This fall, Dirk Nowitzki is once again teaching a German class at the Lego Land Academy of Languages. Basketball has become a quite popular sport around the world in recent years, so many NBA stars have signed up to take the class. The class covers the introductory levels of German pronunciation, grammar, and usage. All of Dirk Nowitzki's students (both past and present) agree that he is an outstanding teacher.
Today's lesson is a very important one for the NBA players-- it is all about basketball, which is often called Korbball in German. For this lesson, Dirk Nowitzki has chosen a basic dialog for the students to practice with a partner.
Below: Dirk Nowitzki in front of his class
In the basic dialog, there are two people--Helga and Peter. They are discussing what they are doing that day.
Helga: Was machst du heute?
Peter: Wir spielen Korbball. Kommst du?
Helga: Ich glaube nicht. Ihr verliert das Spiel immer.
Peter: Meinst du das, oder sagst du das nur so?
The students do a fantastic job on today's assignment. If they keep up the hard work, Dirk Nowitzki is sure that they will all be speaking German fluently in no time.
Below: Allen Iverson does, too.
Vas ist los? Der hund ist los.
ReplyDeleteWe Germans call "Basketball" Basketball, too.
ReplyDeleteKorbball is a different Sport in Germany, which is a mixure of Handball and Basketball, but it isn't as popular as Basketball.
This directed dialog is the exact same one I had in Junior High school in German I, and it sure took me back reading it again. The original is of course "Fussball" instead of "Korbball" and there is a second part to it in which, since the girl has now snubbed the boy's invitation to watch him play, because "you guys always lose the game," he asks her to have a Limo (lemonade) with him, and she accepts. yay!
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