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3: Wo ist das Büro? | Where is the office? – Transcript
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- Christian hosts Episode 3 of German Stories where Paul and Mélie search for Anna's office in the university.
- Paul and Mélie count numbers from 1 to 12 until they find that Anna's office is number 12.
- Christian explains the possessive S in German, noting that it omits the apostrophe used in English.
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Guten Tag! Hello, welcome to German Stories. This is Episode 3. Wo ist das Büro? Where is the office? I am your host, Christian. Last time, Millie asked Paul for help. Let's see how our story continues today. This is where we will also be learning the numbers
from 1 to 12 and how to say thank you, as well as the possessive S.
Ach, wir suchen es! Okay, danke! Here is number 1. Anders Büro? Nein. Number 2? Nein. Number 3?
Ah, ah, 4, 5, 6, 9, 7, 8, 9, 9. Number 10, 11, 12. Das Büro ist Nummer 12. Danke! Bitte. And now let's
repeat the part of the story. Please speak after me. Wo ist Frau Maywald's Büro? Where is Mrs. Maywald's office? Notice how we are using the possessive S here, Frau Maywald. Hm, das Büro
von Anna Maywald? Hm, the office of Anna Maywald? Look how he said the same thing without using the possessive S, but rather the word von. Das Büro von Anna Maywald. Well, the next thing
Millie said was, ja von Anna Maywald. Wo ist S? Weiss du S? Yes, of Anna Maywald. Where
is it? Do you know it? Hm, das Büro von Anna ist Nummer 3? Hm, the office of Anna
ist Nummer 3? Oder 7? Oder 11? Ach, wir suchen S. Or 7? Or 11? Ah, come on, we look for it.
This is what he said word for word. And what he means is, let's look for it. Okay, danke. Okay, thanks. Here is Nummer 1. Anna's Büro? Nein. Here is number 1. Anna's office? No.
Nummer 2? Nein. Nummer 3? Ah, ah. Number 2? No. Number 3? Ah, ah. 4, 5, 6, 9, 4, 5, 6,
9, 7, 8, 9, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12. Das Büro ist Nummer 12. Number 10, 11, 12. The office
is number 12. Danke. Thanks. Bitte. You are welcome. Yes, bitte means either, please or you are welcome, depending on which one makes sense in the situation. Got it? Then you are awesome. We
highly recommend you to go back to the beginning and listen again to Paul and Mélie finding Anna's office. Let's look at today's little piece of grammar. The possessive S is similar to English, but Germans leave the apostrophe the little line away. In Wo ist Frau Maywald's Büro?
The ending of Maywald, there's just an S, no apostrophe. Whereas in English, where is Mrs. Maywald's office? The ending of Maywald has an apostrophe and S. And S stated earlier, you can avoid the possessive S by saying Das Büro von Frau Maywald instead of Frau Maywald's Büro.
We hope you understood what happened in today's part of the story. In any case, let me summarize it for you. Paul helps Mélie in the university and they look for Anna's office together. They find the office. What will happen when they go inside? We will soon find out.
Thank you so much for listening. Today's episode was written, directed and produced by me, Christian Leuchner, the main man behind German stories. The role of Mélie was played by Lien van. The role of Paul was played by me. German stories theme song by Esteban Del Pino.
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