Episodes
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! ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet that accompany this lesson ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 12/20/23
Published 12/20/23
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! ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet that accompany this lesson ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 12/13/23
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! ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet that accompany this lesson ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 12/06/23
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! ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet that accompany this lesson ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 11/29/23
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! ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet that accompany this lesson ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 11/22/23
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! ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet that accompany this lesson ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 11/15/23
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. ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet that accompany this lesson ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 11/08/23
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! ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet that accompany this lesson ⬅️ ☕️ To purchase a Coffee Break mug, click here ☕️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 11/01/23
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. ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet that accompany this lesson ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 10/25/23
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!  ➡️ Click here to access the blog article and worksheet that accompany this episode ⬅️ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published 10/18/23
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...
Published 10/10/23
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Published 05/13/22
In this special episode, Mark provides an update on all things Coffee Break German including the return of the Coffee Break German Magazine in late April 2022; the launch of the Coffee Break books, available from June in your local bookshop and from online retailers; and the Coffee Break German Club, where you can get your daily dose of German activities. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Published 04/04/22
We're back! We're delighted to announce that, starting today, the 22nd October 2021, Coffee Break German Season 3 is available. In this series you'll take your German to the next level, accompanied by your friendly teachers and hosts, Andrea and Mark. In each episode you'll learn about a language point and listen to Andrea and Mark explaining the aspects of the language. You'll then 'experience' this language in the context of a dialogue. Please note that Coffee Break German Season 3 will NOT...
Published 10/22/21
Welcome to the tenth and final episode from Season 2 of the Coffee Break German Travel Diaries! For the final stop of our trip, we're in Austria’s capital - Vienna - which offers many spectacular sights. The best part of the trip is still to come as Karl's big surprise is finally revealed to Birgit! Join Mark and Andrea as they round off the series and discuss the phrase: Hatte keine Ahnung was vor sich ging as well as some past participles and adjectives. Our premium version of the course...
Published 06/25/21