COUNTING FROM 0-10 The words for each number from zero to ten are listed below: null zero eins one zwei two Coffee Break German: Lesson 06 - Notes page 3 of 14 Coffee Break German: Lesson 06 - Notes page 4 of 14ģ drei three vier four fünf five sechs six sieben seven acht eight neun nine zehn ten We will look at larger numbers in future lessons, but learning these numbers will allow you to spell out larger numbers for the time being: for example if a shopkeeper were to say to you: das kostet zweihundertneununddreißig Euro that costs two hundred and thirty nine Euros PAYING FOR THINGS To ask how much something costs, you use the following phrase: wie viel kostet das? how much does that cost? To answer this question, use the following construction: das kostet fünf Euro that costs five Euros You may also hear: es kostet fünf Euro it costs five Euros If you don t understand a complex price like es kostet zweihundertneununddreißig Euro then you can ask the following question: können Sie das bitte aufschreiben? can you write it down please? If you want to ask for the bill in a café or restaurant, you can ask for die Rechnung: die Rechnung, bite the bill, please then you would be able to understand this number if it were given as zwei - drei - neun. Und Mark, wie heißt deine Tochter? Meine Tochter heißt Katherine. Und wie heißt dein Bruder? Thomas: Mein Bruder heißt Johannes. Und wie heißt deine Mutter? Thomas: Meine Mutter heißt Inge. Und wie heißt dein Vater? Thomas: Mein Vater heißt Stefan. This was put into practice with a conversation: Thomas, wie heißt deine Schwester? Thomas: Meine Schwester heißt Sylvia. REVIEW In the review section for this lesson, Thomas challenged Mark to translate some sentences from German into English: Coffee Break German: Lesson 06 - Notes page 1 of 14 Coffee Break German: Lesson 06 - Notes page 2 of 14Ģ meine Mutter heißt Susanne my mother is called Susanne mein Vater heißt Stefan my father is called Stefan meine Schwester heißt Anna my sister is called Anna If you wish to ask the question, what is your sister called? then you can change meine Schwester to deine Schwester: deine Schwester your sister deine Schwester heißt Anna your sister is called Anna wie heißt deine Schwester? what is your sister called? / what is your sister s name? This pattern of M > D for me to you (informal) is repeated with a number of words: mich > dich mir > dir meine > deine Take care, however, with meine > deine as this needs to change depending on the gender of the noun: wie heißt dein Bruder? what is your brother called? So, just as mein Bruder changed to meine Schwester, so does mein Bruder change to dein Bruder. ![]() die Zahlen the numbers Coffee Break German Lesson 06 Study Notes Note the word order in the following sentence: heute lernen wir die Zahlen today we re learning the numbers Since this sentence starts with the word heute, the verb and the subject pronoun need to change places. ![]() INTRODUCTION Mark asked the following question in the introduction: Also, Thomas, was lernen wir heute? Thomas: Wir lernen die Zahlen. 1 LESSON NOTES WIE VIEL KOSTET DAS? In this episode of Coffee Break German we ll start by learning the numbers from zero to ten and then learn to deal with transactional situations involving paying for things in cafés and shops.
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