CBG 1:17 | Places in town and prepositions

Introduction

It’s time for a new episode of Coffee Break German. In this lesson you’ll be learning how to talk about what there is to do in the town in the context of a visit to the tourist information office. Coffee Break German comes to you from the Radio Lingua Network. In weekly episodes you’ll join native speaker Thomas who’ll be teaching learner Mark in gradual, structured lessons. The episodes also feature Kirsten, our Grammar Guru, and Julia, our Cultural Correspondent.

Coming up in this lesson…

In this lesson you’ll learn:

how to ask what there is to do and see in a town; to understand possible answers to this question; to talk about the exact location of places in the town using words like neben (next to) and gegenüber (opposite), and zwischen (between); about the dative case and its use after particular prepositions; Julia’s top five things to do in Hamburg. Listen to the lesson

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