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Beginner Lesson #5 - Language issues

May 15th, 2008

Learn basic German for beginners with GermanPod101.com! John is still talking to Heinz, and this time, there are some language issues. Learn how to say which languages you speak and how to ask people to switch languages or speak more slowly. This German lesson contains lots of useful words and phrases.

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Voice Actors: Judith
Category: Beginner Lessons |
Grammar: vowel changing verbs, imperative | Function: achieving understanding | Topic: languages | Politeness Level: formal
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8 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #5 - Language issues”

GermanPod101.com says:
May 15th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

What are your thoughts on language-learning? Which languages do you speak? Do you have any tips? These would also be great to collect in a forum thread, for future users of GermanPod101.com .

Jacqueline says:
May 16th, 2008 at 7:49 am

die Sprachen sind sehr wichtig!
Ich spreche Spanisch, Englisch und etwas Italienisch und Französisch. Ich auch studiere Koreanisch, Japanisch, Chinesisch und Deutsch.
Ich will auch anderen Sprachen studiere.

hamid says:
May 19th, 2008 at 8:04 am

hi!
i enjoyed this one, really did
i’m not sure if you did this, but i didn’t find the equivalent for Can you speak…
again thanks a lot for your useful lessons!

GermanPod101.com says:
May 19th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

Jaqueline, here’s the correction:
… Ich studiere auch Koreanisch, Japanisch, Chinesisch und Deutsch (verb has to be second thing in a sentence)
Ich will auch andere* Sprachen studieren*. (infinitive after a modal verb)

Hamid, I’m glad you enjoyed the lesson. For “Can you speak… ?” we simply say “Sprichst du …?” / “Sprechen Sie …?”, that’s much more common than the literal equivalent “Kannst du … sprechen?” / “Können Sie … sprechen?”. You also hear “Kannst du …?”, with the “sprechen” implied.