“Learn German step by step, day by day, phrase by phrase. In today’s show you’ll learn how to buy stamps for letters and postcards. Spend 5 minutes with us and gain confidence in speaking German with our 20-week course. You can automatically download each new episode for free by subscribing in iTunes. Please visit our website for more information.
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“Last Session was about food related topics and I want to continue with this in order to deepen your knowledge of food related vocabulary. And it is time to take a look at some grammar. The “Perfekt”, the “vollendete Gegenwart” is a good starting point.
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The picture was taken on the 01.01.2008 on “”Der Hengst”" in the area called Entlebuch, central Switzerland.
Lucerne, 08.01.2008
Stephan Wiesner
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“Learn German step by step, day by day, phrase by phrase. In today’s show you’ll learn how to say that clothes are too large or too small. Spend 5 minutes with us and gain confidence in speaking German with our 20-week course. You can automatically download each new episode for free by subscribing in iTunes. Please visit our website for more information.
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“In today’s lesson we will talk about different ways to introduce oneself. Different names, jobs and hometowns provide a good opportunity to learn some new words.Furthermore a big Dankeschön an D’Arcy for the large donation via PayPal.
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Luzern, 29.12.2007
Stephan Wiesner
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“Learn German step by step, day by day, phrase by phrase. In today’s show you’ll learn how to ask to try on clothes and ask where the fitting rooms are. Spend 5 minutes with us and gain confidence in speaking German with our 20-week course. You can automatically download each new episode for free by subscribing in iTunes. Please visit our website for more information.
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“This is a German vocabulary drill unit. We will repeat the vocabulary of the last few sessions. For this, I will say the English word, give you time to speak the German translation and then I will give the correct answer, giving you time to repeat it once more. Feel free to listen repeatedly to this lesson to “”drill”" the words.
Todays pictures shows my brother Michael in the garden of my parents. He is playing with a remote controled airplane, one of his Christmas presents. Give us men a toy that moves and makes noise and we turn back into children at once .-)
gesund = healthy
der Zauberer = wizard
der Furz = fart
der Arzt/die Ärztin = doctor
die Krankenschwester = nurse
die Sprechstundenhilfe = receptionist
das Wartezimmer = waiting room
die Zeitschrift = magazine
die Krankheit = illness
die Grippe = flu
die Erkältung = common cold
der Schnupfen = common cold
der Husten = cough
das Halsweh = sore throat
die Halsschmerzen = sore throat
untersuchen = to examine
ausziehen = to undress
der Kürbis = pumpkin
das Grossraumbüro = open-plan office, cube farm
das Papier = paper
der Schreibtisch = desk
der Computer = computer
die Tastatur = keyboard
der Monitor = screen
die Maus = mouse
der Bleistift = pencil
die Sitzung = meeting
das Telefon = telephone
der Schrank = locker
der Stuhl = chair
fluchen = to swear
die Rolltreppe = moving stairs
der Fahrstuhl = elevator
Luzern, 26.12.2007
Stephan Wiesner
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“Learn German step by step, day by day, phrase by phrase. In today’s show you’ll learn how ask for something to be gift-wrapped. Spend 5 minutes with us and gain confidence in speaking German with our 20-week course. You can automatically download each new episode for free by subscribing in iTunes. Please visit our website for more information.
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“Allen from Wisconsin asked me about a catholic version of the bible. Though I do not know about that his mail got me thinking about Luther. Luthers translation of the bible into German lead to one German “”Hochdeutsch”" from the many dialects. Maybe I should tell that to some of my Swiss friends, who still talk in dialect .-)
Here is one famous quote from that time:
“”Wenn das Geld im Kasten klingt, die Seele aus dem Fegefeuer springt. “”
It means that on could by letters of absolution. Those made the church rich and Luther mad, so he started his famous “”95 Thesen”". I am not going into religious details about Luthers work, but will concentrate on his translation work here.
Luther translated the new testament during his time on the Wartburg 1521-22 and later the old testament. By 1525 a third of those Germans that could read owned a copy of his bible. He used the “”Ostmitteldeutsch”" of his hometown. This became what is now known as “”Hochdeutsch”".
Luther is famous for his “”volksnahe Sprache”" and “”vulgäre Ausdrücke”" like:
“”Aus einem glücklichen Arsch kommt ein fröhlicher Furz.”"
“”Ein Rausch ist zu ertragen, die Trunkenheit aber nicht.”"
“”Anstrengungen machen gesund und stark.”"
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“You really need to know about Goethe if you plan to come to Germany and not appear to be an uneducated person. So I will read on of his most famous poems “”Der Zauberlehrling”" for you.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, geadelt 1782 (* 28. August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main; † 22. März 1832 in Weimar; auch Göthe), ist als Dichter, Dramatiker, Theaterleiter, Naturwissenschaftler, Kunsttheoretiker und Staatsmann der bekannteste Vertreter der Weimarer Klassik. Sein Werk umfasst Gedichte, Dramen und Prosa-Literatur, aber auch naturwissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. Er gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Dichter und ist eine herausragende Persönlichkeit der Weltliteratur.
[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe]
As a kid we had to learn some of his poems (Der Zauberlehrling und der Erlkönig) by heart and read “”Die Leiden des jungen Werthers”". As a kid we hated him for that. As a grown up I came to really like some of his poems, especially “”Der Schatzgräber”".
The Zauberlehrling is about the apprentice of a wizard. His master went away and now he wants to do some magic (seine Worte merkt ich und den Brauch…). It works (seht er läuft zum Wasser…) at the beginning. Then he realizes that he forgot how to end the spell (ach ich merk es, wehe wehe, hab ich doch das Wort vergessen…). Finally he begs his master to return and end the spell, which he does (in die Ecke Besen…)
Luzern, 16.12.2007
Stephan Wiesner
Use this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com
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