Max stellt sich vor
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A1.1 · 7 of 30
Hören: Vorstellung
Lesson · 3 rules · about 3 min
Hear someone introduce themselves and catch where they are from, how old they are and what they do.
- 1Listen for the W-answers, not the words
- 2The questions follow the recording
- 3Time words sort the facts
Why this matters
Max introduces himself in a short recording that you only hear — the text stays hidden until you choose to show it. This is how most everyday listening works: someone talks about themselves, and what you need comes in the order they say it. Your job is not to understand every word. It is to catch the answers to the W-questions — woher (where from), was (what he does), wie alt (how old), wie (what something is like) — and to hold each one until the matching question comes. Watch the time words too: am Wochenende and am Abend introduce different activities, and the questions ask about one of them. Listen once for the shape, once for the details, and replay as often as you like: in real life you would simply ask 'Wie bitte?'.
Translation
Hello! My name is Max. I am a student and come from England. Now I live in Munich and I am learning German. I am twenty years old. I have a dog. My dog is called Rocky. He is small and brown. I live with two friends in a flat. At the weekend I play football and like listening to music. In the evening I often cook pasta. And who are you?
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Hören: Vorstellung · A1.1
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