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Welcome to Episode 47 of our B1 German series! Today, Anna and Lukas are daydreaming about winning the lottery. To talk
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Hello dear dreamers, welcome to Lesson 47. I am Anna and I am Lukas, the future millionaire. Anna, look at this lottery ticket.
Oh Lukas, if you waste your money on the lottery, you'll stay poor forever. Oh, don't say that. Um, that's an investment in my future, and that's exactly our topic for today's discussion, right? Today we have a very clear
mission. We want to, um, decipher one of the absolute biggest stumbling blocks of German grammar for English speakers.
Exactly. And because grammar alone can sometimes be a bit dry, we're combining it with the best topic in the world. With a lot of money, in other words, with dreams. Right. We're looking at the vocabulary around the topic of luck and wealth. And you, who are
listening right now, surely know this. You imagine what you would do if you were suddenly infinitely rich. Oh yes, I do that all the time. Today we're using this thought experiment to, yes, to understand how German conditional sentences really work, because there is
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📖 Vocabulary
Key vocabulary from this episode with part of speech, meaning, and example sentences. Practice along with the video above.
to be able to afford something
Wenn ich reich bin, kann ich mir alles leisten.
| Word | Type | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| der Lottoschein | Nomen (m.) | lottery ticket | Lukas kauft einen Lottoschein. |
| verschwenden | Verb | to waste | Man sollte kein Geld verschwenden. |
| die Investition | Nomen (f.) | investment | Das ist eine Investition in die Zukunft. |
| die Stolperfalle | Nomen (f.) | pitfall, stumbling block | Die Grammatik kann eine Stolperfalle sein. |
| der Wortschatz | Nomen (m.) | vocabulary | Wir lernen neuen Wortschatz. |
| der Gewinn | Nomen (m.) | win, profit | Der Gewinn im Lotto ist groß. |
| der Tagtraum | Nomen (m.) | daydream | Ich habe oft Tagträume vom Reisen. |
| sich etwas leisten können | Verb (Reflexiv) | to be able to afford something | Wenn ich reich bin, kann ich mir alles leisten. |
| Pech haben | Redewendung | to have bad luck | Manchmal hat man einfach Pech. |
| entschlüsseln | Verb | to decipher, to unlock | Wir wollen die Grammatik entschlüsseln. |
✏️ Exercises
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___ kommst du nach Hause?
___ ich Zeit habe, besuche ich dich.
Wähle die richtige Form: Wenn ich Geld ___, kaufe ich ein Auto.
Lukas hat einen ____ gekauft, um Millionär zu werden.
Was bedeutet 'sich etwas leisten können'?
Er hat viel Geld für unnötige Dinge ____.
Wähle die richtige Satzstruktur: Wenn es regnet, ___ wir zu Hause.
___ du Geburtstag hast, feiern wir groß.
Das Gegenteil von 'Glück haben' ist ____.
Wenn ich im Lotto ____, mache ich eine Weltreise.
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