Coffee Break German Advanced

Welcome back to Coffee Break German Season 3! In this episode, we are reviewing relative clauses before looking at relative clauses in the genitive. We then see this grammar point in context during a conversation between Helene and Florian who are looking at old school photographs. Listen out for some school-related vocabulary such as: Schulzeit , Strafarbeit and Nachhilfe . If you'd like to take...

In this episode of Coffee Break German, Mark and Andrea focus on connectors which connect words, word groups or clauses. We hear many examples of connectors linking   clauses before hearing a dialogue between characters Ben and Marianne in a coffee shop. Listen carefully for some useful vocabulary throughout this episode, including words and phrases such as:  sich dazusetzen , ...

In this episode of Coffee Break German we're focusing on the use of the future tense. We learn how to express plans, promises and assumptions in the future. That's not all, we also introduce adverbs which can be used to suggest that we are making an assumption. We then hear what we've learned in context during a dialogue. Some useful vocabulary to listen out for includes: beunruhigt , anständ...

We're back with another episode of Coffee Break German! This time, Mark and Andrea review adjectival endings before introducing adjectival endings in the genitive. We hear this new grammar point in context during a conversation between Tanja and Katharina who are going clothes shopping. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the...

In this lesson ,  we’re continuing with a topic which had been avoided up until Season 3 of Coffee Break German - the genitive! While it is possible to avoid using the genitive, when used correctly, it makes you sound like a true native speaker. Join hosts Mark and Andrea as they explore some prepositions with the genitive:  wegen , infolge , gemäß , dank , außer...

We've reached Lesson 10 so it's time to review everything we've learned so far in Season 3 of Coffee Break German! Throughout this lesson we'll be reviewing the topics which Mark and Andrea covered in Lessons 1 - 9 from the Perfect and Imperfect Tense to the Genitive, Connectors and more. There are some exercises along the way, giving you the chance to put your knowledge to the test! If you'd like...

In this lesson of Coffee Break German our hosts, Mark and Andrea, look at the infinitive structure with um zu which allows us to say “in order to”. We then hear this structure in the context of a conversation between characters Mike and Sandra who discuss Mike’s upcoming trip through Switzerland.  If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, yo...

This lesson of Coffee Break German is about “connectors”. These are words that join clauses or phrases in a sentence. Join Mark and Andrea as they look at a variety of different connectors and see how they function in a sentence while learning their meanings. We also have the chance to see connectors in the context of a mother and daughter talking about a pyjama party in our dialogue. If you'd lik...

In Lesson 7 of Coffee Break German Season 3, we are looking at the infinitive structure with  zu  but without  um . Throughout the lesson we identify some verbs and expressions that require this structure. We hear some useful vocabulary, including the words:  sammeln aufbauen  and  vorhaben .  If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a...

Welcome back to Coffee Break German Season 3! Join Mark and Andrea in Lesson 6 as they introduce the genitive case which conveys belonging and possession. In our story this week, we follow flatmates Jana and Karin as they tidy their apartment and discuss whose belongings are lying around! Listen out for examples of the genitive throughout the dialogue. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus mate...

Following on from the previous lesson of Coffee Break German Season 3, Mark and Andrea continue to look at the imperfect tense, this time, focusing on irregular verbs. The imperfect tense is used when writing or telling a story in the past so we take a look at a letter where we see many irregular imperfect verbs in context. We also hear some interesting vocabulary including the word Sprachler...

Lesson 4 of Coffee Break German Season 3 is all about the imperfect tense. Mark and Andrea focus on the conjugation of regular verbs and then listen to a diary entry where we hear examples of the tense in context. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break German Season 3 course on the Coffee Break Ac...

In Lesson 3 from Coffee Break German Season 3, Mark and Andrea discuss the use of pronouns  welche  and  diese   before listening to a dialogue in which a tour guide shows a group of tourists around the city of Zurich. Be sure to take note of the use of the pronouns  welche / welcher / welches  and  diese / dieser / dieses  throughout the conversation. If yo...

In this second episode from Season 3 of Coffee Break German, Mark and Andrea review the rules for the articles der, die and das . We also hear a dialogue between Gundula and Karl as they discuss an art exhibition before going on to have drink at a local Kneipe. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break German...

In this first episode of Coffee Break GermanSeason 3, Andrea and Mark review the German Perfect Tense. We’ll take a look back at how the Perfect Tense is formed, and then we’ll find out how some irregular verbs are conjugated in the tense. To put this grammar point into practice, we also listen to a dialogue in German between Chris and Sabine, who are on holiday in Switzerland. If you'd like to ta...