Learn how to ask and answer the question, "Do you have any brothers or sisters?"
Now Playing: Lesson Audio
Get a breakdown of the dialogue and translations instantly with the Premium line-by-line Audio. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Unlock Lesson Notes and Transcripts for every single lesson. Sign Up for a Free Lifetime Account and Get 7 Days of Premium Access.
| Jason: Top 25 German Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 13: Do you have any brothers or sisters? in German (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for German learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question Do you have any brothers and sisters? In German this is |
| Rilana: Hast du Geschwister? |
| The first word in the question is |
| Rilana: hast |
| Jason: meaning you have in English. |
| Rilana: (Slow, by syllable) hast |
| Jason: Listen again and repeat. |
| Rilana: hast |
| {Pause} |
| Jason: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Rilana: du |
| Jason: meaning you. |
| Rilana: (Slow, by syllable) du |
| Jason: Now repeat. |
| Rilana: du |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Rilana: hast du |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| Rilana: Geschwister |
| Jason: meaning siblings. |
| Rilana: (Slow, by syllable) Geschwister |
| Jason: Now repeat. |
| Rilana: Geschwister |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Rilana: hast du Geschwister |
| {pause} |
| Jason: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Do you have any brothers and sisters?? |
| Rilana: Ich habe eine Schwester. |
| Jason: "I have a sister.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Rilana: (Slow) Ich habe eine Schwester. |
| {pause} |
| Jason: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Rilana: ich |
| Jason: meaning I. |
| Rilana: (Slow, by syllable) ich |
| Jason: Now repeat |
| Rilana: ich |
| {Pause} |
| Jason: And next |
| Rilana: habe |
| meaning I have. |
| Rilana: (Slow, by syllable) habe |
| Jason:Now repeat. |
| Rilana: habe |
| {Pause} |
| Jason: And next |
| Rilana: eine |
| meaning one. |
| Rilana: (Slow, by syllable) eine |
| Jason:Now repeat. |
| Rilana: eine |
| {Pause} |
| Jason: And after that |
| Rilana: Schwester |
| meaning sister. |
| Rilana: (Slow, by syllable) Schwester |
| Jason:Now repeat. |
| Rilana: Schwester |
| {Pause} |
| Jason: Listen to the speaker say, I have a sister., and then repeat. |
| Rilana: Ich habe eine Schwester. |
| {pause} |
| Jason: To use a different phrase, replace a sister with a brother. |
| Rilana: einen Bruder |
| Jason: a brother |
| Rilana: (slow) einen Bruder (regular) einen Bruder |
| Jason: Listen to the phrase again, this time with a brother |
| Rilana: Ich habe einen Bruder und eine Schwester. |
| Jason: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace a sister. Say I have a brother and a sister. |
| {pause} |
| Rilana: Ich habe einen Bruder und eine Schwester. |
| Jason: To expand on the pattern, replace a brother with a brother and a sister. |
| Rilana: einen Bruder und eine Schwester |
| Jason: a brother and a sister |
| Rilana: (slow) einen Bruder und eine Schwester (regular) einen Bruder und eine Schwester |
| Jason: Listen to the phrase again, this time with a brother and a sister |
| Rilana: Ich habe einen Bruder und eine Schwester. |
| Jason: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for a brother and a sister. Say I have a brother and a sister. |
| {pause} |
| Rilana: Ich habe einen Bruder und eine Schwester. |
| Jason: To use a different phrase, replace a brother and a sister with no siblings. |
| Rilana: keine Geschwister |
| Jason: no siblings |
| Rilana: (slow) keine Geschwister (regular) keine Geschwister |
| Jason: Listen to the phrase again, this time with no siblings |
| Rilana: Ich habe keine Geschwister. |
| Jason: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for a brother and a sister. Say I have no siblings. |
| {pause} |
| Rilana: Ich habe keine Geschwister. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Germany and someone asks you if you have any brothers or sisters. You want to say you have (a) a sister. Respond to the question. |
| Rilana: Hast du Geschwister? (five seconds) Ich habe eine Schwester. |
| Jason: Now imagine you have (a) a brother Respond to the question. |
| Rilana: Hast du Geschwister? (five seconds) Ich habe einen Bruder und eine Schwester. |
| Jason: Imagine you have (a) a brother and a sister. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Rilana: Hast du Geschwister? (five seconds) Ich habe einen Bruder und eine Schwester. |
| Jason: Imagine you have (a) no siblings. Respond to the question. |
| Rilana: Hast du Geschwister? (five seconds) Ich habe keine Geschwister. |
| Jason: You want to ask someone is they have any brothers or sisters. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Rilana: Hast du Geschwister? |
| {pause} |
| Jason: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Rilana: Hast du Geschwister? |
| {pause} |
| Jason: This is the end of Lesson 13 |
Comments
Hide