Deutsch - German
Joe: Guten Tag!
Frau: Grüß Gott! Was darf es sein?
Joe: Also, ich möchte gerne eine Weißwurst essen…
Frau: Oh, dann aber schnell. Es ist schon fast 12 Uhr.
Joe: Äh, warum dann schnell?
Frau: Weißwürste isst man nur vor 12 Uhr.
Joe: Oh, wirklich. Das ist ja interessant.
Frau: Und nehmen Sie auch eine Brezn und süßen Senf?
Joe: Hmm, ich weiß nicht…Isst man das so?
Frau: Ja. Eigentlich schon.
Joe: Okay. Dann esse ich das auch so…Was kostet das?
Frau: Das macht 2,50 Euro.
Joe: Bitte sehr.
Frau: Danke. Setzen Sie sich, ich bringe Ihnen die Weißwurst dann…
Joe: Okay, danke.
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Frau: So, bitte sehr. Guten Appetit!
Joe: Danke. Haben Sie auch noch Messer und Gabel für mich?
Frau: Oh nein! Eine Weißwurst isst man doch nicht mit Messer und Gabel!
Joe: Oh, nicht? Wie dann?
Frau: Sehen Sie den Jungen dort? So isst man eine Weißwurst…
Joe: Ooh…also mit der Hand!
Frau: Ja…Halt! Nicht die Haut essen!
Joe: Oh!
Frau: Machen Sie die Haut einfach ab und essen Sie die Wurst dann mit dem Senf.
Joe: Okay….So?
Frau: Ja, genau so! Ach, ich mag euch Touristen! Es wird nie langweilig!
Englisch - English
Joe: Hello!
Woman: Hello! What'll it be?
Joe: Well, I'd really like to eat a veal sausage
Woman: Oh, then be quick. It's already almost noon.
Joe: Uh, why should I be quick?
Woman: Veal sausage is only eaten before noon.
Joe: Oh really. That's quite interesting.
Woman: Would you also like a pretzel and some sweet mustard?
Joe: Hmm, I don't know....is that how you eat it?
Woman: Yes, actually.
Joe: Okay. Then I'll eat it that way too. What's it cost?
Woman: That'll be 2 euros and 50 cents.
Joe: Here you go
Woman: Thanks. Take a seat, and then I'll bring you the veal sausage.
Joe: Okay, thanks
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Woman: Ok, here you are. Bon Apetit!
Joe: Thanks. Do you also have a fork and a knife for me?
Woman: Oh, no! A veal sausage isn't eaten with a knife and fork!
Joe: It isn't? How, then?
Woman: See that boy over there? That's how you eat a veal sausage.
Joe: Ohh, so you it it with your hands!
Woman: Yes. Wait! Don't eat the skin!
Joe: Oh!
Woman: Just take the skin off, and eat the sausage with mustard.
Joe: Okay, like this?
Woman: Yes, exactly like that. Oh, I love you tourists. Never a dull moment!
Wortschatz- und Satzgebrauch - Vocabulary Phrase Usage
1. Brezn => Bavarian word for "Brezel", pretzel
2. Ihnen = to you, formally (Dative of Sie)
3. Setzen Sie sich = literally "put yourself in a sitting position" = Sit down.
Grammatik - Grammar
The focus of this lesson is Changeable Nouns
Sehen Sie den Jungen dort?
"Do you see that boy over there?"
Normally only the articles and adjectives change for different cases such as the Dative or the Accusative. Normally nouns only change for the plural. However, there is a class of nouns that change slightly for the cases as well. This class is called the N Declension. It's called N Declension because the nouns add -n – not very difficult, you see. For Nominative the nouns have their regular form and for all other cases they get the ending -n.
This rule applies to all masculine nouns that end in -e and some masculine nouns that don't end in -e but that describe a person or animal. For example „der Junge“, „der Kollege“ and „der Deutsche“ all follow this rule. See for yourself below.
Nominative – der Junge
(Genitive – des Jungen)
Dative – dem Jungen
Accusative – den Jungen
One advantage is that these nouns will also add -n for plural, so at least you won't be worrying about their plural form.
Kultureller Einblick - Cultural Insight
Weißwurst is a traditional Bavarian specialty, a sausage made either of veal or pork. Weißwurst is prepared in the very early mornings and then eaten before lunch, maybe around brunchtime. For a traditional Weißwurstfrühstück you also need mustard, pretzels and some wheat beer. Bavaria: the only place where drinking beer for breakfast is culturally required!
Note that in all other parts of Germany, you'll receive weird looks for eating sausage for breakfast.
And it's said to be the sign of a drunkard to drink beer before 4 pm.
DANKE
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