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INTRODUCTION
Sydney: Hi everyone, I'm Sydney.
Albert: And I'm Albert.
Sydney: And welcome to Must-Know German Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 9. Saying "There is/There are."
Sydney: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for stating that something exists in a location.
PATTERN
Sydney: For example,
Sydney: "There is a dog at the playground."
Albert: Es ist ein Hund auf dem Spielplatz.
Albert: [slow] Es ist ein Hund auf dem Spielplatz.
Sydney: The pattern for stating that something exists in a location has four elements. First, "There is."
Albert: Es ist.
Sydney: Second, the conjugated article for "a", nominative singular.
Albert: ein.
Sydney: Third, the noun for "dog."
Albert: Hund.
Sydney: And last, the complement "at the playground."
Albert: auf dem Spielplatz.
Sydney: Altogether, we have... "There is a dog at the playground."
Albert: Es ist ein Hund auf dem Spielplatz. [slow] Es ist ein Hund auf dem Spielplatz. [normal] Es ist ein Hund auf dem Spielplatz.
Sydney: To state that something exists in a location, please use the German words for "there is" at the beginning, then a conjugated article for "a" which needs to be conjugated according to the following noun, and then add a complement to conclude the sentence.
Albert: Es ist ein Hund auf dem Spielplatz.
Sydney: So remember to use the German "there is" followed by a conjugated article for "a" and add a complement in the end.
Sydney: Here is another example meaning, "There is a child in the baby buggy." First, "There is."
Albert: Es ist.
Sydney: Second, the conjugated article for "a", nominative singular.
Albert: ein.
Sydney: Third, the noun for "child."
Albert: Kind.
Sydney: And last, the complement "in the baby buggy."
Albert: im Kinderwagen.
Sydney: Altogether we have...
Albert: Es ist ein Kind im Kinderwagen. [slow] Es ist ein Kind im Kinderwagen. [normal] Es ist ein Kind im Kinderwagen.
Sydney: "There is a child in the baby buggy."
[pause]
Albert: Es ist ein Kind im Kinderwagen.
Sydney: How do you say — "There is a goat in the stable." To give you a hint, "in the stable" is...
Albert: im Stall. [slow] im Stall. [normal] im Stall.
Sydney: "There is a goat in the stable."
[pause]
Albert: Es ist eine Ziege im Stall. [slow] Es ist eine Ziege im Stall. [normal] Es ist eine Ziege im Stall.
[pause]
Albert: Es ist eine Ziege im Stall.
REVIEW
Sydney: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in German. Here we go.
Sydney: "There is a dog at the playground."
[pause]
Albert: Es ist ein Hund auf dem Spielplatz.
[pause]
Albert: Es ist ein Hund auf dem Spielplatz.
Sydney: "There is a child in the baby buggy."
[pause]
Albert: Es ist ein Kind im Kinderwagen.
[pause]
Albert: Es ist ein Kind im Kinderwagen.
Sydney: "There is a goat in the stable."
[pause]
Albert: Es ist eine Ziege im Stall.
[pause]
Albert: Es ist eine Ziege im Stall.

Outro
Sydney: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for stating that something exists in a location, as in...
Albert: Es ist ein Hund auf dem Spielplatz.
Sydney: meaning "There is a dog at the playground."
Sydney: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on GermanPod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time!
Albert: Bis zum nächsten Mal!

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