5.7 The city and transport — Epoché
What you will be able to do Name the places of a German town, from the Rathaus to the Fußgängerzone , with their articles. Find your way by public transport: Haltestelle, Bahnsteig, Gleis, Fahrkarte, einsteigen, aussteigen . Talk about traffic and the street: Ampel, Kreuzung, Stau, Einbahnstraße . Ask for directions and understand the answer, using the prepositions of 4.5 Cases and 4.7 Cases . Sentences from this lesson, before the explanation. Read the German aloud; all of them come back below. German English Das Taxi verließ die Innenstadt. [1] The taxi left the city centre. Das Rathaus ist nicht weit entfernt von hier. [2] The city hall isn't far from here. Wann sind Sie das letzte Mal mit der Untergrundbahn gefahren? [3] When was the last time you were on the metro? Weißt du, wie weit der Bahnhof vom Rathaus entfernt ist? [4] Do you know how far it is from the railway station to the town hall? Was geschah an dieser Kreuzung? [5] What happened at that crossing? Das Flugzeug flog nach Osten. [6] The plane flew east. Prerequisites : 2.22 — this lesson opens the vocabulary volume of the second phase and builds on the first-phase words reviewed in 12.1 Review ; you will use the dative prepositions zu, nach, mit from 4.5 Cases and the two-way prepositions from 4.7 Cases with almost every word. The first phase gave you the words for the body, the family, the home, food, clothing and numbers, and the conversation lessons taught you to ask the way. This lesson gives you the town itself. German towns are built around a few landmarks that every visitor needs: the town hall, the main church or cathedral, the market square, the station, and a pedestrian zone for shopping. Public transport is dense and punctual — usually — and has its own vocabulary. Many of these words are compounds, and taking them apart, as you learned in the first phase, will make them easy to remember. Word list Fifty-five words in five groups. Every noun has its article, and its plural where it has one; every word has a corpus example. Places in town Word (article, plural) Meaning Notes das Rathaus（¨-er） de town hall Gender / part of speech neuter noun How English differs Literally council house ; not a house for rats. Wo ist das Rathaus? [7] Where is the city hall? die Kirche（-n） de church Gender / part of speech feminine noun How English differs The same word as English church and Scots kirk . Ich gehe zur Kirche. [8] I go to church. der Markt（¨-e） de market; market square Gender / part of speech masculine noun How English differs Also the square where the market is held. Der Markt ist groß. [9] The market is big. der Platz（¨-e） de square; place, seat; room, space Gender / part of speech masculine noun How English differs A town square, a seat and free space are all Platz . Gehen Sie über den Platz! [10] Go across the square. die Post de post office; mail Gender / part of speech feminine noun How English differs The building and what it delivers. Du hast Post. [11] You've got mail. die Bibliothek（-en） de library Gender / part of speech feminine noun How English differs A large or academic library; a public lending library is often Bücherei . Ich muss zur Bibliothek. [12] I need to go to the library. das Theater（-） de theatre; fuss Gender / part of speech neuter noun How English differs Theater machen is to make a fuss . Theater ist langweilig. [13] Theater is boring. der Supermarkt（¨-e） de supermarket Gender / part of speech masculine noun How English differs Masculine, like Markt . Wir müssen zum Supermarkt. [14] We've got to go to the supermarket. die Bäckerei（-en） de bakery Gender / part of speech feminine noun How English differs Shops in -erei are feminine. Wo ist die Bäckerei? [15] Where's the bakery? das Kaufhaus（¨-er） de department store Gender / part of speech neuter noun How English differs Literally buy house . Er ging im Kaufhaus einkaufen. [16] He went shopping at a department store. das Geschäft（-e） de shop; business; deal Gender / part of speech neuter noun How English differs A shop and a business are one word. Geh zum Geschäft! [17] Go to the shop. die Bank（-en） de bank Gender / part of speech feminine noun How English differs A bench is also Bank , with the plural Bänke . War die Bank geschlossen? [18] Was the bank closed? die Polizei de police; police station Gender / part of speech feminine noun How English differs Singular in German: die Polizei kommt , the police are coming . Rufe die Polizei! [19] Ring the police! das Hotel（-s） de hotel Gender / part of speech neuter noun How English differs Neuter, with a plural in -s . Das Hotel ist ausgebucht. [20] The hotel is fully booked. das Denkmal（¨-er） de monument, memorial Gender / part of speech neuter noun How English differs Literally think-mark , a sign to remember by. Es ist vor dem Denkmal. [21] It is in front of the monument. Parts of town Word (article, plural) Meaning Notes die Innenstadt（¨-e） de town centre, downtown Gender / part of speech feminine noun How English differs Literally inner town . Das ist in der Innenstadt. [22] It's in the town centre. die Stadtmitte de town centre Gender / part of speech feminine noun How English differs Literally town middle ; used on signs. Wie komme ich zur Stadtmitte? [23] How do I get downtown? das Zentrum（Zentren） de centre Gender / part of speech neuter noun How English differs A Latin plural: Zentren . Wir sind weit vom Zentrum entfernt. [24] We are a long way from the center. die Fußgängerzone（-n） de pedestrian zone Gender / part of speech feminine noun How English differs The car-free shopping street of almost every German town. Um den Dom ist eine Fußgängerzone. [25] There is a pedestrian zone around the cathedral. der Stadtteil（-e） de district, part of town Gender / part of speech masculine noun How English differs Masculine because Teil is. Ich liebe diesen Stadtteil. [26] I love this neighborhood. der Vorort（-e） de suburb Gender / part of speech masculine noun How English differs Literally before-p