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Learn German with GermanPod101.com! You are finally in Germany and you are so excited! You have come here on company business, but know after spending only four days in the beautiful German mountainous-area, that you will definitely come back. Because you have been on your best behavior, and you don’t want to embarrass your company, you have spoken very formally with every person you have come in contact with. On one particular night, you and a business colleague take a German partner out to dinner. The business you needed to conduct was taken care of back at the office, but you still address the German partner as ‘Frau Löwen,’ and are speaking formally. After you have ordered, the partner says in German, “Please, just call me by my first name. We are done with our business, let’s have a good evening and cut the formalities.” Because you have switched to informal German conversation and the night has gone so well, at the end of the evening, your new friend responds that she must leave, but because you do not want to go home yet, you reply in German, “Please stay. The night is young and tomorrow we don’t go to the office.” The German partner seems okay with this and you carry on your conversation for another hour before calling it a night.

Learning German with GermanPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn German! This German Absolute Beginner lesson will teach you how to switch from formal German conversation to informal German conversation. We will also give you two more regular German verbs so you may add on to your German conversation. And if you haven’t been to Germany yet, we’ll give you some great excuses to go! Visit us at GermanPod101 where you will find many more fantastic German lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!

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This entry was posted on Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Absolute Beginner 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.

14 Responses to “Absolute Beginner #3 - German In-Formalities”

GermanPod101.com says:

Are you planning to visit a German-speaking country? Wie lange bleiben Sie? Kommen Sie als Tourist oder beruflich?

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Vanessa says:

Ich plane, Deutschland im Mai zu besuchen. Ich werde für ein Woche in Berlin bleiben, und für eine Woche anderswo. Ich habe noch nicht entschieden, welche andere Städte ich besuche soll.

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Judith says:

Sehr gut! Ich liebe Berlin, obwohl ich nicht aus Berlin komme.

Korrektur: Ich werde *eine Woche lang* in Berlin bleiben, und *eine Woche (lang)* anderswo. Ich habe +mich noch nicht entschieden.

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Vanessa says:

Vielen Dank!

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salivia_baker says:

Kann man nciht auch sagen “ich werde für eine Woche bleiben”? Oder ist das wieder Umgangssprache/Dialekt?

Vielleicht sollte man hier auch noch erwähnen, dass es sehr selten vorkommt, dass man zwar den Vornamen benutzt, aber trotzdem siezt.
In der Oberstufe machen Lehrer das aber gerne. Vorname + Sie. Oder wenn Kinder erwachsen werden zum Beispiel habe ich das auch schon erlebt. man ist zwar beim Vornamen mit dem Kind, aber wenn es dann alt genug wird schaltet man auf Sie um, aber nicht auf Herr/Frau.

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Josh says:

The audio link is broken.

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Josh says:

Oh, now it’s fixed

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kader-berkane says:

Ich möchte Deutsch lernen, weil ich besuchen wollen

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Victoria says:

:mrgreen: So far I love German Pod 101 does anyone have any information on moving permanently to Germany and finding jobs out there. I am still in the absolute beginner phase but I LOOVvveee Germany, I was there for a month in 2009 and just fell in love. Any help or information is truly appreciated. If it helps at all I will have a Master’s Degree in Accounting by May.

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