105 - Learn to Speak German - Chapter 4

Todays German podcast lesson continues with the book. I read from chapter 4.

Sorry for not posting for three weeks. I had a ton of work to do at the office, got a cold and started planing my trip to Chile/Peru in January.

Next week I will go on a business trip to Wien ( Vienna ), so here is a picture of the most famous thing Wien has to offer:

:-)

Lucerne, 12.11.2009

Stephan Wiesner

104 - Learn to Speak German - Urlaub in Südfrankreich

I am back from my holiday in the south of France and will tell you a little bit about what I have seen and done there in todays Podcast.

Die Madonna in Le Puy in der Auvergne
There is even a video of the town:



Ein Blick auf den einsamen Leuchtturm am Mittelmeer Strand nahe Montpellier.
Stephan Wiesner auf dem Le Pont du Gard et l'Aqueduc de Nîmes.
Eine der typischen Kühe der Auvergne

Ein Blick in den Käse-Keller in Roquefort
Unsere herrliche Unterkunft in der Morgensonne.

Das Amphitheather in Nimes.
Ein Blick nach aussen vom Papspalast in Avignon.

Luzern, 25.10.2010
Stephan Wiesner

103 - Learn to Speak German - Chapter 3

Todays German lesson continues with the book (second part). I read from chapter 3 and provide you some information about the Swiss railway system as well.
Here are the flashcards with the vocabulary.





Here you can see a picture of the Freiburger Alpen
And here is autumn in Switzerland. Die Laubbäume sind wunderschön eingefärbt :-)



The first video shows me at the start of the bike tour, near Thun




The second video was taken at 1600m in the Freiburger Alpen



Zürich, 09.10.2009
Stephan Wiesner

102 - Learn to Speak German - Grammar Possessivpronomen

Todays German lesson covers some grammar: Die Possessivpronomen.

What are Possessivpronomen?
Die deutschen Possesivpronomen geben ein Besitzverhältnis oder eine Beziehung an. Es sind:


Vokabeln:
das Haus – the house
die Katze – the cat

Bonus question: Can you guess what flag is displayed on todays picture?

mein Haus
meine Katze

dein Haus
deine Katze

sein Haus
seine Katze
ihr Haus
ihre Katze

unser Haus
unsere Katze

euer Haus
eure Katze

The neutral sex uses the same Possessivpronomen as the male sex (mein Haus (das Haus), mein Mann, but meine Frau).
The 3rd person singular has different forms, depending on whether we are talking about a male or female person.
The Possessivpronomen can replace nouns as well:
Wem gehört der Stift?
Das ist mein Stift ? Das ist meiner.
Wem gehört die Katze?
Das ist meine Katze ? Das ist meine.
Wem gehört das Haus?
Das ist mein Haus ? Das ist meins.
Wem gehören die Katzen?
Das sind meine Katzen ? Das sind meine.

Download the Flashcards with the vocabulary of todays lesson.

Luzern, 04.10.2009
Stephan Wiesner

101 - Learn to Speak German- Chapter 1

In todays German lesson I read an excerpt from the book "Welcome to Switzerland", provide you with a number of new flashcards with German vocabulary and tell you how beautiful the autumn in Switzerland is (wie schön der Herbst in der Schweiz ist) . . .
The next lesson is already in the making and it will teach you all you need to know about Possesivpronomen (mein Haus, meine Katze, etc.) . . .

Die Bilder sind vom Flughafen Zürich . I sometimes change train there on my way to work. That always makes me want to go on a looong holiday again .-)

Lucerne, 29.09.2009
Stephan Wiesner