Shadowing Practice: 100 Everyday Sentences with the Verb “Haben” - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Janusz, I have...

I have a bottle of coffee.

I have no...

I have no desire to winter in Germany.

I would like...

I would like to wear more shoes.

That would be nice.

We are on the street in Berlin, in the winter.

We are going to ask the people, the people to complete.

Today you learn a lot of useful, spontaneous, and useful words with the verb HABEN.

Let's go!

I have...

I have good fun.

That's what you can see.

I have a black jacket.

And I have...

I have a wide jacket.

I have a Ruckzack.

I have a telephone in my hand.

I have just eaten.

I have just hungry.

I have a lot of time.

I have a lot of fun.

I have had a lot of fun.

I have breakfast and was already at the doctor.

I have free.

I have a good time.

I have good friends.

I have also good friends.

I have made Haarproducte.

Wow, really?

Wow, that's cool.

I have a happy and a happy life.

Congratulations!

I have it of course also.

I have no...

I have no car.

I have no thirst.

I have no Bock on the weather.

I have no bargeld.

I don't, so I'm going to the Sparkasse.

I have no...

I have no gift for my wife to Christmas.

I have no stress.

I have no cold hands.

I have no fun at training today.

I have no understanding for struggle and war.

I have no work because I'm a rent.

I have no work to work.

I don't.

I'm just from the vacation.

It's cold.

I have no...

I don't know where I'm going today.

I just go out.

I have no...

Oh, bad.

How is that?

I haven't been hired. And I have no...

I have no...

How is that?

You look good, because you haven't been able to do it.

Yes, that's coming.

I've never seen...

...I've never seen...

...I've never seen South America.

I've never created a company.

I've never seen something like that.

I've never seen a spontaneous interview.

I'm always standing behind the camera.

I've never seen something in the garage.

It's time.

I have never heard Schlager.

I have never driven a sport wagon.

I have never killed someone.

I have never seen my family at night.

Oh yeah, you are the glücklichen.

I was still in the prison.

Yes, I was still.

But only among the communists in Poland, 1980.

I was in Poland and fought against communism.

And only 24 hours, not longer.

They always took us and then 24 hours.

I've never experienced anything bad in Berlin, but good.

I've never taken drugs. Do you think that?

I don't think we have any drugs.

Maybe we don't have a drug.

I've never tried it.

Glücklicherweise.

Ich hatte ...

Ich hatte eine .. eine gute Oma.

Ich hatte gestern Bauchschmerzen.

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Oh, du Armes.

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Ich hatte ein gutes Training heute.

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Ich hatte mal einen Hund.

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Ich hatte eine wunderschöne Katze.

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Oh, ich traue mich nicht zu fragen, was mit dir passiert ist, aber ...

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Ja.

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Ich hatte ...

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I had a lot of animals.

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How did you get to it?

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Many dogs, many cats, because I was married to a doctor.

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So we had a lot of animals.

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I had a good year of 2024.

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I had a birthday before 2 weeks.

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I had a job that I loved, as I worked.

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I had just a coffee.

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I had this year no really nice holiday.

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I had today Chia-Samen for breakfast.

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I had two coffee and I have now the next one.

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I also.

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My heart is a little bit.

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And I don't know if that's from the heat or from the coffee.

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Hopefully not yet.

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I have no longer visited the university.

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And I ask myself why.

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I think, when I learned Polish, the groups were too big.

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I felt that I didn't have any progress.

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And the time of the teaching have not been passed.

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That's all but not.

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Because if you want to learn German in the new year, then try to do this by Lingoda.

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Lingoda is a classic language school, but online and very flexible.

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So you can choose there for example, how many hours you make per week and which hours.

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You can choose from a huge amount of hours and choose there for example, which you are interested in.

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This whole thing with all the benefits of a classic school, namely a teacher and a teacher, which you are structured, is to bring you through the language.

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And the great thing is that the groups are also small, so that you really learn very individually.

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Let's try this now in the new year.

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With our code you will get exclusively 10% of the code and you can get to 45 hours of the day.

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How that works, is in the description.

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I would like...

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I would like a big sawned plate for today.

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I would like a 3-Zimmer-Wohnung for 500 €.

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I would like to dream.

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I would like to...

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I would like to help many people in Venezuela.

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I would like to eat something lecker.

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I would like to have a community for my products.

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I would like to have friends who would go to my vacation.

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I would like to have a car.

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I would like to have more time and maybe more money.

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I would like to have a job that makes me fun.

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That's super important.

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I would like to have a house.

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I would like to have a house.

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But my wife doesn't want to.

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I would like to have another 2 interaction now.

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You are the first people with whom I talk about today.

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I'm only a person.

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I have always...

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I have always...

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I have always a friend of mine.

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I have always love to go international and eat.

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I have always happy moments.

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I have always love to go to work.

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I have always love to do something with friends.

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I have always love to see my friends.

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I have always bad feelings because I don't play sports.

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I identify myself with you a bit.

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Exactly the same.

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I have always...

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I have always love to make illegal Open Airs in the summer.

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That's all, say me.

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I'll come with you.

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I have always love to have chocolate.

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I have always love to live with.

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I have always love to live with new ideas.

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I have always the desire to visit my grandma.

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Oh, my grandma will be so excited about that.

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I have always the able to visit my grandma.

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Oh, my grandma will be so happy when she sees it.

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I have always...

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I have always...

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...Albträume.

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Oh, yes.

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And that comes from any area?

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The doctor says that it can be a gift for Parkinson's Alzheimer's.

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Ah, damn.

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I will have something.

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I will have a life.

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I will have a house.

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I will have over Christmas.

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I will have a very nice family.

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I will have hopefully great Enkelkinder in my future.

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I will have my own house.

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And I will also have a car.

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That's enough. And many children.

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That's.. that's an exciting.

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I will have a little bit to eat, because I don't have hungry.

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I will have more time in the future.

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I will soon have my Bachelor-Abschluss.

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Congratulations, that's fantastic.

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I will hopefully have two beautiful holidays next year. And where is it?

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The planned is Bulgaria, a trip to Bulgaria and a ski-urlaid.

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I will soon have my money.

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That's what I wish I so much.

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I will have next year a place for a study.

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We hold your thumbs up and I will have that and that.

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I will have a nice Christmas.

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I will have next year the 10th time the Zug-der-Liebe demonstration.

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I will have financial stability.

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Irgendwann.

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Hopefully, time-nah.

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Janusz, how is going on?

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I will...

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I will have a good party tonight at our Meetup in the GLS School.

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We have today a Meetup with our viewers.

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That are you.

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And if you also have a chance to be at our events, you are just part of our community.

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Easygerman.org is our website.

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There is everything you can do with us.

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meet us in Berlin, chat with us, speak German.

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A collab with us.

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A collab?

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How does that work?

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We collaborate.

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That means if you have a good idea or a good project, we do it with us.

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It's on our website too.

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You can also ask ideas for our videos.

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Bye, dear people!

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And see you soon!

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See you soon!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “100 Everyday Sentences with the Verb “Haben””. This video has 228 sentences and 1466 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:55. The speaker talks at a steady 114 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
grandma noun	/ˈɡɹænmɑː/	Grandmother.
hungry adjective	/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/	Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
congratulations	/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/	Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
vacation noun	/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/	An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure.
jacket noun	/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/	A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
spontaneous adjective	/spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/	Self-directed; happening or acting without external cause or instigation; proceeding from natural feeling, temperament, or momentary impulse.
telephone noun	/ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/	A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to…
hire verb	/ˈhaɪɹ/	To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
communist noun	/ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/	An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
stability noun	/stəˈbɪlɪti/	The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.
interaction noun	/ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/	The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
garage noun	/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/	A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.
exclusively adverb	/ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/	to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely
shoe noun	/ˈʃu/	A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
flexible adjective	/ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/	Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
go out verb	To leave, especially a building.
have over verb	To host (a visiting guest) at one's house.
stand behind verb	To support; express one's support for, especially despite opposition; to stick with a decision.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

That's what you can see.
I have no work because I'm a rent.
I'm just from the vacation.
I don't know where I'm going today.
How did you get to it?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have just eaten · have had · have made
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	been hired · have not been passed · are structured
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction	will get · I'll come · will be
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	I'm going · I'm always standing · is going

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 31 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thumb /ˈθʌm/, thirst /θɝst/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, shoe /ˈʃu/
Long words — get the stress right: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, spontaneous /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/, stability /stəˈbɪlɪti/, interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, exclusively /ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like grandma, hungry, congratulations.

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