LESSON NOTES

Beginner S2 #5
What are your plans?

CONTENTS
2 German
2 English
2 Informal German
3 Informal English
3 Vocabulary
4 Sample Sentences
5 Grammar
6 Cultural Insight

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 GERMAN

1. P: Was machen Sie dann?

2. M: Ich gehe nach Hause und koche etwas. Es ist schon Nachmittag.

3. P: Sind Sie verheiratet?

4. M: Nein, aber ich wohne bei meinem Freund. Wir sind schon seit zwei
Jahren zusammen.

5. P: Sind Sie beide Schriftsteller?

ENGLISH

1. P: What are you going to do then?

2. M: I will go home and cook something. It's already afternoon.

3. P: Are you married?

4. M: No, but I live with my boyfriend. We have been together for two
years already.

5. P: Are both of you writers?

INFORMAL GERMAN

1. P: Was machst du dann?

2. M: Ich gehe nach Hause und koche etwas. Es ist schon Nachmittag.

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3. P: Bist du verheiratet?

4. M: Nein, aber ich wohne bei meinem Freund. Wir sind schon seit zwei
Jahren zusammen.

5. P: Seid ihr beide Schriftsteller?

INFORMAL ENGLISH

1. P: What are you going to do then?

2. M: I will go home and cook something. It's already afternoon.

3. P: Are you married?

4. M: No, but I live with my boyfriend. We have been together for two
years already.

5. P: Are both of you writers?

VOCABULARY

Ge r man English C lass Ge nde r

machen to make, to do verb weak verb

zusammen together adverb

wir we personal pronoun

masculine; add -in

Freund (male) friend noun for female friend;
plural: Freunde

bei at (a person’s place) preposition

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 verheiratet married adjective

Nachmittag afternoon noun; masculine, der plural: Nachmittage

schon already adverb

etwas something adverb

kochen to cook verb

und and conjunction

nach Hause home (as a direction) expression

beide both adverb

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Ich m a ch e Ka ffe e . Wi r w o h n e n se i t Mä rz zu sa m m e n .

I am making coffee. We live together since March.

Wi r w o h n e n se i t Mä rz zu sa m m e n .
We live together since March.
Wi r si n d u n s n i ch t e i n i g , w e l ch e s
H a u s w i r ka u fe n w o l l e n .
We haven't reached an agreement about
which house we want to buy.

H e u te be su ch e n w i r m e i n e Ich bi n be i Ma x.
G ro ße l te rn .
I am at Max's place. (with him there)
Today we are visiting my grandparents.

S e i d i h r ve rh e i ra te t? H a st d u sch o n Pl ä n e fü r h e u te
N a ch m i tta g ?
Are you two married?
Do you already have plans for this
afternoon?

Bi st d u sch o n m ü d e ? J a , e tw a s.

Are you tired already? Yes, I speak some.

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Ich w i l l e tw a s tri n ke n . Wa s ko ch st d u u n s h e u te ?

I want to drink something. What are you cooking for us today?

Th o m a s u n d Li sa . H e rr Wu ch e r ka n n h e u te frü h n a ch
H a u se ko m m e n .
Thomas and Lisa.
Mr. Wucher can come home early today.

Er g i n g l a ch e n d n a ch H a u se . Ich m a g e u ch be i d e .

He went home laughingly. I like both of you.

D i e be i d e n Brü d e r ra u fte n i m m e r m i te i n a n d e r.

The two brothers were always brawling with each other.

GRAMMAR

„Sein“ is the German equivalent of the verb „to be“. Just like in English, it's irregular. Here are
the forms, some of which you have seen before:

ich bin – I am

du bist – you are (informally)

er / sie / es ist – he / she / it is

wir sind – we are

ihr seid – you are (plural)

sie sind / Sie sind – they are / you are (formally)

So the English word „you“ can mean three different things in German:

1. Sie (capital S!), the formal way of addressing people

2. du, the informal way of addressing people, only used with relatives, close
friends and children

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3. ihr, when addressing several people

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Maria will eat in the afternoon – is that late for lunch or early for dinner? Traditional lunch time
in Germany is from 12 to 2pm and traditional dinner time is somewhere between 6 and 8pm.
However, more and more people deviate from this traditional set-up. Maria will have lunch
now – if only for the fact that she said she'd cook something, and German dinner typically isn't
warm.

If you're going to have a meal with a German family, here are some useful things to know:

1. families have meals together; don't eat meals “on the side”while watching TV
or the like

2. first you sit down, say “Guten Appetit”, or “Danke, gleichfalls” if somebody
already said so, then everybody can start eating then; don’t start before

3. some families pray before the meal; if with a big party somebody may want to
make a speech before people start eating

4. assume it’s going to be like this; if different, people will tell you

5. don’t get up immediately when you’re done, don’t hurry people

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