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May 2013
24m 4s

CBG 1:14 | Checking into a hotel

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About this episode

In this week’s episode of Coffee Break German we’re introducing a new theme: checking into a hotel in a German-speaking area. In this lesson you’ll learn:

  • useful words and phrases for checking into a hotel;
  • the full conjugation of the verb haben in the present tense;
  • some cultural informaiton about breakfast traditions in German-speaking areas.


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