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Oct 2013
29m 51s

CBG 1:27 | Talking about your work

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In this lesson you’ll learn to talk about birthdays and jobs with your new German-speaking friends. Coming up:



  • how to say dates in German;
  • how to talk about your date of birth;
  • to talk about your job and say where you work;
  • to use certain prepositions which can use the accusative or dative cases depending on the situation;
  • about the Austrian capital, Vienna.


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