Coffee Break German Advanced Archiv
40 Episoden
20 Minuten
Welcome to a new episode of Coffee Break German Season 3! In this episode we are introducing the gerund, as well as using the gerund as an adjective. We also learn a bit about Zurich from a travel article and listen out for some vocabulary from the article such as: Hauptstadt (f), Alpenstaat (m) and klirrende Kälte (f).
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20 Minuten
We are back with a new episode of Coffee Break German Season 3! In this episode we are learning about using the past participle as an adjective. You may already know the rules of adjectives in German and this knowledge will help to enhance your understanding of this new topic. We listen to a recipe for delicious biscuits called "Spitzbuben" and hear plenty of baking-themed vocabulary such as: Puderzucker, Teig and frisch gebacken.
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If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break German Season 3 course on the Coffee Break Academy.
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30 Minuten
We're back with another episode of Coffee Break German Season 3 and we are revisiting the topic of ordinal numbers! Although this is a topic you may already be familiar with from the beginning of your learning experience, today we are focusing on something new by looking at capitalisation. We will also look at superlatives that are used in the same way as ordinal numbers. We hear a dialogue between two people discussing a holiday and listen out for the vocabulary unbedingt, Flughafenbus (m) and innerhalb von.
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24 Minuten
Welcome to the latest episode of Coffee Break German! In this episode we revisit the topic of separable verbs, but today we focus on them with vorbei, weiter, zurück and weg. We listen to a dialogue between two people lost in a city, who ask a local for directions. Listen out for some key vocabulary including sich verlaufen, Anweisung (f) and Rathaus (n) which may come in useful for you in similar situations!
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27 Minuten
Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break German! In this episode we are learning about the passive which is created with werden and the past participle. We then listen to a dialogue of a tour guide escorting his visitors around a distillery and he explains the process of making whisky! Listen out for some important vocabulary such as: etwas durchführen, Sicherheitshinweis, Notfallalarm and Rückkehr.
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38 Minuten
We’re halfway through Season 3 of Coffee Break German, so it’s time for a review episode! Join Mark and Andrea as they look back on some of the things we have learned in episodes 11 - 19; from prepositions with the Genitive to the future tense, qualifiers and reflexive verbs with the Dative - this episode is not to be missed!
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29 Minuten
Welcome to another episode of Coffee Break German! In Lesson 19 Mark and Andrea discuss adverbs which connect clauses: daher, deswegen, deshalb, darum, also, folglich, demzufolge and somit. We then listen to three separate voicemails in which we hear causative adverbs in context. Listen out for these useful words and phrases: etwas hinterlassen, die Rückrufnummer, unterwegs sein.
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25 Minuten
Welcome to another lesson of Coffee Break German! This time, we are introducing reflexive verbs with reflexive pronouns in the dative. We hear these learning points in context during a discussion between characters Tim and Anna. Some words and phrases to listen out for include: sich die Nacht um die Ohren schlagen, sich etwas aus ... machen and sich Zeit lassen.
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23 Minuten
In this episode of Coffee Break German Season 3 we are discussing the new topic of qualifying adverbs: sehr, ziemlich, außerordentlich, völlig. We also listen to a conversation between school students Manuela, Tina and Tobias, who are discussing the latest developments at school and what they think of them. Some vocabulary to look out for is; gemütlich, auffallen, es eilig haben and ausgesprochen.
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28 Minuten
We're focusing on a brand new topic in this episode of Coffee Break German Season 3: temporal prepositions. Join Mark and Andrea as they discuss temporal prepositions, such as seit, ab, and von… bis, before hearing them in context during a dialogue in which Herr Kühne has a job interview with Frau Dr. Hofmann. Vocabulary to listen out for in this episode includes: Lebenslauf, Probezeit and absagen.
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27 Minuten
Welcome back to Coffee Break German Season 3! In this episode, we are reviewing relative clauses before looking at relative clauses in the genitive. We then see this grammar point in context during a conversation between Helene and Florian who are looking at old school photographs. Listen out for some school-related vocabulary such as: Schulzeit, Strafarbeit and Nachhilfe.
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23 Minuten
In this episode of Coffee Break German, Mark and Andrea focus on connectors which connect words, word groups or clauses. We hear many examples of connectors linking clauses before hearing a dialogue between characters Ben and Marianne in a coffee shop. Listen carefully for some useful vocabulary throughout this episode, including words and phrases such as: sich dazusetzen, umziehen and ohnehin.
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24 Minuten
In this episode of Coffee Break German we're focusing on the use of the future tense. We learn how to express plans, promises and assumptions in the future. That's not all, we also introduce adverbs which can be used to suggest that we are making an assumption. We then hear what we've learned in context during a dialogue. Some useful vocabulary to listen out for includes: beunruhigt, anständig and Ausbildung.
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23 Minuten
We're back with another episode of Coffee Break German! This time, Mark and Andrea review adjectival endings before introducing adjectival endings in the genitive. We hear this new grammar point in context during a conversation between Tanja and Katharina who are going clothes shopping.
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23 Minuten
In this lesson, we’re continuing with a topic which had been avoided up until Season 3 of Coffee Break German - the genitive! While it is possible to avoid using the genitive, when used correctly, it makes you sound like a true native speaker. Join hosts Mark and Andrea as they explore some prepositions with the genitive: wegen, infolge, gemäß, dank, außerhalb/innerhalb, and anstelle. Listen out for some interesting vocabulary along the way as well as a special news broadcast where we hear more genitive prepositions in context.
If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break German Season 3 course on the Coffee Break Academy.
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