Welcome to a new episode of Coffee Break German, our new course for beginners in German. In weekly episodes you’ll join native speaker Thomas who’ll be teaching learner Mark in gradual, structured lessons. Our “Cultural Correspondent” Julia and our “Grammar Guru” Kirsten will also join us in each episode to share their knowledge and love of all things German.
Coming up in this lesson…In this lesson you’ll be moving on to talk about where you come from. You’ll learn:
how to ask the question “where do you come from?”; how to answer this question and the names for a number of countries; the difference between the “du” and “Sie” forms in German and what happens to verbs when you change the form; how to greet people in different parts of the German-speaking world. Listen to the lessonThis audio lesson is free, as are all the main audio lessons of Coffee Break German. In addition we do offer a members’ version of the course which...
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‘Nein’, ‘nicht’ and ‘kein’ - Negation in German | The Coffee Break German Show 1.09
‘Zu’ or ‘um ... zu’? - How to use the infinitive form of the verb | The Coffee Break German Show 1.08
Compound words - Breaking down long German words | The Coffee Break German Show 1.07
What is a case? - An introduction to German cases | The Coffee Break German Show 1.06
Using the formal ‘you’ | The Coffee Break German Show 1.05
How to form questions in German | The Coffee Break German Show 1.04
All about umlauts - Usage and pronunciation | The Coffee Break German Show 1.03
When to use ‘fahren’ and ‘gehen’ | The Coffee Break German Show 1.02
A guide to German word order - Sentences with two verbs | The Coffee Break German Show 1.01
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