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Archive for June, 2009  

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Learn German with GermanPod101.com! You have been hanging out in Germany with your friends, and you’ve been having a great time! But today your friend made a very valid point. He told you in German, “You haven’t seen much of Berlin since you have been here, and besides, you will be leaving soon!” Already heading for the door and anxious to see the sights, you attempt to explain in German, “Well, first it was rainy and then we were busy visiting family….” You friends cuts you off mid-sentence and excitedly exclaims in German, “Well you have no excuses! First of all, it is sunny today, and secondly, we are bored to death! So let’s get going!” Don’t you love vacations?! Learning German with GermanPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn German! This German Intermediate lesson will teach you how to make lists in German using German constructions meaning “first,” “second,” and “finally,” as well as “besides” and “afterwards” among others! Then we will talk briefly about the German “environmental zones!” Visit us at GermanPod101 where you will find many more fantastic German lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!


Learn German with GermanPod101.com! Hmm…as you sit watching the late-breaking German newscast with the woman you have come to love, you begin to wonder…how much DO you really know about her past? She did visit the Spree often… All you can do is ask! So you take a deep breath and ask her if she was ever involved in the notorious Sun Sect. Outraged and shocked, she shoots back questions of her own in German, “Do you think I’m stupid?!” Well…um…no?! Again, she counters in German, “Do you think I WANT to commit suicide?!” Umm, uh…no! She is so shocked that the man she loves could even thing such a thing for even a second, but equally convinced she has made her point, she again responds in German, “So there!!” Maybe you should have thought that through a little more… Learning German with GermanPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn German! This German Beginner lesson will teach you how to shorten German subclauses. We will also discuss some interesting facts about the German “friends and helpers.” Visit us at GermanPod101 where you will find many more fantastic German lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!


The Brothers Grimm collected fairy tales from all over Germany and beyond. If you want to read something in (slightly old) German, try them, because next to some really well-known fairy tales there are lots and lots of stories that are unknown to most people. This audioblog features one of these, so you’ll discover something new, and at the same time you’ll learn important vocabulary for this kind of story.


Learn German with GermanPod101.com! You and your friend are spending the day relaxing in his home in Germany. As you sit and reflect on the world rushing on around you, he asks you in German, “Within the next twenty years, what changes do you think will have been made in your life?” After a few long moments of careful contemplation, you reply in German, “Let me assure you until now, no energies have been spent on my part thinking that far ahead!” Insistently, your friend replies in German, “Don’t you think about whether you will be promoted…or fired…or maybe even the world could be destroyed!” Laughing, you tell him in German, “A very passive person is what I have always considered myself to be!” Learning German with GermanPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn German! This German Intermediate lesson will teach you more about how to form the passive voice with tenses other than the present tense in German. We will also briefly discuss how to say “prediction,” “until the end,” and “within” in German. Finally, learn a little more about German society and where Germans consider themselves in the global sense. Visit us at GermanPod101 where you will find many more fantastic German lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!