Learn some German phone manners
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| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute German Season 1, Lesson 25 - On the phone. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand basic phone vocabulary in German. | |
| Body | |
| Eric: Here's the way to say 'Hello.’ when you’re answering the phone in German. | |
| Albert: [Normal] Hallo. (antwortend) | |
| Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'hello' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Hallo [Slow] Hallo | |
| Eric: Listen again to the word meaning 'Hello. (answering)' | |
| Albert: [Slow] Hallo. (antwortend) [Normal] Hallo. (antwortend) | |
| Eric: Ok, now let's see the way to say 'This is Albert.' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Hier spricht Albert. | |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'here' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Hier [Slow] Hier | |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'speaks' | |
| Albert: [Normal] spricht [Slow] spricht | |
| Eric: Last is the person’s name. “Albert.” | |
| Albert: [Normal] Albert [Slow] Albert | |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'This is Albert.' | |
| Albert: [Slow] Hier spricht Albert [Normal] Hier spricht Albert | |
| Eric: Next up is the way to say 'May I talk to Albert?' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Kann ich bitte mit Albert sprechen? | |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'can' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Kann [Slow] Kann | |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I' | |
| Albert: [Normal] ich [Slow] ich | |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'please' | |
| Albert: [Normal] bitte [Slow] bitte | |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'with' | |
| Albert: [Normal] mit [Slow] mit | |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'to speak' | |
| Albert: [Normal] sprechen [Slow] sprechen | |
| Eric: Last is the person’s name “Albert.” | |
| Albert: [Normal] Albert [Slow] Albert | |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'May I talk to Albert?' | |
| Albert: [Slow] Kann ich bitte mit Albert sprechen? [Normal] Kann ich bitte mit Albert sprechen? | |
| Eric: Finally, here is a way to say 'I'll call again later.' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich werde später wieder anrufen. | |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'I' | |
| Albert: [Normal] Ich [Slow] Ich | |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'will ' | |
| Albert: [Normal] werde [Slow] werde | |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'later' | |
| Albert: [Normal] später [Slow] später | |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'again' | |
| Albert: [Normal] wieder [Slow] wieder | |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'to call' | |
| Albert: [Normal] anrufen [Slow] anrufen | |
| Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I'll call again later.' | |
| Albert: [Slow] Ich werde später wieder anrufen. [Normal] Ich werde später wieder anrufen. | |
| Cultural Insight | |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. | |
| Albert: On the phone, we greet people with Hallo meaning "hello" or Guten Tag meaning "good day". When finishing the phone call, we say good-bye by using Auf Wiederhören which literally means "hear you again". | |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson and this series. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next series! |
12 Comments
HideLet's practice here! Who would you like to talk to on the phone?
Hi Soraya,
Thanks for your feedback.
Yes, you can say that, but I think "Ich spreche nicht sehr gut Deutsch." might
be even better. 😉
If you have any further questions, please let us know.
Kind regards,
Reinhard
Team GermanPod101.com
Can we say : Ich spreche nicht Deutsch .❤️️
Hi .Thanks a lot for your help in translating my favotite sentence .❤️️
Hi Nashy,
Very good! Hope he is not in a meeting.😉
Thank you.
If you have any further questions, please let us know.
Kind regards,
Reinhard
Team GermanPod101.com
Kann ich bitte mit meinem Mann sprechen?
Hello Soraya,
Thank you for posting! Let me complete your sentence in German: "Ich mag mit meinem Vater sprechen."
Just let me know if you have any questions ?.
Sincerely,
Anne
Team GermanPod101.com
Ich mag mit''. mon pe`re'' sprechen .
Hallo Mucahit,
Thank you very much for your comment!:smile:
Perfect! Your German sounds very good! :thumbsup:
Kind regards,
Albert
Team GermanPod101.com
Hallo,hier spricht Mucahit.
Kann ich bitte mit Julıa sprechen? :flushed:
Hi David,
Awesome! No mistakes!:thumbsup:
Jennifer
Team Germanpod101.com