. |
| Judith: [Bis dann!] |
Comments
HideHello hande,
Thank you for getting back to us.
Good to hear! ๐๐
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Alles gut bis Jezt๐
Hi Helen,
Thank you for posting. ๐
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Hi Delia,
Thank you for posting.
That sounds yummy. Don't give your German
friend too hard a time. When it comes to bread, we Germans
are a bit funny. ๐
Please allow me to make a few tiny little changes to your sentences in
order to aid your learning:
Suppe mit Brot ist mein Lieblingsessen im Winter. Ich koche Suppe mit Bohnen und Gemuese. Meinem deutschen
Freund hat (leider) kein kanadisches Brot geschmeckt.
If you have any questions, please donโt hesitate to contact us again.๐
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Reinhard
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Suppe mit brot ist mein lieblingsessen in Winter. Ich koche suppe mit Bohnen und gemuese. Meinem Deutscher freund hat kein Kanadisches Brot gefallen.
Hi Willhelm,
Thank you for posting!๐
I am definitely with you on the Japanese cuisine.
Please allow me to make a few tiny little changes to your sentences to help
you with your learning:
Ich habe keinen Hunger. Ich habe Sushi zu abend gegessen. Japanisches Essen ist mein Lieblingsessen, aber ich esse auch gern deutsches Essen ....Suppe ist definitiv nicht genug.
If you have any questions, please let us know.
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Reinhard
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Ich habe kein Hunger. Ich habe Sushi heute abend gegessen ๐ Japanisches Essen ist mein Lieblingsessen, aber ich esse gern auch Deutsches Essen ๐....Suppe ist definitiv nicht genug๐ณ
thank you for the dialogue
robert
Hello Jack,
Both, in singular and plural, if you want to address someone
the formal way, you should use "Sie".
Thank you.
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Reinhard
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Hi,
When using 'you' in a formal situation to multiple people is 'ihr' used or 'Sie'?
Thanks
Hi Rodrigo,
They are they same. It's simply from person to person
a little different.
But I like your attention to detail!๐
Thank you.
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Reinhard
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Hallo,
I have a question: is "Ich gucke mal" exactly the same as "Ich guck mal"? The second phrase seems to be more frequent (vielleicht) :)
Thanks
Hello ะขะฐััะบ,
You are lucky. I am from "Weiรwurst country".๐
There is a saying in Bavaria: Weiรwurst should be eaten
before the churchbell rings. This means they should be eaten
as fresh as possible. And of course, heat them up slowly,
DON'T boil them.
Thank you.
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Reinhard
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Ich habe jetzt viel Hunger!) Ich hatte gerne essen eine gesunde Salat... Haben Sie Information, wie man kocht Deutsch Weiรwurst?)
Hi Jian,
There is only one correct way of pronouncing the "g" in "wenig",
and that's the same "g" as in girl.
Thank you for your question.
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Reinhard
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Hi!
I'd like to know the pronunciation of 'g' in [wenig]. What I found in dictionary is like xi in taxi. But as I listened in the dialog, it seems 'g' pronunciates like girl's 'g'
Are they both hochdeutsch?
Thank you
Hallo Mehran,
Thank you for posting.
Please check out the [Take quiz] in the [Vocabulary] tab. There are review and writing questions so you can check out your progress on each lesson. :)
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Cristiane
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Hello!!
I want to know where are the lessons quiz
Ihank you very muchโค๏ธ๏ธ๐
MEHRAN
Hi Jonas,
Thank you for your question.
The Learning Center is the section below the audio/video player (Dialogue, Vocabulary, Lesson Notes, Lesson Transcript altogether). However, not all lessons include all features.
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