Coffee Break German Advanced – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to the final episode of Coffee Break German Season 3. In this episode we conclude our story series "Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein" by listening to Marian tell Lucie his news and then the two share a big hug. This last episode is packed full of grammar topics which have been covered in the story so far like the pluperfect, the past passive and as always lots of useful German expressions and new vocabulary. Listen out for the interesting expression eine Party schmeißen.

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We're back with the penultimate episode of Coffee Break German Season 3! In this instalment of our story series “Ein Zwilling studiert selten allein” Marian receives another email about his future. In this episode listen out for a different way to emphasise adjectives in German and the apt idiom über den Berg sein.

If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break German Season 3 course on the Coffee Break Academy.

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Join Mark and Andrea to review all of the key points covered throughout episodes 21 to 29. From the passive, to ordinal numbers, the subjunctive and more, this episode is essential to cement your understanding of these tricky grammar points!

If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break German Season 3 course on the Coffee Break Academy.

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In this episode of Coffee Break German Mark and Andrea are continuing to focus on the subjunctive, more specifically they are discussing how to make hypothetical statements, like conditionals and wishes. We'll learn to use the subjunctive with wenn/falls, with inversion, and take a look at the subjunctive in the past to express impossible conditionals and wishes. As usual, we hear some examples in context by listening to a dialogue of a family debating their next holiday!

If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break German Season 3 course on the Coffee Break Academy.

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Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break German Season 3! In this episode we are continuing our learning of the subjunctive. We review what we already know and then go on to learn how to make suggestions and give advice in German. Our dialogue for this episode is based on a letter to an agony aunt from a concerned mother, this will give you the opportunity to hear plenty of examples of the subjunctive in context. As always listen out for some interesting vocabulary such as: Rat (m), hart mit and vorschlagen.

If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break German Season 3 course on the Coffee Break Academy.

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We are back with a new episode of Coffee Break German Season 3! In this episode we are introducing the subjunctive, a big milestone for German learners! Specifically, we are learning how to express wishes and dreams with the subjunctive. We hear some examples of it in the context of a diary entry and as always, we learn some interesting vocabulary mentioned throughout the episode.

If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break German Season 3 course on the Coffee Break Academy.

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In this episode of Coffee Break German Season 3 we are focusing on another range of connectors such as: entweder… oder, sowohl…. als auch, sowie, sondern, weder…..noch. In this episode's dialogue, we hear characters Sabine and Thomas as they discuss living somewhere new. Listen out for some vocabulary used throughout the dialogue like: auf dem Land (n), Vorort (m) and Verkehrsverbindung (f).

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Welcome to a new episode of Coffee Break German Season 3! In this episode we are introducing the gerund, as well as using the gerund as an adjective. We also learn a bit about Zurich from a travel article and listen out for some vocabulary from the article such as: Hauptstadt (f), Alpenstaat (m) and klirrende Kälte (f).

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We are back with a new episode of Coffee Break German Season 3! In this episode we are learning about using the past participle as an adjective. You may already know the rules of adjectives in German and this knowledge will help to enhance your understanding of this new topic. We listen to a recipe for delicious biscuits called "Spitzbuben" and hear plenty of baking-themed vocabulary such as: Puderzucker, Teig and frisch gebacken.

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We're back with another episode of Coffee Break German Season 3 and we are revisiting the topic of ordinal numbers! Although this is a topic you may already be familiar with from the beginning of your learning experience, today we are focusing on something new by looking at capitalisation. We will also look at superlatives that are used in the same way as ordinal numbers. We hear a dialogue between two people discussing a holiday and listen out for the vocabulary unbedingt, Flughafenbus (m) and innerhalb von.

If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a translation challenge, you can access the full Coffee Break German Season 3 course on the Coffee Break Academy.

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