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When you go to a restaurant in a foreign city, are you sure you are tipping the right amount? The size of the appropriate tip can be a really tricky question, especially since not all locals will agree on it. For example, in Germany there are some people that say that you shouldn’t tip at all if a restaurant bill already lists a service charge, or a line to the effect that service is included in the meal prices. Others however will say that tipping is still expected and not tipping is rude. So, which is it? And if you tip, how much is appropriate? Today Sarah will have a look at this subject and relate another personal experience. As usual, this GermanPod101 audioblog is completely in German, except for the vocabulary given at the end.


Learn German with GermanPod101.com! You are used to paying for the check when taking friends out but your German friend is not having it! Next time when asking for the check, you’ll just split everything up. It was kind of embarrassing not to be able to pay for the whole thing. You guess chivalry isn’t dead after all!

In this German Absolute Beginner lesson you will learn all about the German restaurant including expressions that will help you order, what is acceptable for tipping, and numbers over twelve, which will help when that check comes. Visit us at GermanPod101.com, where you will find many more fantastic German lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!


 

Learn German with GermanPod101.com! You are in Germany having a wonderful time learning the German culture and language. After having the yummy ice cream at the Reichstag, you decide to indulge yourself after your supper. You find the only ice cream parlor on the same block as your hotel. You go into the German ice cream parlor and order the same flavors that you did earlier. The only problem is, since your hotel is in the middle the German city of Berlin, you may enjoy the ice cream, but your view will not be as pleasant as at the Reichstag. Sitting at a table outside of the German ice cream parlor, a girl approaches you and asks you in German, “What kinds of ice cream did you get?” As you look up at the girl that spoke to you, you realize that your view of the city just got a whole lot better. You ask her to join you and then begin a German conversation with her. Who knows…maybe you’ll get together again for more German ice cream.

Learning German with GermanPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn German! This German lesson will teach you the two types of German noun plurals. And as an additional treat, we’ll talk about German ice cream!!! After learning all about German noun plurals and getting a craving for ice cream, you can come back to see what other yummy lessons we have! 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! You are in Germany with a group of friends that have toured Germany before and are more fluent than you are in the German language. You find this to your advantage because your German is a little rusty and you don’t want to get caught saying the wrong thing in German. As you and your friends are enjoying a little bit of the German nightlife, you are explaining in German to some new German acquaintances that you are from an island off the coast of America when they crack up laughing. You can already tell that you have done it again and messed up your German. Your friends explain to you in German that your pronunciation of the German word “island” came out wrong, so you actually said in German, “I came here from a hedgehog in America.” Your new German acquaintances find you quite amusing and begin asking you questions to see what your German reply will be. They, along with your friends, begin helping you with your German by pronouncing German vowels correctly. By the end of the night, you have managed to speak well in German and tell your new German acquaintances, “You are all great teachers. Thanks for the help.” At least that’s what you thought you said!

Learning German with GermanPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn German! In this German pronunciation series, we will teach you all you need to know about German vowel sounds, articulation of those German sounds, and indications for the German vowel sounds. That way, when you head to Germany, you can relay the correct information and not be laughed at. After you finish touring and talking in Germany, you can head back to GermanPod101.com for more exciting German lessons! While you’re there, leave us a message.  


Learn German with GermanPod101.com! You have decided to play a German board game to relieve your boredom since the DVD player is not working. Picking out a game was easy, but now you have to teach your friend how to play it. You ask your friend in German, “What do you know about the singing hippo?” Your friend has never heard of the game before, and he laughs and replies, “Really? That’s the game?” Your friend’s laugh is contagious. It does have a funny name to it, but you got the game at the German board game fair and were told it was very popular. You’ll soon find out.

Learning German with GermanPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn German! This German Intermediate lesson covers forming the German present participle. And if you like to play board games, Germany is the place to be! You won’t be bored with this German lesson! Visit us at GermanPod101 where you will find many more fantastic German lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!