Coffee Break German
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Coffee Break German
LESSON NOTES ES IST ZEIT DEIN DEUTSCH ZU TESTEN! In addition to providing the answers for the personality quiz from last lesson, this episode gives you the chance to put to the test what you’ve learned in the past ten lessons. REVIEW OF MYSTERY PERSONALITIES In the previous lesson, five descriptions were given of famous people and you had to work out who these people were from the clues given. 1. Michael Schumacher Coffee Break German Lesson 30 2. Kylie Minogue Sie ist Australierin und ist am 28. Mai 1968 in Melbourne geboren. Von Beruf ist sie Sängerin und Schauspielerin. Sie hat eine Schwester mit dem Namen Danii und ein Brüder namens Brendan. Ein berühmtes Lied von ihr würde auf Deutsch „Ich Kann Dich Nicht Aus Meinen Kopf Bekommen” heißen. Study Notes Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes Er ist am 3. Januar 1969 in Deutschland geboren. Sein Bruder heißt Ralf. Er ist Rennfahrer von Beruf und im Moment fährt er in der Formel 1 für Merzedes. In der Vergangenheit ist er für Benneton und Ferrari gefahren. Er hat 7 Mal die Weltmeisterschaft gewonnen. page 1 of 15 Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 2 of 15 3. Roger Federer Conversation 1 Dieser Schweizer ist am 8. August 1981 geboren. Er spielt sehr gerne Tennis und auch sehr gut. Er ist einer der besten Tennisspieler der Welt. Er hat zwei Töchter, und zwar Zwillinge. Sie heißen Myle Rose und Charlene Riva. Seine Frau ist auch Tennisspielerin. A: Was glaubst du, wie das Wetter morgen wird? B: Hier in London wird es regnen, aber in Schottland ist es warm und sonnig. A: Das kann ich nicht glauben! 4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Er kommt aus Österreich. Er ist am 27. Januar 1756 geboren und ist am 5. Dezember 1791 gestorben. Er war Komponist und Musiker. Er hat in Bologna studiert. Seine Eltern heißen Anna und Leopold. Eine sehr berühmte Oper von ihm heißt „Die Zauberflöte”. was glaubst du ... ? what do you think ... ? das Wetter the weather 5. J.K. Rowling Diese Person ist am 31. Juli 1965 geboren. Sie kommt aus England, aber im Moment wohnt sie in Schottland. Sie liest sehr gerne Bücher und schreibt auch Bücher. Heute ist sie von Beruf Schriftstellerin. Ihr berühmtestes Werk hat sieben Bücher. Die Bücher gibt es auch als Filme, allerdings sind es acht Filme für sieben Bücher. Sie hat drei Kinder. was glaubst du, wie das Wetter morgen wird? what do you think the weather is going to be like tomorrow? hier (in London) wird es regnen it’s going to rain here (in London) das kann ich nicht glauben I don’t believe it! TRANSLATION CHALLENGE PART 1 Conversation 2 Thomas tests Mark on his translation skills from German into English by focusing on three short conversations based around topics covered in recent lessons. Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 3 of 15 A: Guten Morgen. Wie geht es Ihnen heute? B: Ah, ich habe Kopfschmerzen und meine Rücken tut mir auch Weh. A: Haben Sie sonst noch Schmerzen? B: Ja, ich habe eine Infektion im Ohr. Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 4 of 15 immer always wie geht es Ihnen heute? how are you (formal) today? immer geradeaus keep going straight on meine Rücken tut mir auch Weh my back is also sore die Brieftasche wallet sonst otherwise, “apart from that” der Ausweis passport im Ohr < in dem Ohr in the ear Before the next part of the translation challenge, Kirsten returns for her final input on Coffee Break German with a review of the grammar points covered between lessons 21-30. Conversation 3 GRAMMAR GURU A: Hilfe, wo ist die Polizeistation? B: Die zweite Straße links, und dann immer geradeaus. Warum? A: Meine Brieftasche und mein Ausweis wurden gestohlen. Hilfe! help! Well, grammar fans, it's time for a review of all the grammar points we've learnt in this latest section of the course. You sure have learnt a lot by now, so I think it's a good idea that we go over it all once more to help it sink in a little easier. Your first grammar lesson in this section was in lesson 23 when we talked about demonstrative adjectives – you know, those words which mean “this” and “these” and indeed “that” and “those. die Polizeistation the police station Let’s have a look at these now: you’ll find the full table below: dann then Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 5 of 15 Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 6 of 15 NOM ACC DAT depending on the gender and case. A table based on mein can be found below, and here are three sentences showing each case: MASC FEM NEUT PLURAL dieser diese dieses diese das ist mein Mann that is my husband diese ich besuche meinen Freund I’m visiting my friend diesen diesem diese dieser dieses diesem diesen Next up, in lesson 24, we talked about the dative forms of personal pronouns. These were used, for example, when talking about things that hurt, or when asking how someone is, for example, mein Fuß tut mir Weh and Wie geht's dir? These sentences are really describing what is happening to someone, so “my foot is hurting me” and “how is it going to you?” and to do that in German, we need to put the personal pronoun in the dative case. Let's go through each pronoun now. For the singular pronouns ich changes to mir, du to dir, er to ihm, sie to ihr. Then, in the plural, wir changes to uns, ihr to euch, and sie, whether it's the third person plural or second person singular and plural, changes to ihnen. Skipping ahead to lesson 28, we also heard these dative forms coming after the verb gefallen. That was because this particular verb describes the way in which something pleases someone, as in “my work pleases me”: mir gefällt meine Arbeit. Of course, we’d still translate this as “I like my work”. Another grammar point which we’ve covered in this season of lessons is the patterns used by both indefinite articles and possessive adjectives in each case. So whether you're talking about ein – being the indefinite article, or mein, dein or sein and so on – being the possessive adjectives, “my, your, his” “her, and so on” the endings you add on to the end will be the same for each one, Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 7 of 15 ich bin hier mit meiner Frau und meinem Sohn I’m here with my wife and my son MASC FEM NEUT PLURAL NOM mein meine mein meine ACC meinen meine mein meine DAT meinem meiner meinem meinen And then there were those frustrating prepositions! We learned a group of prepositions that takes the accusative, and another group that takes the dative, and there was also that lovely group of prepositions which can take either! I’m not going to go back through them all now because it’ll probably take too long! But there are full lists for each of these groups in the notes for the previous lessons. I hope this little recap has consolidated all this grammar that you have learnt over the last few lessons. And I know that you’ll be starting to feel much more confident with German grammar. Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 8 of 15 That’s it from me for this lesson, and in fact this is where I’m going to be bidding you auf Wiedersehen und viel Glück. In the final ten lessons of this season of Coffee Break German you’ll be listening to real German in use in the conversations Mark and Thomas have recorded on the streets of Austria. You’ll be able to pick out lots of the points we’ve covered, and best of all you’ll be hearing them in authentic contexts, rather than repeating tables of verbs or noun declensions with me! I hope you’ve enjoyed these Grammar Guru segments and I’ve certainly enjoyed bringing you them. I’d like to wish you all the best of luck with your continued German studies and I’ll hand you back to Thomas and Mark in the studio. Ich habe drei Kinder, zwei Söhne und eine Tochter. Die Söhne heißen Daniel und Max, und meine Tochter heißt Julia. I have three children: two sons and a daughter. The sons are called Daniel and Max, and my daughter is called Julia. Ich bin hier in Deutschland mit meiner Familie und wir machen Urlaub. I’m here in Germany with my family and we’re on holiday. mit meiner Familie with my family (note the dative feminine form of meiner) Urlaub machen to be on holiday TRANSLATION CHALLENGE PART 2 Es ist halb 6 und ich habe Hunger! Thomas now challenges Mark to translate various sentences from English into German. The sentences and notes are listed below. It’s half past five and I’m hungry! Hunger haben Der Koffer ist groß und schwarz. Ich habe den Koffer im Bahnhof verloren. to be hungry The suitcase is large and black. I’ve lost the suitcase in the station. es ist halb 6 it’s half past five (half way to six) Note im Bahnhof as the shortened form of in dem Bahnhof. An alternative version of this phrase could be ich haben ihn im Bahnhof verloren: “I have lost it in the station”. Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 9 of 15 Mein Sohn ist am 11.8.2005 geboren, also ist er sieben Jahre alt. My son was born on 11th August 2005, so he is seven years old. Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 10 of 15 CULTURAL CORRESPONDENT In this lesson Julia introduces us to three more well-known German speakers. Note that one of these personalities was included in the bonus episode for this episode. It’s time to return to our famous Germanspeakers and today I’m going to tell about a of famous Austrians and a famous Swiss author – someone whose book you’ll know, even if you don’t know the author’s name! A few episodes back I told you about Vienna. When walking through Madame Tussaud’s, right next to the Riesenrad (Ferris wheel) in Vienna’s Prater you will find two very famous Austrians there. First of all, a man who’s known worldwide on the one hand for being an American politician, but maybe even more for being an action film icon. Yes, of course I’m talking about Arnold Schwarzenegger. He was born in Thal, near the city of Graz in 1947. After years of weight training, Schwarzenegger’s career began at the age of 20 when he won the Mr. Universe title. He emigrated to the US in 1968 and gained a fortune working as a real estate agent in the 1970s, around the same time when he decided to become an actor. His most famous films are Terminator or Total Recall. He became a US citizen in 1983. Schwarzenegger has heard many different nicknames ranging from the "Austrian Oak" when working as a body builder and “Arnie” during his acting career, to "The Governator" referring to his appointment as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011. From a very different field, the second influential Austrian man I’d like to introduce to you today is Gustav Klimt, an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most famous members of the Viennese Art Nouveau Style also called Wiener Secession around the turn of the century. Klimt was born in 1862 near Vienna where he spend most of his life. He became famous for his individual style Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 11 of 15 that contradicted academic traditions depicting mostly female bodies with a very symbolistic form of language. He found his personal expression using floral ornaments, flowing lines, mosaic patterns and intensive colours as well as gold and silver. You’ll be familiar with his most famous painting, Der Kuss – the Kiss. Klimt died in Vienna in 1918. Finally let’s come to a Swiss author whose name might not be very familiar to you but the children’s book that Johanna Spyri wrote in 1880 is known the world over. I’m talking about Heidi, a story about the life and adventures of a young girl who is given into her grandfather’s care in the Swiss Alps after her parents have died. The work of fiction published in two parts is among the bestselling books ever written. The charm comes not only from the heart-warming story about little Heidi but also from the romantic depiction of the Swiss Alps. Heidi has been translated into more than 50 languages and Spyri who lived from 1827 to 1901 married Bernhard Spyri who was a close friend of Richard Wagner, the famous German composer. After moving to Zürich, she started writing stories about the countryside for both children and adults. Heidi, which was written in only 4 weeks, was her biggest success. I hope you’ve enjoyed this account of famous Austrians and Swiss people. Now it’s back to Thomas and Mark in the studio! Bis bald! In the final section of the lesson, Thomas asks Mark the following question: bist du zufrieden mit dem was du gelernt hast? are you happy with what you’ve learned? Mark answers: ich bin sehr zufrieden I’m very happy Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 12 of 15 DAS REICHT FÜR HEUTE BONUS EPISODE Ready for more? Turn the page to continue with the bonus materials for this lesson. TRANSLATION CHALLENGE BONUS The review episode includes five further translation challenges where Mark has to translate from English into German. The sentences and notes are provided below: Herr Maier ist im Moment nicht verfügbar. Können Sie bitte später nochmal anrufen? Mr Maier is not available at the moment. Can you please call again later? Mir gefällt meine Arbeit als Arzt. I enjoy my job as a doctor. Note that if the speaker were female, the word Ärztin would be required. Ich gehe gern ins Kino oder lese ein Buch. I enjoying going to the cinema or reading a book. In this sentence the word gern applies to both going to the cinema and reading a book: you don’t have to repeat it. Nehmen Sie diese Tabletten drei Mal pro Tag und vor dem Essen. Take these tablets three times a daily before eating. Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 13 of 15 Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 14 of 15 Ich bin in Marburg mit meinem Bruder und wir besuchen meinen Freund. I’m in Marburg with my brother and we are visiting my friend. Note the dative form mit meinem Bruder and the accusative wir besuchen meinen Freund. Coffee Break German: Lesson 30 - Notes page 15 of 15