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Upper Beginner S1
Ordinary Friends in Germany

German
English
Vocabulary
Phrase Usage
Grammar Points
Cultural Insight

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Anke
Joe
Anke
Thomas
Anke
Thomas
Anke
Thomas
Joe
Anke
Thomas
Anke
Thomas
Joe
Anke
Thomas
Joe
Anke
Joe
Anke
Joe
Thomas
Joe
Thomas
Anke
Joe
Thomas
Joe
Anke
Joe

Ach, na endlich! Das ist sicher Thomas.

Ah, gut!
Hallo Thomas!
Hallo Anke.
Schn, dass du da bist. Das Spiel fngt gleich an!
Oh, bin ich also zu spt?!
Nein, du bist nicht zu spt. Thomas, das ist Joe. Joe, das ist Thomas.
Hallo Joe.
Hallo Thomas.
Thomas, willst du etwas trinken?
Hmm, ja. Ich nehme ein Bier.
Okay.
Und woher kennen Sie Anke, Joe?
Ich kenne sie aus dem Flugzeug.
Ja, Joe ist aus Kanada, aber er wohnt in Washington.
Ach so. Das ist ja interessant.
Und woher kennst du Thomas, Anke?
Ich kenne ihn von der Arbeit.
Ach so.
Ah, das Spiel fngt an!
Und, was meinen Sie Thomas wie viele Tore wird es geben?
Joe, wollen wir nicht Du sagen?
Oh, ja, gerne. Also, was meinst du, wie viele Tore wird es wohl geben?
Oh, frag mich nicht! Meine Tipps sind nie richtig.
Haha, das stimmt. Dich kann man so etwas wirklich nicht fragen
Und fr wen bist du, Thomas?
Na fr uns natrlich!
Uns? Ach ja, Deutschland spielt ja.
Mensch Joe, du vergisst aber viel!
Oh ja, das stimmt!!

English
Anke
Joe
Anke
Thomas

Ah, now finally! That's surely Thomas.

Oh, good!
Hi Thomas!
Hi Anke.

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Anke
Thomas
Anke
Thomas
Joe
Anke
Thomas
Anke
Thomas
Joe
Anke
Thomas
Joe
Anke
Joe
Anke
Joe
Thomas
Joe

Thomas
Anke
Joe
Thomas
Joe
Anke
Joe

Nice that you're here. The game's about to start!

Oh, so I'm too late!
No, you're not too late. Thomas, this is Joe. Joe, this is Thomas.
Hi Joe.
Hi Thomas.
Thomas, do you want something to drink?
Hmm, yeah. I'll take a beer.
Okay.
And from where do you know Anke, Joe?
I know her from the airplane.
Yes, Joe is from Canada, but he lives in Washington.
I see. That's interesting indeed.
And where do you know Thomas, Anke?
I know him from work.
I see.
Ah, the game is starting!
And, what do you (formal) think Thomas... how many goals will be
scored?
Joe, don't we want to say "Du"?
Oh yes, with pleasure. So, what do you think, how many goals will be
scored?
Oh, don't ask me! My guesses are never right...
Haha, that's right. One can't really ask you something like that...
And who are you rooting for, Thomas?
Well, for us, of course!
Us? Oh yeah, Germany's playing indeed...
Man Joe, you sure do forget a lot!
Oh yes, that's true!

Vocabulary

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German
endlich
anfangen

English
finally
to begin, start

adverb
verb

spt
Flugzeug
ihn
Arbeit

late
airplane
him
work

adjective
noun
personal pronoun
noun

fragen
nie
dich

to ask
never
you (informal, as an
object)
whom
us
to forget

verb
adverb
personal pronoun

wen
uns
vergessen

Notes

question word
personal pronoun
verb

er fngt an, er fing an, er

hat angefangen
neuter; plural: Flugzeuge
Accusative
compare to "arbeitslos" unemployed
weak verb
Accusative case
Accusative
Accusative or Dative
er vergisst, er verga, er
hat vergessen

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

Endlich bin ich das los.

Wann soll ich anfangen die Ofen vorzuheizen?
Viele Mrchen fangen mit "Es war einmal" an.
Er kommt zu spt.
Der Techniker zerlegte das Flugzeug in seine
Einzelteile.
Sprt man wenn das Flugzeug abhebt?
Komm, wir bringen ihn ins Krankenhaus.
Ich kenne ihn nicht.
Das ist eine sehr angenehme Arbeit.
Ich werde den Lehrer fragen.
Meine Mutter hat mir beigebracht Kerzen nie
unbeaufsichtigt brennen zu lassen.
Ich wnsche mir einen Sommer der nie vergeht.
Das wrde mir nie in den Sinn kommen.
Ich liebe dich.
Wer hat wen beim Fuball besiegt?
Lass uns heute ausruhen.
Mist! Ich habe meine Hausaufgaben vergessen!

Finally I am rid of this.

When shall I start to pre-heat the oven?
Many fairy tales start off with "Once upon a time".
He is coming (arriving) too late.
The technician dismantled the plane into its
individual parts.
Does one feel when the plane takes off?
Come, we'll take him to the hospital.
I don't know him.
That is a very pleasant/nice [type of] work.
I will ask the teacher.
My mother taught me to never let a candle burn
unattended.
I wish for a summer that never goes by.
That would never cross my mind.
I love you.
Who beat whom at the Soccer match?
Lets relax today.
Drats! I forgot my homework!

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Auch wenn ich wei, dass es schlecht ist, vergesse Even though I know it is bad, I still forget to look
ich trotzdem von Zeit zu Zeit die Tr hinter mir
up the door behind me from time to time.
abzuschlieen.

Vocabulary Phrase Usage

1. Wollen wir nicht 'du' sagen? is an easy way you can request the switch to informal German if you're
sick of calling someone 'Sie'. However, keep in mind that the older or more respected person is
supposed to make this offer; you can't walk up to your girlfriend's mother for example and ask if you
may address her informally, that would be out of place.
2. aber can be used for emphasis, for example in du vergisst aber viel (you DO forget a lot)

Grammar Points
The focus of this lesson is Accusative pronouns
Copy and Paste a line from the dialog that uses this grammar point here (If this is a romance language, please use
italics for this line)

"Copy and Paste the translation for the line above here" (Please keep quotation marks | Find this BLUE in the font
color box: top row, third from the right.)

When a personal pronoun is used as the direct object of a sentence, for example in Ich kenne ihn von
der Arbeit (I know him from work), we use the Accusative form of personal pronouns.
We've seen the Accusative forms all over the lessons, now let's have the full overview.
ich mich
du dich
er ihn
es es (unchanged)
sie sie (unchanged)
wir uns
ihr euch
sie sie / Sie Sie (unchanged)
The question word for these is not wer but when.

Cultural Insight

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German TV shows a lot of live soccer games of course, closely followed by car racing... and the other
sports are not as often on TV.
In terms of movies, the majority of movies on TV are Hollywood movies and Hollywood series,
dubbed into German of course, without subtitles. Due to the lower budget, the TV program is still
showing more German movies than cinemas do. For decent movies there is a typical starting time of
8:15pm. Hardly any program ignores this boundary because it places the movies right after the
evening news and Germans have gotten used to it. Not so great movies or re-runs are placed later in
the evening or in the afternoon, even sometimes in the morning.
Most of what is airing in the mornings or afternoons aren't movies though but documentaries, talk
shows or game shows. You'd probably recognize the format of most of them the formats are
imported from the states, even though the moderators and guests are German. There is one show
though whose format Germany is exporting into several dozen countries around the globe - Wetten
dass...?! (Bet that...?!).
Wetten dass...?! is always looking for ordinary people who can do extra-ordinary things, for
example someone who can open bottles using a helicopter, or someone who can play two trumpets at
the same time while balancing several beers on each of them. The name of the show is derived from
the fact that there are always several celebrities who have to bet on whether the candidates will be
able to succeed. All candidates have proven that they can succeed, the show is not about weeding out
impossible suggestions, but rather the proposed tasks are so difficult that they won't succeed every
time.

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