Learn how to post comments about having dinner with friends
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Must-Know German Social Media Phrases Season 1, Lesson 1 - Out at Dinner. |
| Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric. |
| Clara: And I'm Clara. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to post and leave comments in German about having dinner with friends. Tom eats at a restaurant with his friends, posts an image of it, and leaves this comment: |
| Clara: Gutes Essen mit guten Freunden! |
| Eric: Meaning - "Good food with good friends!" Listen to a reading of the post and the comments that follow. |
| DIALOGUE |
| (clicking sound) |
| Tom : Gutes Essen mit guten Freunden! |
| (clicking sound) |
| Franziska: Schön, ich wäre gerne dabei gewesen! |
| Tanja: Sieht sehr lecker aus! |
| Cem: Edel! Gefällt mir! |
| Katharina: Nächstes Mal bin ich dabei! |
| Eric: Listen again with the English translation. |
| (clicking sound) |
| Tom : Gutes Essen mit guten Freunden! |
| Eric: "Good food with good friends!" |
| (clicking sound) |
| Franziska: Schön, ich wäre gerne dabei gewesen! |
| Eric: "Nice, I would have liked to be there!" |
| Tanja: Sieht sehr lecker aus! |
| Eric: "Looks very delicious!" |
| Cem: Edel! Gefällt mir! |
| Eric: "Noble! I like it!" |
| Katharina: Nächstes Mal bin ich dabei! |
| Eric: "Next time I'll be there!" |
| POST |
| Eric: Listen again to Tom's post. |
| Clara: Gutes Essen mit guten Freunden! |
| Eric: "Good food with good friends!" |
| Clara: (SLOW) Gutes Essen mit guten Freunden! (Regular) Gutes Essen mit guten Freunden! |
| Eric: Let's break this down. First is an expression meaning "Good food." |
| Clara: Gutes Essen |
| Eric: is a standard expression to refer to delicious food. Listen again- "Good food" is... |
| Clara: (SLOW) Gutes Essen (REGULAR) Gutes Essen |
| Eric: Then comes the phrase - "with good friends." |
| Clara: mit guten Freunden |
| Eric: repeating the same adjective, "good", instead of choosing a different positive adjective makes the sentence flow nicely and is quite common in social media. Listen again- "with good friends" is... |
| Clara: (SLOW) mit guten Freunden (REGULAR) mit guten Freunden |
| Eric: All together, "Good food with good friends!" |
| Clara: Gutes Essen mit guten Freunden! |
| COMMENTS |
| Eric: In response, Tom's friends leave some comments. |
| Eric: His girlfriend, Franziska, uses an expression meaning - "Nice, I would have liked to be there!" |
| Clara: (SLOW) Schön, ich wäre gerne dabei gewesen! (REGULAR) Schön, ich wäre gerne dabei gewesen! |
| [Pause] |
| Clara: Schön, ich wäre gerne dabei gewesen! |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you are feeling envious. |
| Eric: His neighbor, Tanja, uses an expression meaning - "Looks very delicious!" |
| Clara: (SLOW) Sieht sehr lecker aus! (REGULAR) Sieht sehr lecker aus! |
| [Pause] |
| Clara: Sieht sehr lecker aus! |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you are feeling warmhearted. |
| Eric: His college friend, Cem, uses an expression meaning - "Noble! I like it!" |
| Clara: (SLOW) Edel! Gefällt mir! (REGULAR) Edel! Gefällt mir! |
| [Pause] |
| Clara: Edel! Gefällt mir! |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you are feeling frivolous. |
| Eric: His high school friend, Katharina, uses an expression meaning - "Next time I'll be there!" |
| Clara: (SLOW) Nächstes Mal bin ich dabei! (REGULAR) Nächstes Mal bin ich dabei! |
| [Pause] |
| Clara: Nächstes Mal bin ich dabei! |
| Eric: Use this expression to show you are feeling optimistic. |
Outro |
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| Eric: Okay, that's all for this lesson. If a friend posted something about having dinner with friends, which phrase would you use? Leave us a comment letting us know. And we'll see you next time! |
| Clara: Tschüss! |
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