Learn how to greet your coworker after a long weekend
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to GermanPod101.com. This is Business German for Beginners Season 1 Lesson 5 - Talking About Your Long Weekend in German. John Here. |
| Jennifer: Guten Tag! I'm Jennifer. |
| John: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to greet your coworker after a long weekend. The conversation takes place at home. |
| Jennifer: It's between Linda Müller and Stefan Herzog. |
| John: The speakers are co-workers, so they will use informal German. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Linda Müller: Guten Morgen. |
| Stefan Herzog: Hallo Linda! |
| Linda Müller: Wie war das lange Wochenende? |
| Stefan Herzog: Ich bin nach Hamburg gefahren. |
| Linda Müller: Schön, und wie war es? |
| John: Listen to the conversation one time slowly. |
| Linda Müller: Guten Morgen. |
| Stefan Herzog: Hallo Linda! |
| Linda Müller: Wie war das lange Wochenende? |
| Stefan Herzog: Ich bin nach Hamburg gefahren. |
| Linda Müller: Schön, und wie war es? |
| John: Listen to the conversation with the English translation |
| Linda Müller: Good morning! |
| Stefan Herzog: Hello Linda! |
| Linda Müller: How was the long weekend? |
| Stefan Herzog: I went to Hamburg. |
| Linda Müller: Great, and how was it? |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| John: Linda and Stefan are back at work after a long weekend. |
| Jennifer: Yeah, and Stefan went to Hamburg. |
| John: Sounds like Stefan had a good weekend. What are holidays like in Germany? |
| Jennifer: The most important holidays are the summer and autumn holidays. |
| John: How long are these holidays? |
| Jennifer: The summer holiday is at the most six weeks, or three months for universities. Autumn is two weeks, and there is a holiday over the New Year too. |
| John: How about paid holiday from work for employees? |
| Jennifer: Office workers generally have about 25 to 30 days per year. It might be more, depending on the company. |
| John: When Germans go on holiday, what are the most popular destinations? |
| Jennifer: In 2015, the most popular destinations were Spain, the Baltics and Italy. |
| John: Nice, warm places with good food. |
| Jennifer: Sounds like a good holiday to me! |
| John: Me too! Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| John: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Jennifer: Hallo [natural native speed] |
| John: hello |
| Jennifer: Hallo[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jennifer: Hallo [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have.. |
| Jennifer: wie [natural native speed] |
| John: how |
| Jennifer: wie[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jennifer: wie [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have.. |
| Jennifer: lang [natural native speed] |
| John: long, a long time |
| Jennifer: lang[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jennifer: lang [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have.. |
| Jennifer: Wochenende [natural native speed] |
| John: weekend |
| Jennifer: Wochenende[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jennifer: Wochenende [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have.. |
| Jennifer: fahren [natural native speed] |
| John: to drive, ride a vehicle as a passenger, to go (but not by foot) |
| Jennifer: fahren[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jennifer: fahren [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have.. |
| Jennifer: schön [natural native speed] |
| John: wonderful |
| Jennifer: schön[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jennifer: schön [natural native speed] |
| John: And last... |
| Jennifer: und [natural native speed] |
| John: and |
| Jennifer: und[slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Jennifer: und [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| John: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Jennifer: nach ..[somewhere]. fahren |
| John: meaning "go to ..[somewhere]." |
| John: What can you tell us about this? |
| Jennifer: Fahren means “to go” by a type of transport. |
| John: Does this cover all types of transport? |
| Jennifer: No, just things with wheels, so cars, buses, bikes and so on. It isn’t used for planes or walking on foot. |
| John: And the other word? |
| Jennifer: Nach states the direction. |
| John: Can you give us an example using this word? |
| Jennifer: Sure. For example, you can say.. Ich fahre nach Hause. |
| John: ..which means "I go home." Okay, what's the next word? |
| Jennifer: schön |
| John: meaning "great" |
| John: What can you tell us about this? |
| Jennifer: This is an adjective that can be used to mean many different things. |
| John: We just said it means “great”, but what else does it mean? |
| Jennifer: Other things along the same lines, such as “beautiful”, “wonderful”, and “amazing”. |
| John: How can you use it in conversation? |
| Jennifer: It can be used in small talk to express enthusiasm or interest. |
| John: Can you give us an example using this word? |
| Jennifer: Sure. For example, you can say.. Das ist schön. |
| John: .. which means "This is great." Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
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| John: In this lesson, you'll learn how to greet your coworker after a long weekend. |
| Jennifer: It’s good to make small talk with your co-workers by asking about their weekend. You can start by asking Wie war das lange Wochenende? |
| John: This means “How was the long weekend?” Let’s break down the sentence. |
| Jennifer: First is Wie, an interrogative adverb. Then war, the past tense of sein. Finally comes das lange Wochenende? |
| John: And there you have a simple question for asking about your colleague’s weekend. |
| Jennifer: It’s good to know the different conjugations of the verb sein, as this will help you make many sentences that you can use for this topic. |
| John: That verb translates to “to be” in English. |
| Jennifer: Right. “I was” would be Ich war. |
| John: How about “You were”? |
| Jennifer: Du warst or Ihr wart. |
| John: Let’s hear these in sentences. |
| Jennifer: Ich war am Wochenende am See. |
| John: “I was at the sea last weekend.” |
| Jennifer: Wo warst du letzten Sonntag? |
| John: “Where were you last Sunday?” |
| Jennifer: There are more sentence examples for more conjugations of sein in the Lesson Notes. |
| John: We spoke about the long weekend earlier. Can you give us some words for other holidays we might want to talk about? |
| Jennifer: Sure! How about Die Sommerferien |
| John: “Summer vacation” |
| Jennifer: Die Weihnachtsferien |
| John: “Christmas holidays.” And how about giving us an example in a sentence? |
| Jennifer: Fahren Sie über die Osterferien weg? |
| John: “Will you go somewhere during the Easter holidays?” |
Outro |
| John: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Jennifer: Auf Wiedersehen! |
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