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A: Sind Sie wirklich sicher?
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A: Kein Problem?
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English
wirklich
really
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ich
I
2 EXAMPLES ▾
nein
no
1 EXAMPLE ▾
Wasser
water
3 EXAMPLES ▾
nur
only, just
2 EXAMPLES ▾
ja
yes
2 EXAMPLES ▾
1 EXAMPLE ▾
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Sie
you (formal)
2 EXAMPLES ▾
schon
already
1 EXAMPLE ▾
es
it
2 EXAMPLES ▾
sein
to be
2 EXAMPLES ▾
und
and
2 EXAMPLES ▾
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Grammar
sein – to be
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ich bin – I am
es ist – it is
We've also seen that German word order corresponds to English so far. When you're asking a
question, the verb moves to the front of the sentence in German, just like in English.
Cultural Insights
The most general word of apology in German is „Entschuldigung“. This literally means
„apology“, and it's used in most situations:
It is NOT used when somebody tells some sad news about themselves, because that is not
something you should apologize for – unless you had any stake in it.
If you need something stronger than „Entschuldigung“, use „Es tut mir leid“ (literally „it does me
harm“). And you can make it even stronger by adding an adverb before the „leid“.
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INTRODUCTION
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Chuck: Chuck here. Absolute Beginners Series, Season 1, Lesson 1 – “Is Your Coffee as
Strong as Your German Apologies?” Hello everyone, welcome to GermanPod101.
Judith: If you’re looking for the best place online to learn German.
Judith: Today we’re making a clean, fresh start. If you haven’t studied any German before,
start learning today with this lesson.
Chuck: And then just study a new lesson every week and you’ll be speaking German in no
time.
Judith: If you have studied German before, use these series for review or check out our
intermediate series to learn more.
Chuck: The speakers don’t know each other. Therefore, they’re speaking formal German.
Let’s listen to the conversation.
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(grins): Ja. Es ist nur Wasser.
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A: Kein Problem?
D: It's okay.
A: No problem?
D: No, no problem.
Judith: Well, I think this lesson is perfect to teach you the word [Entschuldigung] because it
appears so often. It’s the most general word of apology in German.
Chuck: This literally means “apology” and it’s used in most situations.
Judith: It is however not used when somebody tells you some sad news about themselves.
Now Playing: Lesson Audio
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Chuck: Because that’s not 1x
something you should apologize for. Unless you has any stake in it.
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Judith: VOCABULARY
If you LESSON
need something NOTES than
stronger LESSON TRANSCRIPT COMMENTS
[Entschuldigung] use [Es tut mir leid].
Chuck: That means literally “It does me harm.” And you can make it even stronger by adding
an adverb before the leid].
Chuck: “I’m very sorry.” So, [Judith] how do you accept an apology informally?
Chuck: “No problem.” Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.
VOCAB LIST
Chuck: “Really”.
Chuck: “It”.
Chuck: “Already”.
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Chuck: “You” – formally.
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Chuck: “Yes”.
Chuck: “Water”.
Chuck: “No”.
Chuck: “I”.
Chuck: “And”.
Chuck: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this
lesson.
Chuck: “You” – formally. It does national formality in German just like in French, Spanish,
Italian and other languages.
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Judith: If you’re addressing1xsomebody by their family name you should also call them [Sie]
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Chuck: If you’re addressing somebody by their first name, you usually use another pronoun,
[Du].
Judith: The formal address is the default in German, unless you’re talking to children or people
who exclusively ask you to switch to an informal address. As a foreigner, you do well to
address everybody as [Sie], initially.
Chuck: Though you might occasionally get some laughs if you’re younger and you did that to
people about your own age.
Judith: It’s worst than offending somebody by calling them [Du] when they don’t want you to.
Lesson focus
Chuck: In this lesson, we’ve seen a few forms of the verb [sein], “to be”. This verb is regular
on almost all languages and German is no exception. Here’re the forms we’ve seen.
Judith: [sein]
Chuck: “I am”.
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Chuck: VOCABULARY
We’ve LESSON
also seen the NOTES word
German LESSON TRANSCRIPT
order COMMENTS
corresponds to English so far. When you’re
asking a question, the verb is most in front of the sentence in German, just like in English.
Chuck: “Are you sure?” Well, that just about does it for today. Before we go, I want to tell you
about a way to drastically improve your pronunciation.
Outro
Chuck: Yes, the voice recording tool in the premium learning center.
Judith: So, you record your voice then you listen to it.
Judith: Also, I recommend you to listen to our accent improvement lessons that we published
last year. And tune in again next week for the next beginner lesson. [Bis dann]!
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