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Learning German has just become more enjoyable! The topic of this new intermediate series is “Learn German through songs”. In each of these lessons we will present a German song to you and then learn some useful intermediate-level vocabulary and grammar from it. Today we’ll start with the song “Männer” by famous German singer Herbert Grönemeyer. The song is an oldie but a goodie. As the series progresses, we will present all kinds of German music to you, from old to new and from rock to hiphop, so stay tuned!

If you don’t yet have today’s song, you can hear an excerpt of it at Amazon.com. Americans can also buy a legal mp3 of the full song right there; international visitors will have to go to 7digital instead.



This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Intermediate 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.

18 Responses to “Intermediate Lesson #1 - Männer - Herbert Grönemeyer”

GermanPod101.com says:

How do you like the concept of this new series?

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Li says:

…I haven’t listened to the podcast yet, but..Yeah~ Congratulations to the first intermediate lesson~

I am only at beginner level, will give it a go later.

Once again, congrats!

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Li says:

pdf has a broken link at the moment though.

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Li says:

oh, it’s been fixed, danke.

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Codexus says:

Cool, the new intermediate series! :razz:

I almost didn’t notice it was there already since there is usually nothing new on Wednesdays.

It’s a nice lesson but I’m not yet entirely convinced by the song lyrics idea. Maybe it’s because that song is kind of weird and repetitive. Also I think a dialog or text made for the lesson would have provided better examples of the grammar point. But maybe other songs will interest me more.

Still there are lots of interesting stuff to learn in there and I’m looking forward to the next intermediate lesson!

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Teri says:

I like the idea of the songs as a way of teaching new grammar. I used to do this with German songs when I was in high school–of course, some songs contained a lot of slang, so I had to rely on the exchange students to translate since our German teacher refused :)

Thank you for the new intermediate lessons!

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Li says:

Just a thought, can we have the whole lyrics read (only lyrics) and included at the start or the end of the audio file? Clear pronuncication could help improving the listening skills.

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petiteclaire says:

I like Li’s idea of having the whole text read once at the beginning ( like a dialogue) and then broken up. Otherwise the exposure to the german text is really too short. I found the lesson difficult to follow without the PDF, not because of the vocabulary or grammar, bit because of was lost in a “sea” of English and there was no clear cue as to when one explanation was finished, and the lyrics were to start again.
But I guess you shouldn’t judge from just one lesson!

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Isaac says:

Hallo!

Firstly well done for getting the first intermediate lesson out. I think that it’s pitched at around the right level where I understand some of what is said but need to study some words and phrases. The one thing suggestion I have to improve is that when you are discussing the two or three phrases, you repeat each one before the translation - otherwise by the time you get to the third phrase in English, I’ve already forgotten the German to it. I will try it again tomorrow during the day instead of after the pub and maybe I will have more success then!

Bis denn.

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maxiewawa says:

Talking about foods named after German geographical locations eg “Hamburger”, “Frankfurter”, etc, I’m sure everyone has heard about JFK’s famous blooper, “Ich bin ein Berliner”.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hH6nQhss4Yc

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sieana says:

I love it! Im anxious to see what songs you will transalte in the future… :)

Of course, I reccommend Tokio Hotel. Even though I know you wont ever do it, I can dream, right?

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mariposa says:

It’s an interesting concept, but without the song played during the lesson, I think it is not so charming. Probably you couldn’t include the music due to copyright reasons, but I don’t think that every listener will always buy the song that you present during the lesson.

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Dik says:

It’s quite fascinating. Your blog is really interesting. To have a good site you should not only to post smth, but do it interesting. You managed with it - thanks.

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jennine says:

hehe, i had no idea it was an 80’s song
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb67B1zIvVg

it makes more sense after hearing the song… even from an upside down chin.

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Kapil says:

wow.. learning this way is wonderful…
thanks

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Rosemary says:

Fantastic, really enjoyed the learning. I’ve always wanted to know more about the lyrics.

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Brad D says:

Wow! I really love the setup of these lessons. I love the informal conversations, it’s something I’ve never seen (heard) before when learning another language. Great work guys!

P.S. Complaining about not having the song is a bit petty. Just listen to it on youtube … not hard :P

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Marina says:

Exquisite work, das ist einfach toll! :wink: I simply adore this format of learning through listening to some excellent pieces of German music, extremely helpful indeed !!! I had previously listened to Herbert G., he’s one of my favourite German interpreters :smile:
Great job, just keep up the good work you’re doing out there!

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