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Mar 2014
23m 34s

CBG 1:32 | Gibt es einen Bus dorthin?

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Mark has travelled to Austria to put his German into practice with his cohost, native speaker Thomas. This week they are travelling into the town centre from Innsbruck airport and Mark has a conversation with the person working at the information desk in the airport to find out how best to get into the centre of town. Coming up in this lesson…

  • review ways to ask for directions in German;
  • learn new ways to ask for information;
  • find out about the comparative form of adjectives in German;
  • test your understanding by listening to a conversation.


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