LESSON TRANSCRIPT

3-Minute German S1 #1
Self Introduction

CONTENTS
2 Body
4 Cultural Insight
4 Outro

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Eric: Welcome to GermanPod101.com. T his is 3-Minute German, Season 1, Lesson 1
- Self Introduction. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to introduce yourself in German.

BODY

Eric: Here's the informal way to say 'Hi I'm Albert.' in German.

Albert: [Normal] Hallo, ich heiße Albert.

Eric: First is the word meaning 'Hi'

Albert: [Normal] Hallo [Slow] Hallo

Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I'

Albert: [Normal] ich [Slow] ich

Eric: Next is the word meaning 'am'

Albert: [Normal] heiße [Slow] heiße

Eric: Last comes the name, 'Albert'

Albert: [Normal] Albert [Slow] Albert

Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Hi I'm Albert.'

Albert: [Slow] Hallo, ich heiße Albert. [Normal] Hallo, ich heiße Albert.

Eric: Ok, now let's see the formal way to say 'Good day, I'm Albert Metz.'

Albert: [Normal] Guten T ag, ich heiße Albert Metz.

Eric: First is a word meaning 'Good day'

Albert: [Normal] Guten T ag [Slow] Guten T ag

Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I'

Albert: [Normal] ich [Slow] ich

Eric: Next is the word meaning 'am'

Albert: [Normal] heiße [Slow]

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heiße

Eric: Last is the word meaning 'Albert Metz’, the person's full name

Albert: [Normal] Albert Metz [Slow] Albert Metz

Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Good day, I'm Albert Metz.'

Albert: [Slow] Guten T ag, ich heiße Albert Metz. [Normal] Guten T ag, ich heiße Albert
Metz.

Eric: Following is the informal way to say 'Nice to meet you.'

Albert: [Normal] Schön, dich kennenzulernen.

Eric: First is the word meaning 'pleasure'

Albert: [Normal] Schön [Slow] Schön

Eric: Next is the word meaning 'you (informal)'

Albert: [Normal] dich [Slow] dich

Eric: Last is the word meaning 'to know you'

Albert: [Normal] kennenzulernen [Slow] kennenzulernen

Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Nice to meet you.'

Albert: [Slow] Schön, dich kennenzulernen. [Normal] Schön, dich kennenzulernen.

Eric: Finally is a formal way to say 'Nice to meet you.'

Albert: [Normal] Schön, Sie kennenzulernen.

Eric: First is the word meaning 'pleasure'

Albert: [Normal] Schön [Slow] Schön

Eric: Next is the word meaning 'you (formal)'

Albert: [Normal] Sie [Slow] Sie

Eric: Last is the word meaning 'to know

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you'

Albert: [Normal] kennenzulernen [Slow] kennenzulernen

Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Nice to meet you.'

Albert: [Slow] Schön, Sie kennenzulernen. [Normal] Schön, Sie kennenzulernen.

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.

Albert: When you introduce yourself, it's good manners to shake hands. If you are not
sure whether to use schön, dich kennenzulernen or schön, Sie kennenzulernen just say
simply sehr erfreut.

If you use the correct sentence with German people, they’ll definitely be impressed!

OUTRO

Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll
see you in the next lesson!

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