4.5 Spaß mit meinen Freunden – Was machen wir?

Hallo allerseits!

Zum Aufwärmen machen wir unseren Tagesminiplausch und eine Wiederholung.

Wiederholung

In the previous lesson, you learned how to describe the size of your Freundeskreis and how to say how often you hang out with your friends. Let’s review what you have learned.

Jetzt bist du dran!

Wie groß ist dein Freundeskreis? Wie oft trefft ihr euch? Answer the questions in your written journal, noting the size of your Freundeskreis and how often you meet up with your friends (wenig oder oft).

Infografik: Was treibt die Jugend von heute? | StatistaLektionsüberblick

As you can see from the chart, hanging out with friends (soziale Kontakte knüpfen/pflegen = making and maintaining social contacts) is a number one priority for today’s youth. When you make plans with friends, you decide what you are going to do, when you are going to do it, and where you will meet. The next two lessons will prepare you to make plans for fun. In this lesson, we will discuss how to convey the enjoyment of hanging out with friends and we will look at kinds of typical activities. In the end, you will be able to 1) recognize the language of fun, 2) name some fun going out activities, and 3) name some fun staying in activities.

1) Reden über Spaß

Hanging out with friends should be easy and fun, talking about fun in German ist not always easy. Not because Germans do not know how to have fun, but because, in German, nothing *is* fun. You either have fun (Spaß haben) or something is fun for you (das macht mir Spaß). The closest you can get to saying that something *is* fun is to say “that was fun” (das war lustig). If you try to use lustig with *is*, then the meaning shifts.

das ist lustig = that is funny

…which brings us back to Spaß haben and Spaß machen.

Let’s look at some examples of ways to say you have fun watching Netflix. Notice when haben is used and when machen is used.

 

Netflix-Schauen macht mir Spaß.

Ich habe Spaß beim Netflix-Schauen.

 Couple watching Netflix

Let’s look at some examples of ways to say you have fun at concerts.

People at a concert Konzerte machen mir Spaß.

Ich habe Spaß beim Konzert.

 

The focus of the above examples was Ich/mir. But sometimes having fun is a we thing. Practice these sentences that use wir (we) and uns (us).

 

 

Jetzt bist du dran!

Was macht dir Spaß? Do you like concerts or watching Netflix? In other words, what is fun for you? Write down one of the sentences that you learned to say that you have fun doing.
Now record this in German in your audio journal. 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) Was machen wir? – Ausgehen!

Read and listen.

Kleiner Hinweis

German is pretty efficient!

Wir gehen aus can mean

  • We go out.
  • We are going out.
  • We will go out.*

*In second year German, you will learn the other way to say “we will go out”.

 

Jetzt bist du dran!

Was machen wir? Wir gehen aus! In your written journal, write down the activity that you would like to do if you were going out with friends, using the activity as your model.
Then record yourself saying the activity aloud. 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.

3) Was machen wir? – Daheim bleiben!

Read and listen.

 

Using your knowledge of cognates and previous German experience…

Jetzt bist du dran!

Was machen wir? Wir bleiben daheim! In your written journal, write down the activity that you would like to do if you were staying in with friends.
Then record yourself saying the activity aloud. 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.

 

Zum Schluß

In this lesson, you learned how to 1) recognize the language of fun, 2) name some fun going out activities, and 3) name some fun staying in activities. If you are feeling unsure about any part, go back to that section and review.
Was macht dir Spaß? Answer the question in your written journal by reviewing all of the activities in this lesson and noting which ones you enjoy doing. Use the language modeled in #1.
Was machen wir heute Abend? Imagine you are talking to your friends in German about hanging out tonight. What do you want to do together?  Will you go out (ausgehen) or stay in (daheim bleiben)? What activity or activities will you choose? Answer the question in your written journal.
When you are done, choose one or both parts of the journal entry to record. Or meet up with a classmate and record together, making a dialogue.

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

 

 

 

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