Talking About Where You're From in German — Video Conversation

Learn how to say where you are from using an informal conversation as an example with this video conversation

Lesson Transcript

In this lesson, you'll listen to a dialogue with the text.

Second, you'll review the key vocabulary followed by the English translations.

And finally, you'll review the dialogue with the text again to master what you've learned.

First, listen to the dialogue with the text on the screen.

Jens, aus welcher Stadt kommst du?

Göttingen! Und du?

Ich komme aus England!

Ehrlich?

Ja! Ehrlich. Ich bin Engländerin.

Wo genau in England?

Aus der Hauptstadt, London!

Das ist ein schöner Ort!

Now you'll hear the key vocabulary followed by the English translation.

aus, 'from, out of'

sein, 'to be'

Engländer, Engländerin, 'English male, English female'

woher, 'from where'

seit, 'since'

schön, 'beautiful'

kommen, 'to come'

Hauptstadt, 'capital city'

Stadt, 'town, city'

Ort, 'place, city, location'

Finally let's review the dialogue again, see if you can understand more this time.