Moin!

Let’s warm up with our daily small talk (Tagesminiplausch) and a brief review (Wiederholung) !

Wiederholung

In the previous lesson, you learned the many colors that make up the murals in Laramie and how to say that you like something. Review these concepts with these activities.

Lektionsüberblick

When you are in a German-speaking country, it is expected and useful to compare the new things you are seeing and experiencing with what you already know. In the previous lesson, we connected our budding German language skills to the world around us, specifically to the murals in Laramie. In this lesson, we will connect our world in Laramie to Austria, specifically to the colorful street art in Vienna, Austria (Wien, Österreich). In the end, you will be able to 1) say what you do not like, and 2) ask someone if they (do not) like something.

Street-Art in Wien

Vienna (Wien, auf Deutsch) has an impressive array of public art adorning the city’s walls, buildings, and subway stations. In fact, the city government supports many initiatives to foster public art, including the Vienna Wall Project and Calle Libre, the largest festival dedicated to street art in Central Europe. Let’s learn some basic ways to discuss street art in Vienna. (Source: Vienna Now and Forever/ Street Art in Vienna: Color Burst)

1) How to say what you don’t like

Can you guess from the dialogue between Sofia and Matteo under each photo below how to say that you don’t like something?

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Sofia: Mir gefällt das Wandbild. Matteo: Mir gefällt das Wandbild nicht.	Sofia: Mir gefällt das Wandbild. Matteo: Mir gefällt das Wandbild nicht. Mir gefallen beide Wandbilder nicht.

Let’s practice!

Jetzt bist du dran!

You are walking the streets of Vienna and you see these murals.

Looking at them from left to right, write down a statement for each whether you like the mural or not. Then record yourself while looking at the murals from left to right and saying whether your like each mural (or not). If you can do it immediately without reading, that’s great! Otherwise, practice saying it a couple times before recording. Or rerecord, if you are not satisfied.

2) How to ask someone if they like something

​Take a look at the conversations beneath each piece of artwork and read along. What do you notice?​

Sofia: Mir gefällt das Wandbild. Gefällt es dir? Matteo: Nein. Mir gefällt das Wandbild nicht.	Sofia: Mir gefällt das Wandbild. Und dir? Matteo: Nein. Mir gefällt das Wandbild nicht. Mir gefallen beide Wandbilder nicht.

You’ve previously learned that you can ask a question back by saying “Und du?”

Our “magic question” does not work for the question “Gefällt … dir?”

But we can take the structure and swap in the new word -> Just like there is a “dir” here instead of the “du” in questions we discussed so far (Wie heißt du? Wie alt bist du?), the “Und du?” becomes “Und dir?“

Let’s Practice!

*As you conclude this lesson, don’t forget to check Canvas!*

Media Attributions

• Color activities from Willkommen: Deutsch für alle, licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International License
• Images of East Side Gallery from Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC-SA and CC0 International License