Hallo, da sind wir wieder
                      = Here we are again.  
                      da = there  
                       
                      Grammar: Normally 'da' describe a place far a way of the person who speaks and corresponds to the english 
                      adverb there. But in this case one could say "Hallo, hier sind wir wieder" and "Hallo, da sind wir wieder". 
                       Heute sind wir in Bayern = Tody we are in Bavaria 
                           
                          sein - sind = to be - we are 
                          Bayern = Bavaria 
                        Bayern ist das lustigste Bundesland. = Baviera ist the most funny federal state.  
                           
                          lustig = funny 
                          sein - ist = to be - it is 
                         
                        Die Leute hier sprechen lustig, sie ziehen sich lustig an und machen den ganzen Tag lustige Sachen. = People speak in a funny way, they dress themselves in a funny way and they do the whole day funny things. 
                             
                          Leute = people 
                          sprechen - sprechen = to speak - they speak 
                          lustig = funny  
                          Sache - Sachen = things - things 
                          sich anziehen = to dress themselves 
                          hier = here 
                           
                         
                        Die Bayern können aber auch gut Fußball spielen! = But the bavarians play soccer very well also.  
                           
                        bayern = bavarians 
                        können - können = can - they can 
                        gut = well 
                        spielen = to play  
                           
                         
                        Und sie können gut feiern. = And the know how to make party.  
                           
                        können =can  
                        feiern = celebrate, make party 
                        Das berühmte Oktoberfest findet jedes Jahr in München statt. = The famous party of october take place every year in Munich.  
                             
                          berühmt = famous 
                          Oktoberfest = party of october  (a traditionel party in bavaria) 
                          Jahr = year 
                        jeder = every 
                         
                        Außer  München gibt es hier aber auch noch andere große Städte. = But beside Munich there are other cities as well.  
                           
                        aparte = beside  
                          andere = other  
                           
                         
                        zum Beispiel Regensburg, Nürnberg oder Würzburg. = like Regensburg, Nürnberg or Würzburg. 
                           
                        Beispiel = example 
                        zum Beispiel = for example 
                        Und im Süden von Bayern, da fangen schon die Alpen an. = And the south of Bavaria begin the Alpes  
                           
                        Süden = south 
                        im Süden = in the south 
                        fangen = to catch 
                        anfangen = to begin 
                        Alpen = Alpes 
                           
                          Grammar: It happens very often in German that the verb with the prefix (anfangen) has nothing to do with the  
                          verb without prefix (fangen).  
                        Hier kann man nämlich klettern oder Skifahren. = Here you can climb or ski.  
                           
                          klettern = to climb 
                          Skifahren = to ski 
                          oder = or 
                         
                        Und wenn man nicht aufpasst, ist man plötzlich mitten in Österreich. = and if you don' t pay attention you are suddenly in Austria.  
                           
                        passen = to fit with something 
                          aufpassen - aufpasst = to pay attention - you pay attention 
                          plötzlich = de repente 
                             
                            Grammar: The conjunction 'wenn' we have already seen, but before we translated it with 'when' and now we 
                            translate it with 'if'. 'If' and 'well' are translated with wenn, in other words, german doesn' t distinguish  
                            between the temporal conjunction and the conditional conjunction.  
                             
                         
                        Haben wir noch was vergessen? = Did we forget something? 
                           
                        haben - haben = to have - we have 
                      vergessen - vergessen = to forget - forgotten 
                         
                        Nein, das war alles. = No, that' s it.  
                             
                          alles = everything 
                          sein - war = to be - was 
                         
                        Cooles Shirt übrigens! = A nice shirt, by the way.  
                           
                        cool = cool (used in german the same way as in english, but it' s use with that meaning is slang) 
                        übrigens = by the way 
                        Shirt - T-Shirt = shirt 
                         
                        Danke! =Thanks! 
                        Nächstes Mal geht es um Sachsen - Anhalt = Next time we are going to talk about Saxon. 
                        Ciao! = Ciao! 
                             
                            The italian word 'ciao' is used as well in german among young people. Perhaps that is due to the fact that  
                            it is similar to the german 'tschüss'.  
                             
                         
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