Welcome to this brand new series from Coffee Break German for intermediate learners. Following in the footsteps of our recent French and Italian Travel Diaries, we’re now heading to Germany for the Coffee Break German Travel Diaries! Join Karin and her family on their road trip through the Alpenstraße with their Wohnmobil (camper van). In
In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks the question Welche ist deine (deutsche) Lieblingsstadt? (informal) or Welche ist Ihre (deutsche) Lieblingsstadt? (formal). You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you answer this question in German. In the first part of the video, watch the interviews without subtitles and try
In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks the question Was war der letzte Film, den du gesehen hast? (informal) or Was war der letzte Film, den Sie gesehen haben? (formal). You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you answer this question in German. In the first part of the
In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks the question Was ist ein typisch deutsches Gericht für dich? (informal) or Was ist ein typisch deutsches Gericht für Sie? (formal). You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you answer this question in German. In the first part of the video,
In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks the question Denkst du, dass es wichtig ist, Fremdsprachen zu lernen? (informal) or Denken Sie, dass es wichtig ist, Fremdsprachen zu lernen? (formal). You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you answer this question in German. In the first part of the
In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks the question Wenn du irgendwohin fahren könntest auf der Welt, wohin würdest du fahren? (informal) or Wenn Sie irgendwohin fahren könnten auf der Welt, wohin würden Sie fahren? (formal). You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you answer this question in German.
In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks the question Was wirst du diesen Sommer machen? (informal) or Was werden Sie diesen Sommer machen? (formal). You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you answer this question in German. In the first part of the video, watch the interviews without
In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks the question Was hast du gestern gemacht? (informal) or Was haben Sie gestern gemacht? (formal). You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you answer this question in German. In the first part of the video, watch the interviews without subtitles and
In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks the question Was hast du heute vor? (informal) or Was haben Sie heute vor? (formal). You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you answer this question in German. In the first part of the video, watch the interviews without subtitles and
To ask “what is your everyday life like?” in German you can say wie sieht dein Alltag aus?. In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks this question to passers-by in the city of Berlin. You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you learn to answer this question yourself.
To ask “is travel important to you?” in German you can say ist Reisen wichtig für dich?. In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks this question to passers-by in the city of Berlin. You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you learn to answer this question yourself. In
We’ve reached the final episode in this season of the Coffee Break German Magazine. Join Andrea and Mark for one last time as they discuss Berlin’s most famous street. We also hear from listener, Andrew who is looking for some tips on pronunciation. To finish, Olivera shares an impressively long word in German.
Andrea, Olivera and Mark are back with a new episode of the Coffee Break German Magazine. This episode focuses on a famous German composer and his works. Our phone-in question from listener Anu deals with learning more than one language at a time, and Olivera’s “long word in German” this week has no fewer than
In this episode of the Coffee Break German Magazine we’re heading to the Principality of Liechtenstein, sandwiched between Austria and Switzerland. Europe’s fourth-smallest country it’s one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world (the other being Uzbekistan!) Find out more about this small German-speaking country and its 300th anniversary in this episode. In
Have you heard the one about the donkey, the dog, the cat and the rooster? In this episode of the Coffee Break German Magazine we’re finding out about the famous Town Musicians of Bremen. First published in Grimms’ Fairy Tales in 1819, Die Bremer Stadmusikanten has become a key part of the cultural legacy of
Join Coffee Break German Cultural Correspondent Julia and learner Mark for a trip to the beautiful town of Potsdam where Julia grew up. Mark puts his German into practice with Julia’s help and together they visit various parts of Potsdam including the Russische Kolonie Alexandrowka, the Holländisches Viertel, and Park Sanssouci. We’ve provided English captions
In this latest episode of the Coffee Break German Magazine we’re focusing on the author Michael Ende who wrote one of the most famous works of fiction for younger readers, the Neverending Story, among other books. Find out more about Ende and his work in this edition of the Magazine, and you can also learn
For this episode we’re heading to northern Switzerland, the location of the impressive Rheinfall waterfall. You’ll learn all about this natural wonder and practise your German at the same time. Andrea also answers a question from listener Adebajo which concerns two very similar words: Zeichen and zeichnen.
We have a musical episode of the Coffee Break German Magazine for you today: our theme is Schlager, an immensely popular style of music with catchy melodies and happy-go-lucky lyrics. Find out more about this cultural phenomenon, and learn about reflexive verbs and using the perfect or Präteritum with als.
Following the events of World War 2, the monumental task of clearing and reconstructing towns and cities fell to the Trümmerfrauen, literally “rubble women”. In this episode of the Coffee Break German Magazine we’ll look at this fascinating period of German history. In the other segments of the show, Andrea answers listener Maddie’s question about
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