Coffee Break German. Lesson 27. Study Notes
Coffee Break German. Lesson 27. Study Notes
Lesson 27
Study Notes
zwölften
twelfth
siebzehnten
seventeenth
zwanzigsten
twentieth
dreiunddreißigsten
thirty-third
DATES
Februar
February
März
March
April
April
Mai
May
Juni
June
Juli
July
August
August
September
September
Oktober
October
November
November
Thomas then tests Mark with some dates and months together:
This phrase can also be turned around, to say exactly the same thing:
Thomas also gives another, slightly more formal way of saying your
birthday:
When Thomas and Mark go on to discuss how you say the year you
were born, Mark discovers it is expressed in a similar way to English.
You must remember to include the hundert, where it is left out in
English (eg: nineteen eight-one)
neunzehnhunderteinundachtzig
1981
zweitausend(und)vier
2004
The feminine form of many jobs often adds “-in” to the end of the
masculine form.
In the dative feminine places, like “school” and “bank” change from
eine to einer in the dative after in. Masculine or neuter places, such
as ein Museum change to eimem Museum after a dative
preposition like in.
GRAMMAR GURU
In this episode Kirsten is joined for the last time by her friend Daniel.
CULTURAL CORRESPONDENT
In this lesson Julia introduces us to the Austrian capital, Vienna.
Let’s walk back to the centre of town. Another thing Vienna is very
famous for and that is definitely worth visiting is the Hofburg, a
palace that has been the home to some of the most powerful people
in European history including the Hapsburg dynasty. Nowadays
this is where the Austrian president resides. But the Hofburg is a
kind of tourist magnet also due to another fact: It is home to the
“Spanische Hofreitschule”, the Spanish Riding School. This is a
Februar
February
März
March
April
April
Mai
May
Juni
June
Juli
July
August
August
September
September
Oktober
October
Dezember
December
neunzehnhunderteinundachtzig
1981
BONUS VOCABULARY
der Busfahrer / die Busfahrerin
bus driver
die Vorschung
research
die Wirtschaft
economy