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🗓️ 25 October 2023
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Do you know when to use gehen and fahren to say "to go" in German? In this episode of The Coffee Break German Show Mark and Thomas clarify the different contexts in which you would use each verb.
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0:00.0 | I need toys, I need decorations, I need dockins, I need sprouts, I need something for him, I need |
0:06.8 | something for him to give to his mother. I've got a dragon egg for tree into my lounge, |
0:11.2 | then build a trampoline and gift wrap it. Elf duties are a full-time job and this elf |
0:17.5 | deserves a Christmasy coffee. Our roasted hazel hot chocolate is now at |
0:22.5 | Costa. That's Christmas made a little better. A Costa coffee. |
0:32.7 | Herzlich willkommen zu Coffee Break German. Welcome to the Coffee Break German show. |
0:37.2 | Ich heiße Thomas und ich heiße Mark. Wie geht's hier Thomas? Sehr gut, alles läuft super. |
0:42.4 | Oh, I love it, alles läuft super. Everything is running superbly. |
0:47.9 | Exactly, by the elf. By the elf. Also, for me, everything is excellent. |
0:53.2 | We're related to be back with another episode of Coffee Break German. |
0:56.4 | And in these weekly episodes, we help you to improve your German as always, |
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1:12.8 | Mark, what is the topic for today? Well, today we're looking at the verb to go. |
1:18.0 | Now, the verb to go, you kind of think of immediately gay. |
1:22.3 | Gay. Yeah, however, it's not as simple as that. Unfortunately, no, no, there's another one. |
1:27.8 | Is there a right? Yeah, let's not start. |
1:35.0 | So, as we said, we think, first of all, as a street translation of to go as gay. |
1:42.0 | And to go in English is very common. We use that in many, many situations. |
1:46.1 | Yes, I've said all the time, like, we're going to the supermarket. |
1:48.8 | We're going on holiday. We went to Spain. Yeah. And the thing about it in German, |
1:55.0 | we can't use gay and many situations for a translation of to go, because we need to use this |
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