Episode 38, German Word List Family Members
2024-06-16 15 min Susanne Schilk-Blümel
Description & Show Notes
In episode 38 of the Better German podcast, host Susi Blumel introduces an upcoming German beginner course and discusses a new frequency for podcast episodes. The main focus of the episode is a word list covering family members in German, with translations and helpful illustrations. Learn German repeating those words! Here you can get the list of words used with translation and an illustration.
Introduction
When you meet new people and talk to them, family could be a subject discussed soon. So our word list of 25 German words (father, mother, brother...) will come in handy! Learn by repetition - and don't forget to download your word list and illustration here.
Key Topics and Bullets
Primary topic: Introduction and Course Announcement
- Change in frequency of the podcast
- Announcement of the new German beginner course in the Better German academy
- Overview of the course content and structure
- Emphasis on the benefits for total beginners and those struggling with speaking German
Primary topic: Word List on Family Members
- Introduction of the word list on family members in German
- The PDF with word list and illustrations
- Explanation of each family member word in German and English
- Details about special considerations for certain words
- Pronunciation practice and invitation for the audience to repeat after the host
Links
- PDF for this episode - Word List with German words about family plus illustration.
- German Case Essentials - Free Guide about Cases
- Appointment for free consultation and placement
When you meet new people and talk to them, family could be a subject discussed soon. So our word list of 25 German words (father, mother, brother...) will come in handy! Learn by repetition - and don't forget to download your word list and illustration here.
Key Topics and Bullets
Primary topic: Introduction and Course Announcement
- Change in frequency of the podcast
- Announcement of the new German beginner course in the Better German academy
- Overview of the course content and structure
- Emphasis on the benefits for total beginners and those struggling with speaking German
Primary topic: Word List on Family Members
- Introduction of the word list on family members in German
- The PDF with word list and illustrations
- Explanation of each family member word in German and English
- Details about special considerations for certain words
- Pronunciation practice and invitation for the audience to repeat after the host
Links
- PDF for this episode - Word List with German words about family plus illustration.
- German Case Essentials - Free Guide about Cases
- Appointment for free consultation and placement
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Transcript
Welcome to a new episode of
the better German podcast.
This is episode 38, and we're
going to cover words for
family members in this episode.
I'm very, very glad to
have you back and listen.
I'm very, very glad to have you back.
And I'm so glad you're listening to me.
maybe you've noticed.
I have changed the
frequency of the podcast.
From coming out once a week.
To once every two weeks.
The reason for this is that I'm
working very, very intensively.
To finish.
The German beginner course, part one, you
can find it in the better German academy.
I'm going to link to it.
You can already enroll.
let me tell you a little bit about this
course, because I'm so proud of it.
And it's really, really a nice course.
And it's a course, like
you've, haven't seen it before.
So this course is good for anybody.
Who's a total beginner.
you do need to speak English,
but if you're listening to this
podcast, you are speaking English.
So then your English is
definitely good enough.
And.
So it is 10 units.
In total plus an introduction.
Plus a review unit.
So it's 12 units.
It will be around 180 separate.
Lessons.
Each of them you can do in, Five.
Five to 30 minutes.
And every single lesson
will be easy to do for you.
You will learn everything that you need.
There is exercises to learn vocabulary.
There's exercises to learn how to
put the words together to sentences.
you will learn the alphabet,
there's exercises to practice
pronunciation, to practice der,
die and das and the plural forums.
You will start speaking very,
very soon, like, in the first unit
already you will start speaking.
You will learn the very basic concepts
that you need, you will learn to
understand der, die, das and how to
learn it and how to use it in sentences.
And you will learn words about family.
Like.
The word list that you will later hear,
that is also part of the course, and you
will learn how to use every one of them.
You have written exercises and spoken
exercises, there's really everything
in this course that you need.
It's not a short course.
It's a course where you
really learn German.
You can do it in.
As I said, I mean the, the best
frequency, to learn if you really want
to learn German is to learn every day
an hour, and if you do that, you will
be through this course in About a month.
Or six weeks.
That's the idea.
And you will actually have made progress.
So this course is for you, if you're total
beginner, you've never learned German,
or even if you've learned some German.
But you haven't actually been able
to start speaking, or you have
learned some German, but you're
confused about the whole thing.
And you've got the idea, oh my God, this
is so hard, then this course is for you.
And because I'm working on this
course quite intensively, I've
switched the frequency of the
podcast episodes to every two weeks.
but it's definitely continue to
come out and the frequency is
going to be changed again as well.
So let's get into this
week's episode, subject.
We have a new word list here.
It's a word list about family,
family members And there is a PDF
that you can download here and
I suggest to you to download it.
So go.
To the show notes and click the link
there, where it says, download the PDF.
and in this PDF, you have a list
of all the words in German and in
English, and you have an illustration.
To go with the words in case you need it.
So go to the show notes, click on
the link, download the PDF, and
let's jump into the word list.
So we will go through
every one of these words.
So let's just go through the
words and if there is anything
special to say, I'll tell you.
I'll say you repeat it.
Die Familie.
That's the family.
die Eltern
parents.
So that is one word for both the
mother and the father together.
die Mutter
mother.
der Vater
father.
das Kind
That's a child.
der Sohn.
That's the son.
die Tochter
The daughter.
der Bruder
brother.
The Shasta.
Sister.
der Junge
That's a boy.
der Bub
Also boy.
So for those two words, both are used.
Junge is used a little more in Germany.
And Bub is used a little
bit more in Austria.
Das
Mädchen That's a girl, even
though das Mädchen is a girl.
In German It's tough.
This is because of "-chen"
That's it thing that you
can add to a lot of words.
To make a word that means a small
thing of that word you could say.
der Hund, that's a dog.
And you could add this "-chen".
then you would have the "HündCHEN".
That's.
At little dog.
And, all of these words that you would
create like that with adding "-chen".
Could do the same thing with bass house.
To house.
And you add.
A "-chen".
And also an "Umlaut".
And then you have das
Häuschen . That's a little house.
And all of these words that you
create, like that we'll be "das".
And that's the reason why.
"das Mädchen" is "das".
der Freund
that's friend, a male
version, or the boyfriend.
die Freundin
That's friend.
the female version, or
it means girlfriend.
der Mann
That's the man, And if I see
main mum, it means my husband.
die Frau
woman or seine Frau would be his wife.
die Großeltern
grandparents.
der Großvater
Grandfather.
die Großmutter the grandmother.
Uncle.
Now I'll go.
That's the brother.
Of your father or your mother.
And that's.
der Onkel.
in German.
die Tante
That's the sister of your
father or your mother.
This is die Tante
der Cousin
.
In some, I know in some languages,
this is the same as brother or sister.
We make differentiation here.
So der Cousin
is the sun of your aunt or uncle
or your aunt and uncle obviously.
der Cousin, so that's the
cousin and it's the male version.
We have again, a male and
a female version here.
der Cousin the cousin.
If it's a man or a boy.
die Cousine
it's a cousin.
it's a female version.
If it's a woman or a girl.
der
Enkel
That's the grandson.
die Enkelin
is the grand daughter.
All right.
There's a next step.
I'm just going to say it in German
and you're going to repeat it.
Again, I invite you to
download the freebie.
There's a link in the show notes.
And in this freebie, you have a list
of these words with translations
and you also have a picture, or
actually an illustration.
it's much easier to follow this.
If you have this file at hand.
So say after me, Say it after me.
die Familie die Familie.
die Eltern.
die Mutter.die
Mutter
der Vater
der Vater.
das Kind
das Kind
der Sohn
der Sohn
die Tochter
die Tochter
der Bruder
der Brudera.
die Schwester
die Schwester.
der Junge
der Junge
der Bub der Bub.
das Mädchen
das Mädchen
der Freund
der Freund
die Freundin.
die Freundin
der Mann
.
die Frau
die Frau
die Großeltern.
die Großeltern.
der Großvater.
der Großvaterr.
die Großmutterr.
die Großmutters.
der Onkel
der Onkel
die Tante die
Tante
der Cousin
der Cousin
die Cousine die
Cousine
der Enkel
der Enkel die Enkelin
die Enkelin All right.
So here you have it, a word list
about family members in German.
I hope you enjoyed it.
I'll see you in the next or I'll.
I hope to hear you in the next
episode of the better German podcast.
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