English, eh? Learn German 6

Learn German with Davi

Hey there , welcome to another German podcast by English, eh?, today we’ll be talking about things we like to do as well as learning to express feelings in German So let’s get into this.

Was machst du in deiner Freizeit? – What do you do in your free time?

• Ich spiele Volleyball – I play volleyball.

• Ich singe gerne – I like singing.

• Ich treffe mich gerne mit meinen Freunden – I like to meet my friends.

• Ich reise gerne – I like travelling

• Ich schaue mir gerne Filme an – I like watching movies

• Ich renne gerne – I like running.

• Ich höre gerne Musik – I like listening to music

Dativ – In German we have something called Dativ, it is another declination, so to speak. Which means the articles, adjectives and nouns may change depending on the verbs or prepositions we are using in the sentence and also the actual action being applied, well it is complicated but I promise it will be clearer overtime, don’t worry, declinations don’t mean that they won’t let you sleep. When we use dativ Der becomes Dem, Das becomes Dem as well, Die becomes Der and Die plural becomes “Den”. Crazy eh? Let’s look at some examples:

Die Frau – The the woman (here you notice the article “Die” but if you are using the preposition “Mit” which is equivalent to “with” you have a case of Dativ.

Ex: Ich spreche Deutsch – I speak German.

Ich spreche Deutsch mit der Frau – I speak German with the woman. (Notice we changed from die Frau to Der Frau).

(Der Mann – the man)

• Ich reise gerne mit dem Mann. – I like travelling with the man.

(Das Kind – the child)

• Ich singe gerne mit dem Kind. I like singing with the child.

(Die Kinder - children)

Ich singe gerne mit den Kindern. – I like singing with the children. (Notice here we changed from Die Kinder to Die Kindern)

Dativ is not only this, we have other cases where Dativ can ble applied.

Now, let’s talk about feelings:

Gefühle - Feelings

• Ich bin durstig. Kann ich Wasser haben ? I’m thirsty, can I have water?

• Ich bin hungrig. Kann ich was essen ? I’m hungry, can I eat anything?

• Ich bin traurig! – I’m sad

• Ich bin froh! – I’m happy

• Mir ist kalt. – I’m feeling cold

• Mir ist warm. – I’m feeling warm

• Ich bin müde, Ich muss bald schlafen gehen. I’m tired, I should go to bed soon.

Now listening to the sentences again in German and improve your listening (Hören verstehen)

So, this is it, thank you so much for listening, keep on practicing! Piss out!

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