LESSON TRANSCRIPT

3-Minute German S1 #3
Manners

CONTENTS
2 Body
3 Cultural Insight
3 Outro

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Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute German Season 1, Lesson 3 - Manners. In this lesson,
you’ll learn how to thank other people in various ways in German.

BODY

Eric: Here's the way to say 'T hank you.' in German.

Albert: [Normal] Danke

Eric: T his expression is comprised of only one word meaning ''thank you”

Eric: Listen again to the word meaning 'T hank you.'

Albert: [Slow] Danke [Normal] Danke

Eric: Ok, now let's see the formal way to say 'T hank you.'

Albert: [Normal] Ich danke Ihnen.

Eric: First is the word meaning 'I'

Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich

Eric: Next comes the word for 'thank you'

Albert: [Normal] danke [Slow] danke

Eric: And last is the word meaning 'you’ (formal, and in the dative case)

Albert: [Normal] Ihnen [Slow] Ihnen

Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'T hank you.'

Albert: [Slow] Ich danke Ihnen. [Normal] Ich danke Ihnen.

Eric: Following is the formal way to say 'You're welcome'

Albert: [Normal] Bitteschön

Eric: T his expression has only one word meaning 'You're welcome'

Albert: [Normal] Bitteschön [Slow] Bitteschön

Eric: Listen again to the formal word meaning 'You're

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welcome'

Albert: [Slow] Bitteschön [Normal] Bitteschön

Eric: Finally, let’s look at another way to say 'You're welcome.'

Albert: [Normal] Gern geschehen.

Eric: First is a word meaning 'with pleasure'

Albert: [Normal] Gern [Slow] Gern

Eric: Last is the word meaning 'happened'

Albert: [Normal] geschehen [Slow] geschehen

Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'You're welcome.'

Albert: [Slow] Gern geschehen. [Normal] Gern geschehen.

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.

Albert: If you’re not sure whether to use Danke or Ich danke Ihnen, keeping it simple is
always your safest bet. You don’t have to worry about formal or informal situations;
Danke can be used with just about anyone, anywhere, or at any time!

OUTRO

Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll
see you in the next lesson!

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