01 'Are you German?'

Learn German by Podcast

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🗓️ 24 May 2011

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In this first lesson, our goal is to get a feel for the sounds of German. We start with a very short exchange between two people on a flight who are essentially talking about their nationality. It is our first encounter with the key verb 'sein'. We will also make use of the verb 'kommen'. Let's get started!

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0:00.0	Welcome to this first episode of Learn German by podcast, our series of German lessons.
0:05.0	My name is Hugh Nagel and I'm here with Joachm Krautz and Connie Lalk.
0:10.0	Joachim and Connie will be getting started with the basics at first, and over time moving on to intermediate lessons.
0:16.0	Today, however, our goal is simply to get a feel for the sounds of German. We'll start with a very short roleplay between two people on a flight who are essentially talking about their nationality.
0:27.6	Even though you, the listeners, may not have any German at all, see if you can get some idea of what the exchange is about.
0:34.2	Let's hear the exchange twice.
0:36.2	Then we'll come back and take it piece by piece.
0:40.3	Are you German?
0:41.3	I'm Austraiser.
0:43.3	How, please?
0:45.3	I come out of Austria. And you, are you, are you Englander?
0:49.3	I, no, I am Americaner.
0:56.6	I come out of the USA.
0:59.8	And now one more time.
1:02.2	Are you German?
1:04.5	No, I am I'm a Austriacher.
1:05.6	How, please?
1:07.4	I come out of Austria.
1:10.5	And you, are you, Are you Englander? I...
1:11.6	No.
1:12.6	I am Americaner.
1:14.6	I come out of the USA.
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