Shadowing Practice: Understand Real German from the Streets (Erfurt 🇩🇪) - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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We are just in Erfurt.
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We are just in Erfurt.
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Where is it?
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In Thüringen.
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We are going to ask what people have here today.
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Let's go!
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What have you today?
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What have you today?
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It's very banal.
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It's not for big stories.
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I'm going to go to the Bahnhof and go to the H&M.
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I'm here job.
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But a good job job.
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What are you doing today?
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We'll come with.
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Learn.
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Is someone writing my job for the university?
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I'll take it.
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We'll ask.
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What do you study?
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Germanistik and history.
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That's a good thing.
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I don't.
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I have a lot of holidays.
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I'll bake later a little bit of a cookie,
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because my sister will have tomorrow.
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What do you have today?
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I want to go to the museum's Naturkundemuseum and then to meet a dinner party.
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Is Erfurt a special museum's naturekundemuseum?
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I don't know.
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But there is a show for the history of the history of the behavior.
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And that interests you?
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I'm meeting a good friend,
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we drink beer together and we're going to talk about different topics.
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We're going to talk about living in different topics.
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That's fantastic.
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I'm playing with a trumpet and playing with a player.
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Ah, as a hobby.
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And going to sport.
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How long have you played these instruments?
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16 years.
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I love both instruments.
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I learned also the piano,
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but I'm not a regular.
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That's important to learn regular.
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Then it's also good.
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And you can see it too.
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What do you have today?
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Good question.
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Have a nice day.
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We were just here on the Rummel and before we were just a little bit.
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And it can only be better.
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That's a good day.
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You have just been traveling?
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Yes, we are free.
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I'm sick by the Marmageddon?
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No, of course not.
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I have free hours.
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We were yesterday at a concert.
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From which band?
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Christian Löffler, DJ.
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We are here because we are here for the 10th birthday.
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Congratulations!
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Our Rosen-Hochzeit.
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And so we are here for a day and two nights in Erfurt.
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Toll.
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And why did you come to Erfurt?
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We were already a few times in Erfurt,
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but we found it very nice here.
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We were at the hotel at the Krämerbrücke and we went on the Krämerbrücke.
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It didn't work, but we are here and we are a little bit and tomorrow we are back.
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What have you had for points?
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We just go through the city and go into the small houses.
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We were at the old synagogue and now we want to go to Petersburg.
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We want to go to the glass of the stairs.
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We don't know what to do.
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What do you want to do today?
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I'm actually here to go a little to buy a little.
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What do you want to buy?
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Have you already found something?
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I'm looking for my son, who needs some clothes.
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He doesn't have time or doesn't like it.
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He doesn't come with you and you're looking for him?
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Yes.
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That's a good idea, that my wife likes it.
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What do you have today?
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I was at the Friseur and I'm going to go home.
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Good, it's beautiful.
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What do you have today?
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I'll take a walk with my children with my child.
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My daughter comes from the training camp.
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We wash a bit of a bit.
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What kind of training camp?
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I'm in the Leichtathletics.
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Do they go to the gym or do they go to the gym?
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My children are very good at home.
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We live outside of Erfurt.
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heavily impacted and was hast du heute noch vor gibt es eine feier heute abend oder
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der opa besucher oder was auch immer eher weniger betreffend senza
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nachher nach der arbeit meistens wo wir uns immer treffen klein venedig das ist
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so eine ecke wo sehr international sind
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so wohl auch viel die linkere szene unterwegs wurde dann bock
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ich sie aus vielen nationen leute treffen gemeinsam zeit erleben gemeinsam
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ein bierchen trinken zu meinen am chuymachen auch einfach die zeit I have to enjoy the same time.
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That makes me so much more valuable,
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where we meet culture and experience culture.
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Fantastic!
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Janosch, as you went to Germany,
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how did you learn German?
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I went to school 8 months, every day 8 hours.
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English, English.
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Heutzutage is very flexible online.
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You can learn with our sponsor italki,
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regardless of where you are,
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and learn to every hour.
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There are hundreds of German teachers.
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You can find someone who fits you,
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to combine your language and your language individually.
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Janusz has tried it to try it out.
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Another interesting topic is the name of the country.
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With or without articles?
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Yes, yes.
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I live in Germany.
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In Germany, right?
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Okay, if we now take the country,
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how would we say it?
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Yes, I know that.
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It's always in Turkey.
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But here we don't drive,
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but in our example we use the verb SEIN.
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How is it with the verb SEIN?
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Also, you were already...
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In the Turkey.
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Exactly, with IN and DER in the Latinx.
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We know from my own experience how a personal education is at italki.
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Also, try it out.
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The link is below.
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We didn't have to much time.
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Here at Petersburg has a fantastic view over the city.
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What did you do today?
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We met each other again.
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We haven't seen each other.
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Where do you know?
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Studium, WG, Erfurt.
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I worked at 4am now.
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And then I worked at 8am.
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And then I studied.
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And then I studied at 4am.
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You are taping.
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What did you do today?
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I was at my mom in the hospital and not,
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I just have to do for children,
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to be honest, like you said,
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putz and wore pushes on.
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We were out at the park no願い to make just theaces a event.
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What is that хочет?
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Yes, behind it on the bed, on the top.
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We have taken a spy picture,
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we have got a wallet.
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Or I have got another set of my tearsie stuff next time.
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fantastic I was with my dad here,
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he comes from Serbia, to visit us now.
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We were a bit in the city,
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shopping, and giving money out.
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We were in IKEA, for 2 hours.
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Yes, 3 hours.
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To eat or to buy furniture?
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To buy furniture with the kids.
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Our daughter renovated the kids and needed a few Deko-Articles.
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I'm just just a time with enough work if I'm a little CEO ingrossary
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artwork I'm of emergency to have just just changed my other artwork in the unseren oven Yeah.
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We are going to pack things,
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because we will go to the next time.
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Oh, cool.
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Where are you going?
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Montenegro.
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Montenegro.
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How come you come to Montenegro?
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Zufall.
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How long do you stay in the Urlaub?
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Until next Saturday.
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What is in Montenegro?
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Me.
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Me.
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And what have you done today?
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I worked as a student and studied in Rechtswissenschaft.
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And you want to be an attorney?
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Yes, that's the subject of language is a important thing,
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because we communicate every day.
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Do you have any specific area that you interested in?
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In Franchise-Recht, actually.
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So these American-Systems, which we have since 70, 60 years in Germany.
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The Golden M was the first here in Germany.
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Okay, I'm going to get a famous Erfurter Eis.
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Mmmmm.
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Oh my God.
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It's really good.
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Let's try it.
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Here we are now on the Crémer Brücke.
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This is actually the only one with houses built in Europe.
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This is actually a brick that leads to the Gera.
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The bridge is quite old.
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I think it was about 1325.
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She was built in her current form.
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She is called Cremerbrücke, because here were in these houses.
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Cremer is a synonym for Händler.
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What do you like in Erfurt?
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I like the old buildings,
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the Crema Brücke, the city, the Dom.
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It's always nice to be here.
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Do you have any tips or advice for us?
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Petersburg is my new tip.
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In the last years, there is so much happened.
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If you look at the new Steg,
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you can see the new building on the Dom.
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There are many great events on the Petersburg.
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That's my tip.
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What do you like to do in Erfurt?
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The beautiful Altstadt, great architecture and a central place in Germany.
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Have you a suggestion for us?
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the dome in Erfurt on all the way to look at it.
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And in Kremerbrücke, generally the old town and the parks.
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I say it very much, because it's really nice.
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Eger Park, generally the Luisen Park,
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there are wonderful parks where you can go along.
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You can see a little bit and you're pretty clean.
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Also, of course, the winter is mainly the winter.
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The Christmas market is very nice,
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Then the theater behind us is very nice.
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And the park there.
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What can you see here?
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The Domplatz.
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The Dom is very nice.
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And you can go very well.
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I'm really excited.
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What do you like at Erfurt?
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The culture, the people, the creme of ice.
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The people are really friendly here.
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I really liked it.
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I can't believe that.
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There is a lot of people.
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What I find is the Petersburg with the Erfurter Dom.
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But also the Fishmarkt.
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Then we have the little Venedig.
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There is a lot of people here.
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The Angerplatz.
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It's pretty nice everywhere.
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Even if there are many buildings,
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but still it's very nice.
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What about you?
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What about you?
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My favorite restaurant is 445.
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That's a good idea.
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And then...
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Aperol in the Kuh Haus Simone.
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Or bouldern.
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Just a bit of a place.
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Just a bit of a place of the Ecken of Erfurt.
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You can see the tourist hotspots There are many small pieces of art,
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and there are many small pieces of art.
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There are many small pieces of art,
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and there are many small pieces of art.
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There are many pieces of art,
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which are also made to be made.
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Janusz, what did you like to do in Erfurt?
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The people, with whom I speak.
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Many people visit to Erfurt.
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They live in some areas.
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and are super warm, lovely, open people.
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It's so beautiful.
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Which city should we visit next time?
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Write a comment.
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And if you want to learn German with us and the Easy German team,
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you will be a member of Easy German.
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On easygerman.org.
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There are all the information you can find.
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See you soon!
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here we go.
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In this lesson, you will focus on english speaking practice through authentic conversations captured on the streets of Erfurt, Germany. By engaging with real-life dialogues, you will not only improve your listening skills but also enhance your ability to reproduce natural speech patterns. This exercise serves as an excellent way to improve english pronunciation as you imitate the speakers' intonation and rhythm. Through the various topics discussed, such as daily activities, hobbies, and studies, you will expand your vocabulary and feel more confident in engaging in similar conversations.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Bahnhof - train station
- H&M - a popular clothing store
- Germanistik - German studies
- Naturkundemuseum - natural history museum
- God job - referring to a good job opportunity
- Dinner party - a social gathering for dinner
- Trumpet - a brass musical instrument
- Regular practice - consistent practice of skills or hobbies
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