Absolute Beginner S2 #5
You're Not in Kansas Anymore, This
is Germany
CONTENTS
2 INTRODUCTION
2 DIALOGUES
2 POST CONVERSATION BANTER
4 VOCAB LIST
5 KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
5 LESSON FOCUS
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INTRODUCTION
Chuck: Chuck here. Absolute Beginner Season 2, Lesson 5, You're Not in Kansas
Anymore. T his is Germany. Hello and welcome to GermanPod101.com where we
study modern German in a fun educational format.
Judith: So brush up on the German that you started learning ago or start learning today.
Chuck: T hanks for being here with us for this lesson, Judith. What are we looking at
today?
Judith: In this lesson you will learn where you're from.
Chuck: T his conversation takes place at the registration desk of a German Language
School.
Judith: T he conversation is between Paul and the woman doing the registration.
Chuck: T he speakers are in a business relationship therefore they'll be speaking formal
German. Let's listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUES
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Signature.
Judith: “Unterschrift” literally means under writing. Now this is a lot of words. You
should look up these words in the lesson notes and familiarize yourself with them
especially if you think that you will need to fill out a form in German soon.
VOCAB LIST
Chuck: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. T he first word we shall see
is?
Judith: sein
Chuck: T o be.
Judith: sein
Chuck: Next.
Judith: Engländer
Chuck: Englishman.
Judith: Engländer
Chuck: Next.
Judith: Amerikaner
Chuck: American.
Judith: Amerikaner
Chuck: Next.
Judith: aus
Chuck: From.
Judith: aus
Chuck: Next.
Judith: welcher
Chuck: Which.
Judith: welcher
Chuck: Next.
Judith: Stadt
Chuck: T own or city.
Judith: Stadt. Stadt, that is feminine.
Chuck: Next.
Judith: in
Chuck: In or into.
Judith: in
Chuck: Next.
Judith: neben
Chuck: Next to.
Judith: neben
Chuck: Next.
Judith: oder
Chuck: Or.
Judith:
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oder
Chuck: Next.
Judith: von
Chuck: Of or from.
Judith: von
Chuck: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from
this lesson.
Judith: T he first thing we should look at is that if you're saying „Ich bin Amerikaner“,
you’re using the word for the person, you're not using the adjective. T he adjective
would be „amerikanisch“. By the same token „Engländer“ is the word for a person
from England and English is the adjective.
Chuck: If you're Judith, note that you usually have to indicate that in German when
you're mentioning your nationality or profession. Fortunately it's enough to add the
ending “IN” in the vast majority of cases. Could you give some examples for that?
Judith: Well, in this case you would say „Amerikanerin“ or „Engländerin“
LESSON FOCUS
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you next week.
Judith: Danke fürs Zuhören und bis nächste Woche!
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