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INTRODUCTION
Chuck: Chuck here. Beginner series, Season 2, Lesson #37. On That Lonely German Road, You Will Be Happy to Have Us Along!
Judith: Hello everyone. I am Judith and welcome to germanpod101.
Chuck: With us, you will learn to speak German with fun and effective lessons.
Judith: We also provide you with cultural insights
Chuck: And tips you won’t find in a textbook. In this lesson, you will learn how to express relief and affection in German.
Judith: This conversation takes place on a German country road.
Chuck: The conversation is between Martin and Caroline, two American tourists. Speakers are friends. Therefore they will be speaking informal German.
Judith: Listeners, I have a question.
Chuck: A question?
Judith: Yep. I want to know when was the last time you commented.
Chuck: Ah yes! You haven’t asked that in a while.
Judith: Stop by germanpod101.com, leave us a comment or just say hi.
Chuck: All right. You heard her. Let’s listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Caroline: Sieh mal, Martin! Da drüben ist ein blaues Schild. Das könnte die Autobahn sein. Bieg' schnell ab!
Martin: Okay.
Caroline: Das ist es! Das ist die A9 Richtung München! Fahr schnell drauf!
Martin: Ja, ja, hetz' mich nicht! Die Autobahn wird nicht verschwinden.
Caroline: Ich freue mich nur so!
Martin: Guck mal, wir sind gar nicht mal so weit von München.
Caroline: Nicht schlecht! Meinst du, du schaffst es noch, bis nach München zu fahren? Oder sollen wir ein Hotel auf dem Weg suchen?
Martin: Ich schaffe das noch.
Caroline: Du bist ein Schatz! Ich bin froh, dass ich dich habe.
Judith: Now it’s slowly.
Caroline: Sieh mal, Martin! Da drüben ist ein blaues Schild. Das könnte die Autobahn sein. Bieg' schnell ab!
Martin: Okay.
Caroline: Das ist es! Das ist die A9 Richtung München! Fahr schnell drauf!
Martin: Ja, ja, hetz' mich nicht! Die Autobahn wird nicht verschwinden.
Caroline: Ich freue mich nur so!
Martin: Guck mal, wir sind gar nicht mal so weit von München.
Caroline: Nicht schlecht! Meinst du, du schaffst es noch, bis nach München zu fahren? Oder sollen wir ein Hotel auf dem Weg suchen?
Martin: Ich schaffe das noch.
Caroline: Du bist ein Schatz! Ich bin froh, dass ich dich habe.
Judith: Now with the translation.
Caroline: Sieh mal, Martin! Da drüben ist ein blaues Schild. Das könnte die Autobahn sein. Bieg' schnell ab!
Caroline: Martin, have a look! There is a blue sign over there. That could be the interstate. Turn quickly!
Martin: Okay.
Martin: Okay.
Caroline: Das ist es! Das ist die A9 Richtung München! Fahr schnell drauf!
Caroline: That's it! This is the interstate 9 in direction of Munich! Enter it quickly!
Martin: Ja, ja, hetz' mich nicht! Die Autobahn wird nicht verschwinden.
Martin: Yeah yeah, don't hurry me! The interstate will not disappear.
Caroline: Ich freue mich nur so!
Caroline: I'm just so happy!
Martin: Guck mal, wir sind gar nicht mal so weit von München.
Martin: Look, we're not even that far from Munich.
Caroline: Nicht schlecht! Meinst du, du schaffst es noch, bis nach München zu fahren? Oder sollen wir ein Hotel auf dem Weg suchen?
Caroline: Not bad! Do you think you'll manage to drive to Munich? Or should we search for a hotel on the way?
Martin: Ich schaffe das noch.
Martin: I will manage.
Caroline: Du bist ein Schatz! Ich bin froh, dass ich dich habe.
Caroline: You're a treasure! I'm glad to have you.
CULTURAL SECTION
Chuck: How about we talk about affection in terms in German?
Judith: Sounds good.
Chuck: So you won’t ever hear sugar or honey
Judith: Or the equivalent German words. You can’t call somebody [Zucker] or [Honig]. Sounds weird. However, you can call them [Süßer] or [Süße] especially [Mein Süßer, meine Süße].
Chuck: It’s sweetie!
Judith: Yeah sweetie. That works or also [Liebling]
Chuck: Darling.
Judith: Or [Schatz]
Chuck: Treasure.
Judith: Or [Schatzi] is a cuter version of it.
Chuck: Yeah in the south, you might hear [Schätzel] or [Schätzle]
Judith: Or [Schätzchen] in the north.
Chuck: You might even hear some words for animals usually with the [Chen] diminutive.
Judith: Like [Mäusschen]
Chuck: A little mouse. And a lot of times, they don’t make sense derived from people’s names or from things that people said. Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.
VOCAB LIST
Judith: First word [Drauf]
Chuck: On to it.
Judith: [Drauf, drauf] Next [Hetzen]
Chuck: To hurry somebody along.
Judith: [Hetzen, hetzen] Next [Verschwinden]
Chuck: To disappear.
Judith: [Verschwinden, verschwinden] Next [Weit]
Chuck: Wide, large or far.
Judith: [Weit, weit] Next [Meinen]
Chuck: To mean or think.
Judith: [Meinen, meinen] Next [Hotel]
Chuck: Hotel.
Judith: [Hotel, Hotel] This word is neuter and the plural is [Hotels] Next [Weg]
Chuck: Way or path.
Judith: [Weg, Weg, der Weg] And the plural is [Wege]. Next [Schatz]
Chuck: Treasure.
Judith: [Schatz, Schatz, der Schatz] And the plural is [Schätze] and the last word for today is [Froh]
Chuck: Glad.
Judith: [Froh, froh]
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Chuck: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases for this lesson.
Judith: The first phrase we will look at is [Sie mal]. There is also [Guck mal] Both are ways for you to get people’s attention in German or to point out something. And they use the expression [Auf dem Weg]
Chuck: On the way.
Judith: You should know this. It comes up a lot. [Auf dem Weg]

Lesson focus

Chuck: The grammar focus of this lesson are the accusative forms of personal pronouns.
Judith: The accusative of personal pronouns is used when a personal pronoun is used as the direct object of sentence. For example in [Hetz mich nicht]
Chuck: Don’t hurry me.
Judith: Or [Ich bin froh das ich dich habe]
Chuck: I am glad to have you. I am glad I have you. We’ve seen the accusative forms all over the course. Now let’s have the full overview.
Judith: All right. For [Ich], there is [Mich]
Chuck: Me.
Judith: For [Du] similarly [Dich]
Chuck: You.
Judith: For [Er, Ihn]
Chuck: Him.
Judith: For [Es, Es]
Chuck: It.
Judith: It doesn’t change. For [Sie, Sie]
Chuck: She, it also doesn’t change.
Judith: For [Wir], there is [Uns]
Chuck: Us.
Judith: It is the same form as for the dative. For [Ihr] there is [Euch]
Chuck: You all.
Judith: Same as for the dative and for the [They] or for the formal you, there is [Sie]
Chuck: Which also doesn’t change.

Outro

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Chuck: See you next week.
Judith: [Bis nächste Woche].

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