Coffee Break German

Radio Lingua Network

Learn German with Coffee Break German. Join learner Mark and native speaker Thomas in regular lessons from the Radio Lingua Network.

  • 16 minutes 6 seconds
    How to pronounce tricky letter combinations - ‘sch’, ‘ei’, ‘ie’ and more | The Coffee Break German Show 1.10

    Do you know how to pronounce the German letter combinations - ‘sch’, ‘ei’ and ‘ie’? In this final episode of The Coffee Break German Show, Mark and Olivera dissect and practise several of the most challenging German sounds to pronounce. By the end of this episode you will be more confident when using these letter combinations in conversation!


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    20 December 2023, 4:00 pm
  • 8 minutes 36 seconds
    ‘Nein’, ‘nicht’ and ‘kein’ - Negation in German | The Coffee Break German Show 1.09

    Welcome to the penultimate episode of The Coffee Break German Show! In this episode, Mark and Thomas discuss how to express the negative using nein, nicht, and kein. By the end of this episode you will be able to confidently express negative ideas in German!


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    13 December 2023, 4:00 pm
  • 11 minutes 3 seconds
    ‘Zu’ or ‘um ... zu’? - How to use the infinitive form of the verb | The Coffee Break German Show 1.08

    Welcome to the new episode of The Coffee Break German Show! Today Mark and Thomas discuss how to use the infinitive form of verbs in 'zu' and 'um ... zu' constructions. By the end of this episode you will be confident in using the infinitive form of verbs in sentences in German!


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    6 December 2023, 4:00 pm
  • 12 minutes 25 seconds
    Compound words - Breaking down long German words | The Coffee Break German Show 1.07

    The focus of today's Coffee Break German Show episode is compound words! In this episode Thomas and Olivera discuss how to construct and understand compound nouns. By the end of this episode you will be more familiar with long German words!


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    29 November 2023, 4:00 pm
  • 16 minutes 54 seconds
    What is a case? - An introduction to German cases | The Coffee Break German Show 1.06

    Welcome to a new episode of The Coffee Break German Show! In this episode we discuss the four German cases, how to identify them and how to use them. By the end of this episode you will understand the concept of cases in German!


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    22 November 2023, 4:00 pm
  • 11 minutes 12 seconds
    Using the formal ‘you’ | The Coffee Break German Show 1.05

    How confident do you feel using the formal "you" in German? In this episode of The Coffee Break German Show, Mark and Thomas discuss how to say "you" within a conversation with a German speaker. By the end of this episode you will know exactly how to use this very common word!


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    15 November 2023, 4:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 10 seconds
    How to form questions in German | The Coffee Break German Show 1.04

    Knowing how to form questions is an essential part of having conversations in German. In this episode of The Coffee Break German Show, Mark and Thomas discuss how to form questions, specifically focusing on sentence structure and question words in German.


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    8 November 2023, 4:00 pm
  • 12 minutes 44 seconds
    All about umlauts - Usage and pronunciation | The Coffee Break German Show 1.03

    In this episode of The Coffee Break German Show we are focusing on pronunciation! In particular we learn how to pronounce letters with an umlaut and its different uses in German. By the end of this episode you will know exactly when and why we use an umlaut!


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    1 November 2023, 4:00 pm
  • 9 minutes 23 seconds
    When to use ‘fahren’ and ‘gehen’ | The Coffee Break German Show 1.02

    Do you know when to use gehen and fahren to say "to go" in German? In this episode of The Coffee Break German Show Mark and Thomas clarify the different contexts in which you would use each verb.


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    25 October 2023, 3:00 pm
  • 13 minutes 48 seconds
    A guide to German word order - Sentences with two verbs | The Coffee Break German Show 1.01

    Welcome to the very first episode of the Coffee Break German Show! To start off the series, we're chatting about some rules to follow when using more than one verb in a sentence. Los geht’s! 


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    18 October 2023, 3:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 35 seconds
    Introducing the Coffee Break German Show

    Welcome to our brand new podcast series - the Coffee Break German Show! Throughout this 10-episode series, Mark and Thomas will help you take your intermediate German to the next level, one coffee break at a time. We cover a range of topics to help you deepen your understanding of tricky grammar, broaden your vocabulary, and improve your pronunciation. You'll sound like a native speaker in no time!


    Prefer to watch these lessons? You can do exactly that for free on Coffee Break TV, and download the episodes to your device so you can access them on the go. Or, you can head to our Coffee Break German YouTube channel to access the video version of each podcast episode there. Remember to subscribe to our channel so that you don’t miss an episode.


    That's not all... each episode of the Show is accompanied by a blog article to increase your understanding of the topics covered.


    We'll see you next Wednesday, 18th October, for the first episode of the Show. Bis bald!


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    10 October 2023, 5:00 pm
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