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Coffee Break German

Coffee Break Languages

Learn German in coffee-break lessons from the Radio Lingua Network. In each lesson we"ll focus on the language you need to know and before long you"ll be making yourself understood with native German speakers.386357 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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28:01

CBG 2.24 | Wovor fürchtest du dich?

Coffee Break German ·

2018/02/20

In this episode you'll learn to use reflexive verbs in German. In addition to being able to talk about "washing yourself" and "scratching yourself" (among other things!), you'll also learn to talk about looking forward to things, relaxing, deciding, catching a cold, getting annoyed, remembering things and complaining! Reflexive verbs are hugely important and this lesson will equip you with everything you need to know!This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every

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34:08

CBG 2.23 | Hilfst du deinen Kindern bei ihren...

Coffee Break German ·

2018/02/05

We've already covered the topic of family in Coffee Break German, but in this lesson you'll learn how to talk about your extended family, and deal with possessive pronouns in the nominative, accusative and dative cases. Is it mein, meine, meinen, meinem or meiner? By the end of this lesson, you'll know!This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will be published during 2018. Stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If

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29:44

CBG 2.22 | Mein Vater wohnte lange in einem kleinen Dorf

Coffee Break German ·

2018/01/22

So far in Coffee Break German we've learned to use haben, sein and some modal verbs in the Präteritum. In this lesson Andrea and Mark look at other verbs in the Präteritum which are not used commonly in spoken German, but you'll find them in any story you read. You'll also learn about some irregular verbs in this tense, including kommen and gehen, and Julia is on hand to tell us about two very famous German writers: Goethe and Schiller.This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40

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28:24

CBG 2.21 | Als ich ein Kind war, durfte ich nicht so...

Coffee Break German ·

2018/01/08

In this lesson you'll learn to talk about rules and regulations in the past using the Präteritum of the modal verbs dürfen and müssen. By the end of the lesson you'll know how to talk about what you were or weren't allowed to do as a child.This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will be published during 2018. Stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, bonus audio recordings and

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32:33

CBG 2.20 | Als ich 10 war, wollte ich Astronautin werden

Coffee Break German ·

2017/11/13

This lesson marks the end of the first half of our second season of Coffee Break German. Mark and Andrea take the opportunity to review the topics covered in lessons 11 to 19 with lots of new examples, helping you build your vocabulary and practise the grammar points at the same time.This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will be published during 2018. Stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If you'd like to benefit

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25:16

CBG 2.19 | Wie alt warst du, als du Deutsch lernen...

Coffee Break German ·

2017/10/30

In the last lesson we looked at the Präteritum, the past tense form which is commonly used with verbs such as sein, haben and so on. In this lesson, we'll be taking the Präteritum a little further and learn how to talk about what we wanted to do and what we were able to do in the past, using können and wollen. This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will be published during 2018. Stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each

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36:15

CBG 2.18 | Wie alt warst du, als du ein Handy gekauft...

Coffee Break German ·

2017/10/16

This episode of Coffee Break German introduces the verbs sein and haben and how they are used in the past. In fact, these verbs use a different tense, the Präteritum, or "imperfect" as it is often referred to in English. You'll learn to conjugate the imperfect of sein and haben and how to use it in a variety of situations.This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will be published during 2018. Stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy

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25:58

CBG 2.17 | Ich habe die Hausaufgaben nicht gemacht,...

Coffee Break German ·

2017/10/04

In this episode we're focusing on the use of weil with the Perfect Tense and you'll be learning to give excuses as to why you arrived late and why you haven't done your homework! This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will be published during 2018. Stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, bonus audio recordings and video versions of the lessons featuring 'synchronised video

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29:30

CBG 2.16 | Schokolade schmeckt vielen Leuten

Coffee Break German ·

2017/09/22

In this lesson we're looking further at the dative case and specifically at verbs which need the dative like geben, schicken, schenken, antworten and helfen. You'll also be learning to use the dative forms of the personal pronouns. This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will be published during 2018. Stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, bonus audio recordings and video

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25:20

CBG 2.15 | Mark fragt, ob Heidelberg schön ist

Coffee Break German ·

2017/09/04

This lesson focuses on the topic of asking questions, both "open" questions using the W Fragewörter, and more closed questions which are more likely be answered by ja or nein. You'll learn to ask questions using various words, all of which begin with the letter W, and you'll also learn to use reported speech involving questions. Julia is back with another Kulturbeitrag in which she talks about celebrating birthdays in Germany. Learn how to gossip in German! In this lesson we'll be looking at

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24:37

CBG 2.14 | Mark hat bemerkt, dass diese Lektion...

Coffee Break German ·

2017/08/21

Learn how to gossip in German! In this lesson we'll be looking at reported speech and how this works with "dass". You'll learn how to say who said what to whom, of course using the correct grammatical constructions.This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will be published during 2018. Stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, bonus audio recordings and video versions of the

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26:36

CBG 2.13 | Wie viel Schokolade isst du jede Woche?

Coffee Break German ·

2017/08/07

In this episode of Coffee Break German we'll be learning how to translate "much", "many", "some", "few", and lots more quantifying words - something learners often find difficult. By the end of this lesson you'll be able to talk confidently in German using the words viel(e), wenig(e), etwas, manche, and say how much chocolate you eat, how many glasses of water you drink, or how many portions of fruit you have.This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two

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25:01

CBG 2.12 | Ich denke, dass Deutsch eine wunderbare...

Coffee Break German ·

2017/07/24

In this lesson of Coffee Break German we'll be taking the "dass" structures a stage further and looking at other verbs which can be used in this context. You'll learn to use a number of verbs with this structure and you'll also learn some important rules involving grammar and word order. This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will be published during 2018. Stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If you'd like to

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29:31

CBG 2.11 | Ich möchte, dass du das Fenster öffnest

Coffee Break German ·

2017/07/10

In this lesson we'll be covering the topic of subordinate clauses. That sounds more complicated than it is! Basically this lesson will teach you how to make requests in German and tell people what you'd like them to do - or not do! Julia is back with another Cultural Correspondent segment and in this episode she's talking about rules and regulations in German-speaking areas. This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will be published

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31:50

CBG 2.10 | Review episode

Coffee Break German ·

2017/06/19

In this episode of Coffee Break German you'll be amazed when you realise how far you've come, as you review everything you have learned so far in Season 2. Andrea and Mark talk about the topic from this unit such as cases and adjective agreements, adverbs, using denn and weil and making sure your perfect tense really is perfect! After listening to this lesson you will be an expert on all the language points covered so far.This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published

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24:04

CBG 2.09 | Ich lerne Deutsch, weil ich Deutsch eine...

Coffee Break German ·

2017/06/05

If you've been following our Coffee Break German lessons you can now use denn to give a reason - ausgezeichnet! However, there is another word which also means "because", and that's weil, and this word brings with it some challenges regarding word order. In this lesson you'll master weil and you'll learn how to use it in a sentence and cope with the word order changes. As usual there will be lots of examples and you can work through the lesson and understand everything. This season of Coffee Break

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27:46

CBG 2.08 | Ich habe großen Hunger, denn ich habe...

Coffee Break German ·

2017/05/22

In this lesson of Coffee Break German you'll learn how to give a reason - without having to worry about word order! This lesson introduces the word denn and you'll be delighted to know that it does not change the word order of your sentence.This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will be published during 2018. Stay subscribed to the podcast to enjoy each episode. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, bonus audio recordings

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21:18

CBG 2.07 | Wir sind nach Berlin geflogen

Coffee Break German ·

2017/05/08

We've dealt with the Perfect Tense using the verb haben, but there are some verbs which need to use sein as the auxiliary verb when forming the Perfect. In this lesson you'll learn which verbs take sein, and how to say where you went, when you woke up, when you were born and how you travelled. It's all about a change of place or state... Listen to the episode to understand everything! This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will

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27:50

CBG 2.06 | Was hast du gestern gemacht? | Talking...

Coffee Break German ·

2017/04/24

In this lesson of Coffee Break German you'll be starting to learn to talk in the past using the Perfect Tense. This tense is formed by using a part of the auxiliary verb haben (to have) and the past participle. Andrea will explain everything you need to know, and you'll soon be saying what you did, what you cooked, what you ate and what you played yesterday, last week and 100 years ago! This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks. Lessons 21-40 will

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26:54

CBG 2.05 | Spielst du gern Klavier? | Talking about...

Coffee Break German ·

2017/04/10

In this lesson of Coffee Break German you'll learn to talk about your hobbies and pastimes and to say when, where and how often you do these pastimes. This topic will introduce you to the concept of the Verbklammer, the "verb brackets" which surround any adverbs in your sentence. All will become clear when you listen to Andrea's explanations, and you can join Mark and practise your German in this context. This season of Coffee Break German features a total of 40 episodes, published every two weeks

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