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In today’s lesson we tackle some German dishes. Did you know that only very few tourists try German food, because there are so many alternatives? In this lesson we give you a few hints where to start your culinary journey. And you will hear why Michael isn’t happy about a dish called “Pfannkuchen”. Grammar-wise, this lesson is a review lesson, looking at the verb haben again and delving more into the many great ways of using it.
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11 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #12 - What’s that cabbage called?”
petiteclaire says:
July 4th, 2008 at 5:30 am
More food talk ?! This is starting to look like a Jpod101 lesson ! lol ! 
What are german pancakes like : small and thick, like american pancakes, or large and thin, like french “crèpes” ?
Anyway, they sound delicious…. I’ve just eaten dinner, but the lesson made me hungry again !
GermanPod101.com says:
July 8th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
German pancakes are somewhere in the middle I believe… not nearly as thin as crepes, but big, as large as the pan you make them in. You can have sweet pancakes or non-sweet pancakes. My family just does bacon pancakes for the non-sweet part, but for sweet pancakes we have: pancakes with jam, pancakes with nutella, pancakes with apples (particularly good with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar), pancakes with cherries, pancakes with blueberries…
Codexus says:
July 8th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Nice lesson!
I love crepes with jam or nutella so I’d probably like the German Pfannkuchen a lot too. The non-sweet ones aren’t really my thing though.
As for the lessons in general, I think it would be good to add more imagination and drama to the dialogs, like for example, the newbie series of koreanclass101 (their Ryuji in prison story arc is awesome) or some of the multi-part japanesepod101 lessons.
Also I’m eager to learn more grammar. Maybe the upcoming intermediate series will cover more advanced grammar?
Anyway, thanks for all the great lessons!
GermanPod101.com says:
July 10th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Thanks, Codexus. I’m not very good at drama (though the newbie series is turning out better than the beginner one). If you have any suggestions for interesting storylines, please e-mail me.
Yes, the intermediate series will cover more grammar. The beginner series contains about as much grammar as a beginner can handle, keep in mind that a lot of listeners never studied German before.
Li says:
July 16th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Thanks for the lesson.
Speaking of food, how to say certain food like ‘mushroom’, ‘carrot’, ‘parsnip’, ‘nuts’, and etc.
It’ll be good to know how to say “I do not like blah blah”, or “I am alergic to blah blah”.
“Is there blah blah in this dish?”
Viele Dank.
Li
GermanPod101.com says:
July 17th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
mushroom = Pilz / Pilze
carrot = Möhre / Möhren
parsnip = Bärenklau (never heard of it, so you probably won’t have to fear that it appears in a German dish)
nuts = Nüsse
You can also look up more food items or other vocabulary at http://dict.leo.org .
I do not like
I am allergic to
Is there
For these sentences, always use the plural of a certain food word, if there is one.
Now, if this was China, you’d also need “Ist dieses Gericht scharf?” (Is this dish spicy?), but German dishes are never very spicy. In China, ? (la4) was one of the first words I picked up outside the textbooks.
Salivia Baker says:
July 20th, 2008 at 9:56 am
carrot is also Karotte / Karotten
maybe easier to remember.
The problem with Pfannekuchen is that it depends where you are it can also mean something different. Like in Berlin it’s the word for Berliner (the doughnut not the citizens). In Austria you would say Palatschinken - even though they are a bit different from Pfannekuchen liek Crepé is different from Pfannekuchen (they are thinner). Not that it’s *that* important to know all tastes very good 
Teri says:
July 21st, 2008 at 9:43 am
For I like, do not like, I learned “ich habe das gern/ich habe das nicht gern.” Is this less acceptable than “ich mag/ich mag keine?”
Thanks!
GermanPod101.com says:
July 21st, 2008 at 8:39 pm
“gern haben” means liking a person, for example “Ich habe dich gern” is something that friends might say to each other - “Ich liebe dich” is reserved for lovers, and your parents won’t say that do you either for example. Anyway it seems really odd to use “Ich habe das gern” with things or activities.
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Category: Beginner Lessons |
Grammar: haben | Function: everyday talk | Topic: eating, food | Politeness Level: informal
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