Learn how to say "not" and "don't have"
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| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute German Season 1, Lesson 19 - Going without. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make essential negative statements in German. | |
| Body | |
| Eric: Here's the way to say 'I don't have a car.' in German. | |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich habe kein Auto. | |
| Eric: First is the word meaning 'I' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich | |
| Eric: Next comes the word meaning 'to have' | |
| Albert: [Normal] habe [Slow] habe | |
| Eric: Then we have the word for 'no' | |
| Albert: [Normal] kein [Slow] kein | |
| Eric: And lastly comes the word meaning 'car' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Auto [Slow] Auto | |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have a car.' | |
| Albert: [Slow] Ich habe kein Auto. [Normal] Ich habe kein Auto. | |
| Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at how to say 'I don't have time.' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich habe keine Zeit. | |
| Eric: First is the word for 'I' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich | |
| Eric: Then comes the word meaning 'to have' | |
| Albert: [Normal] habe [Slow] habe | |
| Eric: Followed by the word meaning 'no' | |
| Albert: [Normal] keine [Slow] keine | |
| Eric: And finally, the word meaning 'time' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Zeit [Slow] Zeit | |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have time.' | |
| Albert: [Slow] Ich habe keine Zeit. [Normal] Ich habe keine Zeit. | |
| Eric: Next up is the way to say 'I don't know.' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich weiß es nicht. | |
| Eric: First comes the word meaning 'I' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich | |
| Eric: Then the word for 'know' | |
| Albert: [Normal] weiß [Slow] weiß | |
| Eric: Followed by the word meaning 'it' | |
| Albert: [Normal] es [Slow] es | |
| Eric: And lastly, the word meaning 'not' | |
| Albert: [Normal] nicht [Slow] nicht | |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't know.' | |
| Albert: [Slow] Ich weiß es nicht. [Normal] Ich weiß es nicht. | |
| Eric: Finally, here is a way to say 'I don't think so.' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich denke nicht. | |
| Eric: First we have the word for 'I' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich | |
| Eric: followed by the word for 'think' | |
| Albert: [Normal] denke [Slow] denke | |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'not' | |
| Albert: [Normal] nicht [Slow] nicht | |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't think so.' | |
| Albert: [Slow] Ich denke nicht. [Normal] Ich denke nicht. | |
| Cultural Insight | |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. | |
| Albert: If you want to answer negatively but don’t want to be too direct, you can add the word sehr after the nicht. It literally means “very,” but we use it to mean the same thing as "really" | |
| So if you want to say "I don't really like this car", it will be Ich mag dieses Auto nicht sehr. | |
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! |
12 Comments
HideLet's practice here! Try translating this statement: 'I don't have it.'
Hi Christine,
Thank you for your feedback. You are right!👍
"weiß" means "white".
But "weiß" is also a form of "wissen" (infinitive) or "to know", for
first and third person singular.
wissen:
ich weiß, du weißt, er weiß..
In this lesson they are trying to explain in simple terms the
meaning of some commonly used sentences.
I will, however, forward your message to our team to find out if we can't
include the infinitive in order to avoid confusion.
If you have any further questions, please let us know.
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Reinhard
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Ich verstehe nicht. Mein Worterbuch sagt "weiss" heisst "white." "Wissen" heisst "to know." Korrekt?
Hi Charlie,
Correct in every way - capital letters, punctuation, spelling.
Well done.😉
Thank you.
If you have any further questions, please let us know.
Kind regards,
Reinhard
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Ich habe es nicht.
Hi Jill,
If you wanted to say it mentioning the car,
you would say: "Ich habe kein Auto.", but that wouldn't
be the correct translation of the sentence above.
The English version of this sentence is "I don't have a car."
Thank you.
If you have any further questions, please let us know.
Kind regards,
Reinhard
Team GermanPod101.com
Hello Soraya,
Thank you for participating. Well done ?!
Sincerely,
Anne
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ich habe es nicht .
Hello Amadou,
Thank you very much for your comment!:smile:
That's correct! We wish you lots of success in your studies! :thumbsup:
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Albert
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Why wouldn't you say ich habe nicht ein auto?
Ich habe es nicht.