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Podcast-Sendung: Yes, no, hello! Absolute Beginner #1
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Yes, no, hello! Show Podcast Information ]Hello and welcome to a new series here at Slow German. There will be new episodes as before, but I will include a few episodes for absolute beginners. They are meant for people who for example are travelling to Germany and who want to speak a few words in the native language... First of all, you want to be able to say yes and no. That's the easy part. If you want to say yes, say ?Ja?. ?Ja?. If you want to say no, say ?nein?. Nein. When travelling in a foreign country, it is important to be nice to the people you meet. After all, everything you do will reflect on your own country. If you're an American and you're acting loud the Germans will say: Americans are loud! So be careful what you do! Our next words are please, thank you and sorry or pardon. If you want to thank somebody for something, you simply say ?Danke?. Danke. In reply to that, the other person will answer ?bitte?. Bitte. If you want to attract the attention of somebody, for example a person working in a store, or if you bump into somebody, you say ?Entschuldigung?. I know this is a hard word to say and everybody will understand if you say ?sorry?, but the correct German word is Entschuldigung. Ent-schul-di-gung. Alright, very good so far! Now let's get to four words that you can use for directions. There is left and right. Left is links, ...