Learn how to use the sentence pattern to talk about your profession
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sydney: Hi everyone, I'm Sydney. |
| Albert: And I'm Albert. |
| Sydney: And welcome to Must-Know German Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 1. Talking about your profession. |
| Sydney: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for talking about your profession. |
| PATTERN |
| Sydney: For example, |
| Sydney: "I'm a doctor." |
| Albert: Ich bin Arzt. |
| Albert: [slow] Ich bin Arzt. |
| Sydney: The pattern for talking about your profession has two elements. First, the pronoun, in this case "I", followed by the verb "to be" in the first person singular. |
| Albert: Ich bin. |
| Sydney: Second, your profession, in this case "doctor", referring to a male doctor. |
| Albert: Arzt. |
| Sydney: Altogether, we have... "I'm a doctor." |
| Albert: Ich bin Arzt. [slow] Ich bin Arzt. [normal] Ich bin Arzt. |
| Sydney: In German, you use the pronoun at first, which is followed by the conjugated verb "to be." It needs to be conjugated according to the pronoun. Right afterward comes the profession, which has to fit with the gender and number. Compared to English, there is no article in between the first and the second element. |
| Albert: Ich bin Arzt. |
| Sydney: So remember that if you want to tell someone about your profession, just use "I" plus the conjugated verb for "to be" and add the profession. Be aware of the speaker's gender and number. |
| Sydney: Here is another example meaning, "I'm a kindergarten teacher." First, the pronoun, in this case "I", followed by the verb "to be" in the first person singular. |
| Albert: Ich bin. |
| Sydney: Second, your profession, in this case "kindergarten teacher", referring to a male kindergarten teacher. |
| Albert: Kindergärtner. |
| Sydney: Altogether we have... |
| Albert: Ich bin Kindergärtner. [slow] Ich bin Kindergärtner. [normal] Ich bin Kindergärtner. |
| Sydney: "I'm a kindergarten teacher." |
| [pause] |
| Albert: Ich bin Kindergärtner. |
| Sydney: How do you say - "I am a butcher." To give you a hint, "butcher" is... |
| Albert: Metzger. [slow] Metzger. [normal] Metzger. |
| Sydney: "I am a butcher." |
| [pause] |
| Albert: Ich bin Metzger. [slow] Ich bin Metzger. [normal] Ich bin Metzger. |
| [pause] |
| Albert: Ich bin Metzger. |
| REVIEW |
| Sydney: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in German. Here we go. |
| Sydney: "I'm a doctor." |
| [pause] |
| Albert: Ich bin Arzt. |
| [pause] |
| Albert: Ich bin Arzt. |
| Sydney: "I'm a kindergarten teacher." |
| [pause] |
| Albert: Ich bin Kindergärtner. |
| [pause] |
| Albert: Ich bin Kindergärtner. |
| Sydney: "I am a butcher." |
| [pause] |
| Albert: Ich bin Metzger. |
| [pause] |
| Albert: Ich bin Metzger. |
Outro |
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| Sydney: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for talking about your profession, as in... |
| Albert: Ich bin Arzt. |
| Sydney: meaning "I'm a doctor." |
| Sydney: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on GermanPod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time! |
| Albert: Bis zum nächsten Mal! |
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