Learn how to talk about possessions
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| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute German Season 1, Lesson 18 - Talking about possession. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about possession in German. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the informal way to say 'Do you have a car?' in German. |
| Albert: [Normal] Hast du ein Auto? |
| Eric: First is a phrase meaning 'do you have (informal)' |
| Albert: [Normal] Hast du [Slow] Hast du |
| Eric: Next comes the word meaning 'a, an' |
| Albert: [Normal] ein [Slow] ein |
| Eric: And last is the word for 'car' |
| Albert: [Normal] Auto [Slow] Auto |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Do you have a car?' |
| Albert: [Slow] Hast du ein Auto? [Normal] Hast du ein Auto? |
| Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the formal way to say 'Do you have a car?' |
| Albert: [Normal] Haben Sie ein Auto? |
| Eric: First comes phrase meaning 'do you have (formal)' |
| Albert: [Normal] Haben Sie [Slow] Haben Sie |
| Eric: Then we have the word meaning 'a, an' |
| Albert: [Normal] ein [Slow] ein |
| Eric: And last is the word meaning 'car' |
| Albert: [Normal] Auto [Slow] Auto |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Do you have a car?' |
| Albert: [Slow] Haben Sie ein Auto? [Normal] Haben Sie ein Auto? |
| Eric: Next up is the way to say 'Yes, I have a car.' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ja, Ich habe ein Auto. |
| Eric: First we have the word meaning 'yes' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ja [Slow] Ja |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich |
| Eric: Then comes the word meaning 'have' |
| Albert: [Normal] habe [Slow] habe |
| Eric: Followed by the word meaning 'a' |
| Albert: [Normal] ein [Slow] ein |
| Eric: And finally, we have the word meaning 'car' |
| Albert: [Normal] Auto [Slow] Auto |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Yes, I have a car.' |
| Albert: [Slow] Ja, Ich habe ein Auto. [Normal] Ja, Ich habe ein Auto. |
| Eric: Finally, let’s look at the way to say 'I have a red pen.' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich habe einen roten Stift. |
| Eric: First comes the word meaning 'I' |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich |
| Eric: Then we have the word meaning 'to have' |
| Albert: [Normal] habe [Slow] habe |
| Eric: Followed by the word meaning 'one' |
| Albert: [Normal] einen [Slow] einen |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'red' |
| Albert: [Normal] roten [Slow] roten |
| Eric: And last comes the word meaning 'pen, pencil, crayon' |
| Albert: [Normal] Stift [Slow] Stift |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I have a red pen.' |
| Albert: [Slow] Ich habe einen roten Stift. [Normal] Ich habe einen roten Stift. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Albert: If you want to sound really natural when asking if someone has something, you can use the word oder. Here’s an example. |
| Du hast einen Hund, oder? This literally means “You have a dog, or..?” |
| You just add the word oder after the sentence. It makes the whole sentence sound like a question. |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
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