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LESSON NOTES ICH HABE MEINEN KOFFER VERLOREN In this lesson we’re dealing with emergencies and learning to talk about problems you may encounter while travelling. Hopefully you will never have to use the words and phrases you learn in this lesson! In our grammar segment we’ll be looking at prepositions which take certain cases, and in our cultural segment Julia introduces us to the Bavarian capital Munich.

EIN BISSCHEN WIEDERHOLUNG As usual - wie üblich - the lesson begins with some review questions with Thomas testing Mark on his understanding of previously-learned material.

wer ist am Apparat? who is speaking please?

mit wem spreche ich? with whom am I speaking?

darf ich mit Herrn Müller sprechen? may I speak with Mr Müller?

leider ist Herr Müller nicht verfügbar unfortunately Mr Müller is not available In addition to the above sentences, Thomas tests Mark on his spelling using the following city names: Dresden, Berlin, Salzburg and Köln. Coffee Break German: Lesson 25 - Notes

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This last example demonstrated the fact that, when spelling, vowels with umlauts can be spelled as follows: SPELLING WITH UMLAUTS ä

ae

ö

oe

ü

ue

So, when spelling the following words it is possible to spell the umlaut vowels as above: Köln > K-O-E-L-N München > M-U-E-N-C-H-E-N Kärnten > K-A-E-R-N-T-E-N The one other letter which you need to know how to “spell” is ß as in the expression ich heiße.This is known as Scharfes S, or Eszett. So, if you are spelling heiße, you can do so as follows: heiße > H-E-I-Scharfes S-E or heiße > H-E-I-Eszett-E

DEALING WITH EMERGENCIES We have already covered one phrase which can be used in any situation where you need help:

Können Sie mir bitte helfen? Can you help me please? Coffee Break German: Lesson 25 - Notes

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Some other words which will come in useful are:

Hilfe! help!

das Krankenhaus hospital

die Polizeistation police station A common situation for which you may have to visit the police station is if you have lost something. The key word here is verloren, meaning “lost”. In the following examples note the word order, and the use of the accusative case:

ich habe meinen Ausweis verloren I have lost my passport

ich habe meinen Schlüssel verloren I have lost my key

ich habe meinen Koffer verloren I have lost my suitcase

der Koffer the suitcase The above examples involve der Ausweis, der Schlüssel and der Koffer, all of which are masculine words. In each case the word for “my” is in the accusative, meinen, because it’s the object of the sentence. Consider the next examples which involve neuter and feminine words:

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ich habe mein Ticket verloren I have lost my ticket

ich habe mein Handy verloren I have lost my mobile phone / cellphone

das Handy mobile phone / cell phone

ich habe meine Tochter verloren I have lost my daughter

ich habe meine Brieftasche verloren I have lost my wallet / purse

die Brieftasche wallet, purse Another situation which you hopefully won’t encounter is having something stolen. This uses a different construction:

mein Handy wurde gestohlen my mobile phone / cellphone was / has been stolen

mein Koffer wurde gestohlen my suitcase was / has been stolen

mein Schlüssel wurde gestohlen my key was / has been stolen

meine Brieftasche wurde gestohlen my wallet/purse was / has been stolen

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Note here that mein Handy and meine Brieftasche are in the nominative case as they are the subjects of the sentence.

DESCRIBING THINGS If something has unfortunately been stolen you may need to describe it. The question you are likely to hear is:

können Sie das beschreiben? can you describe it? Perhaps the most obvious way of describing something which may have been stolen is to talk about the colour.

braun brown

schwarz black

weiß white

rot red

blau blue

grün green Coffee Break German: Lesson 25 - Notes

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grau grey To say “it is brown”, you simply say:

es ist grün it is green

es ist blau it is blue You can also talk about the size of the item:

es ist groß it is big

es ist klein it is small

GIVING MORE INFORMATION You may also have to give more information to the police officer:

wann wurde der Koffer gestohlen? when was the suitcase stolen? Possible answers include:

heute Morgen this morning

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gestern Abend yesterday evening

am Freitag on Friday Another question could be:

wo wurde der Koffer gestohlen? where was the suitcase stolen? Possible answers include:

neben der Kirche beside the church

auf dem Platz over the square We have seen über den Platz, “over the square”, and here über takes the accusative. In the case of auf dem Platz, auf takes the dative.

im Zoo at the zoo To find out more about prepositions and the cases they require, read on!

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GRAMMAR GURU In this episode Kirsten is joined by her friend Daniel. Daniel:

Hallo zusammen. Ich bin Daniel.

Kirsten: Also, Daniel, woher kommst du? Daniel:

Ich komme aus Süddeutschland, in der Nähe vom Bodensee.

Kirsten: Und warum bist du hier in Schottland? Daniel:

Momentan mache ich Urlaub hier. Normalerweise studiere ich in England.

Kirsten: Und sprichst du vielleicht auch Englisch? Daniel:

Yes I do. Ich spreche Deutsch, Englisch und Schwäbisch.

in der Nähe vom Bodensee near Lake Constance

momentan at the moment

Urlaub machen to be on holiday

normalerweise normally

Schwäbisch Swabian, a dialect of German spoken in the area where Daniel lives.

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As promised previously, this week I'm going to teach you a bit more about prepositions and Daniel is going to help by giving us some sample sentences using these prepositions. Now, you'll know by now prepositions require the words which follow them, such as articles, adjectives and pronouns, to change their forms – remember we had über den Platz, and neben der Kirche? Anything that came after the preposition über had to be put into the accusative case, and after neben, had to be put in the dative case. You've come across several prepositions now, and I'll bet you're wondering how you're going to remember which case they take. The simple answer is, you've just got to learn them. To make thing a bit easier, I'm going to put the accusative and dative prepositions into groups for you. Some common prepositions which take the accusative case are: ACCUSATIVE PREPOSITIONS durch

through

für

for

gegen

against

ohne

without

um

around, at

Now let’s look at some simple example sentences using each of these prepositions: gehen Sie durch den Park go through the park

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meine Hausaufgaben sind für den Lehrer my homework is for the teacher

diese Tabletten sind gegen den Ausschlag these tablets are for the rash gehen Sie nicht ohne einen Regenschirm in den Regen don’t go in the rain without an umbrella

hier können Sie um den See wandern here you can walk by the see Did you notice anything? Über is not in this list and this little mystery will be explained in a future grammar segment, so stay tuned! Now let’s turn our attention to some common common prepositions which take the dative case. DATIVE PREPOSITIONS bei

at, near

mit

with, by (transport)

nach

after, to

gegenüber

opposite

aus

from, out of

von

from

zu

to

seit

since

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Let’s look at some examples using these prepositions: im Moment arbeite ich bei der Post at the moment I work in the post office ich fahre jeden Tag mit der U-Bahn I travel every day by underground So, so far we’ve heard bei der Post and mit der U-Bahn. But we would normally hear die Post and die U-Bahn because these nouns are both feminine. So what’s happening here? Well, as we’ve explained, these prepositions take the dative case, so die changes to der and we get bei der Post and mit der U-Bahn, and we’ll hear lots more. Let’s look at nach: bitte gehen Sie nach der Ampel rechts please go right after the traffic lights ich wohne gegenüber dem Bahnhof I live opposite the station mein Freund kommt aus der Schweiz my friend comes from Switzerland Kirsten ist eine Freundin von mir Kirsten is a friend of mine (from me) ich gehe morgen zu einem Fussballspiel tomorrow I’m going to a football match er lebt seit seiner Kindheit in der Schweiz he has lived in Switzerland since his childhood This final example is grammatically quite challenge. Not to worry – we’ll be talking about one word you used – seiner – in next week’s show. This has been a very long GG segment, and we hope you’re not too overwhelmed by all these prepositions! We’ll hand you back to Mark and Thomas in the studio.

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CULTURAL CORRESPONDENT In this lesson Julia introduces us to the Bavarian capital, Munich. Hallo alle zusammen. Ich bin’s wieder, Julia, eure Kulturkorrespondentin and I’m back with another episode in our “Top five things to see and do” series. This time we’ll be looking at Bavaria’s capital Munich, or München, as we say! When you ask foreigners about Munich you can often expect two things that come to their minds: Bayern München, the world famous football club, and the Oktoberfest, and this is my first tip for you. Every year it is celebrated for 16 days from late September to the first weekend in October. More than 6 million visitors attend Oktoberfest – it’s the world’s largest fair celebrating and drinking beer and dancing to Bavarian traditional music. It is sure to be an exciting event especially for foreigners as it can be seen as an important part of Bavarian culture dating back to 1810. A bit of inside knowledge, now: among locals this celebration is only known as die Wiesn (the meadows), referring to the fairgrounds. So now you know if you want to sound like a local, avoid using the word Oktoberfest! But of course visitors don’t have to wait until September to enjoy ein Glas Bier in a traditional Bavarian atmosphere. In the many Biergärten or “beer gardens” all over town you can relax in the sun and get to know the locals. One of the most famous and traditional beer gardens belongs to Munich’s beerhall number one: The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl right in the city centre. Not far from the Hofbräuhaus am Platzl you can find the beautiful Marienplatz, the city's main square since 1158. It’s most

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prominent landmark is the Neues Rathaus, the new city hall where the impressive Glockenspiel (chimes) in the tower draw millions of tourists a year. Right behind the Marienplatz you will find St. Peter, a church whose tower offers one of the best views over the city. Some days it is even possible to see the Alps from up there. When you’ve had enough of the busy city life there are several day trips you can do to discover the area around München. A popular trip especially among locals is to the Starnberger See (Lake Starnberg), Germany’s fifth-biggest lake, about 25km south of Munich. This really is a recreation area situated in an idyllic landscape. Another much longer – but very worthwhile - trip is to the famous Schloss Neuschwanstein (Neuschwanstein Castle) right at the border to Austria. This fairy-tale castle was commissioned by king Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and has seen 60 million visitors since its opening to the public in 1886. It may well be familiar to you due to its appearance in many movies, and it was apparently the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle! So what are you waiting for? Pack your bags and discover the beautiful area in and around Munich! Back to Thomas and Mark in studio! Viele Grüße von mir und bis zum nächsten Mal!

DAS REICHT FÜR HEUTE Ready for more? Turn the page to continue with the bonus materials for this lesson.

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CORE VOCABULARY Hilfe! help!

das Krankenhaus hospital

die Polizeistation police station

ich habe meinen Ausweis verloren I have lost my passport

ich habe meinen Schlüssel verloren I have lost my key

ich habe meinen Koffer verloren I have lost my suitcase

der Koffer the suitcase

ich habe mein Ticket verloren I have lost my ticket

ich habe mein Handy verloren I have lost my mobile phone / cellphone

das Handy mobile phone / cell phone

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ich habe meine Tochter verloren I have lost my daughter

ich habe meine Brieftasche verloren I have lost my wallet / purse

die Brieftasche wallet, purse

mein Handy wurde gestohlen my mobile phone / cellphone was / has been stolen

mein Koffer wurde gestohlen my suitcase was / has been stolen

mein Schlüssel wurde gestohlen my key was / has been stolen

meine Brieftasche wurde gestohlen my wallet/purse was / has been stolen

können Sie das beschreiben? can you describe it?

braun brown

schwarz black

weiß white

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rot red

blau blue

grün green

grau grey

es ist grün it is green

es ist blau it is blue

es ist groß it is big

es ist klein it is small

wann wurde der Koffer gestohlen? when was the suitcase stolen?

heute Morgen this morning

gestern Abend yesterday evening

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am Freitag on Friday

wo wurde der Koffer gestohlen? where was the suitcase stolen?

neben der Kirche beside the church

auf dem Platz over the square

im Zoo at the zoo

BONUS VOCABULARY die Feuerwehr fire brigade

Feuer! fire!

ruf die Feuerwehr an! call the fire brigade!

anrufen to call

der Notarzt emergency doctor Coffee Break German: Lesson 25 - Notes

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die Rettung ambulance

ruf die Rettung an! call the ambulance!

ruf die Polizei an! call the police!

In the bonus audio content for this lesson, Thomas challenges Mark to spell the following words: 1. Xylophone 2. Buchstabieren 3. Süßigkeiten 4.Außergewöhnlich 5. Zürichgesangsverein

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