6.3 Weder Fisch noch Fleisch – oder doch?

Servus!

Zum Aufwärmen machen wir unseren Tagesminiplausch und eine Wiederholung.

Wiederholung

In the previous lesson, you learned to talk about vegetables. Let’s review what you have learned.

Jetzt bist du dran!

Welches Gemüse isst du gern? Welches Gemüse isst du nicht gern? Let’s review veggies. In your written journal, write down a couple of your favorite vegetables. Then write down a couple of your least favorite vegetables. Finally, what’s a vegetable that you did not like as a child? Write that word down now in your written journal.

Lektionsüberblick

If something cannot be clearly categorized, it is said to be weder Fisch noch Fleisch (neither fish nor meat – the English saying is neither fish nor fowl). We could also use these words to describe what a vegetarian eats. This lesson is all about different kinds of (in the US) typically consumed eiweishaltige Lebensmittel (protein-rich foods) including fish, meat, other animal products, and other foods. In the end, you will be able to 1) recognize words for eiweishaltige Lebensmittel among other food words, 2) name at least eiweishaltige Lebensmittel that you like to eat, and 3) name at least one that you do not eat.

1) Eiweishaltige Lebensmittel (Protein-rich foods)

Read and listen to the products in the presentation below. Again you will see words that are strikingly similar to English, and a few other words as well.

Let’s practice. Be sure to click through to the second question.

 

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Isst du Fleisch, Fisch, Milchprodukte, oder andere eiweishaltige Lebensmittel? Write the proteins that you like to eat from above in your written journal.
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) Ich esse gern…

Welche eiweishaltige Lebensmittel isst du gern? What protein-rich foods do you like to eat? Read and listen to the responses below.

Ich esse gern Hühnerfleisch. Ich esse gern Eier. Ich esse gern Käse.

 

Let’s practice.

 

Jetzt bist du dran!

Welches Eiweiß isst du gern? Welches Eiweiß isst du nicht gern? In your written journal, draw two columns. In the first column, write down the foods you have learned today that you like to eat. In the second column, write those foods that you do not like to eat.
Then record yourself reading your lists aloud 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.

 

3) Ich esse keine…

Perhaps there are foods that you do not eat at all. Do you remember the word that you put in front of a food that you don’t eat? See if you can spot it in the comic below.


Here are some other examples.

Ich esse keine Tierprodukte. Ich esse vegan.

Ich esse keine Nüsse. Ich habe eine Allergie gegen Erdnüsse.

Ich trinke keine Milch. Ich vertrage keine Milch. Ich habe eine Milchunverträglichkeit.

Let’s practice.

 

Jetzt bist du dran!

Welches Eiweiß ist du gar nicht? Are there any types of protein that you do no eat at all? If so, write those down in your written journal. Practice placing the word kein or keine in front of the food. You can look above at the different examples to see which form is used (kein or keine).

Then record yourself in your audio journal. It might sound like this: keine Nüsse, kein Fleisch 

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 to 1) recognize words for eiweishaltige Lebensmittel among other food words, 2) name at least eiweishaltige Lebensmittel that you like to eat, and 3) name at least one that you do not eat. If you are feeling unsure about any part of the expanded introduction, go back to that section and review.
Now imagine you are on your study abroad to a German-speaking country and your new friend invites you to a vegetarisches Restaurant. What kinds of protein-rich foods do you expect to find there?  Which ones will you not? Write your top choices down now in your written journal. Then record yourself reading your list of potential foods in your audio journal. Record your words until you feel satisfied.

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

Here is a collection of idiomatic expressions featuring vegetables with German explanations.

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