9 | Wo arbeitest du?

Where do you work?

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Talk about professions, spell names, alphabet part 3
The yes/no-question sentence & demonstrative pronouns

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Anna:Anna (name)
noun (f.) Paul Paul (name)
noun (m.) , wo where
adverb arbeitest work
verb du you
personal pronoun jetzt now; currently
adverb eigentlich actual(ly); anyways; by the way
particle ?

Anna: Paul, by the way, where do you work now?

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Ich I
personal pronoun arbeite work
verb jetzt now; currently
adverb in in; into
preposition der the (masculine)
article Bibliothek library
noun (f.) .

Paul: I work in the library now.

Anna:Anna (name)
noun (f.) Und and
conjunction ?

Anna: And?

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Na well…; so…
interjection ja yes
particle ... Ich I
personal pronoun habe have
verb viel much; a lot
pronoun Stress stress
noun (m.) ...

Paul: Well ... I have a lot of stress ...

Anna:Anna (name)
noun (f.) Oh oh
interjection . Peter Peter (name)
noun (m.) hat has
verb auch also, too, as well
adverb viel much; a lot
pronoun Stress stress
noun (m.) . Er he
personal pronoun ist is
verb Arzt (medical) doctor
noun (m.) . Christina Christina (name)
noun (f.) ist is
verb Lehrerin (female) teacher
noun (f.) . Die here: that girl
article hat has
verb viel much; a lot
pronoun Freizeit free time; leisure time; spare time
noun (f.) .

Anna: Oh. Peter also has a lot of stress. He is a doctor. Christina is a teacher, that girl has a lot of free time.

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Ja yes
particle , und and
conjunction Fritz Fritz (name)
noun (m.) ist is
verb Polizist policeman
noun (m.) . Der here: that guy
article hat has
verb viel much; a lot
pronoun Arbeit work; job; labor
noun (f.) !

Paul: Yes, and Fritz is a policeman. That guy has a lot of work!

Anna:Anna (name)
noun (f.) Ja yes
particle , wir we
personal pronoun arbeiten to work
verb viel much; a lot
pronoun .

Anna: Yes, we work a lot.

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Nur only; just; merely
adverb du you
personal pronoun nicht not
particle , du you
personal pronoun bist are
verb arbeitslos jobless; unemployed
adjective . Haha.

Paul: Only you don’t, you’re unemployed. Haha.

Anna:Anna (name)
noun (f.) Hey hey
interjection , ich I
personal pronoun bin am
verb Studentin (female) student (university)
noun (f.) und and
conjunction Kellnerin waitress
noun (f.) .

Anna: Hey, I’m a student and a waitress.

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Ja yes
particle , du you
personal pronoun arbeitest work
verb im in the
preposition Café café; coffee shop
noun (n.) . … Macht makes; does
verb Sabine Sabine (name)
noun (f.) eigentlich actual(ly); anyways; by the way
particle noch still; yet; else
adverb das the (neuter); that
article Praktikum internship
noun (n.) ?

Paul: Yes, you work in the café. ... is Sabine still doing the internship?

Anna:Anna (name)
noun (f.) Nein no
particle , sie she; they
personal pronoun ist is
verb jetzt now; currently
adverb Verkäuferin (female) shop assistant; saleswoman; seller
noun (f.) . Sabines Sabine's
noun Mann man; husband / Man! (wow!)
noun (m.) ist is
verb Informatiker computer specialist
noun (m.) .

Anna: No, she is now a saleswoman. Sabine‘s husband is a computer scientist.

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Ist is
verb sie she; they
personal pronoun verheiratet married
adjective ? Und and
conjunction wie how / like; as (comparison)
adverb heißt is called
verb er he
personal pronoun ?

Paul: Is she married? And what ‘s his name?

Anna:Anna (name)
noun (f.) Michail Michail (name)
noun (m.) Kudrjawzew Kudrjawzew (last name)
noun .

Anna: Michail Kudrjawzew.

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Kannst can
verb du you
personal pronoun das the (neuter); that
article bitte please; you're welcome
particle buchstabieren to spell
verb ?

Paul: Can you please spell that?

Anna:Anna (name)
noun (f.) M m
alphabet i i
alphabet c c
alphabet h h
alphabet a a
alphabet i i
alphabet l l
alphabet K k
alphabet u u
alphabet d d
alphabet r r
alphabet j j
alphabet a a
alphabet w w
alphabet z z
alphabet e e
alphabet w w
alphabet

Anna: M i c h a i l K u d r j a w z e w

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Wow wow
interjection ! Das the (neuter); that
article ist is
verb ein a
article Name name
noun (m.) !

Paul: Wow! That’s a name!

Anna:Anna (name)
noun (f.) Paul Paul (name)
noun (m.) , warum why
adverb hast have
verb du you
personal pronoun in in; into
preposition der the (masculine)
article Bibliothek library
noun (f.) eigentlich actual(ly); anyways; by the way
particle viel much; a lot
pronoun Stress stress
noun (m.) ?

Anna: Paul, why do you have a lot of stress in the library anyways?

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Der the (masculine)
article Chef boss
noun (m.) macht makes; does
verb Stress stress
noun (m.) .

Paul: The boss causes stress.

Anna:Anna (name)
noun (f.) Und and
conjunction warum why
adverb macht makes; does
verb er he
personal pronoun Stress stress
noun (m.) ?

Anna: And why is he stressing?

Paul:Paul (name)
noun (m.) Ich I
personal pronoun war was
verb nicht not
particle pünktlich punctual; on time
adjective .

Paul: I wasn’t on time.

Anna:Anna (name)
noun (f.) Oh oh
interjection Paul Paul (name)
noun (m.) !

Anna: Oh Paul!

New words

arbeiten
to work

du arbeitest
you work

arbeitslos
jobless; unemployed

der Arzt
the doctor

die Bibliothek
the library

du bist
you are

buchstabieren
to spell

der Chef
the boss

Christina
Christina (name)

die Freizeit
the free time

er, sie, es hat
he, she, it has

im
in the

der Informatiker
the computer specialist

jetzt
now; currently

die Kellnerin
the waitress

die Lehrerin
the teacher (female)

der Mann
the man; husband

Michail Kudrjawzew
Michail Kudrjawzew (first and last name)

na ja…
well…

der Name
the name

Peter
Peter (name)

der Polizist
the policeman

das Praktikum
the internship

pünktlich
punctual; on time

Sabine
Sabine (name)

der Stress
the stress

die Studentin
the student (female)

die Verkäuferin
the saleswoman

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Hint

It’s in der Bibliothek, even though the dictionary says it’s die Bibliothek. And it’s im Café (not ~~in der Café~~). You don’t need to worry too much about the reason behind that. Just learn these phrases as fixed phrases for now. We’ll explain the reason soon enough, from lesson 54 onwards.

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fsantanadf says:

February 9, 2023 at 12:39 AM

Hi Christian!
“Christina ist Lehrerin. Die hat viel Freizeit.” and “Fritz ist Polizist. Der hat viel Arbeit.” – Why not “Sie hat viel Freizeit” and “Er hat viel Arbeit”?

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1. german-stories.com says:
  
  February 9, 2023 at 8:00 AM
  
  Hi Flavio!
  This is explanied in the grammar of this lesson: https://german-stories.com/exercise-4-for-lesson-9/
  You could write “he has a lot of work” = “er hat viel Arbeit” (using substitute pronouns from lesson 8) instead of “that guy has a lot of work” = “der hat viel Arbeit” (using demonstrative pronouns from this lesson). It would not be inherently wrong but it would have a different connotation. The difference between the 2 versions is pretty small.
  Kind regards
  Christian