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| INTRODUCTION |
| Gina: Hi everyone, I’m Gina! Welcome back to GermanPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner Season 3, Lesson 15; Who are You Making Plans with in German? |
| Frank: And I’m Frank! |
| Gina: In this lesson, you'll learn about the future tense. |
| Frank: This conversation takes place at school, after classes. |
| Gina: The conversation is between Kate and Jens, two students. |
| Frank: The speakers are classmates. So, they’ll be using informal German. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Kate: So, Jens, was machst du jetzt? |
| Jens: Ich fahre nach Hause und esse etwas. Ich habe Hunger. |
| Kate: Ich auch. Hast du heute Abend schon etwas vor? |
| Jens: Ich? Lernen. |
| Kate: Bäh! Langweilig! Ich werde heute Abend ausgehen. Kommst du mit? |
| Jens: Wohin gehst du? |
| Kate: Ein Freund von mir, Simon, wird heute im "International Pub" Jazz spielen. Danach werden wir zusammen etwas trinken. |
| Jens: Klingt gut. Ich komme mit. |
| Gina: Let's hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Kate: So, Jens, was machst du jetzt? |
| Jens: Ich fahre nach Hause und esse etwas. Ich habe Hunger. |
| Kate: Ich auch. Hast du heute Abend schon etwas vor? |
| Jens: Ich? Lernen. |
| Kate: Bäh! Langweilig! Ich werde heute Abend ausgehen. Kommst du mit? |
| Jens: Wohin gehst du? |
| Kate: Ein Freund von mir, Simon, wird heute im "International Pub" Jazz spielen. Danach werden wir zusammen etwas trinken. |
| Jens: Klingt gut. Ich komme mit. |
| Gina: Now, let's hear it with English translation. |
| Kate: So, Jens, was machst du jetzt? |
| Gina: So, Jens, what are you doing now? |
| Jens: Ich fahre nach Hause und esse etwas. Ich habe Hunger. |
| Gina: I'm going home and eating something. I'm hungry. |
| Kate: Ich auch. Hast du heute Abend schon etwas vor? |
| Gina: Me too. Do you have plans for tonight? |
| Jens: Ich? Lernen. |
| Gina: Me? Studying. |
| Kate: Bäh! Langweilig! Ich werde heute Abend ausgehen. Kommst du mit? |
| Gina: Bah! Boring! I'm going out tonight. Are you coming? |
| Jens: Wohin gehst du? |
| Gina: Where are you going? |
| Kate: Ein Freund von mir, Simon, wird heute im "International Pub" Jazz spielen. Danach werden wir zusammen etwas trinken. |
| Gina: A friend of mine, Simon, will play at the International Pub tonight. We'll have a drink together. |
| Jens: Klingt gut. Ich komme mit. |
| Gina: Sounds good. I'm coming. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Gina: What does ‘going out’ entail for Germans? |
| Frank: One thing I can tell you is that because of the climate, Germans are a lot less likely to go outside than people from warmer countries. This is just a trend that has developed over history. |
| Gina: Right. People usually prefer to meet indoors, for example at somebody's place, at a restaurant, Cafe, at the cinema or a theater. |
| Frank: One nice outdoor activity during these cold months, is to visit the Weihnachtsmärkte, Germany's Christmas markets. |
| Gina: During summertime however, a popular pastime is to sit outside at cafes or restaurants in the afternoon or at night. |
| Frank: Going out in Germany is pretty fun! |
| Gina: It sounds like it! Ok! Now, let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Gina: The first word we shall see is... |
| Frank: machen [natural native speed] |
| Gina: to make, to do |
| Frank: machen [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: machen [natural native speed] |
| Frank: jetzt [natural native speed] |
| Gina: now |
| Frank: jetzt [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: jetzt [natural native speed] |
| Frank: fahren [natural native speed] |
| Gina: to drive, to ride a vehicle as a passenger, to go (but not by foot) |
| Frank: fahren [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: fahren [natural native speed] |
| Frank: Haus [natural native speed] |
| Gina: house |
| Frank: Haus [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: Haus [natural native speed] |
| Frank: vorhaben [natural native speed] |
| Gina: to plan, to intend |
| Frank: vorhaben [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: vorhaben [natural native speed] |
| Frank: heute [natural native speed] |
| Gina: today |
| Frank: heute [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: heute [natural native speed] |
| Frank: wohin [natural native speed] |
| Gina: where to |
| Frank: wohin [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: wohin [natural native speed] |
| Frank: Freund [natural native speed] |
| Gina: friend (mas.) |
| Frank: Freund [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: Freund [natural native speed] |
| Frank: spielen [natural native speed] |
| Gina: to play |
| Frank: spielen [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: spielen [natural native speed] |
| Frank: klingen [natural native speed] |
| Gina: to sound |
| Frank: klingen [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Frank: klingen [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Gina: Let’s take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Frank: The first phrase we’ll look at is nach Hause. |
| Gina: “going home.” It’s a combination of |
| Frank: nach. |
| Gina: “to”, and |
| Frank: Haus |
| Gina: “house” which implies your own house, or your home. |
| Frank: Interestingly, the word Hause ending in the letter “e” is a relic of old times, when certain prepositions required words to add an “e”. This is no longer done today, but it still remains in the expression nach Hause. |
| Gina: So, it is actually an expression from old German. |
| Frank: That’s right, Gina. Okay, next up is vorhaben |
| Gina: Which is a verb meaning "to plan," "to have a plan," "to have in mind," or "to intend. |
| Frank: To break this word down, vor means "forward" or "in front of," and haben means "to have" |
| Gina: So it literally means "to have in front of." |
| Frank: The verb haben is also used with the noun Pläne, meaning "plans", to make the phrase Pläne haben. |
| Gina: "to have plans" |
| Frank: For example, I could ask you Hast du Pläne? |
| Gina: "Do you have plans?" |
| Frank: That’s right. Finally, let’s move on to the expression Klingt gut. |
| Gina: Meaning “sounds good”. |
| Frank: You can say klingt gut or you can say das klingt gut, meaning “that sounds good”. |
| Gina: You can use this to agree to plans or a suggestion, especially in colloquial speech between friends arranging a meeting, or in many other situations. |
| Frank: There's also the opposite expression, das klingt nicht gut. |
| Gina: Which means "that doesn't sound good." |
| Frank: It's used more often as an expression to show sympathy when you hear some bad news, rather than to disagree with a suggestion. |
| Gina: That’s interesting! Okay, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
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| Gina: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use the future tense. |
| Frank: The first thing to know is that there are different ways of forming the future tense in German. |
| Gina: The first one, listeners, is one you already know how to do, without knowing! |
| Frank: Richtig! It’s the future tense that's formed with present tense conjugations. |
| Gina: In practice, though, the present tense is much more frequent than the future in German to refer to the future, especially if there's an adverb in the sentence pointing to the future. |
| Frank: Yes, for example, Ich fahre nächstes Jahr in den Urlaub. |
| Gina: “I’m going on holiday next year.” |
| Frank: The future tense can also be formed using the auxiliary werden, which in this case means “will”, and the infinitive of the verb. Werden is conjugated similarly to a vowel-changing verb. |
| Gina: Okay, let’s give our listeners a quick run-down on the conjugations of this verb. |
| Frank: ich werde |
| Gina: “I will” |
| Frank: du wirst |
| Gina: “you will” |
| Frank: er wird |
| Gina: “he will” |
| Frank: sie wird |
| Gina: “she will” |
| Frank: es wird |
| Gina: “it will” |
| Frank: wir werden |
| Gina: “we will” |
| Frank: ihr werdet |
| Gina: "You all will" |
| Frank: Sie werden |
| Gina: “they will”. |
| Frank: The future tense is easier than the present tense. |
| Gina: Yes. That’s because all verbs are regular, and separable verbs are never separated in the future tense. |
| Frank: But, whenever there's more than one verb in a sentence, the second verb must be placed at the very end of the sentence. Also remember that, as a verb, werden is defined as “to become”. |
| Gina: The meaning is more like “will”, but the forms need to go together with the verb for the future activity in order to make sense. |
| Frank: That’s right, Gina! |
| Gina: Okay. Can you give us some examples using the future tense? |
| Frank: Sure! Er wird es verstehen. |
| Gina: “He will understand it.” |
| Frank: Was wirst du in Deutschland machen? |
| Gina: “What will you do in Germany?” |
| Frank: Ich werde viel Bier trinken. |
| Gina: “I will drink a lot of beer.” |
| Frank: Wirst du in der Stadt bummeln? |
| Gina: “Will you go for a stroll in town?” or “Are you going for a stroll in town?” Notice how English can form the future tense in a couple of different ways as well. |
| Frank: English and German are in some ways comparable, as they both have Germanic roots. |
| Gina: Yes, the main difference is the word order, especially when more than one verb in the sentence is present! |
| Frank: This rule applies to all time tenses too - the second verb in German always goes to the end of the sentence. |
| Gina: We’ve included a lot more examples in the lesson notes, listeners, so please check them out. |
| Frank: Yes, do check them out as they include more detailed explanations about the future tense with sample sentences on how to use it too. |
Outro |
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| Gina: And that just about does it for this lesson! Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you next time. |
| Frank: Bis bald! |
| Gina: Bye! |
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