Take a read and listen carefully to practise pronunciation :)
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Please take a read and listen to Survival Phrases #2
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I’ve decided to help you more with pronunciation by posting more audio. Hopefully this will help you a bit :)
In the past, I’ve written some posts called “Survival phrases” where I’m basically teaching you random, more or less important phrases. So now you actually get to hear the phrases and not only read them ;)
Please read along while listening :) SURVIVAL PHRASES 1
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Spruch der Woche :)
“Das juckt mich nicht!”
literal: That’s not itching me.
meaning: I don’t care.
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“Die Leiden des jungen Werther” (= The Sorrows of Young Werther) is probably one of the most famous works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1774. The book is a collection of letters which the protagonist Werther writes to his friend Wilhelm. Werther, a very emotional and sensitive young man, falls deeply in love with Lotte. But Lotte is already engaged to Albert and Werther suffers from bad heartache….
A very interesting fact about Werther’s story is that it had a massive impact on the culture at that time. People identified so much with Werther that they started to dress like him. It even led to some examples of copycat suicide! This phenomenon is known as “das Werther-Fieber” (the Werther fever).
The reason I’m posting this is, that I read the book again today. And I also found this free audio book in German, which you can listen to online. Just to warn you - it’s difficult to understand, because of the old poetic language. However, maybe some of you would like to give it a shot. CLICK
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SPRUCH DER WOCHE :)
“Das ist nicht mein Bier!”
literal: That’s not my beer.
meaning: That’s none of my business.
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SPRUCH DER WOCHE! :)
“Ich bekomme weiche Knie.”
literal translation: I’m getting soft knees.
meaning: I’m getting really nervous / anxious. For example right before an important exam, a job interview etc.
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SPRUCH DER WOCHE :)
“Mach dich mal locker!”
literal: Make yourself lose!
meaning: Keep cool / Calm down.
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German numbers above 100
We have already learned how to count from 0 up to 100.
German numbers above 100 are combined in the same way as numbers above 20. All you do is add the word for 100, 200 etc in front of the two-figure number as in the example:
7 + 60 = siebenundsechzig; 400 + 7 + 60 = vierhundertsiebenundsechzig.
Note that Germans normally say hundertzwei for “one hundred and two”, and tausend where we would say “one thousand”. However, “Ein” is normally inserted in complex numbers such as tausendeinhundert (=1100).
It is possible to insert “und” between “hundert” and “eins” in the German for 101, and also between “tausend” and tens or units, e.g. tausend(und)eins, siebentausend(und)elf. But you don’t have to – it’s optional.
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Wie trinkst du deinen Kaffee? How do you like your coffee?
- schwarz (black)
- mit Milch (with milk)
- mit Zucker (with sugar)
- mit Süßstoff (with sweetener)
Ich trinke meinen Kaffee gerne schwarz mit Süßstoff und manchmal auch mit Milch. Mmmh. Lecker.
(I like to drink my coffee black with sweetener and sometimes with milk, too. Mmmh. Yummy.)
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