Learn the German future possessive
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Chuck: Chuck here, intermediate season 3 lesson 18.Your German, horoscope predicts. |
| Judith: Hi my name is Judith and I’m joined here by Chuck. |
| Chuck: Hello everyone and welcome back to germanpod101. |
| Judith: What are we learning today? |
| Chuck: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about horoscopes in German. |
| Judith: This conversation takes place at a German office. |
| Chuck: The conversation is between Mr. Jones and Mrs. Bayer. |
| Judith: The speakers are colleagues, therefore they’ll be speaking formal German. |
| Chuck: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Jones: Guten Morgen, Frau Bayer. |
| Bayer: Morgen Herr Jones. Wie war Ihr Wochenende? |
| Jones: Ach, es war sehr schön. Ich habe den Reichstag und das Bundeskanzleramt besichtigt. |
| Bayer: Und war es interessant? |
| Jones: Ja, ich habe viel gelernt. Und wie war Ihr Wochenende? |
| Bayer: Ach, mein Wochenende war okay, aber diese Woche wird bestimmt super! |
| Jones: Woher wissen Sie das? |
| Bayer: Ich habe eben in der Zeitung mein Horoskop gelesen. Da steht, ich werde diese Woche von jemandem beschenkt werden! Und meine Arbeit wird anerkannt werden. |
| Jones: Oh, das hört sich natürlich super an! Glauben Sie denn an Horoskope? |
| Bayer: Wenn etwas Gutes darin steht, dann ja! Und Sie? |
| Jones: Haha, ja ich glaube auch nur an gute Horoskope. Lesen Sie mir bitte mein Horoskop vor! |
| Bayer: Natürlich. Welches Sternzeichen sind Sie? |
| Jones: Ich bin Zwilling. |
| Bayer: Okay. Also, diese Woche bringt Veränderungen mit sich. Sie werden im Beruf mit neuen Tätigkeiten beauftragt werden. |
| Jones: Oh, na das passt ja. Und privat? |
| Bayer: Privat bleibt es ruhig, aber vielleicht ist es die Ruhe vor dem Sturm. |
| Jones: Hmm, okay. Steht noch etwas in meinem Horoskop? |
| Bayer: Ja. Ihr Motto für diese Woche - "Schenke und du wirst beschenkt werden!" |
| Jones: Oh, also werden wir beide diese Woche beschenkt werden! |
| Bayer: Haha, ja, aber Sie müssen mir zuerst etwas schenken, bevor Sie etwas bekommen! |
| Jones: Haha… |
| Jones: Good morning, Mrs Bayer. |
| Bayer: Morning Mr Jones. How was your weekend? |
| Jones: Oh, it was very nice. I visited the Reichstag and the chancellor's building. |
| Bayer: And was it interesting? |
| Jones: Yes, I have learned a lot. And how was your weekend? |
| Bayer: Oh, my weekend was okay, but this weekend will surely be super! |
| Jones: How [from where] do you know that? |
| Bayer: I just read my horoscope in the newspaper. There it is written that I will be given a present this week! And my work will be appreciated. |
| Jones: Oh, that sounds great of course! So do you believe in horoscopes? |
| Bayer: If it says something good, then yes! And you? |
| Jones: Haha, yes I also only believe in good horoscopes. Please read me my horoscope! |
| Bayer: Of course. What is your zodiac sign? |
| Jones: I'm Gemini. |
| Bayer: Okay. So this week brings changes. You will be assigned new tasks at work. |
| Jones: Oh, well that is fitting. And in private? |
| Bayer: Private life remains calm, but maybe it is the calm before the storm. |
| Jones: Hmm, okay. Is there anything else in my horoscope? |
| Bayer: Yes. Your motto for this week - "Give a present and you shall be given a present!" |
| Jones: Oh, so both of us will be given a present this week! |
| Bayer: Haha, yes, but you first have to give me a present before you get anything! |
| Jones: Haha… |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Judith: Okay, I think this is the perfect occasion to talk about horoscopes and to read a German horoscope you first have to know what your sign is. |
| Chuck: In German the signs of the zodiac do not retain their Latin names. They are translated to a German equivalent. |
| Judith: Yes so, let’s go over the signs. The first one is [Widder] |
| Chuck: Aries. |
| Judith: Yes and [Widder] is also the word for Ram. Then we have [Stier] |
| Chuck: Taurus. |
| Judith: Yes or it’s also the word for bull. Then [Zwillinge] |
| Chuck: Gemini, also the word for twins. |
| Judith: And [Krebs] |
| Chuck: Cancer or a crab. |
| Judith: Next one is [Löwe] |
| Chuck: Leo also means a lion. |
| Judith: [Jungfrau] |
| Chuck: Virgo, or can also mean a virgin. |
| Judith: [Waage] |
| Chuck: Libra or is a scale. |
| Judith: Yes, actually the Latin Libra means scale but as I said, they are always translated. [Skorpion] |
| Chuck: Scorpio or well that means a scorpion. |
| Judith: [Schütze] |
| Chuck: Sagittarius or a shooter. |
| Judith: Then [Steinbock] |
| Chuck: Capricorn or a mountain goat. |
| Judith: [Wassermann] |
| Chuck: Aquarius or a waterman. |
| Judith: And finally, [Fische] |
| Chuck: Pisces or fish.Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word is; |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Judith: [Horoskop] |
| Chuck: Horoscope. |
| Judith: [Horoskop, das] and the plural is [Horoskope] |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [jemand] |
| Chuck: Somebody. |
| Judith: [jemand] |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [beschenken] |
| Chuck: To give something as a gift. |
| Judith: [beschenken] and the important thing is that this must not have a causative object. You do not say, what is given. |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [anerkennen] |
| Chuck: To accredit, appreciate, acknowledge or recognize. |
| Judith: [anerkennen] the forms are [Er erkennt an, Er erkannte an, Er hat anerkannt] |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [Sternzeichen] |
| Chuck: Starsign or zodiac sign. |
| Judith: [Sternzeichen, das] and the plural is the same. |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [Zwilling] |
| Chuck: Twin or Gemini. |
| Judith: [Zwilling, der] and the plural is [Zwillinge] |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [Veränderung] |
| Chuck: Change |
| Judith: [Veränderung, die] and the plural is [Veränderungen] |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [privat] |
| Chuck: Private or privately. |
| Judith: [privat] |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [ruhig] |
| Chuck: Calm or tranquil |
| Judith: [ruhig] |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [Ruhe] |
| Chuck: Tranquility or calm. |
| Judith: [Ruhe, die] |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [Sturm] |
| Chuck: Storm. |
| Judith: [Sturm, der] and the plural is [Stürme] |
| Chuck: Next |
| Judith: [Motto] |
| Chuck: Slogan or motto. |
| Judith: [Motto, das] and the plural is [Mottos] |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [schenken] |
| Chuck: To give as a gift. |
| Judith: [schenken] and this verb requires a causative object of what is given unlike [beschenken] |
| Chuck: Next. |
| Judith: [zuerst] |
| Chuck: First or at first. |
| Judith: [zuerst] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Chuck: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Judith: The first word is [Morgen] if you say it as a greeting then it’s an abbreviated form of [Guten Morgen] it’s more colloquial that way. It’s even more colloquial if you slur it to something like [Morgn] or [Morjn] but that wouldn’t be written down. Also note the popular greeting [Moin, Moin] is understood by some to be a variation of [Morgen] but actually it’s a distinct word and it’s used as a greeting throughout the day in Germany’s coastal areas. Next we have [das steht] |
| Chuck: Literally that means “there stands” but it usually means it’s written there. |
| Judith: Yes and [Das hört sich gut an] |
| Chuck: That sounds good. |
| Judith: This is an expression [Das hört sich gut an] |
| Chuck: That hears itself [Das hört sich gut an] |
| Judith: That hears itself [Das hört sich gut an] that’s literal. |
| Chuck: That doesn’t sound very good. Oh well. |
| Judith: You are not supposed to translate. |
| Chuck: I know. |
| Judith: It sounds good. Now lastly I wanted to…. |
| Chuck:How do you say “lobster to that”? |
| Judith: [Das hört sich nicht gut an] |
| Chuck: Ah that’s where the [gut] goes. |
| Judith: Yes [nicht gut] as in not good. That’s how you say it. Now lastly the difference between [schenken] and [beschenken].[schenken] requires you to specify what is being given, even if you have to say [etwas] if you are not sure you can say [Ich schenke dir etwas] but [beschenken] only requires a [dich, Ich beschenke dich] other words with a non-separable [be] work the same. |
Lesson focus |
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| Chuck: The focus of this lesson is the future passive. In lesson thirteen and sixteen, we already used the passive voice in German. |
| Judith: The passive is formed by using the verb [werden] with the past participle as in [Er wird gesehen]. |
| Chuck: He’s seen. When you want to use another tense in the passive, for example the past tense, then you basically have to pretend that [werden] is the main verb. Put that in the right tense and then add the past participle forum of the real verb. |
| Judith: So [Er baute das Museum] |
| Chuck: He built the museum |
| Judith: Becomes [Das Museum wurde gebaut] or [Das Museum wurde von ihm gebaut] |
| Chuck: The museum was built, well by him. Now let’s look at the future tense. Normally the future tense consists of the conjugated auxiliary [werden] and the main verb in the infinitive. For example |
| Judith: [Er wird das Museum bauen] |
| Chuck: He will build the museum. |
| Judith: For a passive, applying the rule that we mentioned above, we would first form the future tense of [werden] which is [werden werden] with the rest of the sentence in between. It’s funny really, but then we add the past participle of the real verb [bauen] the past participle is [gebaut] so we get [wird gebaut werden] with the rest of the sentence in between [wird] and [gebaut] |
| Chuck: could you give me an example? |
| Judith: Yes our example phrase was [Das Museum wird gebaut werden] or [Das Museum wird von ihm gebaut werden] |
| Chuck: The museum will be built by him. Yes, that shows the future passive works for every verb. One conjugated form of [werden] one past participle verb and any infinitive [werden] |
Outro |
| Judith: Yes. That just about does it for today. |
| Chuck: So stop by germanpod101.com and pick up the lesson notes. |
| Judith: It has the conversation transcripts, |
| Chuck: Vocabulary, sample sentences and grammar explanation. |
| Judith: And a cultural insights section. |
| Chuck: Singing in German, |
| Judith: Really helps you remember faster. |
| Chuck: Don’t take our word for it, please have a look for yourself. |
| Judith: And let us know what you think. |
| Chuck: So see you next week. |
| Judith: [Also bis nächste Woche]! |
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