Ist sie zu Hause?

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Ist sie zu Hause?
Thomas ist
Alexanders
Freund.
Wie alt ist sie denn?
Sechzehn.
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Thomas: Ich kenne deine Schwester nicht.
Alexander: Schwester? Das ist meine Cousine Julia.
Thomas: Echt? Wie alt ist sie denn?
Alexander: Sechzehn.
Thomas: Toll! Ist sie zu Hause?
Alexander: Ja. Komm mit! Da ist ein Telefon.
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ktuelles
The Telephone
Er hat ein Handy.
The official word for telephone is Fernsprecher,
but everyone says Telefon. Today, cell phones
(Handys) are widely used inside and outside of
people’s homes. However, many Germans still use
public phones. The word for phone booth is die
Telefonzelle. These public phone booths are easily
recognized by their bright yellow color. The newer
phone booths of Telekom are no longer yellow but
gray with a bit of lilac. There are always public
phones located in local post offices, railroad
stations and even in trains and planes.
Most public phones found in phone booths require
a Telefonkarte (phone card) which can be purchased
at the local post office for 6 or 25 euro (Euro). The
phone card is inserted into a slot with the magnetic
tape side down. The digital
display informs the caller
how much credit is left on
the card before, during and
after the call is made.
alte Telefonzellen
neue Telefonzellen
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There are still some public phones that accept coins when making
local or long-distance calls. However, the number of these coinoperated public phones is rapidly decreasing. The dialing
instructions are clearly posted. In calling, you should follow these
steps:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Lift the receiver.
Insert your phone card.
Wait for the dial tone.
Dial the number
(Telefonnummer).
Long-distance calls to other German
cities or foreign countries can be made
from any phone booth, at a post office or
hotel or from any private phone. If you
place a Ferngespräch (long-distance call),
you should know the Vorwahl or
Vorwahlnummer (area code). In case you Hier braucht man eine Telefonkarte.
don’t know this number, you can either
look it up in a telephone directory or call Auskunft or Information. The
number for Auskunft is 11833 (national) or 11834 (international).
When making calls from the United States to Germany, Austria or
Switzerland, you must dial first the international code 011, followed
by the country code (Germany = 49, Austria = 43, Switzerland = 41),
the city or town area code and then the local number. For example, if
you want to call Frankfurt, you would dial the international code
(011), the country code for Germany (49) and then the city code for
Frankfurt (69) followed by the local phone number.
WB Activity 5
GV Activity 7
Q 3
Have students determine
similarities and differences
between the German and
the U.S. telephone system.
Which one do they prefer?
Sie ist am Telefon.
Lektion A
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Hast du
heute Zeit?
Wer ist wir?
Wir kommen rüber.
(am Telefon)
Julia: Julia Strunk.
Alexander: Hallo, Julia! Hast du heute Zeit?
Julia: Um wie viel Uhr?
The forms of haben are
introduced in Chapter 3.
Have students treat the
question Hast du heute
Zeit? as an expression at
this point.
Alexander: So gegen sieben. Wir kommen rüber.
Julia: Wer ist wir?
Q8
Alexander: Thomas und ich. Thomas ist mein Freund.
Julia: Na gut. Bis später!
Lektion B
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leaving at 2:21 P.M., for instance, would be
announced as 14.21 (vierzehn Uhr
einundzwanzig).
In everyday conversation, Germans often
use the time expressions morgens,
nachmittags and abends to avoid
misunderstanding. For example,
Germans might tell their friends that
they are coming over at 8 P.M. by
saying, Wir kommen um acht Uhr
abends rüber.
Um wie viel Uhr ist das Büro
geschlossen (closed)?
SPRACHE
The Definite Article (Nominative Singular):
der, die, das (the)
In German there are three variations of the definite article “the” in
the nominative singular, der, die and das. The nominative is used to
identify the subject.
Der Junge ist siebzehn.
The boy is seventeen.
Die Frau wohnt nicht sehr
weit von hier.
The woman doesn’t live very
far from here.
Das Telefon ist da drüben.
The telephone is over there.
Note that all nouns in German (including names and places) are
capitalized. It is extremely important to learn the articles that
accompany the individual nouns. We refer to these as masculine
(der), feminine (die) and neuter (das). Be aware, however, that the
nouns associated with either of the three articles are not necessarily
“masculine” or “feminine” or “neuter” by context—the article for a
man’s tie (die Krawatte) is feminine, while a woman’s scarf (der Schal)
is masculine.
WB Activity 11
SINGULAR
masculine
nominative
Lektion B
der
Explain to students that
the article must be learned
with each noun. Suggest
that in order to remember
these articles, they may
want to make flashcards.
Flashcards for nouns
could be color-coded by
using colored pens, e.g.,
blue for der-words
(masculine), red for diewords (feminine) and
green for das-words
(neuter).
feminine
die
neuter
GV Activity 13
das
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