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Summary
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This transcript captures a conversation between German students learning English and their teacher. The students appear to be at an intermediate level (approximately B1-B2), as they can maintain basic conversations but still struggle with certain grammar points and vocabulary. The discussion covers various personal experiences including home repairs, attending a wedding, and current events such as the Wirecard scandal. Throughout the conversation, the teacher helps correct grammar mistakes, introduces new vocabulary, and explains language concepts such as the difference between “few” and “little” or the proper use of verb tenses.
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New Vocabulary
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- Roofer – a person whose job is to repair or build roofs
- Ladder – a piece of equipment used for climbing up and down, consisting of two long pieces connected by steps
- Installation – the process of putting something in place so it can be used
- Heater – a device that produces heat
- Patchwork (family) – a family that includes children from previous relationships
- Infrastructure – the basic systems and structures that a country or organization needs to work properly
- Modernization – the process of updating something to make it suitable for modern needs
- Safety aspect – the part that deals with keeping something safe
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Grammar Points
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- Past simple vs present perfect – When talking about a completed action in the past, use the past simple (e.g., “The ladder didn’t come” not “The ladder doesn’t come”)
- “Few” vs “little” – “Few” is used with countable nouns (e.g., “We have very few parties”), while “little” is used with uncountable nouns (e.g., “We have very little time”)
- Present perfect formation – “We didn’t have” is the correct past simple, not “We haven’t”
- Passive voice construction – Using “needs to be repaired” instead of “needs a reparation”
- Quantifiers – When talking about positive things, use “a lot of” instead of “many” for uncountable nouns
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Transcript
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My, my, my plan was with a roofer together, with a roofer, we make together installation of roof. And um-
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On the roof?
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On the roof. On the roof. On the roof. And you haven’t this ladder.
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We didn’t have a ladder. We didn’t have a ladder.
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Didn’t have.
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We didn’t have. A ladder. A ladder. Ladder is ladder.
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Leather?
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Ladder. Leather is leder. Leder. Okay. Leder. Uh, book. Ah, leder. Yeah, leder. Nicht leder, sondern leder. Okay. Um, we didn’t have a ladder. We have ordered a ladder, and, uh, um, the ladder doesn’t come.
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Mm. Didn’t come.
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Didn’t come, genau, didn’t come. And, um, yeah. That was…
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Mm-hmm. That. Okay.
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Um, we, we, also on the roof is, or on the roof is, um, is a, um, heat, um-
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Heater.
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Heater. Okay. And the heater, uh, needs a repar- reparation?
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Repro- Needs to, needs to be repaired.
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Yeah. Needs to be repaired. Mm-hmm. And, um, the roofer helped me, uh, safe to the place.
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Mm-hmm. Helped me come safe to the place.
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Okay. Ja? Und, um, but we haven’t ladder.
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Okay.
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Ja. Um, new, um, new part is on, um, on, uh, Wednesday.
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Okay. Ja? New part arrives.
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Ja. Content? Ja. Ja. New part arrives on Wednesday.
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Okay. Ja, nice. Yeah. We went also on the sat- on Saturday, we went to a wedding with a friend.
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Ooh.
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Ja, really, really nice. Well, not the wedding. The wedding was in the daytime, and we went to the party afterwards.
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Ah, okay. Ja. Okay. In a beautiful place in Petzow.
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Petzow? Ja. Ja. Petzow where I know. You go to fish in Petzow. Petzow. I know. And there’s like this, um, and there’s like this, uh- Ja. Petzow like blah, blah, blah.
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Blah, blah, blah. And, uh, at the back is like a café with a terrace.
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Yeah. And then a little gr- a garden, and then-
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Ja.
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The lake right there.
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Ja. It was beautiful.
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Ja. Wow. Amazing. I know this.
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Yeah? Ja, ja, ja. Ja. Wonderful place. Ja. Really nice party, too. Fine. Also, I drive with, um, a motorbike-
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Mm-hmm.
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Uh, around. Ah, okay. Ja, ja. And, um, ja. Ja, nice. Und, uh, um, the friend says, also, has his wedding?
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Uh, he got married, ja.
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Got married. Got married. Got married. And this is the programmer of, a programmer that Mia works with together for a long time.
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Ah. And I know him a little bit as well.
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Okay. Ja. Really nice guy. Ja. Cool. Ja, and it was really funny ’cause we met then, we didn’t, we didn’t know anybody at the wedding. Ja. ‘Cause we always just knew him as the programmer. Ja. And so we met all his friends, and like, it’s really nice to kind of see the kind of people-
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Ja.
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That he hung out with and had like different groupings of friends. Ja. And then I learned that he was in the squat scene in Potsdam in the ’90s. And so there were all these Potsdam squatters.
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Now, like 50. Ja. And, uh, ja, then there’s also like the tech guys, you know, then there’s like the weird family, you know. Ah. Ja. Oh, hetero again. Ja, ja. Cool. Ja, it was really nice. And then, ’cause he’s like getting married. So he’s had previous relationships and maybe was married as well, so he’s like got one daughter from one family, another son from another. Ja. And she was also, so she’s got like two children from another. It’s like a real patchwork.
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Ah, okay. Ja, and it was really, ja. And, uh, your children, uh, was, uh-
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No. No. No. Only- Just me and Mia. Ja. Okay. Only you. Okay. Mm-hmm. Ja. Very nice. Ja. Super. And very funny band. Really cool band.
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Ja? They were like, I don’t know, they were like funny old guys-
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Ja.
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And played amazingly. There was the three, like real good. Yeah. Like But then they played like, um-
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Jazz? No, they didn’t… They played kind of like, uh, they had like, the one guy had like a French horn. Ja. And the other guy had a smaller French horn. Ja. But the other guy had a fr- big French horn and a weird drum kit. Ah. And then there was like a normal boom, boom drum. Ja. But then instead of a snare, then there was like a, he had like a little two drumsticks as a, that he could hit. Ja. And then that would went on like a, a, a And then the other guy had like a, a, a lap guitar.
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Guitar. Okay. And then the other guy had like a … A funny guy. It was really funny. But they were playing like Abba-
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Ja.
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A-ha. Ah, cool. And so it was like … A polka. A polka with everything, you know. Ja. A-ha and Madonna and- Cool. Greece and ja. Ja, really, really cool. Ja, that’s a, that’s a nice time. Um-Yeah. And how long, uh, uh, he has played?
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They played for about, what, three hours.
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Three hours? Yeah, hours. And they were almost done it’s like… More and more as it were. In the beginning like three or four couples… Midnight. Yeah, it’s, uh, it’s nice. It’s schön.
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Super. Yeah, really nice. Schön, ja. Mm-hmm. Um… Isa. Um, it’s not the same,”}
