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Learn how to flirt in German with GermanPod101.com! This 4th newbie lesson continues the arc that the 3rd one started. In this lesson you are going to learn how to continue a conversation in German, so that you aren’t left speechless after the first few phrases with somebody that you want to get to know.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Newbie Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

17 Responses to “Newbie lesson #4 - Düsseldorf Arc - Jobs and studies”

GermanPod101.com says:

Was machen Sie beruflich?

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Kare says:

Ich studiere. :cool:

But there is one thing that really confused me:
ich studiere
du studierst
sie studieren
While it is right, you really got me confused here, because “sie studieren” sounds like the plural (in the sense of two or more people), while you were meaning the third person singular - at least if I got it right. So, to spare confusion, wouldn’t “sie studiert” be better?
I know that one uses “sie studiert” when talking about a female, while “sie studieren” can either be plural or the formal direct adressing of someone in the sense of “Sie studieren Medizin?”…

I know it’s probably completely uninteresting for everyone else, because it is correct after all. It still got me to re-listen at least three times…

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GermanPod101 says:

Kare, please don’t confuse the newbies ;-)

The 3rd person singular (he/she/it) hasn’t been taught in this series. The newbie series focusses on just the bare basics to get people to communicate in German ASAP without too much grammar study. So we’re actually just using the ich, du and Sie (formal you) forms right now, since the others are not immediately necessary to get what you want in Germany. The Beginner series pursues a more typical textbook approach, teaching the complete conjugation at once and the like.

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DaoistCheetah says:

Ich studiere Musik. Ich bin ein Sänger. Ich singe im Kirche.

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Li says:

Ich arbeite als Programmiererin. :smile: I can almost borrow the exact sentence from the dialogue.

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Peter says:

Ich arbeite als Briefträger.

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harish says:

Ich arbeite als technischer Redakteur

is this the right translation for ” I work as a technical writer”?

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Matthew Cachia says:

I am not entirely sure about the following phrase:

“Am Samstag komme ich nach Hamburg”

I fail to understand why the ‘komme’ verb is placed in front of I (ich). Can anyone explain this to me?

Thanks a lot.

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Ella says:

Ich arbeite als Künstler!

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RaghuG says:

When i click on
Line-By-Line Audio Transcript

I find that the audio transcripts for many items in the website are incorrect.
For e.g. the following audio transcript is the something else.

#2: Ich arbeite als Programmierer. Und Sie? => Audio transcript is not correct
#2: Was studieren Sie? Studieren Sie Medizin? =>

The whole of line audio transcript for this section is in german, it is expected to be in english !
Formal English
#1: Mr Schmidt, what do you do professionally?
#2: I work as a programmer. And you?
#1: I am still at university. (Literally: I study still)
#2: What do you study? Do you study medicine?
#1: No, I study history.

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Chao I-Tsen says:

Hello ! Matthew Cachia :
I am a beginner in German learning^^
Your question is about grammar.
Verb always in 2nd position in one German sentence.
So ” Am Samstag”( 1st position) komme (2nd position) Ich~~~
Hope it’s clear for you.

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prateek says:

Hey guys I got only 3 lessons as a new bie. Plz send me other lessons at unique.prateekjain@gmail.com. Thanks

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Germanpod101.com says:

Hello, Prateek.

If you sign up the site, you can get the lifetime premium account and see all lessons for free for the first 7 days. After that, you can still see the latest lessons for free.

If you haven’t got a chance to try, feel free to sign up the website and check the lessons.

Thank you.

- Germanpod101.com

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Fabri says:

Hey guys!! The podcast of this lesson it’s not showing up on my iphone, just like many others.. Is it the web site or my mobile..? Thanks!

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Fabri says:

Btw.. I’ve singed up to the site already.. :roll:

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Germanpod101.com says:

:razz: Hello, Fabri.

I’m wondering if you have checked it on your iTunes or Podcast programs. You cannot search the premium account on iTunes store.

Please check our help desk page at http://www.germanpod101.com/downloads/

It’ll show you how to get the premium feeds and connect it to your Podcast programs. If you still have the issue after following those steps, please let us know.

Thank you.

-Jay Lee / GermanPod101.com

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Monica says:

It really helps that I have been studying and speaking Spanish for many years and have visited Germany or else I would be a little confused. My biggest problem is my accent; however, with practice I have seen some improvement in the last week.

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