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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 WiesnerUse this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com
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 WiesnerUse this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com
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 Katzedein 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 WiesnerUse this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com
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
Use this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com
Welcome to German Podcast.de dem Podcast zum Deutsch lernen.
All your mails and comments made me change my mind about the German podcast: I will continue with it!
This lesson is not a German lesson, but an introduction. I will continue the next few lessons with text excerpts and exercises from the book Learn German with a story, which you can buy at amazon or lulu.com (link on the homepage), so you might want to order it. Its only 2.5 EUR and available as a download or printed book.
Please download the Flashcards with German Vocabulary.
Note about the old lessons
Please note that there are old lessons from previous years. I restarted the Podcast in the autumn 2009 and the new lessons start with the number 100. Please note that there is a gap in the numbering.
The picture displays the famous Mt. Matterhorn, probably the most famous Mountain of Switzerland and some alpinists on their way to climp Mt. Dom, near Zermatt. The Dom is the highest Mountain in Switzerland. I took the picture on my way to Mt. Lenzspitze. The video is taken before dawn, when we left the glacier a few minutes before I took the picture.
About the Podcast
This podcast will help you learn to understand and even speak German. There are currently three types of German lessons available:
Beginners German lessons: These start with the very first words in German and will build upon each other. Please start with lesson 100 and follow them in the order of their numbering. Some of these lessons will even teach you basic German grammar.
Special Topics (advanced): Some lessons will have a special topic. These lessons are for advanced listeners and are therefore mostly in German. I do provide some vocabulary and there will be special information to download and help you further. Examples might be a lesson about Bern, the capital of Switzerland, where I currently work. Or a lesson about making hotel reservations or about fruits and vegetables.
Freerider lessons: Lessons with all kind of stuff that doesn’t fit into any other category.
How does the Podcast work?
Start by subscribing to the podcast. It is free! Go to this page: http://feeds.feedburner.com/German-podcast and click on the subscribe button on the right. Or use iTunes: Open iTunes, search for German and choose subscribe to this podcast.
Most of my listeners use iTunes (download it for free from Apple), but you can use a varity of tools. Each new episode will be downloaded automatically with this subscription.
The more active YOU work, the more YOU will profit from the podcast. I provide a lot of different exercises and it is up to you to use them. Let’s face it: You will not learn to speak German by just passively listening to a single lesson a week . . .
Specials
Please visit the homepage of the podcast: http://german-podcast.blogspot.com/. I will provide a lot of extra goodies with the German podcast. Some, but not all, are free. Examples include:
Flashcards
Personally I have an IPod nano and those can display pictures as well as text. I will provide you with flashcards for the lessons, so that you can learn some vocabulary on your IPod, while you listen to your favourite music. This should work with all devices that can display pictures.
Transcripts
Though I will not provide complete transcripts of the lessons (who wants to read those?), I do provide some text. Check out the homepage to see what you will find.
Interviews and videos
From time to time I interview friends of mine or even make a small movie. The interviews will help you prepare for different speakers and local accents.
Money
It is expensive to host so many large audio and video files and it takes an enormous amount of work to produce the lessons. So, if you like the podcast, please feel free to donate something (link on the homepage). Furthermore I will provide some extra stuff that you can download only if you pay for it. This includes the texts I use for the beginners lessons and extra information or exercises for some lessons. They are very cheap, so please grab them all :-)
Seriously, if everybody of you buys some of the stuff I can offer you more of my time, improving on the podcast and offering you better services. So everybody wins . . .
Disclaimer
I am German, from the northern part of Germany (near Hamburg). I therefore speak what we call “reines Hochdeutsch”. This means that I do not have a German accent. During some of the lessons you will hear other people speak and some of them come from different parts of Germany or Switzerland and I will point out how there accents are different.
Please note that I have never lived for a long period in an English speaking country and I am told that I do have a strong German accent when speaking English. I do make mistakes when I write or speak English. Sorry for that and please feel free to drop me an email if you have feel the need to point out some of those mistakes. My German, however, should be correct.
Lucerne, 26.09.2009
Stephan Wiesner Use this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com
This is the last session of German-Podcast.de. I just don't have the time for all my interests and need to cut back on some of them and as there is already such a large amount of material available for you to pratice your German . . . well, I will not continue with the podcast.
Lucerne, 26.01.2009
Stephan WiesnerUse this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com
This morning I arrived in Zürich - in the cold and gray. The temperature was about 25 °C lower than in Egypt where I spend the last two weeks.
Today I will talk about my holiday in egypt, providing you with a number of useful vocabulary and sentences.
First of all: Many thanks to all of you who wrote me about the podcast. I did not access the Internet from Egypt and am very surprised (and pleased) about the number and the quality of emails you wrote me! We will come back to that later.
I spend my holidays with my girlfriend in Sharm el Sheik.
Ich war mit meiner Freundin in Sharm el Sheik im Urlaub.
As you can see, I visited the Pyramids near Kairo.
Wie ihr sehen könnt, habe ich die Pyramiden bei Kairo besichtigt.
We spend most of the time lying at the beach.
Die meiste Zeit haben wir am Strand gelegen.
The weather was perfect and very warm for the season. Though we did feel cold most of the time because of the wind and the cold water (22°C).
Das Wetter war super und für die Saison sehr warm. Wegen dem ständigen Wind und dem kalten Wasser haben wir aber dennoch die meiste Zeit gefroren.
We had a hotel with demi-pension and the food was delicious.
Wir hatten ein Hotel mit Halbpension und das Essen war köstlich.
I also went scuba diving in the red sea.
Ich war auch tauchen im Roten Meer.
We went for a few excursions for example to Mt. Sinai and the Colored Canyon.
Wir haben ein paar Ausflüge gemacht, z.B. zum Berg Sinai und dem Colored Canyon.
As always the holiday was way too short...
Wie immer waren die Ferien viel zu kurz...
Stephan
stephan@german-podcast.de
Luzern, 11.01.2009Use this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com
Heut haben wir schon die Folge 72 von German-Podcast.de. Zwei Jahre.
Today we are at lesson 72 of German-Podcast.de. Two years.
Another year is ending and that is always a good point in time to reflect on the past - and the future.
So, what do I do with the Podcast?
Let me think what YOU want it to be.
What do you expect from it, how are you learning German and why. For how long. How much time do you spend on the learning, what other material do you use, etc.
I will spend Sylvester in Egypt, with plenty of time to read your mails and to think about it, so write me either by posting on the page or by sending me an email.
Stephan
stephan@german-podcast.de
Luzern, 19.12.2008Use this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com
Most cities in Germany or Switzerland have a train station and in most cases this is located at or near the center of town. So, even if you do not travel by train, it is always a good idea to know where the train station is located.
That is why we will learn to ask for directions to the train station (Bahnhof) or other points of interest today.
train station - der Bahnhof
where - wo
is - ist
city hall - das Rathaus
metro - die U-Bahn
left - links
right - rechts
The mountains on the photo are called Grosser und Kleiner Mythen and are right next to the town called Schwyz. They are quite famous and can be seen from most of central Switzerland.
Luzern, 13.12.2008
Stephan WiesnerUse this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com
Heute wollen wir endlich mal wieder eine Anfängerlektion durchgehen. German Survival Phrases soll eine kleine Serie mit sehr grundlegenden Dingen werden. Ein paar Worte Deutsch für den Urlaub, genug um das Eis zu brechen und zu zeigen, dass ihr einen "effort" macht.
Today we are back to some basics. German Survival Phrases is going to be a small series of very basic phrases. Just enough to show that you made an effort.
please - bitte
you are welcome - bitte, gerne geschehen
thanks - danke
thank you very much - vielen Dank, danke sehr
Todays pictures show Schloss Schönbrunn and the famous wheel at the Prater, both in Wien (Vienna).
Luzern, 06.12.2008
Stephan WiesnerUse this free podcast to learn to speak German. http://german-podcast.blogspot.com
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