We hear more about the film through the text featured in this episode and Mark and Andrea focus on some of the key grammar points including: the passive, man and je… desto. Set in 1984, the film portrays life in the German Democratic Republic, in East Berlin, and follows a couple being spied on by a member of the Stasi. We’re discussing a film in this episode of the Coffee Break German Magazine: ‘The Life of Others’ by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine on the Coffee Break Academy. There will be a total of 10 episodes in Season 2 of the Coffee Break German Magazine. Of course, we end the episode with a brand-new tongue twister! Mark and Andrea also discuss the following grammar points: bei + noun, the infinitive with zu and ob. As we learn about these fascinating competitions, we encounter some interesting vocabulary including the words: bunt, egal ob… oder… and lenken.
The topic of this Coffee Break German Magazine episode is hot air balloons - specifically the annual hot air balloon competitions which take place in the Alps during the month of January. Access the Coffee Break German Facebook page here. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine on the Coffee Break Academy.ĭon't forget to follow Coffee Break German on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your German. There are a total of 10 episodes in Season 2 of the Coffee Break German Magazine.
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This series follows on from Seasons 1 and 2 of Coffee Break German. In each episode of this 10-lesson season for intermediate learners you can build your vocabulary, increase your understanding of grammar and learn to use the German language in a more natural way.
As always, we hear relevant vocabulary along the way, including: Regisseur/-in, Produzent/-in and Drehbuchautor/-in before challenging you to our final tongue twister of the series! As we hear about his life and international career, we review some important grammar points such as the imperfect irregular tense and scheint zu sein.
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For access to the free podcasts, click here.In the final episode of this season of the Coffee Break German Magazine, we hear a text about the well-known and successful German actor and director, Til Schweiger. If you’d prefer not to wait for all 10 lessons of Season 1 to be published, you can access downloadable versions of the videos along with audio versions and lesson notes / transcripts in the Coffee Break Academy.Ĭoffee Break German To Go is based on the popular podcast series and online course Coffee Break German. Of course, that one question will result in many answers, and it’s through these answers that you can practise your German and build your vocabulary. In our first series, Julia is in the city of Berlin, and in each episode she’ll ask passers-by one question. You can choose to turn on subtitles in English using the Subtitles/CC button.
In the second part of the video, we’ve provided subtitles in German at the top of the screen. In the first part of the video, watch the interviews without subtitles and try to understand. You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you learn to answer this question yourself. To ask “what do you do for a living?” in German you can say was machst du beruflich?, or in a more formal situation, was machen Sie beruflich? In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks this questions to interviewees in the streets of Berlin.
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