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video 001: explanations :: grammar :: vocabulary (The two girl are going to describe the16 federal states of Germany. As is can already be deduced from the

name, Federal Republic of Germany, Germany is a confederation of 16 states, called Lnder. What does that mean in practice? That' s means that in some areas the Lnder, the federal states, are independent from the central goverment, for instance in education, where every Land has it' s own policies. In other fields, like foreign policy, dominates obviously the central goverment. It useful as well to know that Germany has two Parlaments. One of them is the Bundesrat, the presentation of the Lnder, the other one the Bundestag, the presentation of Germany as a whole. For certain laws both parlaments have to agree in order to get a law accepted. Three of the Lnder, the two girls will talk about that, are only cities: Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen.)
Hallo! Das ist meine Schwester. = Hi! This is my sister! mein = my Schwester = sister ist = is Und das ist meine Schwester! = And that' s my sister! Normalerweise gehen wir ja selber in die Schule, aber heute sind wir mal die Lehrer und erzhlen Euch was ber die deutschen Bundslnder = Normaly we got to school ourselves, but today we are the teachers and we are going to tell you something about the federal states of Germany. . selber = ourself Ich mache es selber = I do it myself gehen = to go Schule = school aber = but heute = today Lehrer = teacher erzhlen = to tell

Hier direkt ber uns knnt Ihr alles mitlesen, was wir sagen. = There, right upon of us you can read what we says ber = upon, above ber uns = upon of us knnen = can was = here it is a relative pronoun which corresponds to that in english sagen = to say Und wenn Ihr da ganz oben klickt, dann knnt Ihr auch die bersetzung sehen. = And if you clic on top you can read the translation as well. . Knnen wir jetzt anfangen? = Can we start? jetzt = ahora Ja klar, Deutschland hat 16 Bundeslnder. = Of course. Germany has 16 federal states Das schnste Bundesland heit Nordrhein-Westfalen, = and the prettiest one of them Nordrhein-Westfalen schn = pretty der schnste = the prettiest one ( superlative)

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denn da wohnen wir! = because that' s where we live denn = because wohnen = to live wir = we Genau, aber du sitzt gerade genau davor, Moment mal gerade... = That' s it, but you sit just in front of it, wait a moment... genau = exactly, here: That's it sitzen = to sit davor = in front of davor sitzen = to sit in front of

besser ! = better! gut - besser => good - better (comparative) Nordrhein-Westfalen ist auch das Bundesland mit den meisten Einwohnern. = Nordrhein - Westfalen is as well the federal state with the biggest number of inhabitants. meisten = here: the biggest number Einwohner = inhabitants

Hier gibt es viele groe Stdte wie Kln, Dsseldorf, Essen, Duisburg und noch viel mehr. = Here there are a lot of big citie like Colone, Dusseldorf, Essen, Duisburg and many others. Hier = here Es gibt = there are Hier gibt es = here are Grammar: 'Es' is an abstract subject and is used more or less the same way as 'it' in english. (It rains <=> Es regnet). We see in that little sentence, that the subject is put after the verb if the sentence starts with an adverb. Es gibt pfel. = There are apples here. but Hier gibt es pfel. = Here are apples. Ah, da bist du ja wieder ! = Ah, you are back! wieder = once again ja = normally the meaning is 'yes', but here it is just an interjection. sein - bist => to be - you are du = you (only used in german in an informal situation) Das war wirklich sehr witzig ! = That was really funny! witzig = funny (in this case the meaning is obviously ironic. She didn' t find it very funny that her sister made her disappear. Kann ich mal kurz die Fernbedienung haben? = Can you give me the remote control? knnen - kann => can - you can Fernbedienung = remote control haben = to have (as in english to have / haben is an auxiliary verb as well) kurz = brevemente

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Und es gibt hier auch noch ganz viele kleine Drfer und ganz viele Wiesen und Felder und Khe und sowas. = Y aqu tambin hay muchos pequeos pueblos, prados, campos y vacas y cosas de este tipo. und = and auch = also klein = little Dorf - Drfer = village - villages Wiese - Wiesen = meadow - meadows Feld - Felder = field - fields Kuh - Khe = cow - cows sowas = something like that (in this context slang)

Nchstes Mal erzhlen wir Euch alles, was Ihr ber Berlin wissen msst. = Next time we are going to tell you all you must know about Berlin. nchstes mal = next time erzhlen = to tell alles = all ihr = you (the second form singular and plural can be written with capital letters, it' s more respectful) wissen = to know mssen - msst = must - you must

Berlin ist die grte Stadt Deutschland und gleichzeitig ein eigenes Bundesland. = Berlin is the biggest city in Germany and at the same time a federal state itself. gro - die grte Stadt = big - the biggest city (superlativo) gleichzeitig = at the same time eigen = here: itself

Toll, was du alles weit! = Marvellous, all the things you know! toll = estupendo wissen - weit = saber - sabes Ich freue mich, wenn Du Dich freust! = I am happy if you are happy! freuen = here: to be happy dich = you (reflexive pronoun) Bis spter = see you later spt - spter = late - later Bis bald! = see you later (literally: till later) bald = soon

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