Coffee Break German Lesson 22

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1 LESSON NOTES WO TUT ES IHNEN WEH? When travelling on vacation or business sometimes things don t go according to plan and you need to visit a doctor or pharmacy. In this lesson you ll learn to talk about various parts of the body and to describe your symptoms. INTRODUCTION In this episode, Thomas and Mark begin by talking about their roles in the series: Coffee Break German Lesson 22 Study Notes Mark: Herzlich Willkommen zu Coffee Break German. Ich heiße Mark, und ich bin der Student. Thomas: Oder der Schüler. Mark: OK, ich bin der Schüler. Thomas: Mein Name ist Thomas und ich bin der Lehrer. der Student student (normally used for university students and senior secondary school pupils) der Schüler pupil (generic word) Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 1 of 16 Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 2 of 16

2 der Lehrer teacher Since the topic of this episode is health and wellbeing Mark and Thomas continue their conversation: Mark: Wie geht s dir heute? Thomas: Ah, Mark. Mir geht s nicht so gut. Ich habe Kopfschmerzen, mein Bauch tut Weh, und ein bisschen Halsweh habe ich auch. As we work through this lesson, you will learn all the language you need to understand Thomas s complaints. REVIEW Before proceeding with the main content of the lesson, Thomas challenges Mark to some translations from English into German based on the content of the last lesson. The following sentences are used: Heute ist das Wetter gut. Es ist warm und sonnig. Today the weather is good. It is warm and sunny. Im Moment regnet es und es ist kalt in Deutschland. At the moment it s raining and it s cold in Germany. Heute Nachmittag wird es schneien. This afternoon it s going to snow. Morgen Abend wird es außergewöhnlich heiß. Tomorrow afternoon it will be extraordinarily hot. Wie viel Uhr ist es? / Wie spät ist es? What is the time? Es ist zehn vor vier. It s ten to four. Es ist zwanzig nach acht. It is twenty past eight. Es ist viertel nach zwölf. It is a quarter past twelve. Es ist halb fünf. It is half past four. TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU ARE FEELING We have already covered a number of phrases which can be used to talk about how you are feeling. You will be familiar with the folllowing: alles in Ordnung everything is in order, everything s OK alles klar everything is fine mir geht s gut I m well Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 3 of 16 Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 4 of 16

3 mir geht s ausgezeichnet I m great mir geht s außergewöhnlich gut I m extraordinarily well mir geht s nicht so gut I m feeling not so good mir geht s schlecht I m feeling bad It makes sense to follow up an answer like mir geht s schlecht with the question, why? : warum? why? Warum geht s dir nicht so gut? Why are you not feeling so good? We are going to be learning a number of phrases to talk about particular parts of your body which are causing you pain. There are two main constructions for this and the first of these translates as I have... ache. The word for ache or pains is Schmerzen. We can combine this with the part of the body. We will now learn various parts of the body and how they can be used in this construction. der Kopf head ich habe Kopfschmerzen I have a headache, I have a sore head der Bauch stomach ich habe Bauchschmerzen I have stomachache, I have a sore stomach der Rücken back ich habe Rückenschmerzen I have backache, I have a sore back der Hals throat ich habe Halsschmerzen I have a sore throat das Ohr ear die Ohren ears ich habe Ohrenschmerzen I have eachache, I have sore ears der Zahn tooth Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 5 of 16 Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 6 of 16

4 ich habe Zahnschmerzen I have toothache, I have a sore tooth Just as as English, there are some parts of the body for which you use a different construction. For example, we would not say I have handache. In German, you say my hand hurts, or more literally my hand does to me pain : die Hand hand meine Hand tut mir Weh my hand hurts Note that Hand is feminine and the word for my is therefore meine, just like meine Schwester and meine Mutter. For masculine and neuter words, you would use mein: mein Kopf tut mir Weh my head hurts So, it is possible to use both constructions with some parts of the body: mein Kopf tut mir Weh and ich habe Kopfschmerzen both mean that you have a sore head, or your head hurts. der Arm arm mein Arm tut mir Weh my arm hurts der Fuß foot mein Fuß tut mir Weh my foot hurts das Bein leg mein Bein tut mir Weh my leg hurts die Nase nose meine Nase tut mir Weh my nose hurts das Auge eye mein Auge tut mir Weh my eye hurts meine Augen tun mir Weh my eyes hurt Note here that Augen is plural: die Augen are the eyes. This means that the word for my needs to be plural: meine, and the verb also needs to be plural: tun. meine Beine tun mir Weh my legs are sore You may also hear the question: Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 7 of 16 Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 8 of 16

5 Wo tut es Ihnen Weh? where does it hurt (to you)? This is the formal version: Ihnen means to you in the formal form. The informal form is as follows: Wo tut es dir Weh? vegetables on them. German towns tend to be very green generally and you can find several parks which aren t closed or locked at night but open to the public where you can have barbecues, picnics and parties on the lawn whenever you want. So don t be confused when seeing a group of people walking through a Berlin street carrying a barbecue, a box of drinks and several bags of food around. They are sure to be headed to one of the parks nearby. Of course for many people this is not enough. They enjoy spending time in their own little Schrebergarten, which is the equivalent of the British concept of allotment. These Schrebergärten can be found throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland where does it hurt? (informal) Wo hast du Schmerzen? where does it hurt? / where do you have pains? (informal) Wo haben Sie Schmerzen? where does it hurt? / where do you have pains? (formal) CULTURAL CORRESPONDENT Following on from the previous lesson, Julia tells us more about how Germans spend the summer. Hallo alle zusammen! As promised, today I m bringing you the second part of my little summer special. Despite our relatively cold winters, summers can get very hot in Germany. Here in Berlin there are days when we have about 35 or even 40 degrees Celsius in July and August. So you really need to get out of the house and there are many different options for doing that. When you visit a German town you ll see that almost every house has balconies. Germans love their balconies and decorate them with flower pots and sometimes even grow their own herbs and Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 9 of 16 Traditionally Schrebergärten were only used for noncommercial gardening (people growing their own fruit and vegetable) but today you also often just find lawns in them sometimes decorated with the famous (but somewhat cheesy!) garden gnomes or Gartenzwerge as we would say. Usually people have a little hut in their Schrebergarten which they can use just as a tool shed. However in some cases this hut can be a bit more elaborate more like a bungalow including a kitchen, Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 10 of 16

6 bathroom and bedroom so that they can stay in their garden for whole weekends. For another group of people this is still not enough: these people long to get away from the city for months at a time, renting a space at a camping site where they live in their caravan or trailer for several months throughout the summer. We call these people Dauercamper (permanent campers). I hope you get the chance to come here during the summer months, maybe not do some Dauercamping but to explore the beautiful landscapes and happy atmosphere at this time of year. Und nun zurück zu Thomas und Mark ins Studio! Tschüß und bis zum nächsten Mal! der Schrebergarten allotment der Zwerg dwarf der Gartenzwerg garden gnome DAS REICHT FÜR HEUTE Ready for more? Turn the page to continue with the bonus materials for this lesson. CORE VOCABULARY warum? why? Warum geht s dir nicht so gut? Why are you not feeling so good? der Kopf head ich habe Kopfschmerzen I have a headache, I have a sore head der Bauch stomach ich habe Bauchschmerzen I have stomachache, I have a sore stomach der Rücken back ich habe Rückenschmerzen I have backache, I have a sore back der Hals throat ich habe Halsschmerzen I have a sore throat Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 11 of 16 Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 12 of 16

7 das Ohr ear die Ohren ears ich habe Ohrenschmerzen I have eachache, I have sore ears der Zahn tooth ich habe Zahnschmerzen I have toothache, I have a sore tooth die Hand hand meine Hand tut mir Weh my hand hurts mein Kopf tut mir Weh my head hurts der Arm arm mein Arm tut mir Weh my arm hurts der Fuß foot mein Fuß tut mir Weh my foot hurts das Bein leg mein Bein tut mir Weh my leg hurts die Nase nose meine Nase tut mir Weh my nose hurts das Auge eye mein Auge tut mir Weh my eye hurts meine Augen tun mir Weh my eyes hurt meine Beine tun mir Weh my legs are sore Wo tut es Ihnen Weh? where does it hurt (to you)? Wo tut es dir Weh? where does it hurt? (informal) Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 13 of 16 Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 14 of 16

8 Wo hast du Schmerzen? where does it hurt? / where do you have pains? (informal) Wo haben Sie Schmerzen? where does it hurt? / where do you have pains? (formal) der Schrebergarten allotment der Zwerg dwarf der Gartenzwerg garden gnome BONUS VOCABULARY der Finger finger mein Finger tut mir Weh my finger hurts das Knie knee der Knöchel ankle der Ellenbogen elbow die Schulter shoulder brennen to burn jucken to itch geschwollen sein to be swollen gebrochen sein to be broken Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 15 of 16 Coffee Break German: Lesson 22 - Notes page 16 of 16