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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Like always, You can find an excerpt of today’s song 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.
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Listen to an excerpt of today’s song 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.











