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! |
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