Welcome to the final episode of Coffee Break German Season 3. In this episode we conclude our story series " Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein " by listening to Marian tell Lucie his news and then the two share a big hug. This last episode is packed full of grammar topics which have been covered in the story so far like the pluperfect, the past passive and as always lots of useful German expressions and new vocabulary. Listen out for the interesting expression eine Party schmeißen . If you'd l...
Jul 19, 2023•12 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast We're back with the penultimate episode of Coffee Break German Season 3! In this instalment of our story series “ Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein ” Marian receives another email about his future. In this episode listen out for a different way to emphasise adjectives in German and the apt idiom über den Berg sei n. 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 Academ...
Jul 05, 2023•9 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast We're back with a new episode of Coffee Break German Season 3 and therefore another instalment of our story series “ Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein ”! In this episode, the twins are preoccupied with preparations for their respective future studies; Lucie has even already found friends and met her future roommate online on the forum for first-years. In this episode you will hear some interesting vocabulary such as voll und ganz , seufzen and hoffentlich, as well as some colloquial language a...
Jun 21, 2023•8 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break German Season 3 and in this episode we have a further instalment of our story series “ Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein ”! In this part of the story, we hear a conversation between father and son: keeping his best interests in mind, observant father Michael talks to Marian about what the future may hold for him. Listen out for key grammar points such as the use of modal verbs and the subjunctive. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus material...
Jun 07, 2023•11 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast We're back with a new episode of Coffee Break German Season 3 and another instalment of our story series “ Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein ”! In this part of the story we find out about Marian's email from UCLA and how family and friends react to the news. In this episode, among other things, you will find a wide range of tenses being used from pluperfect, perfect, imperfect, present and future all in just a few sentences. Furthermore you can find some new vocabulary describing the emotions ...
May 24, 2023•9 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast We’re back with a new episode of Coffee Break German Season 3 and another instalment of “ Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein ”! In this segment of the story Lucie and Marian are at home, enjoying the sun and the peace after the exciting celebration that was the prom. But suddenly, Lucie receives a long awaited e-mail! In this episode, among other things you will find a wide range of vocabulary used to describe the emotions and emotional responses of people. This is also a great opportunity to s...
May 10, 2023•9 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to a new episode of Coffee Break German Season 3. In this episode we are listening to the fourth part of our story series ' Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein '! In this segment of the story the whole family are attending the “Abiball” to celebrate the end of the twins' school career. It is a fabulous evening filled with speeches, laughter, music, dance and Lucie and Marian are enjoying their time with friends, family and former teachers. Listen out for some new vocabulary used to ...
Apr 26, 2023•11 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast In episode 33 of Coffee Break German Season 3, we listen to the third instalment of our story series ' Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein '! After enjoying a delicious meal with their family to celebrate Marian and Lucie's exam results, they sit down with their father Michael to further discuss preparations for moving to California. In this episode, among other things, you can observe how the infinitive is used in subordinate clauses (with and without “ um ”) and review the use of reflexive ver...
Apr 12, 2023•8 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast We're back with the next instalment of our story " Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein "! In this episode Marian is preparing to give a speech at school graduation, while Lucie has jumped ahead in planning her university accommodation. The more confident twin offers encouragement to her doubtful brother. In this episode, listen out for vocabulary like: samt , entgeistert and beiläufig . If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access t...
Mar 29, 2023•9 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to Coffee Break German Season 3! In this episode we are introduced to our new story - Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein ! In the first instalment twins Marian and Lucie have received their school leaving results and are celebrating with friends. We hope your enjoy this 10 part story that reviews all the language covered in the previous 30 lessons. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break Germ...
Mar 15, 2023•13 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Join Mark and Andrea to review all of the key points covered throughout episodes 21 to 29. From the passive, to ordinal numbers, the subjunctive and more, this episode is essential to cement your understanding of these tricky grammar points! 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 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 15, 2023•33 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Coffee Break German Mark and Andrea are continuing to focus on the subjunctive, more specifically they are discussing how to make hypothetical statements, like conditionals and wishes. We'll learn to use the subjunctive with wenn/falls , with inversion, and take a look at the subjunctive in the past to express impossible conditionals and wishes. As usual, we hear some examples in context by listening to a dialogue of a family debating their next holiday! If you'd like to ...
Feb 01, 2023•23 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break German Season 3! In this episode we are continuing our learning of the subjunctive. We review what we already know and then go on to learn how to make suggestions and give advice in German. Our dialogue for this episode is based on a letter to an agony aunt from a concerned mother, this will give you the opportunity to hear plenty of examples of the subjunctive in context. As always listen out for some interesting vocabulary such as: Rat (m), hart ...
Jan 18, 2023•23 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast We are back with a new episode of Coffee Break German Season 3! In this episode we are introducing the subjunctive, a big milestone for German learners! Specifically, we are learning how to express wishes and dreams with the subjunctive. We hear some examples of it in the context of a diary entry and as always, we learn some interesting vocabulary mentioned throughout the episode. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the ful...
Dec 21, 2022•27 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Coffee Break German Season 3 we are focusing on another range of connectors such as: entweder… oder, sowohl…. als auch, sowie, sondern, weder…..noch. In this episode's dialogue, we hear characters Sabine and Thomas as they discuss living somewhere new. Listen out for some vocabulary used throughout the dialogue like: auf dem Land (n) , Vorort (m) and Verkehrsverbindung (f) . If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can a...
Dec 07, 2022•20 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast 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) . 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 Aca...
Nov 23, 2022•20 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast 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 . If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson not...
Nov 09, 2022•20 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Oct 26, 2022•30 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast 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! If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation ch...
Oct 12, 2022•24 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast 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. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challen...
Sep 28, 2022•27 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast 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! 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 Coffe...
Aug 10, 2022•38 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast 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 . If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access...
Jul 25, 2022•29 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast 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. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you ca...
Jul 13, 2022•25 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast 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 . If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, y...
Jul 01, 2022•23 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast 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. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, y...
Jun 17, 2022•28 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast 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 . If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coff...
Jun 03, 2022•27 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast 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 . If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes...
May 20, 2022•23 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast 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 . If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translati...
May 06, 2022•24 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast 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. 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 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
Apr 22, 2022•23 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast 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 wel...
Mar 25, 2022•23 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast 
