Speaker 1: Listen to this German conversation.
Speaker 2: Inchruligenzi frestian zi English.
Speaker 3: Nine Ifristiacan English, ifrishtiaan bisin Deutsche, Cincia Americana, Yeah, Americana.
Speaker 1: In the next few minutes, you learn not only to
Speaker 1: understand this conversation, but to take part in it yourself.
Speaker 1: Imagine an American man sitting next to a German woman
Speaker 1: in someone's home or on a train. He wants to
Speaker 1: begin a conversation, so he says, excuse me, inchrudigen zi.
Speaker 1: The German speaker is going to repeat this part by part,
Speaker 1: starting from the end. You were to repeat each part
Speaker 1: after him, trying to make your pronunciation sound exactly like his.
Speaker 1: Let's start with the last part. Be sure to repeat
Speaker 1: aloud z Z did you repeat? Try it again after
Speaker 1: the speaker z.
Speaker 2: Z.
Speaker 1: Now try this.
Speaker 2: Digan digen.
Speaker 1: Schure schure.
Speaker 2: Schuigen schuigen schordigen z chordigen z.
Speaker 1: Now let's add the first part. Continue repeating and and.
Speaker 2: Rodigan rodigan rodigen z rodigen z.
Speaker 1: How do you say excuse me in German?
Speaker 2: And troldigen z H.
Speaker 1: Say excuse me again.
Speaker 2: In trillion z.
Speaker 1: Now he wants to ask her if she understands English.
Speaker 1: First the word English. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 2: Englishlishlish ng, ng English English.
Speaker 1: Pay attention to the beginning of the word it's ng
Speaker 1: and not ing how do you say English in German English.
Speaker 2: English?
Speaker 1: Say excuse me.
Speaker 2: In trillion z.
Speaker 1: You should repeat after the speaker gives the right response,
Speaker 1: trying to make your pronunciation sound like.
Speaker 2: His in trulligenzi in trudigen zy.
Speaker 1: Now he wants to ask, do you understand. Here's the
Speaker 1: word understand. Just listen Firstian, repeat part by part.
Speaker 2: Schteen schteen fair fair.
Speaker 1: Fechtian, Fechtian, say understand.
Speaker 2: Fechtian.
Speaker 1: Here's how to say you understand. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 2: See Frechtian c z.
Speaker 1: C Firstian C Firstian, say you understand.
Speaker 2: C Firstian.
Speaker 1: Do you remember how to say English?
Speaker 2: English?
Speaker 1: And now try to say you understand English.
Speaker 2: See Firstian English C Firstian English.
Speaker 1: Say again you understand.
Speaker 2: See Firstian.
Speaker 1: Many statements can be made into a question simply by
Speaker 1: turning them around and giving them a rising intonation. Once again,
Speaker 1: say you understand.
Speaker 2: Z Firstian.
Speaker 1: Now try to ask do you understand.
Speaker 2: Frestian z firstian Z.
Speaker 1: Say excuse me in Trudian z, Ask me if I understand.
Speaker 2: Freshtian z.
Speaker 1: Ask me if I understand English.
Speaker 2: Freshian z English Firstian the English.
Speaker 1: The woman answers, no, listen and repeat nine.
Speaker 2: Nine.
Speaker 1: How do you say no?
Speaker 3: Nine?
Speaker 1: How would you ask someone if he understands.
Speaker 2: Freshtien z freshtian z.
Speaker 1: The man says, I understand, just listen is freshtiar. The
Speaker 1: German word for I is ch and it contains a
Speaker 1: sound that we don't have in English. It's something like
Speaker 1: the beginning of our word. Hugh, say it after me,
Speaker 1: exaggerating the age a little, Hugh. Hugh, now put the
Speaker 1: sound and in front of it, as in hue, and
Speaker 1: leave off the end. H continue repeating after the German speaker.
Speaker 2: Ish ish.
Speaker 1: Ish, and now the word understand.
Speaker 2: Fresh dear steer stea fresh dear, fresh dear is fresh
Speaker 2: dea is fresh dea?
Speaker 1: Say I understand.
Speaker 2: Is fresh dea?
Speaker 1: Try to say, I understand English.
Speaker 2: Is fresh dear English ishfreshtia English.
Speaker 1: Listen to the words I understand and you understand together.
Speaker 2: Ish freshtia c Frestian ishfreshtia z Frestian.
Speaker 1: Say you understand c Frestian, Say I understand ishfreshtia say
Speaker 1: excuse me.
Speaker 2: And schwordigen Zi.
Speaker 1: Ask do you understand.
Speaker 2: Freshtian Z.
Speaker 1: Ask the young woman do you understand English?
Speaker 2: Firstian the English?
Speaker 1: How does she answer?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 1: Nine?
Speaker 2: Nine?
Speaker 1: Now she wants to say, I understand no English.
Speaker 3: Listen and repeat, ifs do your kind English, kine kine
Speaker 3: kind English kind English, I firs do your kind English?
Speaker 3: If firs to your kind English.
Speaker 1: Say I understand Firstia, say I understand no English.
Speaker 3: If fest your kind English, say.
Speaker 1: No English.
Speaker 3: Kind English, I understand no English. If fest your kind English,
Speaker 3: efest your kind English.
Speaker 1: Ask do you understand.
Speaker 2: Christian Zi.
Speaker 1: Ask me if I understand English.
Speaker 2: Fristian Zi English.
Speaker 1: Answer no, I understand no English.
Speaker 3: Nine if first your kind English.
Speaker 1: Now here's the name of the German language. Listen and
Speaker 1: repeat Deutsch, Deutsche, Deutsche say German meaning the German language. Deutsche,
Speaker 1: say I understand first Year, say I understand German.
Speaker 2: Is firschta Deutsche.
Speaker 1: Now tell me that you understand German.
Speaker 2: Ifrechtia Deutsche.
Speaker 1: Now tell me that you understand no German.
Speaker 2: Ifreshta kind Deutsche kinduche ifreshta kind.
Speaker 1: Deutsche, say you understand German.
Speaker 2: C Frechtian Deutsche z Frechtian Deutsche.
Speaker 1: Ask me if I understand German.
Speaker 2: Fustian ze Deutsch. Fristian ze Deutsch.
Speaker 1: Here's how to say a little bit. Listen and repeat, I'm.
Speaker 2: Bistion chin chin bis bisi bistion, i'mbistion, i'm bistion.
Speaker 1: Biscian has the same sound in it as ish say
Speaker 1: a little, meaning a little bit, i'mbistion only a little.
Speaker 1: Repeat the word for only nuah nuah nuah, say only
Speaker 1: a little nuenbiscan, I understand only a little ishfrestian nuenbiscim
Speaker 1: say I understand German.
Speaker 2: Isfreshtia doorge ishfreshtija douche.
Speaker 1: Only a little German.
Speaker 2: Nuenbiscian doorge.
Speaker 1: Now the young woman wants to ask him, are you
Speaker 1: an American? Listen and repeat the word for an.
Speaker 3: American Americana Khanna, khanna amri amri americana, americana, say an
Speaker 3: American Americana.
Speaker 1: Here's how to say you are. Listen and repeat.
Speaker 3: Thez in't dezn't dezn't.
Speaker 1: Say you are.
Speaker 3: Des in't.
Speaker 1: Say you are an American.
Speaker 3: Decent Americana these and Americana.
Speaker 1: And now try to ask are you an American?
Speaker 3: Cinc The Americana cinci Americana.
Speaker 1: Ask do you understand German.
Speaker 3: Feshtiansi doorge festiansi doorge.
Speaker 1: Ask are you an American?
Speaker 3: Cinc The Americana.
Speaker 1: Here's how to say yes, listen and repeat yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: Ask are you an American.
Speaker 3: Cinci Americana, cinc The Americana.
Speaker 1: Answer yes, an American.
Speaker 2: Yeah Americana, Yeah Americana.
Speaker 1: Now sit back and listen to a German conversation, the
Speaker 1: same one you've heard just a few minutes ago.
Speaker 3: In truligan z frestian the English nine ifchtia kind English
Speaker 3: freshtian bissin Deutsche, since the Americana.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Americana.
Speaker 1: Listen to it again in truligan z frestian ze.
Speaker 3: English nine ichestia kind English freshtian bissin Deutsche, since the Americana,
Speaker 3: Yeah Americana.
Speaker 1: Now imagine that you are the person sitting next to
Speaker 1: the German woman. You want to begin a conversation, So
Speaker 1: what do you say.
Speaker 2: In tchuldigen zi in tchrudigen zi.
Speaker 1: She doesn't answer, So try asking her if she understands.
Speaker 2: Freshtien z freshtian z.
Speaker 1: Ask her if she understands German.
Speaker 2: Freshtian zi Deutsch freshtian zi Deutsch.
Speaker 1: Still no answer. Now ask her if she understands English.
Speaker 2: Freshtian ze English, firstianzie English? Nine?
Speaker 1: How does she tell you that she doesn't understand English?
Speaker 3: Ifristia kind English? Ifstia kind English?
Speaker 1: How does she ask you if you understand German?
Speaker 3: Firstinsie Deutsch firstin zie Deutsche.
Speaker 1: Tell her you understand a little German.
Speaker 2: Fristia ambisiandusche is frishtia ambisian douge.
Speaker 1: Tell her only a little.
Speaker 2: Nu Ambisian.
Speaker 1: She wants to ask you if you are an American.
Speaker 1: How does she say it?
Speaker 3: Cincia americana, cinci Americana.
Speaker 1: Tell her, yes, an American, Yeah, Americana. She'll ask you
Speaker 1: a question, Try to answer it truthfully.
Speaker 3: Fashtinsi English. Fashtinsi English, Yeah, is freshdie English?
Speaker 1: She'll ask you another question. Answer it using the expression
Speaker 1: only a.
Speaker 3: Little festinsi doorge festinsi doutge huhenbisian freshtian when bisien Deutsche.
Speaker 1: And that's true. Now you do understand German a little,
Speaker 1: and you've just had your first conversation in German. Don't
Speaker 1: be concerned if you've not made every response correctly. All
Speaker 1: that you have learned here will be reviewed in future units.
Speaker 1: If you have mastered about eighty percent of the material
Speaker 1: in this lesson, you're ready to move on to the
Speaker 1: next tomorrow. Otherwise you should invest another half hour or
Speaker 1: so in doing this unit over again