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Newbie#7

DsseldorfArc-Callingsomebody

CONTENTS

2 German

2 English

3 Informal German

3 Informal English4 Vocabulary

4 Sample Sentences

5 Grammar

6 Cultural Insight

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2/6GERMANPOD101.COM NEWBIE #7 - DSSELDORF ARC - CALLING SOMEBODY 2

GERMAN

1. #1: Lena Wagner.

2. #2: Guten Tag, hier ist Michael Schmidt. Wie geht es Ihnen?

3. #1: Gut, danke, und Ihnen?

4. #2: Auch gut. Frau Wagner, ich mchte Sie treffen. Haben Sie Zeit?

5. #1: Nein, ich habe jetzt noch zwei Termine.

6. #2: Dann lassen Sie uns morgen ins Kino gehen. Welchen Film

mchten Sie sehen?

7. #1: Ich habe keine Lust auf Kino.

ENGLISH

1. #1: Lena Wagner.

2. #2: Hello, Michael Schmidt is here. How are you?

3. #1: Good, thanks, and you?

4.

#2: Also good. Ms Wagner, I would like to meet you. (literally -I wouldlike you meet) Do you have time?

5. #1: No, I still have two appointments at the moment.

6. #2: Then let us go to the movies tomorrow. Which film do you want to

see? (literally -then let us tomorrow to the cinema go. Which film

would-like you see?")

CONT'D OVER



7. #1: Im not in the mood for the cinema.

INFORMAL GERMAN

1. #1: Lena Wagner.

2. #2: Hi, hier ist Michael. Wie geht es dir?

3. #1: Gut, danke, und dir?

4.

#2: Auch gut. Lena, ich mchte dich treffen. Hast du Zeit?

5. #1: Nein, ich habe jetzt noch zwei Termine.

6. #2: Dann lass uns morgen ins Kino gehen. Welchen Film mchtest du

sehen?

7. #1: Ich habe keine Lust auf Kino.

INFORMAL ENGLISH

1. #1: Lena Wagner.

2. #2: Hi, Michael is here. How are you?

3. #1: Good, thanks, and you?

4. #2: Also good. Lena, I would like to meet you. (literally I would-like you

meet) Do you have time?

CONT'D OVER



5. #1: No, I still have two appointments at the moment.

6. #2: Then lets go to the movies tomorrow. Which film do you want to

see? (literally then let us tomorrow to-the cinema go. Which film

would-like you see?)

7. #1: Im not in the mood for the cinema.

VOCABULARY

Ge r man E nglish C lass Ge nde r

mchte would like verb

conditional tense of

mgen, but it

behaves essentially

like a fictional verb

mchten

treffen to meet verb

dann then adverb

ins Kino to the moviesexpression; li terally:

to the cinema

literally: to the

cinema

gehen to go, to walk verb

not used for "going

by car" which would

be "(Auto) fahren"

welchen which

pronoun; masculine

Accusative here

masculine

Accusative here

sehen to see verbvowel-changing

verb: e -> ie

SAMPLE SENTENCES



Ich mchte einen Kaffee.

I would like a coffee.

Ich treffe jetzt mei nen n euen Bo ss.

I am meeting my new boss now.

Morgen arbeite ich und dan n f l iege

ich nach Boston.

Tomorrow I work and then I fly to Boston.

Gehst du morgen ins Kino?

Are you going to the movies tomorrow?

Ich gehe nach Amerika.

I go to America.

Lass uns ins Kino g ehen.

Let's go to the movies.

Welchen Fi lm m chtest du sehen?

Which movie would you like to see?

Ich sehe ein gutes Caf.

I see a good caf.

Welchen Fi lm m chtest du sehen?

Which movie would you like to see?

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn more ways of expressing what you want.

We already know the phrase Ich habe Lust auf meaning I am interested in or I am in

the mood for. We also know the corresponding question Haben Sie Lust auf / Hast du

Lust auf ?. What happens if you want to answer No, I am not in the mood for to that

question? The correct phrasing is Ich habe keine Lust auf in German. keine means no.

You are l iterally saying I have no desire of .

In todays dialog you have also encountered Ich mchte, which means I would like.This is an extremely useful phrase because you can express so much with it. For example:

Ich mchte einen Kaffee. I would like a coffee.

Ich mchte Telefonnummern austauschen. I would like to exchange phone numbers.

Ich mchte morgen frei haben. - I would like to have a day off tomorrow. (German

expression: frei haben = have free = have a day off)

Ich mchte morgen nicht arbeiten. I dont want to work tomorrow. (literally: I would like to

not work tomorrow)

Mchtest du ins Kino gehen? Would you like to go to the cinema?



One minor annoyance that all of the longer phrases have in common: the second verb always

gets transferred to the end of the sentence. This is the case whenever there are two verbs in

one sentence in German, for example also with Lass uns (Lets):

Lass uns Titanic sehen! Lets watch Titanic!

Lass uns morgen ins Theater gehen! Lets go to the theatre tomorrow! (an actual theatre

with actors, not a movie theatre)

Lass uns nicht streiten. Lets not argue.

Lass uns (or the polite equivalent Lassen Sie uns) is the third really useful phrase when

you want to express your wishes. You can now express what youre in the mood for, what you

would l ike and you can make practical suggestions.

CULTURAL INSIGHT

When calling somebody in Germany, most people will say their name immediately after

picking up the receiver in order to let you know whether you have reached the right person.They expect the same from you as the caller: your answer to them saying their name should

definitely include your name. It may be just your name or it may be your name with a

greeting, but if you fail to say who you are altogether, quite a few people will get annoyed or

hang up. Its not just a common courtesy, it also distinguishes you from people that have no

business calling, such as telemarketers.

If you want to talk to somebody else in the household, you should still say your name before

asking for the phone to be passed over. If you want to be really polite, you should also have a

brief conversation with whoever answered the phone before requesting that, especially if youare acquainted with the person. Heres what such a conversation might look like:

- Gerda Wagner.

- Michael Schmidt, guten Tag. Wie geht es Ihnen, Frau Wagner?

- Gut, danke, und Ihnen?

- Gut, danke. Und wie geht es Ihrem Mann? (And how is your husband?)

- Auch gut. Er arbeitet im Moment.

- Und Lena? Ich mchte eigentlich m it Lena sprechen. (eigentlich = actually)

- Lena ist hier. Ich gebe ihr jetzt das Telefon. (Im giving the phone to her now.)

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