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| Hallo, ich heiße Laura. Hi everybody! I’m Laura. |
| Welcome to GermanPod101.com’s “Deutsch in 3 Minuten”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn German. |
| In the last lesson we learned how to count euros. Did you practice at home? |
| In this lesson, we're going to learn other useful tips to talk about your schedule - for example, if a friend asks you "What are you doing this weekend?" |
| Let’s start! |
| To ask a friend, or someone you already know, you say: |
| Was machst du am Wochenende? |
| [slowly] Was machst du am Wochenende? |
| Let’s break it down. |
| Was is "what". |
| "machst” is "to do" if you’re talking about “du”. |
| Du is the informal way to say “you.” |
| And am Wochende is "this weekend" |
| If you want to ask the same question in a formal way, turn du into Sie, the formal version. |
| Then you need to change machst to machen, because it’s referring to a different pronoun -- Sie. |
| Was machen Sie am Wochenende? |
| [slowly] Was machen Sie am Wochenende? |
| What if you’re not asking about this weekend? |
| Asking about a different time period is as easy as replacing am Wochenende. |
| Tomorrow is morgen. |
| So you can also say |
| Was machst du morgen? |
| What are you doing tomorrow? |
| Notice how you skip "am", otherwise you are asking "what are you doing *this morning.*" If that's what you want to say, just add it back in! |
| Was machst du am Morgen? |
| Or, you could put in a weekday, like Montag, "Monday" or Sonntag, which is "Sunday". |
| Was machst du am Montag? |
| Was machst du am Sonntag? |
| So now, if someone asks *you* |
| Was machst du morgen?, or "What are you doing tomorrow?", how can you answer? |
| Here's an example: Ich gehe ins Büro. |
| "I'm going to the office." |
| Ich gehe means "I'm going", ins means “to,” Büro means "the office". Feel free to replace "office" with many other locations! |
| Now it’s time for Laura’s Insights. |
| In some situations, the question |
| Was machst du? can also mean more generally "What do you do?" or "What is your job?" |
| This is a really common question you can ask, or that you might be asked the first time you meet someone. |
| In this lesson we learned how to talk about your schedule. Next time we are going to learn how to use the verb sein "to be". We'll also talk about how to tell people your nationality. |
| I'll be waiting for you in the next Deutsch in 3 Minuten. |
| Bis bald! |
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HideHi Ivarr,
Thank you for getting back to us.
Viel Spaß! 😎
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Ich gehe ins Kino.
Hello Pardeep Harcahandani,
Thank you for your feedback.
I can't blame you and you are not the first one to bring this up.👍
The "r" together with the "ch" are probably the most challenging
letters in the German language when it comes to pronunciation.
We have various lessons dealing with the pronunciation of both vowels
and consonants. Please find below a link to a lesson specifically on Rs and Ls:
https://www.germanpod101.com/lesson/accent-improvement-10-lets-rumble-with-l-and-r/
Using our seach function, the magnifying glass at the top of the page, you may be able
to find more interesting lessons. 😉
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Reinhard
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I am having difficulty in reading and pronouncing the alphabet “R”.
Where to keep it silent and when to pronounce it.
Hello Bank,
Thank you very much for posting!
Very good! That is absolutely right. "Morgen" can be either a noun, for "morning", or an adverb when you use it for "tomorrow". Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Sincerely,
Albert
Team GermanPod101.com
From what I understand:
der Morgen (n.) = morning, is a noun so it is capitalised.
resulting in "am Morgen" at the morning (which is now the adverb phrase of time)
morgen (adv. of time) = tomorrow, is an adverb? so no cap.
Why sometimes you write Morgen with capital letter and sometimes don't?
"Was machts du morgen?, Was machts du am Morgen?"
Vielen Dank!
Hello Michi,
Thank you very much for your nice feedback! :smile::thumbsup:
We are glad that you like our lessons! Let us know if you have any questions.
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Albert
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Laura, du bist so suss!!
Danke fur teaching us German :)
Am Wochenende gehen meine Frau und ich zur Wiesn in meiner Heimat Fredericksburg TX. Wir feiern Oktoberfest ein bisschen später als das Oktoberfest in München. Hab einen schönen Tag noch!
Hi Gloria,
welche Hausaufgaben machst du?
Cheers,
Jennifer
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Ich mache meine Hausaufgaben. (I am doing my homework.)
Hi sweet,
Thank you for posting.
We are glad to hear that you are interested in learning German here with us.
For now, we don't have a video series about those topics, but we will consider your suggestion.
We can recommend you our audio lessons, there you can find those topics.
Feel free to ask as often as you need.
Sincerely,
Laura
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Hi
I would like to know more on tenses, reflaxive verb, and sentence structure. So do you have videos on this specfic topic.if yes how much do I have to pay for it.
Hi Walter,
Thank you for writing.
You are absolutely correct with all you have said. It should be "machen". We fixed the typo already!
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Katrin
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In the vocabulary list, isn't the correct form for the verb "to do, to make" machen, not mache. Mache would be the imperative form, wouldn't it?
Hi Diego,
Thank you for using our site and enjoying to learn German with us!
Also, thank you very much for spotting this. The PDF was fixed already.
Regards,
Katrin
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Hi.
I enjoy learning with Germanpod101.
I have a comment about Lesson notes. One of the sample sentences in German is not correct. Perhaps that could be "Was machst du als Linguist?" instead of "Was machsch do as Linguischt".
Bis bald :)
Hi Giorgi,
Happy to hear you are enjoying these lessons!
Have fun learning German - with or without Laura :)
Katrin
Team GermanPod101.com
Hi, there! I am very glad that you added new lessons with Laura!
... because I am very fond of her!
I love her smile, voice and pronounciation!
She is splendid Person!